College Course Load

zettasyntax
Wed, 12 Apr 2017 23:29:52 +0000

You can likely manage 18 units your fall semester so long as you don’t load up on too many time consuming courses. For instance, taking a foreign language, math, and science course all in the same semester might be a little tough as these courses usually have a higher unit count (and at my CC, foreign languages were usually worth 5 semester units). This leaves you with 12 units. Winter courses can sometimes go extremely fast. My CC had a 5 week winter session and I took 9 units. The result was madness and I scraped by with A-'s (my percentages were barely 90%). Summer sessions average around 8 weeks. It would be wise to take no more than 6 units in the winter and another 6 for summer. Tackling too much in either shortened semester might lead your GPA to suffer unless you know that you can dedicate the time required. The classes will still cover text length covered in a regular semester, so this means 3-4 chapters per week and frequent exams, so it is tough, but doable and lots of people transfer as sophomores. Good luck