<p>I go to a community college and one of the courses I am taking is Calculus III which is 5 Units..at a nearby college the same course is 4 Units...I was wondering why is that? Is the number of units based on the difficulty of the course..? How do they decide that?</p>
<p>It might be hours spent. My calc class last semester was 4 credits, but it met 4 times a week instead of 3 times (most classes).</p>
<p>im sure 4 units at that one college is equal to 5 units of the other college</p>
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<p>sorry. couldnt help it.</p>
<p>It all depends on the school. When I talk to my friends, they think I'm a huge slacker because I'm taking 5 1/4 units, but at my school, a full course load is 4 (each class is 1 unit, and some classes are 1/2 or 1/4 units). At one of the schools we cross-enroll at, however, math and science classes are only 1/2 semester long, and they're quite intense, so they count as 3 units per quarter (6 per semester). These classes, when I enroll in them, are 3/4 of a unit for me (or 1 1/2 per semester).</p>
<p>Some schools offer 5 units for a normal class, some 4, some 1...whatever. It varies by school, but typically, when you transfer, they'll be translated into the equivalent of whatever school you wind up at (so if most courses at your CC are 5 units and your calc class is no exception, and you transferred to my school, for example, it would translate to 1 unit. This sounds pretty lame, but you'd still be getting the exact same amount of credit). It comes out even, because graduation requirements and full-time load requirements, etc. are all based around the individual school.</p>
<p>When you look into transferring to a 4 year school, make sure you check on how your credits will transfer over, some schools might have policies that are less beneficial to your situation.</p>