sememster vs. quarter

Malishka31
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:00:35 +0000

If you guys notice- calc for example, 3 quarters= 2 semesters of calc

You dont cover more stuff.

at UCLA 31A, 32B, and 32A = Analytical Geometry and Calc 1 and 2

For physics- at many community colleges physics goes with lab, at the UC level lab is usually separate.

So what you get is community college Physics 1,2,3 is usually equal to
UC physics 1,2,3 + 1L and 2L (so that is 3 lecture courses + 2 lab courses)

Unit wise, for physics for example, at the CC level it is 4 units each (at my cc) so that makes for 12 semester units which should equate to about 18 quarter units

At UCLA physics 1,2,3 pus 2 labs will equal to 19 quarter units (5 for each lecture and 2 for each lab)

technically 1.5 years of physics is then taken during 5 quarters at UCLA (if you dont combine the labs into 1 quarter) and 5 quarters is a bit more than 1.5 years/

Dreamspace, you will probably have to do 2 lecture based physics courses and 1 more lab.

Units in a quarter system are worth 1.5 of a semester system unit.

They dont equate the way you guys think. Look over the actual classes individually.

For UCLA calculus- calc 1 & 2 = Calc 31A + 31B but for Cacl 3 it is equal to 32A and 32B = so 4 UC classes equal 3 CC classes and for all other classes that are equal 1 to 1, you do get more units per class. That is why at UC each class is about 4 units and at CC it is 3 units. But when you transfer you get 4.5 units for each 3 unit course you bring in