<p>I know 9 credits is full time which is why I'm a little concerned. </p>
<p>I would also have to take 6 credits during the summers. This schedule is set in stone in order to graduate in 2 years and is for a masters in counselor education.</p>
<p>Anyone taking 12 credits and surviving?</p>
<p>I am not in education, but 12 credits is pretty standard in the programs with which I am familiar. 9 credits is just the minimum to qualify as full-time, few programs ever expect you to do just the minimum.</p>
<p>If you have a set schedule for your program, then that’s what your program expects its students to be capable. So yes, it’s fine, since I’m assuming students still graduate regularly from this program.</p>
<p>I’m in a program where we regularly take 15-16 units (our classes are predetermined by the program–we get no say in it), in addition to research and clinic commitments, and classes are the least time-consuming or stressful part of my program, in my opinion. You’ll be fine. Your program wouldn’t have its students on this schedule if students were falling apart because of it.</p>
<h1>of credits is a normalized # and really means nothing. It depends on the course you’re taking. Not every 3 credit course is going to require a standardized amount of time. I’ve spent more time in 1 credit courses than 5 credit courses.</h1>
<p>I’m a prospective engineering graduate student. During visit weekend, students at each school suggested that I do not take more than 3 graduate courses per semester (I think that’s equivalent to 9 credits). Some of these courses take 20-30 hours a week. </p>
<p>THere are a bunch of other factors that go into determining whether you can handle this (e.g., your work ethic, academic capability, the grade you’re shooting for, your discipline)</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies, good stuff.</p>