<p>I guess this really depends on the school, but how many credits (per semester) is considered a decently rigorous schedule?</p>
<p>What ranges of credits would be considered easy, average, and rigorous?</p>
<p>Is thirteen credits considered easy?</p>
<p>Yes, 13 is considered pretty easy. 12 is the min. here to be fulltime, 15 is needed (avg) to graduate in 4 years and anything 18 and above is considered rigorous. There is usually a 20 credit limit as well.</p>
<p>I for one am taking 14 credits this semester and then 16 next, and then the rest 15.</p>
<p>it depends on what classes you are taking. my senior year i did 18 credits then 12 credits, and i spent twice as much time doing school work during my 12 credit semester than i did during my 18 credit semester.</p>
<p>18 credits seems to always look good. But, sometimes you have to build yourself up to that. And, there are other factors with being able to take 18 credits- like if you haven’t the money to do it, then you kind of are forced to take 12.</p>
<p>What I think is funny is that, depending on your major, when you take grad school classes there are rules that you can only take three classes. I know those classes are harder and more labor intensive, but it is funny to try and take many classes in one semester as an undergrad- only to go off to grad school and take three classes.</p>
<p>I agree the number of credits can be misleading–if you have a bunch of one credit lab classes that eat up your time it’s not easy. You can take a high number of credits and have easy classes (online, once a week, general education, etc) as well.</p>
<p>during my 18 credit semester, 9 of those credits were from 3 art classes that met twice a week each for 2.5 hours each on monday and wednesday… so just those two days alone i was in class for 7.5 hours, two of the other classes were twice a week for an hour and 15 minutes each, and one was just a thursday night class. although there was a lot of actual class time, i pretty much got all of my course work done during the week. (between classes, in the evenings, etc)</p>
<p>during my 12 credit semester, i had a night class on monday and a night class on thursday, plus two classes on tues and thurs for an hour and 15 minutes each. all four of those classes had so much work outside of class that i practically lived in the library every day… including weekends</p>
<p>It’s generally not so much about credits as it is about the number and type of classes. I just got done 2 2-credit classes that were 3 weeks long each that were the most amount of work I’ve ever had to do in my life, and in the spring I took a 4-credit math class that I pretty much never did any work for. It’s generally recommended to be on track for graduation to take 5 classes, which would usually be 15 credits but may not always.</p>
<p>12 (4 regular classes or 3 art/lab classes) is the minimum here to be considered full-time and 20 is the maximum before you have to pay extra, which stops pretty much everyone from taking 7 classes because there aren’t a lot of them that are less than 3 credits. I took six a few times and I found that I didn’t devote quite as much time as I should have to some of them, but I kind of had to do that because I switched majors.</p>
<p>My fall schedule as of current is looking like this:</p>
<p>General Chem - 4 units
Calculus/Science&Eng - 4 units
Writing - 4 units
Intro to Theater - 4 units
Beginning Dance - 2 units</p>
<p>That’s a total of 18 units, 5 classes. Would that be too much for a freshman fall schedule?</p>
<p>My logic was that dance and theater were easy classes, and would keep me active. Theater fulfills a GE but dance is totally a interest-thing. Would it be better to cut back on dance for the first quarter and maybe go for it the second or third quarter, or would it be alright to just go for it?</p>
<p>It’s just that I was planning a timechart for my classes, and my mornings were pretty empty. At one point, my earliest class was at 11am/12pm and I end by 3/4 pm. If I put in dance, it would start my day at 8:30 am, and I would end classes with theater at 3.</p>
<p>Hope I’m not throwing myself into a pit.</p>
<p>What’s wrong with having your earliest at 11am? I have one 9 am once a week (wednesday) and mon, tues, and thurs I have 11 am as the earliest. I have only two classes on Monday with a 4 hour break in between and no classes on friday. </p>
<p>Me likey.</p>
<p>I just kind of like staying busy, or having a reason to wake up in the morning.</p>
<p>:) Plus, dance sounds fun.</p>
<p>Maybe I’ll just try it out for the first few weeks, and if I feel like it’s too much, I’l l just drop the dance.</p>
<p>15-16 is an average number, 13 would be called easy unless they are four very hard classes in the sciences or engineering or something. 20 is the max at many universities, I’ve taken that many and its really not too bad.</p>
<p>I can guaruntee you that those 8:30am classes will not be as appealing after your first year. Trust a incoming Jr when he tells you: there is a a time vortex in college that makes anything before 12 in the afternoon unbearably early. Your schedule seems cool and you’re right about the theater and dancing classes. It’s always good to throw something in there to break up the monotany. You’ll be thanking yourself for those classes during finals.</p>