Ivy Transfer

ucbalumnus
Mon, 04 Mar 2019 01:28:45 +0000

At schools where the normal course load is fewer courses, each course is “larger” – i.e. will take up more time per week than a course at schools where the normal course load is more courses. In credit hour terms, a college with three course quarters assumes that its courses are equivalent to 5 credit hours each, while a college with four course quarter assumes that its courses are equivalent to 4 credit hours each (15-16 credit hours per semester being the amount of course work to graduate in four academic years). Some colleges have courses with varying numbers of credit hours.

Note that the above applies whether the college is on the quarter or semester system.

Brown is on the semester system, but with a typical course load of four courses per semester. If you take science courses with labs, they are included in the courses, rather than listed separately. E.g. click on CHEM 0330, 0350, 0360 at https://bulletin.brown.edu/the-college/concentrations/chem/ .