12-12-2004, 07:17 PM
[wcip]Angel,Dec 12 2004, Wrote:What do you mean when you say "one class"? Is it the same as "one course"? I only take one course at a time. Most people wouldn't be able to take more than one, not only because of the incredible work load, but also because lectures would clash, forcing students to choose which course to follow on a day-to-day basis.
Example: A girl in my class is taking pedagogy at the same time as her Master's degree in literacy studies. Because we only have lectures twice a week (Mondays and Tuesdays), this is barely managable, however you can't take 2 undergraduate courses, say English and French, simultaneously, as both courses have lectures Monday-Thursday.
I'm assuming "class" means something else than "course." I just can't figure out what exactly :)
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To give an example, a typical freshman fulltime student looking at some engineering field might take something like Calculus, Physics, and Sociology. Each of these individual subjects would be a "class" (or "course" for that matter). The guy would spend an hour in the classroom lecture/review for each of these Monday through Friday, plus an addition hour or two of labwork for the physics course. You might expect to spend an additional 2-3 hours of study for every 1 hour in the class, if you are diligant in your studies (many people *aren't* diligant in their studies). For someone further along in their education, there might be more time for labs, research, and studying and less actual lecture/review time. But you get the general idea.
Maybe what you think of as "course" is what we would consider a "major" or "degree program"?