HOW MANY COURSES are you going to take in Sept?

[MS_Project]

How many per Semester?

[goobelygoop]

Five, because I'm supposed to take 5.

[RayK]

5 the first semester, 4 the second

[a_y3n]

I have to take 4 cuz I work part-time...

[Haris]

Good old engineering and Business.. was supposed to take 7 but took 2nd year calc in the summer., so only 6 a semester!!!

[jas]

seven...program requirements. I hope I survive

[bokep]

7... yes it's engineering 2nd year

[skuric]

6 if you include the seminar course... which isn't really much of a course I've heard.

[TheFuteballer]

WOOO for the 7 coursed engineers

[Nukey]

I voted 7 because there was no 7.5 option (7 full courses, 1 half course). Program requirement. This is going to be... fun. :confused:

[MS_Project]

Thanks for everyone who have contributed to the Poll.

I am doing this to figure out what is the most common course load per semester.

Some of you are taking 6-7 courses per semester, that seems pretty heavy especially if you spend 1-2 hours of commute time to your school.

[fliime]

7 but might be exempted for 2 courses, fingers crossed

[StarStrike]

8 courses (7 lectures and 1 separate lab course).

[MS_Project]

8 courses (7 lectures and 1 separate lab course).

Is this for University? How can you manage all this per semester?

:o

[StarStrike]

Is this for University? How can you manage all this per semester?

:o

Yes this is for university lol. That is what you call Pharmacy school my friend :twisted:

[dmdsoftware2]

Is this for University? How can you manage all this per semester?

:o

Remember, comparing workloads from University to University is like comparing apples to oranges. Some Universities require 20 credits for the degree (so, 20 full year courses) while other require 50-100 credits.

At the University of Toronto, full time status used to be considered for 4-5 courses a semester. Now it is 3 courses a semester. If you are a crazy fool, you need administration expressed approval before you can enroll in more than 6 courses a semester.

Unlike some Universities, a single course at the University of Toronto could encompass 3 hours of lecture, 1-2 hours of tutorial, and 3-5 hours of lab. That is a possible 10 hours a week on in class time for a single course - not including time spent studying, doing assignments, preparing for labs, etc. At other Universities, some would consider the labs as a separate course etc.

[Tyrant]

The plan is 4 for my sanity, although my advisor recommended 3 for the sake of adjusting to a new school. (I transferred from another University)

[gues77]

4.......humanities, 2 social sci, 1 sociology

[Truemana]

Remember, comparing workloads from University to University is like comparing apples to oranges. Some Universities require 20 credits for the degree (so, 20 full year courses) while other require 50-100 credits.

At the University of Toronto, full time status used to be considered for 4-5 courses a semester. Now it is 3 courses a semester. If you are a crazy fool, you need administration expressed approval before you can enroll in more than 6 courses a semester.

Unlike some Universities, a single course at the University of Toronto could encompass 3 hours of lecture, 1-2 hours of tutorial, and 3-5 hours of lab. That is a possible 10 hours a week on in class time for a single course - not including time spent studying, doing assignments, preparing for labs, etc. At other Universities, some would consider the labs as a separate course etc.

Very true. I have yet to meet anyone at UVic taking more than 7 courses. I took 7 courses (1 a joke co-op prep course) at the beginning of second year engineering. I have 6 courses this fall (second half of third year), 5 of which have labs. 4 of those labs are biweekly, the 5th is weekly, so that's 3 labs consistently every week, on top of 18 hours of lectures. So, 27 hours a week just in class, 2-3 hours per course/lab per week for homework... so at worst case I'm at 54 hours a week, not including co-op job applications and midterm study time.

Damn. That is going to suck.

[MS_Project]

Bump

September is coming again. So how many courses will you take this Sept?

[lisaz]

5....i think..

uoft life science..

anyone the same??

[flygo]

probably 5.5, UofT lifesci 3rd year.

might use up one of my CRs for the extra 0.5 though

[divx]

my next term will be 4 course + design project, which will be finished this term, so I might decide to overload by 1 course because I have plans to take easy technical course and bunch art courses. So far I haven't had any art course take anymore than half as much time as I needed for technical/engineering courses, so I don't see a problem doing that.

[syn3sto]

2 math
1 comp sci
2 bus

[geronimo]

I plan on taking 5 courses per semester next year.

This is because I am behind as I only took 3 or 4 courses for the last three semesters. I need to catch up, and also I've realized that 5 courses per semester really isn't too bad, I've learned how to handle it.

[MS_Project]

I guess most students will be taking 5 courses. :D

[UWO Engineer]

7 first semester and 7 second. Gonna be fun

[Dark-Colonel]

5 because I have to.

