<p>I registered for 16 credit hours for the Fall semester, but the total class time per week is a whopping 26 hours when discussion sessions and labs are added. Would you say this is too much class time and that I should change my schedule?</p>
<p>Intro to Electrical Engineering
Intro to Computing
Seq, Series, and Multivariable Calculus
Engineering Physics I
Engineering Physics I Lab
Supplemental Instruction for Engineering Physics I</p>
<p>That is common among a lot of the science-y type majors. My roommate is a geosciences major and he is registered for 17 hours for the fall semester and it has a total of 25 hours of class time. It really does look like a lot on paper, but it seems to be that way as a standard. I have several friends who were EE last year and they took an almost identical schedule to you, although it didn’t have that supplemental instruction part. Is that an actual class, or just additional time that you don’t actually register for?</p>
<p>yeah thats alot- your intro classes (even though their intro classes) are going to be killers/weed-out. Engineering Physics is tedious and time consuming and difficult the lab is kinda easy. the supp. instruction is just a waste of time IMO</p>
<p>The supplemental instruction is a two credit hour class that I registered for separately to get more practice in physics. In my situation as a transfer student, I don’t have much else to take, so since there’s a 12 hour flat rate, it seemed wise to tack this onto my schedule.</p>
<p>It’s two credit hours, but meets for four hours a week.</p>
<p>@iambored: Do you think it’s a waste of time? I am still deliberating whether or not I should take it. I read that many students fail Engineering Physics I, and that they complain about a lack of example problems (which this supplemental course provides).</p>
<p>My course schedule was exactly like yours except I had ChemE intro courses and a philosophy class (which sucked…). I took the supp. class and it was pretty boring and useless IMO and really didn’t help me for the test/class- Our TA went over problems and such but half the TA’s at UT can’t explain $h!t and it really didn’t help for the the class, but it was an easy A cause grades were based on attendance.</p>