<p>Hi, prospective transfer here trying to figure out UT's credit system, which is ENTIRELY different from my current college's...</p>
<p>It says I need 120 semester hours to graduate. From what I can see, most classes are 3 credit hours. That means 5 classes a semester? Is this normal? Also, with a class numbered "E 316 K", for example, does the "3" denote the number of hours (e.g. its a 3-hour/week class)?</p>
<p>Thanks so much!
Confused prospie</p>
<p>Not all classes are 3 credits, but yes, if you were taking 3 credit classes, you would need 5 per semester on average. The 3 does mean hours per week; most 3 credit classes meet either one hour M W F or 1.5 hours T and Th. (If the middle number is 2 or higher it is an upper level class.)</p>
<p>UT has a very standard system for credit.</p>
<p>Classes are usually 3 hours, or 4 for math and science. A “full-time” student is one who is enrolled in 12 hours or more, but to graduate in 4 years without AP credit or transfer credit, and without taking summer school, you need 15 hours per semester.</p>
<p>The one to three letter designation in front of a course indicates the department offering the course, the first number designates the number of credit hours (usually, but not always, one hour per hour of class), the second whether the course is upper or lower division, and the third number and the letter what specific course it is.</p>
<p>For some languages - Arabic for example - the first year is a 5 credit plus a 1 credit discussion section for six credits total, and the second year is a 4 credit plus a 1 credit discussion section for five credits total.</p>
<p>Yeah, it seems standard, my current college is just weird.</p>
<p>Thanks for the help everyone…</p>
<p>Arabic is weird, I think. I know Spanish has a 5 credit course plus a labratory session you have to sign up for, but it’s still just 5 hours. Sanskrit and French are just 5 hours total, no other sessions.</p>
<p>The 5 credit hours course for Spanish includes the lab. You are only in class for four hours a week. You get the fifth hour from the lab.</p>