<p>what i would like to do in the spring '15</p>
<p>3500 Microbioloy....4hrs (for only biology majors-non nursing)
4950 Pathophysiology...3hrs (for only biology majors-non nursing)
1101-intro to sociology...3 hrs
2011-Calculus 1....4 hrs. </p>
<p>That doesn’t sound bad. You’ll have to put some time in studying, but that’s not an unusually difficult schedule. </p>
<p>Seems pretty standard, but this really is an inane question. Nobody can answer it except you. For some people, it might be tough. For others, it might be a cake walk. Maybe at your school, for example, microbiology is an incredibly difficult course with a demanding professor, and at somebody else’s school it might be an easy A. Nobody knows what it will be like for you.</p>
<p>That’s a worthwhile point. It largely depends on you and what you’re capable of. To some people, that course load would be incredibly difficult, and to others it would be pretty simple. </p>
<p>Last fall I had 21 credits. General Physics I, Calculus I, General Chemistry I, Intro to Anthropology, and Beginning Spanish I. Last spring I had 21 credits as well. University Physics I, Calculus II, General Chemistry II, General Cultural Anthropology, and Beginning Spanish II. Those were pretty heavy course loads, but I have good time management skills and reasonably good study habits. I was able to keep up with it and maintained my 4.0 through both semesters. Numerous people told me that such a course load was absolutely insane. This semester I have University Physics II, Differential Equations, and Intermediate Spanish I. This is a fairly light course load in comparison. I still have some people that look at me like I’m crazy when I say that I have a fairly light load this semester. </p>
<p>i applaud you on your time management skills. i also hold down a part time position, working no more than 15 hours a week. With this, my limit is only 14 credits, but i know that is what i can handle. These are also my first upper division biology courses. I wasn’t sure about the difficulty of those classes. I guess i just need improvement in time management. Thanks </p>
<p>Time management is key. I was also working approximately 15 hours a week during both of those semesters. </p>
<p>The important thing is to work out a schedule that details when you will study and what you will study during those times…and then stick to it. I use a Google Calendar that’s synced between my laptop and my phone. That way I always know what I’ve got to do and when I have to do it. </p>
<p>It’s 14 credit hours. If your school is like most, a standard load (not in the sense of what most take, but in the sense of what’s assumed for graduating in four years) is 15 hours. They’re all on the tougher side, but that’s what upper-division college workloads are supposed to be like, yes?</p>
<p>^^Exactly that. Course loads get tougher as you move along. I’ve looked ahead toward what kinds of course loads I’m going to have during my junior and senior years. They look formidable. I’m a physics major with a math minor. Some of my semesters will run along these lines: Electromagnetism I, Quantum Mechanics I, Partial Differential Equations, Intro to Programming for Science and Engineering.</p>
<p>Those should be some challenging semesters. </p>