I have finals up the ass

[DoesntMatter]

You better not touch my sig!

I think you quoted the wrong post... Teehee

[Junket]

"credit" is a foreign concept to me. Do you get to pick your classes?

Each class is worth a certain amount of credits. Usually, the more difficult the class, the more credits it is worth.

There is usually a minimum amount of credits you must accumulate to graduate.

[anachronistic]

Each class is worth a certain amount of credits. Usually, the more difficult the class, the more credits it is worth.

There is usually a minimum amount of credits you must accumulate to graduate.

Credits are equal to the amount of hours you participate in the class, as well as how difficult it is. Well at this university. Each hour you are in the class, you get a credit.

For example, my German class next semester is an hour long. It will be on Monday Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday. It's a 4 credit class.

For our art classes though, the credit per hour is reduced to half. For example, Design 2 is on Monday and Wednesday, and I am in the classroom for 3 hours each day. It is a three hour class, and I get 3 credits for it.

For classes like Graphic Design 4, we would get a lot more credits.

[DoesntMatter]

Credits don't really correlate to difficult. For example, anything in the business school or the humanities classes don't even start to compare to the shit that goes down in the engineering school

[Junket]

Then I stand corrected, but at least now, her question has been appropriately answered.

[DoesntMatter]

Yeah, Europe isn't really keeping up with the times

[anachronistic]

Yeah, Europe isn't really keeping up with the times

Uninformed you are. Differently things they do.

[DoesntMatter]

Uninformed you are. Differently things they do.

Aight yoda I'll take your word for it

[anachronistic]

Aight yoda I'll take your word for it

Many wrinkles have I. Like a scrotum!!!111

[Tiay]

wow, that explains a lot, heh. It always sounded kinda stressful to me, having to count all these credits and make sure they add up and all.

Credits don't really correlate to difficult. For example, anything in the business school or the humanities classes don't even start to compare to the shit that goes down in the engineering school

you'd better not be saying that humanities are easier than engineering. I keeel you.

[vashti]

My harder classes were worth more units... microbiology, physiology, chemistry, all my nursing classes...

[DoesntMatter]

The bio lecture I'm in is worth only 2 credits, along with the associated lab which is another 2 credits. For every hour I spend on math and chemistry combined, I spend about 10 hours on bio, yet they have the same credit value total (4). Basically, they are trying to weed out the premeds with the bio class but it is still worth only 4 credits.

But whatever. After freshman year I'll probably no longer have to write essays, biggest ****ing waste of time. Just 2 math and 2 chem lectures with 1 lab. Boo-yah

[vashti]

I think my micro class was worth 5 units (including lab). Most of my nursing classes are worth 5+1/2 units, but in my last semester, I have a class worth 9+1/2 units.

[IndiReloaded]

Uninformed you are. Differently things they do.

Yes, its quite a lot different than the semester credit system in Canada & the US. The UK undergrad system is closer to our graduate school system here.

[IndiReloaded]

wow, that explains a lot, heh. It always sounded kinda stressful to me, having to count all these credits and make sure they add up and all.

Not nearly as stressful as passing your prelims & then not having formal exams until your finals & screwing them. At least if you botch a 3 credit course you can always take another.

Having a good primary tutor (and relationship with them) makes a bigger difference for UK undergrads. What I like about the system is that it is a lot less spoonfeeding than the US one. Your learning is a lot more up to you, as it should be at a postsecondary level.