[skyrink]

does anyone else find it stupid how engineering courses are difficult enough but yet they have to take on average 2 more courses than everyone else per semester? thats 140% workload compared to the average student when every other faculty takes 5

[divx]

does anyone else find it stupid how engineering courses are difficult enough but yet they have to take on average 2 more courses than everyone else per semester? thats 140% workload compared to the average student when every other faculty takes 5

it can't be helped, so that's why the majority pick as many art courses as allowed for electives, to lower that work load :o

[UWO Engineer]

does anyone else find it stupid how engineering courses are difficult enough but yet they have to take on average 2 more courses than everyone else per semester? thats 140% workload compared to the average student when every other faculty takes 5

That's what gives Engineering a certain amount of prestige. I mean...if it were easy well....that would just be easy. We're engineerings...we buck it up and solve the problem. It dont get any easier in the real world either! I wouldn't want it any other way because this way I can laugh at my buddies who complain about their work load in political science :)

it can't be helped, so that's why the majority pick as many art courses as allowed for electives, to lower that work load

uh....First year you only get one non-tech elective and that non-tech elective must fit your schedule. It limits your range to about oh 1 or 2 courses to choose from. We're really **** outta luck in that department.

In 2nd year it gets no better but in 3rd/4th year it gets easier to take the electives you want.

[divx]

That's what gives Engineering a certain amount of prestige. I mean...if it were easy well....that would just be easy. We're engineerings...we buck it up and solve the problem. It dont get any easier in the real world either! I wouldn't want it any other way because this way I can laugh at my buddies who complain about their work load in political science :)



uh....First year you only get one non-tech elective and that non-tech elective must fit your schedule. It limits your range to about oh 1 or 2 courses to choose from. We're really **** outta luck in that department.

In 2nd year it gets no better but in 3rd/4th year it gets easier to take the electives you want.

yeah the electives really don't help all "that" much, and even less available at uw, no elective in 1st year, 1 in 2nd year, 1 in 3rd year and 1 in 4th year for non technical ones. Only 3 chances to lower the course load and boost marks for the whole degree:|

[civ@uw]

does anyone else find it stupid how engineering courses are difficult enough but yet they have to take on average 2 more courses than everyone else per semester? thats 140% workload compared to the average student when every other faculty takes 5

Not at all. Engineering courses are so watered down compared to what you'd be studying in pure math or physics. Also, you're exaggerating the courseload by comparing number of courses rather than credits, (when you're taking 7 courses, at least a couple of courses will have lower credit values).

[blizzah]

Depends on teh course, because you can be taking a science course which is 3 hours of lectures/week plus tutorial plus 3 hours lab every other week, compared to an english course etc which might just be 2-3 hours of lecturs per week. But 5.

[skyrink]

Not at all. Engineering courses are so watered down compared to what you'd be studying in pure math or physics. Also, you're exaggerating the courseload by comparing number of courses rather than credits, (when you're taking 7 courses, at least a couple of courses will have lower credit values).

i understand where everyone is coming from, but i think it would be equally as efficient if engineers took 5 courses spread over MORE than 4 years...right now honestly, with the amount of courses and time that needs to be devoted, it is impossible to enjoy the university life...and scool forces students to take shortcuts and cheat their way through courses as it is almost humanly impossible to have a balanced life and succeed through engineering years legitimately. and it doesnt depend on which courses as theyre alllll hard with plenty of labs/tutorials for dessert. so much more could be learned if it were different, the system is basically encouraging quantity over quality

[divx]

i understand where everyone is coming from, but i think it would be equally as efficient if engineers took 5 courses spread over MORE than 4 years...right now honestly, with the amount of courses and time that needs to be devoted, it is impossible to enjoy the university life...and scool forces students to take shortcuts and cheat their way through courses as it is almost humanly impossible to have a balanced life and succeed through engineering years legitimately. and it doesnt depend on which courses as theyre alllll hard with plenty of labs/tutorials for dessert. so much more could be learned if it were different, the system is basically encouraging quantity over quality

I concur, add another year and make it a master degree by default, for this much effort, a master degree is more suitable.

[civ@uw]

i understand where everyone is coming from, but i think it would be equally as efficient if engineers took 5 courses spread over MORE than 4 years...right now honestly, with the amount of courses and time that needs to be devoted, it is impossible to enjoy the university life...and scool forces students to take shortcuts and cheat their way through courses as it is almost humanly impossible to have a balanced life and succeed through engineering years legitimately. and it doesnt depend on which courses as theyre alllll hard with plenty of labs/tutorials for dessert. so much more could be learned if it were different, the system is basically encouraging quantity over quality

Time management skills are important to develop for the real world. Engineering courses aren't very difficult, they just require some getting use to by learning structured problem solving techniques.

