24 credits in college...

[Centurion1]

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]

Each subject = how many credits?

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

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

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]

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]

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]

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/Europea...ulation_System

[drone]

[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.
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[Ibrahim]

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).