<p>How many classes are taken each quarter?</p>
<p>I know Union is on trimester and the students take only 3 classes. I had the quarter system in college and took 5 classes a quarter- lots of work in a short amount of time.</p>
<p>Five classes per quarter is the usual, I think, but it can vary. I'm pretty sure they consider you full time if you take 12 credits or more, so you could take four 3-credit courses. But if you're getting a TAP grant from New York State (have to be a state resident for that), you have to take at least 15 credits. </p>
<p>Another factor is how many classes you need to fulfill the requirements for your major. My son is in the School of Art and he had to take 18 credits per quarter his first year, which is a heck of a shock to the system when you're new to college. But he and most of his classmates survived.</p>
<p>jdsmom is a bit incorrect, a standard quarter is 16 credits, made up of four 4-credit courses. 12 credits is considered the minimum for a full-time student.</p>
<p>During the first year, students are obligated to take a 1-credit course, called First Year Enrichment, but it amounts to little.</p>
<p>Under normal circumstances, you can take 16 credits every quarter and graduate on time. With AP credit, you can even take some "light" quarters (or withdraw from a class that you are doing poorly in)</p>
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<p>4th Year Computer Science Major
Computer Science House Member</p>
<p>Thanks tablecorry.
My son applied as either Engineering or Comp Sci. He has phenomenal innate computer abilities.
quarter system seems like a lot of work for these majors. Are most courses 3 or 4 credits? We got something in the mail showing internships and it included years to graduate. Eng and CS both stated average was 5 years to graduate. I assume any merit award is only for 4 years though.
Why the extra year???? I've been told most students do internships during the summers.
Thanks for your help.</p>
<p>The quarter system is not really any more work, as the courses are adjusted for the 10 week schedule. </p>
<p>The disadvantages are that you have little time to recover from a serious mistake made in the course work, but the advantages are that a boring class (or a bad professor) does not drag on for too long.</p>
<p>I have never seen a 3 credit course, the most common courses are 4 credits, with 2 and 1 credit courses occasionally coming up for elective type courses.</p>
<p>The extra year is for the required 4 quarters of co-op (co-op is RIT-speak for paid internship) that all CS students are required to do (many of the majors also require some number of co-op quarters, but I do not know about them).</p>
<p>It is really not another year of school, so much as spending some time in the real workforce (one important note is that no tuition is paid during co-op quarters, despite the fact that you are still considered an RIT full-time student). You can also do a co-op during any quarter of the year, and often for more than one quarter. As such, they can make a good break after a difficult or stressful quarter.</p>
<p>It is possible to complete all required RIT schooling within 4 years, so long as you stay slightly ahead of schedule and do co-ops every summer. I will be graduating after 4 years exactly. I did this by coming in with a small amount of AP credit and finding a co-op my first summer.</p>
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<p>4th Year Computer Science Major
Computer Science House Member</p>
<p>Thanks for the info.
When I was on Quarters long ago, our courses were still 3 credits and we took 5 classes and did all the work involved in a 15 week semester in 10 weeks. Glad to hear that this is not the same. Tough to do this for all the Eng and CS classes.</p>
<p>So the extra year is really a year of co-op to be fit in. Seems reasonable and gives you great experience.</p>
<p>How is housing? Can you get housing all 4 years if you choose? If you leave for co-op during the year can you get back in housing? Seems like summer co-op may be best idea.</p>
<p>Housing is guaranteed, though the quality is not. Freshmen must live in the dorms their first year, but after that, they may apply for the dorms, the on-campus apartments, or move off-campus.</p>
<p>Getting back into the dorms is mixed luck, but fairly likely after the first quarter is gone. Getting an on-campus apartment is very difficult unless you sign on to the lease with someone who is already living there. I dont really know much about off-campus housing.</p>
<p>I lived in the dorms for my first 3 years. However, the latter of those 2 years were spent living in Computer Science House, which is in one of the dorms (go to Computer</a> Science House to see more about them). This year, I am living just at the edge of campus in the Park Point apartment complex.</p>
<p>Summer co-op is the easiest to do, but it is not too difficult durng other quarters. You just have to talk to the right people on campus, and most of the work will be done for you.</p>
<p>Nearly all the courses my son has taken in the College of Imaging Arts and Sceince have been 3 credits. His liberal arts courses have been 4 credits. Since crazed's son is going into engineering or computer science, then of course tabletcorry's information on this subject is more to the point.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the information.
RIT sounds like a great place with great programs and the reputation needed to secure a job after graduation.</p>
<p>How is the merit $$$. We do not qualify for any financial aid.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Crazed - my son has also applied to RIT, for Computer Science. He really likes the school - we have visited 3 times. The CS facilities are really impressive and he is attracted to the coop program.</p>
<p>Hope we both get some merit $$$$.</p>