Course Load at colleges...

<p>Just out of curiosity, how many courses (on average) are considered to be a normal course load in college?</p>

<p>Well next year, freshmen year, I will be taking 4 courses.</p>

<p>4 at mine.</p>

<p>5 at the local state uni.</p>

<p>Depends how the system around you works.</p>

<p>First sem. next year I will be taking 6. Joy. But im majoring in Biomed eng. so its expected to have a lot of work.</p>

<p>Most people take 4 or 5. Of course if you have some hard major like chemical engineering, you'll probably take more.</p>

<p>12 units is considered full-time for most colleges. That would be about 4 classes. I've taken 5-6 to stay on track for a 4-year graduation. So, it depends on your major and how quickly you want to finish school.</p>

<p>usually 12-15 credits, with each class usually being 3-5 credits.</p>

<p>i TAKE 21 CREDITS</p>

<p>Hehe. i love my college. 1 credit for every class. 32 credits to graduate. So much simpler.</p>

<p>My max credit is 4.75 (multiply by 4 to get real credit hours). I did 4.75 spring sms.</p>

<p>I've done 18 credits each semester so that has been 5-7 classes each time depending on whether I have a lab or somethin stuck in there.</p>

<p>for those with more than four classes, are all the classes "heavy duty" so to speak, or are they seminars and such</p>

<p>do you guys find 4-5 classes a manageable workload? or are you guys up all night?</p>

<p>brpstn- I generally had a good balance between classes. Next year basically the same... some killer labs, some simple gen eds, and some stuff for my major. If you take a heavy load, but balance out the difficulty it really isn't that horrible.</p>

<p>i take 6 classes. I dont read or study. So not really. It is pretty long. i find the more classes you take the faster the weeks go.</p>

<p>the faster life goes the better. means the sooner it ends,.</p>

<p>I usually take 6 per semester, but this semester (my last one ever) i only took 4 - because the courses are huge. i spend a LOT of time in the library and a lot of time studying.. but that's because my major has a lot of work. some of my roommates take 5 or 6 per semester and don't do half the work i do.</p>

<p>5 this semester, 4 during the summer (it would be rather difficult to take 5), 5 next semester.</p>

<p>All of which are 3 credits.</p>

<p>gphoenix, which college do you go to?</p>

<p>12 hours is the norm.</p>

<p>Going to attend Swarthmore College. It's 1 credit per class there, although 'upper-class' and special seminars are 2 credits (cuz they take up a lot of time and energy). But it still amounts to 4 classes per semester, 5 if you're crazy.</p>