Where do college credit hours come from? ex. Math 1221 is worth 3 hours.... why?
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Yes, the number of credit hours usually corresponds to the number of hours spent in class each week for that class.\n\nYour out of class homework and study time is not included in the credit hours. For many classes the time spent outside the class is much more than that spent in the classroom!
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I loved my first week of college. Work load really depends on how many classes you are taking. 12 hours isn't too bad. Good luck and hope you enjoy your college life. It goes by SOOO fast. I'm a junior right now and feel like my life has just flown by!
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OK - I will try and explain it, but forgive me if I get myself confused...  hehehe\n\nFirst step - make a bell curve.  Put a mark in the center and label that "7 hours" - that's your mean.  Next, put three marks on either side of that middle point - those will be your standard deviation points.  For the points on the right, ADD 5.3 to the mean for the first one, then add 5.3 again for the 2nd, etc...  Points on the left side of the mean have the 5.3 SUBTRACTED.  (Am I still making sense?  lol)\n\nNow - the 68-95-99.7 rule says that 68% of the freshmen will fall into the area between the first line on EITHER side of the mean, 95% between the second lines and 99.7% between the third lines on either side of the mean.\n\nI think you should be able to figure it from there - I hope so...  Right now I am so confused I think I gave myself a headache!  lol\n\nGood luck!
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I beleive it depends on many things. The instructur has the right to demand how many students s/he wants, and how long the class is gonna be, but it has to be approved from the university. I've had cases where professors pointed out that they wanted smaller classes but the university didn't approve it "because they  only care about the money they get from tutitions, but not about how much we will learn". I'm not apsolutely sure, but i believe that there has to be some kind of agreement, and it is natural that some classes are longer, for ex. you can have public speaking class that lasts 3 hours, but it is apsolutely  impossible to stay awake on math class that lasts  almost 3 hours. I think they consider those kinda stuff too.
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It may depend somewhat on where you are.\n\nI know the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) requires fifteen hours of general education courses for an AAS degree, with three hours in the social sciences, three hours in math/science, and three hours in humanities/fine arts.\n\nI would guess that the other regional accrediting agencies would have similar guidelines--and most junior/community/technical colleges are going to interpret those pretty much the same (although they may have slightly different course offerings) within each region.
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6 hours is considered full-time if your school has one big summer semester, some schools have two small ones.
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Well, I don't know what you would condider "good, solid reasons". The most simplistic one, which you just aren't going to believe until you've experienced more life, is the simple fact that the average person uses (or needs) basic Algebraic priniciples on a regular basis... no matter what the job or situation.  It's not just something used by scientists, engineers and mathematicians.\n\nSince college is considered "higher education", the expectation should be that an individual entering such an institution should have a general comprehension of a basic concept.\n\nBetter yet... when you go to college, you have to PAY for what they teach you.  Some schools charge upwards of $700 per unit... and most math classes are around 3 units.  If you can get the information for FREE in middle/high school, why pay $2100 for it?  Is that a good enough, solid enough reason?
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Cumulative grade point average - or GPA, is based on the\n4-point based system of grading.\nAn A = 4.0\n     B = 3.0\n     C= 2.0\n     D =1.0\n     F = 0\n\nYour grade point average in any one semester or year is where they take all the "points" you've earned, and divide that sum by the total hours you took. In college, if you took 12 semester hours and received an;\n\n1 Class = 3 hours, you received an A = 4 points. (3 hours X 4)\n1 Class = 3 hours, you received a   B = 3 points  (3 hours X 3)\n1 Class = 3 hours, you received a   C = 2 points  (3 hours X 2)\n1 Class = 3 hours, you received a   B = 3 points. (3 hours X 3)\n\nSum of all the points 12 + 9 + 6 + 9 = 36 points, divided by\n12 hours = 3. Your GPA for that semester is 3.0 - or a B.\n\nCumulative GPA is just taking ALL the grades or points from courses you have earned to date toward a degree and divide by all those same hours.
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yes, you can. 12 credit hours is the minimun requirement for a full time student, when you cannot have this you may not be qualified for financial aid and scholarship.  But when registering, there is nothing to deal with your credit, but maybe a different time to register for courses ( for example, if you get 1 to 29 credit hours, you have to wait until 2nd, 3rd,4th students finish. In other words, higher grade can apply first).
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Usually a regular college class has 3 credits, or credit hours. Some courses vary and have 1, labs, or up to 6 credits.
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I took AP English, Spanish, Calculus, History and Physics. I never tested in any of them, I just took them because they looked good when I applied to college. I did however take a test called the CLEP test for Spanish and scored high enough to get out of all my foreign language requirements for college plus I earned 14 hours of college credit. So I guess taking AP Spanish (or the cumulation of knowledge from 4 years of Spanish) paid off. I took honors Calc and Honors English in college, so yeah..I guess the AP classes paid off a little in getting into the better classes.
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it depends on the course you r going to take. ya! you can, if you are talking about the community colleges then it is better for you to have a green card otherwise you have to pay lot more than what you will be expecting. the college here is not free, you have to pay $81 per credit hour. so if you r taking 3 crdit course then multiply it and then other additional fees like computers, building maintenance etc. if you are coming here on student visa then i will suggest u to go to university directly.
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Um, let's see... about 11pm to 5/6 am...um, what's that? yeah about 6.5 hours too. It pretty much stinks. And then if there's a major project I sometimes get, like, only 3 hours because I got to bed at 3 am or something. I don't really like school either for that reason. How do they expect us to do well when we don't even get enough sleep?
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Why don't you ask in your college I guess that they have some jobs helping some students, and you can take the hours that you are willing to give.\nYou don't lose anything.\nOr check in the newspapers sometimes you can find some jobs that you don't need to much time to invest.\nGood luck
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Well, you must pay attention to what you do after school. How many MINUTES (not hours) you spend, for example, watching TV, eating, talking by phone, chatting, etc... Then, you must get to know yourself about your peak study hours. Mine are early in the morning 4:00 am - 6:00 am; when I was in college I studied for tests at that time; for other stuff, like homework, I did them right the same day where it was assigned (not more than 3 days after that).
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Usually, I think anyway, GPA is calculated by letter grade, at least that's how it was done at my high school. For example: 90-100=A which would be 4 points. 80-89=B which would be 3 points. 70-79=C, 2 points. 60-69=D, 1 point. Anything lower=0. As far as college goes, I have yet to figure that out because you now also include how many credit hours each sourse is worth.\n\nAnyway, so after you figure out all the points you earned, you add them up and divide by the number of classes you had. And that equals your GPA.\n\nFor example:\nLEt's say you got 3 A's and 2 B's. 3 A's would be 12 points, 2 B's would be 6 points. So that's 18 points. Divide that by 5 (the # of classes) and that would equal 3.6
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(a) 50 minutes.  The first part of class gets wasted taking attendance, settling the students down, and beginning lessons.  The last few minutes are wasted because students are anxious to get out of class.  Actual teaching time is probably about 40 minutes out of that 50.\n\n(b) 100 minutes with a break.  Those are the college classes I have now and they are manageable but long.  There is more than enough time for group discussion and lecture time.  There is also plenty of time for exams.\n\n(c) 60 to 90 minutes with a break as well.  Adults have to balance a lot more than high school or college students so they should have the flexibility of shorter classes.  There is still time for lecture and discussion as well as exams.