<p>What's the freshman year workload like? How many hours, on average, would you say you spend each day doing schoolwork (this includes class time, study time, and homework time). I'm trying to think whether or not I'd rather schedule all my classes really early so I can be done and have the rest of the day to relax every day. Because if I wake up at 11/12, eat lunch, go to class for 4 hours, study/hw for 2 hours (if not even more!), eat dinner, there wuold barely be time to do anything else! Whereas if I wake up to go to class at 7/8 (ugh, shoot me if you like for even suggesting that), I could be done with all the work (classes & studying & hw) by 2 in the afternoon. What do you think?</p>
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<p>First semster at most schools they try to get you to take 12cr hours of basic freshman stuff.</p>
<p>English 101 - 3
Fund of Public Speaking -3
Math - whatever
and some intro class in your major or another gen ed class. First semester they're trying to break you in. Get you use to college life.</p>
<p>I barely do any class work beside the required homework and going to class (which, lately, I have been skimping on since all my midterms are done :P). I managed a pretty high GPA last semester, but I attribute it to the fact that most of my courses were easy. I definitely need to start more serious studying in the coming college years.</p>
<p>I have 16 credits, but it's only 12 hours worth of class time (we're spoiled at my school). I love getting all my classes done in the morning. Then I have the rest of my day for school work, meetings (you'll have them), naps (not just for kindergarteners) and hitting the library for the ineveitable reserve reading. I get so much more out of my day by starting early, and having the rest of the day to work. Last semester I had 2 days a week where I had 2 classes in the morning, and one right before dinner. So I had about a three hour break. Quite frankly I hated that, because it split up my day so much. Unfortunately I'll be in a similar position next semester, but that's life.
The amount of time I spend working outside of class varies day to day and week to week. I have some weeks where I do very little work at all, and others where I never stop working</p>
<p>Depends on your major. Science majors may have 1 or 2 labs per week which adds hours. My d is a Graphic Design major (BFA) and was in class about 28 hrs per week (17 - 18 credits per term) - which means 9-5 on most days. Lots of studio homework on top of that, in addition to writing papers like everyone else.</p>
<p>I took 17 credit hours my first semester and handled it just fine, most of my classes in the morning except for my damn math which was only offered at 4 pm everyday</p>
<p>This may seem like a stupid question but...what's a credit hour? I mean, does 17 credits mean 17 hours a week or something? The school I'll be attending in the fall doesn't do credits like that so I know nothing about them.</p>
<p>usually, it's 1 credit per hour of class.</p>
<p>your normal 3 credit class will meet MWF for 50 minutes, or TR (Tuesday/Thursday) for 75 minutes (these are 80 at my school though)</p>
<p>science labs will be 3 or 4 hours of lab for 1 hour of credit. Performing ensembles will be 4+ hours a week for 1 credit.</p>
<p>Oh, okay. So how many credits do people usually do? And how many classes is it?</p>
<p>Well, at my school for a 4 credit class you're expected to put 12 hours in per week. For me this semester that means 54 hours a week for classes, hw, projects, project meetings etc, plus about 6-9 hours a week for TAing.</p>
<p>Wow....I should probably rethink how many classes I was planning on trying to take...</p>
<p>You need to make that choice based on your school and your major. This thread can show you how much the answer to your question can vary, but it can't tell you much about your school/major.</p>
<p>it really all depends on the type of courses you are taking. my first semester of senior year I took 18 credits - but three of the courses (9 credits total) were studio art classes which met 2x a week for 2.5 hours each, plus i had to go in for hours outside of class to get my work done. All I took on M & W was art - 8-1030, 11-130, and 2-430. So i basically spent the full day just in class for art class... and I'd usually go in on Friday or Saturday to do my other work for the art classes...</p>
<p>I had two classes on tuesday and thursday, one from 11-1215, and one from 2-315. I'd use the break in between them to go out for pizza and beer (i don't drink beer but usually would get a mikes) with friends. It was great to be able to sleep in on those days.. plus on thursday i had a night class from 630-915. There was also a bunch of hours throughout the week doing homework and stuff.</p>
<p>the good thing about my schedule was no classes on fridays.</p>
<p>I also worked about 40 hours a week at my job that semester and was a member of three clubs.</p>
<p>my last semester i only took 12 credits, and none of them were art classes. I just had an 8 am tuesday and thursdays, an 11 am tuesday and thursdays, a night class 630-915 monday and another night class 630-915 on thursday. sounds simple enough. </p>
<p>i wound up only working 10 hours a week and stopped participating in one of my clubs because i had so much work to do and no time for those things.</p>
<p>It really just depends on the class ;P</p>
<p>I'm hoping I don't get any night classes...but I'll probably have a lot of work to do. Especially research papers and critical writing since I'm planning to double major in English and Psych...</p>
<p>im not a morning person AT ALL!!! thats why u couldnt wait till college. ill prolly schedule my first class around 10 and try to end around....hm....idk. when would i end around? im majoring in computer science.</p>
<p>Depending on your school some required classes may be taught without too much choice of times. Also, depending on how regestration works classes that start later could fill up first.</p>
<p>Advice: Don't take 3 labs freshman year. Or ever. So here's my story: I took 14 hours first semester (I'm a freshman) and did fine (all A's). It was advanced Calculus II, gen chem, intro music, intro engineering. </p>
<p>Second semester: I wanted to get my money's worth and thought I could handle more classes so I took 18 hours with 3 labs. Bad idea. </p>
<p>taking: calculus III, gen chem(II), into physics(I), Matlab (CS), MSE. Three of those are lab classes. I'm in Lectures (classes) 24 hours a week (labs are 3 hours each, so 3<em>3(labs)+5 (five actual classes)</em>3(hours/week each)=24 hours. </p>
<p>Btw, I haven't missed a single class yet and I go to sleep pretty consistenly at 11:30 (I have a class every day at 8 am -I'm definitely am a morning person). </p>
<p>So my advice would be to actually plan your courses ahead of time. Spend a couple hours each day for say, 2-3 days thinking what time and what professor to get (my school almost never bump people out of classes so I don't know what your school does....). This could save a lot of trouble down the road. Hope this helps.</p>
<p>I would schedule your classes according to what you want to take, not when it meets. If it's something you really want to take, even if it's at 8 am, you'll get up for it. If you enroll in a class you're not interested in and it meets at 1 pm, you'll probably skip it a lot anyway. </p>
<p>As far as workload goes, it varies so much. I would not recommend taking more than a normal courseload your first semester, and try to only take one lab.</p>
<p>or what you have to take.</p>
<p>lab doesnt include the extra tutorial session correct just like one chem class not chem and physic correct?</p>