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Old 05-06-2014, 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by AlphaXi_Husky View Post
For my alma mater, yes, 15 credits a quarter was pretty standard. It was rare for people (or at least people I knew) to take over 15, but it did happen. Particularly as an upperclassman if there was a class you needed to graduate that was only offered once during the year.

I'm assuming there is a difference in the amount of work between a 5-credit semester class and a 5-credit quarter class. At least I hope there is because otherwise I should have gone to a college on the semester system.
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Originally Posted by LAblondeGPhi View Post
At UCLA I typically took 3 classes per quarter, and only twice took 4 classes in a quarter (but I did take several classes during summer programs). If I remember correctly, each class was 4 units, and 40 or 45 units a year was considered standard progress.

ETA: "Quarters" were more like trimesters, as there were three terms during the regular school year. Summer session was considered the fourth. I believe some quarter schools don't play that game, though.

I believe the conversion of units between quarter and semester was 1.5 = 1.
Sounds correct/familiar to me.
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