What does this mean?

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>Spotted this on the website:</p>

<p>Candidates for a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.) or Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in the College of Engineering combined with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in LS&A must:</p>

<pre><code>* satisfy the requirements of one of the degree programs in the College of Engineering;
* take a minimum of 90 credit hours of work in LS&A, satisfy the distribution requirements of LS&A, and fulfill the concentration requirements for one of the LS&A programs; and
* have a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 or higher.
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<p>Basically, what does that mean? What does "90 credit hours" equate to? How many extra semesters would that require? How much work would I have to do across a semester?</p>

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<p>figure it out. go to the engineering program and LSA program you want a degree in and figure out what they require. then spread it out across a bunch of semesters and see what happens</p>

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<p>90 credit hours would roughly equate to 5 or six semesters depending on how many credits you take per semester.</p>

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<p>I would, but I am unfamiliar with the whole american credit system. I have no idea what one credit hour equates to, how many credits I can do in a semester and how many credits I will take into uni.</p>

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<p>In the most general terms, a “normal” course will carry 3 (sometime 2, sometimes 4) credit hours a term (usually but not always means the number of in-class hours the class meets each week) so in a term one might expect to take 15 credit(hours). A more robust schedule might be 18 credit(hours). Above 18 credits per semester, you’ll be billed an additional (and hefty for OOS) tuition overload fee.</p>

<p>Transferring credits in usually doesn’t net students “quite” as much value as they think insofaras degree reqs generally must be taken at UMich, as must some of the general distribution classes. So it really depends on the degree to discover how many AP or otherwise accelerated classes will be meaningful in terms of transferring them in. Sometimes, the value of transferring them is not worth it – eg. once you’re past 60 credits, you pay a higher tuition rate. If the courses don’t actually fulfill degree requirements, they’re not worth transferring in (IMHO).</p>

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<p>^I wasn’t allowed to decide which credits to transfer, which has become extremely inconvenient.</p>