<p>How hard is USC’s undergrad program in Psychology?
How does it compare to CSU’s and UC’s?</p>
<p>Can one realistically work 40 hours a week, and take 12 units?</p>
<p>I think the answer varies depending on the major, how organized the student is, what other activities the student will be doing at the same time…</p>
<p>I wont be doing much else but school and work. I am very dedicated. I have been able to transfer from the community college in exactly 2 years with 60 units, and a 3.95. Do you think I will be able to manage the course load for the undergraduate work, and maintain at least a 3.5?</p>
<p>USC-Pay A Fee, Buy a Degree. ;-)</p>
<p>USC is as demanding as UCs and other selective colleges (didn’t used to be 
). Do you have the option of taking half load and paying half tuition?</p>
<p>What will your major be?
During college, I worked between 20 and 40 hours per week. In my opinion, 20 hours is very manageable for an organized student, but it gets pretty hard as the work hours increase. If nothing else, scheduling both work hours and class time gets tricky.
Looking back, I would have taken on more student loan debt and worked less. There are so many amazing experiences on a college campus that you will miss out working that much.
I think your grad school/future employment options will be greater with a higher GPA, too.</p>
<p>If USC was a UC it would be tied for 3rd with UCSD or maybe push UCSD to 4th based on the fact that they have a pro football team haha. Even the best CSU (Long Beach) or the Cal Poly’s don’t match up with the UC’s unless you are talking Merced.</p>
<p>Overall, USC isn’t known to be particularly demanding. I know env engg isn’t bad because two of my coworkers finished their master degree in it while working full-time (USC somehow manages to offer a lot of evening courses).</p>
<p>Psychology is not among the most demanding majors for sure, but working 40 hours a week while taking 12 units can be very hard. If you can manage the time very well and work more time during the weekend, that is doable.</p>
<p>Sam, did you read the title which mentions “undergrad” Any school’s part-time master programs will be the easiest ones in that school, including Stanford, Harvard, U Chicago, and the like, from admission to graduation. USC’s part-time engineering degrees are mainly offered through DEN (den.usc.edu). You don’t even have to come to campus. People usually do one or two courses a semester, and graduate in ~2 year. That is pretty normal considering the course stuff has much similarity with your work. USC’s Ph.D. and undergraduate programs are very demanding. Its master programs offer great variety and very practical training, which make it very popular. You can tell USC has more graduate students than undergraduates, and a lot of graduate students are part-times.</p>
<p>^neither of them told me they were through “den”; now it makes sense cos i’d wondered how it could be so “evening-oriented”. :)</p>
<p>USC specially offer some evening sessions if the class has a lot of part-times. We are private school, and they are money, you know:) Most of engineering classes are video-taped and put on the web, so you don’t have to come to class even if you are a full-time students. When I was a TA, I didn’t even see most of those part-times. One of the students stayed in Europe for most of the semester. They even did their class presentations and exams remotely. Of course people from LA and OC have to come to campus for the finals. USC wants to have their money:) but USC does offer those opportunities. </p>
<p>Besides, the course options are abundant in engineering school, and people don’t have to choose all the difficult ones.</p>