What is a credit hour in college?
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number of hours spent by a student in a week for a particular subject
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i went to community college for 5 semesters (not including summers).  I got student loans for all semesters.  They don't go by years; they go by hours attempted.  I think it's something like after 90 hours attempted and you still don't have a degree then they cut you off.  Or if your degree plan say you are getting a Bachelor's eventually then they cut you off after 180 hours.  All this is based on a 60 hour associates degree and a 120 hour Bachelor's degree.
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A credit is a unit of work you receive for completing a course.  At some schools you can take a test to receive credit prior to starting school, but the majority of credits are received by passing courses or transferring them in from another school.  The amount of credits required to graduate depends on the major you select.  At most 4-year schools, a course typically counts for 3-4 credits, with some specialized offerings counting for a bit more or less.
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well 3 credits are 1 hour
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Each class is worth x number of credit hours. \n\nAnd the GPA system is as follows\n\nA - 4 points\nB - 3 points\nC - 2 points\nD - 1 point\nF - 0 points\n\nSo, if my math class is worth 3 credit hours, and I got an A. And my English class is worth 5 credit hours, and I got a C, the calculation would go as follows:\n\n4 (for the A) * 3 (Credit Hours) = 12\n2 (for the C) * 5 (Credit Hours) = 10\n\nTake the total number (in this case 22) and divide by the total number of credit hours (8)\n\n22/8 is 2.75 which is a high C.
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In our school, they were called 'semester hours' and a full load was 15-16 'semester hours'.  The minimum was 12 to be considered a full-time student.  20 hours would have been way too much, although it can be done if you want to get out of school earlier than 4 years.  It also depends on the type of class and how much homework/outside work is required in addition to in-class work.\n\nYou should check with your degree plan counselor or with department faculty to determine what is a good load for the degree you plan to pursue.
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It depends. What are you doing when you check the time? If you are taking classes that start on the hour, it could mean you get bored 11 minutes in.
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This is very difficult to gage because it depends on personal preferences, lifestyle, academic abilities, and the difficulty of each class.  The freshman year can be frustrating because this is the time you learn what you can handle or want.  The recommendation I usually make is for students to over-schedule and then map out how much they need to do for the rest of the semester in the first week and then drop anything that seems too much to have a more reasonable schedule.\n\nWe advisors will argue over whether you should take any math because we come from different personal perspectives on the matter.  I say get it done ASAP, while others will say it's ok to avoid in your first year.  The first year is the cruicible though and I think getting it over with shows you can handle college.\n\nRanges:  If you work too much, 12 hours will seem like a grindstone.  I have had students that consistently had 20-21 hours each semester and graduated early.  They were usually 4.0 students that did not work because they had scholarships paying for everything and parents that could and would afford anything that the scholarships didn't cover...
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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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College credits work this way:\n\nGenerally you get 1 credit for every half-hour per week of classwork (assuming you are a full time student on a semester basis). This is just lecture time, where the professor will get up in front of class and go through the material.  This does not include lab work, where you  work with a teaching assistant (TA) in smaller groups to answer questions and solve example problems. \n\nYou generally need to take about 14-16 credits per semester to graduate in four years.  Having said that, that's a pretty full-on course load for a Computer Science major.  If you can afford it, adding on an extra semester makes the load a lot easier to handle. \n\nCredit is specific to a given university/college/junior college and may or may not be transferrable to another university/college/junior college.  As a result, you need to do some homework as to which classes are acceptable up the chain of higher education.
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An 18 on the SAT means you are brain dead......Did you mean an 18 on the ACT? Yes, good grades in community college will help your chances of getting in a university, they don't look much at ACT/SAT if you have 30 hours of good grades from a community college.
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Take over 12 hours a semester\nGet over a 3.8 GPA\n\nThat's it. You don't have to be there a certain number of semesters, but you do have to take a certain number of hours.
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In college 12 credits is considered full time
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Depends on the University and the program, they are all different and measure units differently.  Northwestern measures units as individual classes so one class equals one credit, while other schools measure a credit hour based on how many hours of class you have each week in that class and so on.  For associates typically, 60 hours, Bachelors 120 hours.  A masters depends on the program and where you go.  A lot of masters degrees are 24-30 hours beyond a Bachelors but you can't take the same amount of classes at a time.  A Ph.D. can take from 3-7 years depending on the degree and program beyond your masters.  It all depends in what and where you go.
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i run 15 credit hours and have two jobs that add up to a full time 10 and 32 hours yeah i didnt get a lot of sleep this semester and well i had to pull 2 24 hour days a week to keep it all together. the problem is that you cannot just take 5 hours in a row the schedules at most colleges will keep you from having a perfect schedule. if you can do it you really wont have a social life. work it around if you can but, bet on having a part time job at night
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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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As an academic advisor with experience at OSU (quarter system) and several semester system schools, I'd say it depends on the following factors:\n\n* How much can you handle personally?  Some students can handle 23 hours in a quarter system, which seems crazy to me.  Then again, look at what classes they are taking and how much do they have going on outside of classes.\n\n* How much are you working?  It used to be that 10-20 hours was seen as maximums.  On some levels this makes sense, but not everyone because of the following...\n\n* What's your maturity level?  Oddly enough, a recent survey by the dean of my office showed people working full-time out-performed all other categories.  When he sorted the data for age and other categories, he found that they tended to be over 25, married, and have children.  Why?  They had to know what they were getting themselves into, so they figured out in advance what it would take to succeed.  Being married apparently also helps in having a strong supporter.\n\n* How are your academic skills?  Do you read and type more effectively and quickly?  If your skills are slow, you spend more time studying.  There are these pat assumptions about study times out there that ignore the importance of this factor.  You can do a great deal more academic work if you can type a 20-page paper in 2 hours instead of 20 with hunt and peck method like I used to do!\n\nAs for the gen ed classes, again there are a number of variables - especially your fortes and weaknesses.  Ex: I hate multiple choice tests passionately and would rather take two upper level writing classes than one introductory (multi-choice test) class.  If you haven't declared a major, it may be better to hit as many different topics as possible to maximize your explorations...\n\nGood luck!