24 credits in college... [Archive]

Cute Wolf

07-28-2011, 16:32

how many credits per subject?? we had to get 60 for the last year, they all were 5 per subject but the thesis was 15.

usually, a credit will means a hour of lectures, and some ammount of time spent on paperwork OR experimentations

ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88

07-28-2011, 16:56

5 in person classes, 3 a pop (15) and 3 online classes, 3 a pop, (9). Mostly easy classes, only "hard" ones for me would be my Math and Psych.

Beskar

07-28-2011, 17:10

It was 180 credits per year at my university, the year was split up into 3 terms of around 10 weeks each. So 60 credits per 10 weeks study (tests, coursework, thesis, made it over 10 weeks, but it was 10 weeks of active teaching time on that subject)

gaelic cowboy

07-28-2011, 17:14

I get the feelin were all kinda of talkin about differ things though, 5 credits a subject was the deal for passing the final test in each subject 60 credits then to get your Degree.

Strike For The South

07-28-2011, 18:20

Chances are you're going to some for profit clown college

It doesn't matter what you do, the chances of you washing out are high either way

Cheers

ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88

07-28-2011, 18:47

Chances are you're going to some for profit clown college

It doesn't matter what you do, the chances of you washing out are high either way

Cheers

Um, I'm going to community college. :inquisitive:
Besides, I'm planning on going to a half decent school after this,say,Penn State? :dizzy2:

I just want to get done by next Spring, no later then next Summer, because I hate to be going for a AS for more then 2 1/2 years before I have to spend oore time on my BS.

drone

07-28-2011, 18:55

24 is a lot, but I guess it depends on the coursework. If it's all lecture time it should be doable, but labwork and semester projects eat up significantly more time.

a completely inoffensive name

07-28-2011, 19:49

i am doing 19 credits for a *quarter*, every quarter this coming year. should be fun. physics, math and organic chem.

Tuuvi

07-28-2011, 21:01

At my school, 12 credits is considered a full load for one semester. I never heard of anyone taking 24 credits at once, if they did they would be in class literally all day.

Reenk Roink

07-29-2011, 01:02

i am doing 19 credits for a *quarter*, every quarter this coming year. should be fun. physics, math and organic chem.

A quarter in college is commonly referred to as a semester though. Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer and the latter two are abbreviated.

Centurion1

07-29-2011, 01:08

A quarter in college is commonly referred to as a semester though. Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer and the latter two are abbreviated.

I came into university with like 15 credits i think. Now i'm taking six classes per semester counting Military Science.

Major Robert Dump

07-29-2011, 04:27

Many a bright-eyed student has enrolled in 24 hours per semester, and most of them were thankful that reality hit before the refund deadline. The others got 3 Ds.

Samurai Waki

07-29-2011, 04:34

I tried a 20 Credit Semester and that just about killed me-- literally; of course I was also working full time and my wife was pregnant. I took it easy the next semester and only did 8, I was close to burnout.

Papewaio

07-29-2011, 04:39

I'd say do a normal load for your first semester and after gauging it go up or down. You really need to make sure you are understanding the fundamentals and looking at learning the content not just getting passes for credits.

I'd do a normal load and do things like extra study in the library. Make sure when you are in lectures you've read ahead and are their to iron out difficult points the books don't explain, not the other way around.
Hit the gym ... fitness improves brain power... try studying while sick for comparison
Make sure you get out and socialise. College & university are great places to meet people outside your normal social circle.

The last bit may be the key. I know a kid who was a bright engineering student, but he was so introverted he can't even get a job whilst there is a boom in WA.

drone

07-29-2011, 07:02

Many a bright-eyed student has enrolled in 24 hours per semester, and most of them were thankful that reality hit before the refund deadline. The others got 3 Ds.
This is a good point. Does the college have a tuition cap after X credits (like 12 or 16)? If you are paying for all 24 credits, dropping a class can hurt financially.

a completely inoffensive name

07-29-2011, 07:10

A quarter in college is commonly referred to as a semester though. Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer and the latter two are abbreviated.

I don't understand, the quarter system and the semester system are structured differently and thus the amount of credits the class has, has different meanings.

Centurion1

07-29-2011, 07:21

I don't understand, the quarter system and the semester system are structured differently and thus the amount of credits the class has, has different meanings.

hich is why this whole discussion is moot. The question to be asked is x number of classes too much with a subset of y if the class is a lab class.

naut

07-29-2011, 10:27

Each subject = how many credits?

Here a subject is usually 6 or 8 credits, so 24 credits is a normal workload.

ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88

07-29-2011, 14:55

Each subject = how many credits?

Here a subject is usually 6 or 8 credits, so 24 credits is a normal workload.

All of my subjects are 3 credits each. At my community college everything is 3 credits a course or 4 credits (mostly math and sceience with a few IT courses that was 4) a course and the only goofy ones with 5 or 8 or 9 is the nursing students.

seireikhaan

07-30-2011, 09:14

Probably a bit much. I think the start of college transition is a *bit* overrated in terms of the transition difficulty, but that's still overkill. Maybe dial it down a hair. Make sure you get out and meet some people, you'd be amazed where connections can get you. You'd never know where people you meet might end up. Might sound cynical, but people are a huge asset.

Monk

07-31-2011, 12:21

Your first year of college will be stressful enough without you dumping a huge load of course time ontop of it. I honestly don't remember a thing from any course I took in my first year..

Credit hours are confusing and aren't universal in their meaning when it comes to actual work. Get in touch with your faculty adviser and set up a meeting where you can talk about your schedule, they can help you figure out what is right for you and how much work you'll actually be looking at.

After your first year you will have a good idea of what you can and cannot handle.

Kralizec

07-31-2011, 20:47

Each subject = how many credits?

Here a subject is usually 6 or 8 credits, so 24 credits is a normal workload.

In (most?) European countries a full year is 60 credits; individual courses are usually 5 - 8 credits. The number of credits received for the courses I took were often shoddy though; sometimes it was significantly more work and sometimes it was much less.

EDIT:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Credit_Transfer_and_Accumulation_System

drone

08-01-2011, 04:35

[old man]
Back in my day, college credits given were represented by the three number system X-Y-Z, where X is the number of classroom lecture hours, Y the number of lab hours (usually sadistically underestimated, but 3 lab hours gave the equivalent to 1 classroom hour), and Z the total credits for the class. So, for example, Calculus I with five 1 hour lectures a week, would be 5-0-5, total 5 credit hours. A beginning Comp Sci programming class would be 3-3-4, 3 lecture hours, 3 "lab" hours for projects, totaling 4 hours for the class. The funniest one I ever saw was 1-12-5, ChemEng Plant Design. That must have been brutal.

I went to a school on a quarter system (most students did 3 quarters Fall/Winter/Spring, and took Summer off). The credits would not translate directly to a school on a semester system. I don't think the US/Euro systems translate well either.
[/old man]

Ibrahim

08-07-2011, 14:41

I would totally advise against it: I've already done something similar three times now. it will drive you crazy, leave you totally tired, ruin your social life (if you have one), and you'll feel like you've been swindled at the end of it. and that is if you make say, 2 A's, 2 A-, and 1 B in your classes (like I did last semester).

try not to exceed 16 credit hours (14 when a senior-classes are too hard at this point). The only reason I did what I did personally, was because I'm a dual major, trying to get one of the majors out of the way (Geology). I'm already late because of that fact, even though I basically Banzai-ed my way through the classes.

this is especially if all the courses are upper level (like mine was last semester).