Quick question about college, how many credit hours do you take, and how much do you work?

[coolred]

Okay i will call about my other problem, now I am wondering how quickly I can get this degree done.

I was wondering of the current or recent college people on here, how many credit hours did you take a quarter and how many hours did you work, assuming you also had a job.


I work part time, usually only around 20 hours a week, maybe a little less sometimes. I was kinda wondering if I could get by taking 3 classes per quarter, or about 9-15 credit hours per quarter.

I would think I would be okay with work and classes, just wodnering if i would have time for homework, and studying.

So let me know what you guys are doing.

 

I'm .

 

[brunswickite]

this post is confusing

 

[coolred]

About what?

Some classes list a class number as a prerequesit, others only list placement into a certain class as a prereq. Well they have me taking 3 classes in the first quarter. On of those classes list the other 2 as prerequisites, how do they expect me to take all 3 classes at once if I need to complete the first 2 before taking the 3rd.

 

[FlyLice]

cliffs

 

[Albis]

if you take 101 and 103, you can take 121 at the same time

 

[brunswickite]

Originally posted by: coolred
About what?

Some classes list a class number as a prerequesit, others only list placement into a certain class as a prereq. Well they have me taking 3 classes in the first quarter. On of those classes list the other 2 as prerequisites, how do they expect me to take all 3 classes at once if I need to complete the first 2 before taking the 3rd.

what are your friends in the same position doing?

 

[AgentEL]

Some classes say prerequisite, but sometimes concurrent enrollment is good enough.

 

[everman]

You really need to speak with the department office or some kind of advisement center.

 

[Spencer278]

Don't worry about prerequisites. Most of the time there stupid.

Edit Unless it is like calc 1 is required for calc 2

 

[tomt4535]

there are prerequisites and corequisites

 

[brunswickite]

Originally posted by: Spencer278
Don't worry about prerequisites. Most of the time there stupid.

yea, dont listen to those people that say you need calc 2 before you need calc 1, they are just trying to keep you down

 

[coolred]

So how many credit hours and how many hours do you work? Trying to figure out how many classes I can handle per quarter.

 

[cruthick7]

I take 15 credit ours. I do about 4-5 hours of hw a week. i'm a junior btw

 

[tfinch2]

I work 20 hours a week and take between 12-16 hours a semester. Taking 16 this Fall semester coming up.

 

[datalink7]

I'm currently taking 22 credits. I don't have an official job, but I'm a Senior in Army ROTC and that requires a lot of extra time (gone whole weekends sometimes).

 

[coolred]

So how does that work out for you tfinch? I sent you a PM BTW.

 

[cyclohexane]

about 16 units per semester

 

[coolred]

Originally posted by: cyclohexane
about 16 units per semester

And do you work as well?

 

[Anubis]

3 classes, school doesnt do cred hours - not currently working

college didnt do cred hours either, took 4 classes a sem in college worked 20-40 hours a week for the school

 

[Kipper]

It really depends on the level of your load, the difficulty of classes, the school you're at, etc.

I completely burned myself out last semester working 20 hours a week, carrying eighteen credits (6 classes), 4-5 of which were reading/writing intensive.

 

[datalink7]

How many classes you can handle per quarter depends entirely on you. My dad worked full time, took 22 credits, and got straight A's.

 

[coolred]

Originally posted by: Anubis
3 classes, school doesnt do cred hours
college didnt do cred hours either, took 4 classes a sem in college worked 20 hours a week for teh school

well rather then credit hours, about how long where you in each of your classes, actual hours wise I mean.



If I do what I am thinking, I would be working like 1-5 M-F, then probablly take 1, 4 hour class 3 out of the 5 days(M-F, don't want to school on weekends). SO 3 days a week i would be working/school 9 hours per day not including travel time. Then I would have whatever time may be left in those days as well as the other 4 days to do homework. It sounds doable, I just want to make sure before I do it.

 

[Jumpem]

Usually 4-5 classes a quarter. I am too busy with classes to work. I have co-oped when I wasn't taking classes though.

 

[coolred]

Originally posted by: datalink7
How many classes you can handle per quarter depends entirely on you. My dad worked full time, took 22 credits, and got straight A's.

Well, I am not sure what I will be able to handle exactly, but I can guarentee it won't be that much.

I am just getting an associates from a community college. They have it set up as on average 5 classes over 6 quarters. I actually only require 27 of those classes for the degree, but there are 2 others I want to take, for a total of 29 classes. So I figure at about 3 classes per quarter, I would be done in 10 months or 2.5 years.