<p>I don't know if this question have been asked here frequently, but then I was just curious about the number of credit hours Freshman generally take.</p>
<p>15 credits per semester or 5 classes (sometimes plus one lab).</p>
<p>It is usually 4 or 5 courses @ 3hrs per course per semester depending on the program. For example, an engineering student may require 30 and a history major 24. Often over the course of the program you may bounce back and forth between 4 and 5. Look at the total # of credit hours required and you can figure out the pace, which is modified by how required courses are given.</p>
<p>16 credits, 4 classes at my school</p>
<p>At my school they encourage freshman to take 12-13 credits the first semester. After that, 14/15 is a nice average with 16 on the upper end.</p>
<p>12-15 hours</p>
<p>My school starts you off with 4 classes a semester.</p>
<p>I have 3 classes and a lab. I only have 13 units but that's recommended for the first quarter. I think quarter is different then semesters (?) I feel I could take up one more class though.</p>
<p>We're recommended to take 15 first semester, and add or drop as needed. Some (foolish) people take 18-20, but it's not really recommended.</p>
<p>Be careful of the 3-4 classes/semester idea. It could easily put you on the 5-6 year plan to complete your degree.</p>
<p>Damn... I'm in class 21.5 hours this semester, although you could subract 1.5 hours from that and you'd get the hours of all my serious classes. Then I also work during the week.</p>
<p>First semester freshman. I'm going to MAKE SURE that my schedule is a ton easier next semester. The classes won't be easier, but I definitely need less class time. BLEH. My schedule is waaaay too much like a high schooler's.</p>
<p>they recommend u take 12 units as an incoming freshman but im taking 16 haha
the norm is 16 tho</p>
<p>I have 5 Classes</p>
<p>4 Credits Botany + Lab
4 Credits Chem + Lab
1 Credit Molecular Perspectives
3 Credits World Cultures (required frosh course)
3 Credits Japanese</p>
<p>so 5 classes = 16 credits for me</p>
<p>im a bio major by the way</p>
<p>actually i have signed up for 14 credit hours and i always feel if this is kina low??,,besides the thing of taking 5-6 yrs to graduate bugs me up due to this,,especially when i am still undecided on my major..</p>
<p>16 credits = 4 classes.</p>
<p>Pretty much all of the classes here are 4 credits (except accelerated languages, gym, perhaps art or music, etc.), and it's normal to take 4 a semester; if you're taking a gym class plus 4 classes though, that would up it to 18 credits a semester, though as far as I know, the gum classes don't have any homework, exams, etc., and don't meet as often as academic classes, so I don't think taking a gym class plus four classes would be much more work than the four classes by themselves.</p>
<p>five classes that are 3 credits each = 15 credits
15 credits * 8 semesters = 120 credits, which is generally what you need to graduate on a standard system.</p>
<p>you can go easier 1st semester, especially if you come in with some credits, but keep in mind the number you need to get to to graduate.</p>
<p>It depends on your major requirements. I know I need at least 127...so I'm taking 16 this semester and 17 next.</p>
<p>I took 17, then 18, then 12. I'm aiming for 12-15 from then.</p>
<p>My school is probably 14.</p>