<p>itla_uno: I see...quarter classes here are usually 4-5 units each. It works out.</p>
<p>kunfuzed101: Not sure about the average, but for my school, a regular quarter class usually meets about 4-5 hours a week...</p>
<p>Again, that depends on schools.</p>
<p>At Northwestern, 1 class = 1 credit in most cases; some music instrument classes are 0.5-credit. Orgo + lab = ONE credit depsite how it feels like it worths at least 2 classes!!! The orgo lab is incorprated into the orgo credit. Most science/engineering classes meet 3x/week. Languages classes meet more often but it's still one-unit. Life isn't fair. :D</p>
<p>At Stanford, most count 3-4 units but some are 5-unit or 2-unit.</p>
<p>It all depends on the school. Honestly I don't really think it matters which system your school is on, until you start looking at schools that have mandatory summer terms (I don't think most quarter systems do).</p>
<p>Most classes at my school are worth 3 credits and meet 3 hours a week. If you have something like a science class with lectures and recitations, or a studio art class that meets 6 hours a week, it might be 4 credits instead. Graduation requirements are set up so that you pretty much take 5 classes each term (about 15 credits). You have to be taking at least 12 credits (4 classes) to be counted as a full-times student, and the max is 20 credits, which translates into six classes.</p>
<p>I always hear about people having papers and whatnot assigned over spring break, or taking break 2 weeks before their finals. As of about 8pm tomorrow, I will have 1.5 weeks of spring break and absolutely nothing academic to do. :D</p>
<p>My school's quarter system is exactly like a semester system but broken up into three chunks instead of just two. </p>
<p>Labs (like Chem, Biology, etc), music ensembles, and private lessons are generally worth 1 hour. A select few main (our Intro Engineering, some Chemistry, etc) and various other courses are worth 2 hours. Most main courses (like Math, Science, Business, etc) are worth 3 hours.</p>
<p>Oh, and the maximum hours a student can take here during a quarter without special permission is 12.</p>
<p>As for how long they meet, labs are around 4 hours long and meet once a week, 2 hour courses meet twice for an hour and fifteen minutes, and 3 hour courses either meet three times a week for an hour and fifteen minutes or twice a week for an hour and fifty minutes. </p>
<p>I hope it helps a little to see another perspective/system.</p>
<p>At Dartmouth, all classes are worth 1 credit. Usually students take 3 classes per term, but you are allowed to take 2 2-class terms and 2 4-class terms. I could not begin to imagine taking 6 or 7 classes per term.</p>
<p>Classes either meet for 1:05 on MWF or for 1:50 with a break (so really 1:40) T&Th. Teachers also have one "X-hour" available each week, when they are allowed to call an extra session. Some teachers use every X-hour, some use none. Labs are beyond that. They meet once a week, timing depending on the class (I've taken a class where labs were usually over within an hour and a half, but I also know orgo uses about 6 hours).</p>
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<p>I agree...isn't it great? :D</p>