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<p>Absolutely. There’s obviously no way to know for sure, but after talking to students who picked up Russian <em>for fun</em> or a graduate student seminar in Art History <em>for fun</em> or the student who is taking French literature <em>for fun</em>, it’s hard to determine who has the right to complain about the workload that they might have!</p>
<p>I think a LOT also has to do on what you think is “hard” versus “rigorous.” Me? I like “hard,” and prefer to think of it “hard” as “rigorous.” Other people may want to take it a little bit easier. You can’t really make it that easy.</p>
<p>I went on course evaluations and took a “random” sampling of classes to see how much time students report spending on them.</p>
<p>-Introduction to Biochemistry: 6.6 hrs/wk (Standard Dev: 2.07)
-Human Being and Citizen (one section of humanities core): average time on homework: 6 hours a week for a 3 hour/wk class. 38% of the class expects a A, 55% a B.
-Power, Identity, and Resistance (a section of social sciences core): average time on homework: 7 hours a week for a 3 hour/wk class
- Philosophy of Mind and Science Fiction: average time on homework: 4 hrs/wk for a 3 hr/wk class. 71% of the class expects an A, 28% a B
– History of European Civ section for civ core… average time on homework: 7 hr/wk for a 3 hr/wk class, 9% expects an A, 72% a B, 18% a C.</p>
<p>Do with that sampling what you will.</p>