Semester System

Colleges & Universities University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Quick Question:</p>

<p>Compared to quarter system, are the finals in semester system cover more?(since you are in that class longer) Or is it the same because you are still learning the same amount of information, just in a longer time span in semester system?</p>

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<p>hmm good question…</p>

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<p>You cover more material in a semester class than in a quarter class, as a general rule. So, Berkeley might have a semester-long introductory economics course, while a quarter-based system might have one quarter of micro and one quarter of macro. They essentially are going to be covering the same material. </p>

<p>The finals in semester system courses often only cover the second half material, however. It depends on the course.</p>

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<p>A year of chemistry would be three quarters of courses or two semester courses. That implies that the quarter class covers only 2/3 of the content that would be covered in a semester class.</p>

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<p>That’s not how it works. So a year of chemistry would be 12 units on a quarter system, 12 quarter units, or 8 semester units on a semester system. They are equivalent. They cover the same material. You convert quarters to semester units by multiplying by 2/3. </p>

<p>The “fourth quarter” is summer; three quarters is equivalent to two semesters.</p>