Re: CHAT: University Advice (was Re: A bit of advice)

John Cowan wrote:
>
> Robert Hailman wrote:
>
> > Excuse me for my ignorance, but what precisely is a "credit-hour"? I
> > have an idea, but I don't know the definition.
>
> A class that meets 3 times a week for 1 hour each is a 3-credit-hour class;
> similarly, a class that meets twice a week for two hours would be a 4-credit-hour
> class.  For some few classes, the number of hours and credit-hours are not
> the same, but usually they are.  (Natural science labs, e.g. usually have
> more hours than credit-hours, and some classes have no credit-hours at all.)
>
Okie dokie, I get it now. Oi! 22 is a lot, 26 is just eeeeevil.

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Robert