Would you be annoyed?

[ucbalumnus]

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@cobrat

An approximate rule of thumb I used to hear from some college Profs and older parents who worked in higher education was for every one hour of class there needs to be around a minimum of 2-3 hours devoted to work for that course outside of class time such as assigned readings, problem sets, research/writing up of papers, studying for quizzes/exams, etc.

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<p>The usual standard that I have read is that 1 credit hour unit means 3 hours of work per week total, including both in class and out of class time. So a 15 credit course load should theoretically take 45 hours of work per week.</p>

<p>Of course, actual workloads have been declining; there are some indications that workload per week is now only about 28 to 36 hours per week for full time students. There are also cases where courses are over or under rated; lab courses and those with term projects tend to take more time than other courses of similar credits. See <a href=“Why College Students Leave the Engineering Track - The New York Times”>Why College Students Leave the Engineering Track - The New York Times; and add 15 hours of class time (18 hours for majors with lab courses) to the numbers in the study time chart.</p>