<p>No, the graduation requirement is 42 courses (1 course = 1 credit).</p>
<p>See <a href=“http://collegecatalog.uchicago.edu/liberal/curriculum.shtml[/url]”>http://collegecatalog.uchicago.edu/liberal/curriculum.shtml</a> for more information.</p>
<p>Also, one may have to take non-credit P.E. courses if one does not pass the physical education and swimming tests during orientation week.</p>
<p>Courses though equal in credit, are not equal in time requirements. One course may meet 3 hours per week and another 9 or more (particularly science courses with a lab). Some language courses meet 6 or more hours per week. </p>
<p>One thing that is good to understand about Chicago is that the faculty can do just about anything they want. S had a prof this quarter that decided a one day final at the scheduled time wasn’t enough so he gave an additional exam on one of the designated reading days. Another made a paper due on the other! (Chicago only designates two days for reading prior to finals, many other top schools give 7 or more.)</p>