<p>Is an 8-class 19-hour class load excessive for a first semester?
Classes include:
Freshman Seminar - 1 hour
Communication II - 3 hours
Phys. Ed. - 1 hour
Bible (its a christian college) - 2 hours
Political Science - 3 hours
U.S. History - 3 hours
Behavioral Science - 3 hours
Fine Arts - 3 hours</p>
<p>19 hours is a lot. But I doubt you’ll have homework for Phys Ed… even so, 18 hours is a lot.</p>
<p>30 hours of those courses is probably comparable to 15 hours of real school. i’m sure you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>I’m not looking to sound like an ass, but why the hell would you take Phys Ed in college? Why not just go out and exercise for an hour a week on your own, what purpose is taking a class? You are paying for it after all…</p>
<p>^ Some schools have a physical education requirement, so that could be the reason.</p>
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<li><p>Some colleges require it. (I have to take 4 semesters’ worth of phys ed to graduate!)</p></li>
<li><p>A formal class might be more fun than exercising on your own. I find my kickboxing class pretty cool anyway.</p></li>
<li><p>Since many colleges charge a flat-rate full-time tuition fee, the extra credit hour doesn’t increase your tuition bill.</p></li>
<li><p>An extra credit hour every semester for 8 semesters might enable you to take a reduced course load at some point. A thesis-writing job-hunting senior might appreciate the extra time.</p></li>
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<p>All of these classes are required and that’s why I want to get rid of them quickly.</p>
<p>I don’t think you’ll have a problem. Most of those classes sound pretty easy.</p>
<p>That sounds really easy sorry. </p>
<p>Compare that to an engineering curriculum and it’s nothing. </p>
<p>It’s manageable.</p>
<p>I have recommended for both D’s that they take a light first semester…they both had AP credits, so finishing in 4 years wasn’t an issue, and IMO, there’s too much other change going on, and you’re getting to know other people, etc. that there’s no reason to pile it on as soon as you get in the door. I would expect that you’d have a LOT of reading for all your liberal arts classes (but especially behavioral science, history, poly sci)… D1 took 13 hrs her first semester, and 15 (that turned into 12 when she dropped a class when she realized she’d already covered it all in h.s.). As long as you know that you ARE taking it easy, and know that it’s going to get tougher, I think at least the first semester, you shouldn’t put so much on yourself. Maybe as many at 16 hrs, but that’s it. In a lot of colleges, you’d have to get special permission to take over 18 hrs. a semester…I’d think they would be very hesitant to do this for a new freshman.</p>
<p>no it’s not necessarily too difficult- phys ed, bible, art and seminar will all probably be easy A’s… but it is a lot of credits for a freshman, maybe you could drop one</p>
<p>Phys ed and freshman seminar aren’t really classes that have any kind of work associated with them–at least if the 1 hour freshman seminar is an orientation-type of class. So if you are left with 5 academic classes, that’s an average class load.</p>