Work

Sketcher said:

I just work full time, 40+ hours a week. We actually can get in trouble if we put in 50+ hours if we don't have a special deal worked out.

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Darth Bagel said:

a unit is a measure of credit for each class. For example, a class may range from 1-4 units depending on the amount of involvement (a lab class is typically four units because you'll get around three hours of lecture and 2-4 hours of lab work per week; but a basic recreational class like golfing might be 1 unit because it doesn't require much work in or out of class). U.S. students generally measure their course load by how many units they take per semester (3-9/semester for part-timers and 12-18 for full-timers).

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Cearbhall said:

In the US, I usually have 5 classes that are 3 hours each per week. For my semester abroad in the UK, I had 4 classes, 2 hours each. Each class will transfer as 3 or 4 credits, so 12-16 total. Still full-time. It's just a different system. More independent study.

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_Tess_ said:

Interesting. Sounds complicated! It's probably not in practice though

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