[wirebound]

does anyone else find it stupid how engineering courses are difficult enough but yet they have to take on average 2 more courses than everyone else per semester? thats 140% workload compared to the average student when every other faculty takes 5

A lot (although definitely not all) of the engineering work is done in tutorials and labs though. The work done in other programs starts with the three hour lectures and goes from there for sure. Although I agree engineering students have more work hours (in and out of class), don't think an arts and science student only has work within their three hour lecture; lots of reading, lots of prep; lots of writing. They're just different approaches to learning different subject areas.

It IS possible to have a balanced life within engineering without cheating. I've seen countless students successfully achieve this. First year is tough though and you have to relearn HOW to learn. Time management skills, group work skills etc. If you're going into engineering and have flown through highschool on minimal work (maybe because you're gifted, maybe because you were in an easy highschool...); then you'll need to strategize a bit when you head into your classes, admit it when something goes wrong and seek help.

[UWO Engineer]

i understand where everyone is coming from, but i think it would be equally as efficient if engineers took 5 courses spread over MORE than 4 years...right now honestly, with the amount of courses and time that needs to be devoted, it is impossible to enjoy the university life...and scool forces students to take shortcuts and cheat their way through courses as it is almost humanly impossible to have a balanced life and succeed through engineering years legitimately. and it doesnt depend on which courses as theyre alllll hard with plenty of labs/tutorials for dessert. so much more could be learned if it were different, the system is basically encouraging quantity over quality

Nope. Engineering is a professional degree and is one of the only professional degree to be offered as an undergraduate program. It's on par with the amount of work done in Law or med school or any other professional program.

It should not be a masters and it should not be lightened. Trivial factoid for you...A person right out of UNI with a basic engineering degree makes, on average, more then someone with a masters in Engineering. Its simple to know why care to figure it out :O

[thezone]

Six the next semester upon approval which I'll probably get as usual. I find six a manageable amount even with a good mix of extracurriculars. Sometimes I think seven would be manageable depending on the courses being taken but unfortunately the +1 overload is all they allow where I go. The big bonus is six classes cost as the same as five.

[divx]

Nope. Engineering is a professional degree and is one of the only professional degree to be offered as an undergraduate program. It's on par with the amount of work done in Law or med school or any other professional program.

It should not be a masters and it should not be lightened. Trivial factoid for you...A person right out of UNI with a basic engineering degree makes, on average, more then someone with a masters in Engineering. Its simple to know why care to figure it out :O

Won't it be nice to have a stepping stone or a "buffer" of few years of undergrad to get used to the university work load?

[wirebound]

It's on par with the amount of work done in Law or med school or any other professional program.


I respectfully disagree; at least in Engineering you have summers off, once you get past preclerkship you're on the wards or on elective placements all year. And don't forget the minimum 2 years of residency training. However, the type of learning you do in medschool is really different and some Engineers find med school 'easier' in that regard.

Won't it be nice to have a stepping stone or a "buffer" of few years of undergrad to get used to the university work load?

That would be called travelling :)

[jandumm]

ugh this thread brings back bad memories.

Anyone in Eng. Phys at Mac?

I was in the Management stream way back in 2002 but those in the straight program had 8 courses in the fall and 6 in the Spring. -> depending on what electives you took. There were people who wanted to kill themselves by October.

Ugh I just checked this year's calendar...Level V: 39-40 units (2008-2009 ONLY) I counted up the courses and it looks like the worst case is 7 and 8. :S

[divx]

I respectfully disagree; at least in Engineering you have summers off, once you get past preclerkship you're on the wards or on elective placements all year. And don't forget the minimum 2 years of residency training. However, the type of learning you do in medschool is really different and some Engineers find med school 'easier' in that regard.



That would be called travelling :)
Engineers at uw don't get summer off, we pull 5 year straight.

Traveling doesn't help us get used to the work load, need couple years of increasing workload to help with transition from HS to uni, instead of a huge step response.

[wirebound]

Engineers at uw don't get summer off, we pull 5 year straight.

Traveling doesn't help us get used to the work load, need couple years of increasing workload to help with transition from HS to uni, instead of a huge step response.


Ahh yes, my apologies. At least you're getting paid then!

[MS_Project]

bump

[Aznsilvrboy]

5/semester

[aarietta]

4 because i took some courses over the summer

[Dimension]

6 courses in the Fall, and then 7 in the Winter. I had half a mind to take 7-7 (Fall-Winter)...we'll see.