I read all of discussions here that there is no way you can finish 24 credits in a semester. But since i’ll enter Monash University Australia soon, i required to enroll 4 subjects of 6 credits, in total of 24 credits per semester, and i read in their website that it’s average. what makes US and AUS different? is it really too much? ?
In the USA, a typical 15 week, 3 hours/week course has 3 credits. About 120 credits are needed to graduate in 4 years. Typically one would take Five 3 credit course per semester (maybe a little more or a little less)…or you may take Four 4 credit courses.
In Aus it sounds like it works differently …see how many credits you need to graduate…if it is 48 per year then you are fine.
i’ll be needing 144 credits to graduate over the 3-years-teaching period. and yes, it’s 48 credits per year. do you think it’s normal?
i actually not understanding this credit system that well.
“Normal” is what’s ordinary there. Not what US practices are. In the US, only kids with savvy and a fixed goal (eg, finishing requirements in order to grad with the class,) should take 24 units. Nor would most only take only 4 classes/semester.
In Aus, sounds like fewer classes, more units per class. If it’s common, their standard, then it should be achievable. That simple.
okayy . thank you so much!
If the normal full time load there is 48 credits per academic year, versus 30-32 credits per academic year here (on the semester system), then it is likely that 1 credit there is like 2/3 credit here. If so, 24 credits there would be like 16 credits here, which is a normal full time load.
^ yes, another way to look at it.
OP, what we can’t know is how classes there are structured and paced, how much individual work vs in-class learning, testing policies, and more. So stay on your toes when there.
It’s just a non-standard unit of measurement. Most US colleges are similar, but when I was at CMU, I took 45-50 units (!) each semester.
We were obviously on a different scale. Sounds like Australia is too.