College semester credit vs. quarter credit?
The standard conversion is: Quarter Hours * .67 = semester hours Semester Hours * 1.5 = quarter hours therefor: 14 (semester hours) * 1.5 (conversion factor) = 21 quarter hours You can verify this by checking the catalog of the college that you want to attend and looking for "quarter hour conversion" in the search too. Some round, some don't. A 5 quarter hour class transfers as 3 semester hours in a school that rounds. That means you'd lose 1/3 hour for each course you're transferring. If that's the case, 14 semester hours is about 5 (4.66) three-hour courses on a semester system. 5 five-hour quarter courses is 25 quarter hours.
College: Quarter vs Semester?
A semester consists of 15 weeks of classes. There are two of them per academic year. A quarter consists of 10 weeks of classes. There are THREE of them per academic year (and they count summer term as a fourth quarter). Either way, you'll be in class for a full 30 weeks of the year. Advantages and disadvantages? For reference, I attended a college that used quarters, and now work at a college that used semesters. Quarters start the year later than semesters (usually early September instead of late August). They also let out later than semesters (usually mid June instead of late May). One nice thing I liked about quarters is that you had midterms soon after the class started, so you were forced to pay attention in order to not fall behind. Of course, depending on your study habits, this can become a disadvantage.
Semester system vs. quarter system?
I preferred the quarter system. You can take a wider variety of classes in the same amount of time. In a normal school year on the quarter system, you register for classes three times instead of two, so you can explore more things that interest you in an academic year. If you really hate a class, professor, subject etc. you only have to deal with it for 10 weeks. The downside is that in the quarter system you have to deal with the stress of finals three times a year instead of 2.
Do you prefer colleges with trimesters, semesters, or quarter schedules?
I go to a university with a semester system and…it’s not the best.My issue with semester systems is that I don’t particularly enjoy studying a great deal of subjects at the same time.And from what I’ve seen from fellow students, others feel the same way. Studying math requires a completely different mindset than writing a psychology paper, but many take this unusual duo of courses in the same semester. It’s jarring. You don’t get a chance to ‘fall in love’ with the material at hand because, just when it gets interesting, you’re yanked into a different frame of thought due to other academic obligations.My first choice university when I was applying to college (Carleton College) had a trimester system and it seemed beautiful. Every trimester, professor hits the material hard and fast. You spent much of your time on only two subjects during a given trimester, and get a chance to really understand them on an intimate level. I don’t know much about the academic load of quarter systems, but I would imagine it’s quite similar. Fast paced, more interest from the student, and far less stressful.
Quarter system vs semester system?????
If it is going to fast for you then it is logical to look at a school that is on the semester system. In particular if it is getting to the point - where you may wind up dropping out. The quarter system is much faster paced (due to time allotment) and will allow you to obtain your credits quicker thus accelerating the graduation time. This of course depending upon how you schedule your classes. Pulled from a Forum: AChiOAlumna http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/showth... I worked and attended schools at both quarter and semester systems. Here are the advantages/disadvantages of the quarter system: Advantages: Moves quicker so if you don't like a teacher, you're done with him/her in 10 weeks. If you don't like the class...same thing. Doesn't allow you to slack. Teaches you good time management. Disadvantages: Many freshman have difficulty adjusting to such an accelerated pace straight from high school. Easy to feel overwhelmed. Many classes base grades solely on midterms/finals due to lack of time for professors to read lengthy term papers. (this isn't true for all classes, but many are) Take a look at the first response: http://www.collegenet.com/elect/app/app?...
What are the advantages of the quarter system vs. the semester system in universities?
I was on the quarter system at Georgia Tech in the 80’s; semesters at several other schools afterwards. The biggest advantage of semesters is that they make life easier on the school administration, or save them money. Advantages for students? None that I could see.For some classes, it doesn’t matter - a 3 quarter physics sequence is the same as a 2 semester sequence.But IME the stand-alone 16 week semester classes really didn’t cover any more material than the 12 week quarters; they just stretched it out more. So less education bang for the buck. It’s certainly possible that some 16 week classes pack in 33% more material than the 12 week ones. But that wasn’t my experience.I loved the fact that in my time at Georgia Tech I was taking 5 - 7 classes each quarter for a total of 15 - 21 classes per year. That’s a lot different topics. And, for me at least, 12 weeks was enough for most classes. I was ready for something different after that.
Is the UC quarter system much harder than the semester system that other colleges have?
I wouldn’t say that quarters are either harder or easier than semester systems, just different. I was in the UC system as an undergrad and grad student when the UCs switch from semesters to quarters took place (1960s) - and it primarily changed how courses are ‘packaged’. Many courses were year long sequences anyway, so would just be divided into either three pieces rather than two. Those courses would not have been a lot different. I also taught in both systems - with most of my career being at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, which is on quarters.Some students find quarters actually easier because there is not as much material covered per term, so not as much to ‘master’ for the final exam. On the other hand, the pace can seem pretty intense. (It really shouldn’t be if a one-year sequence still covers the same material in either system.) But there are two ways quarters seem more intense: There is no down time (or maybe better said, recovery time) to allow a student to get caught up if they ever get behind. If a professor wants to give two or three exams before the of a term (in either system), those exams are coming up every three weeks in a quarter system. You can’t afford to relax for a week after a round of midterms.Of course, you don’t want to ever get sick with something, but in a quarter system it seems much harder to get caught back up if you are out for a bit nursing some illness.If interested, you might see my other post comparing the two systems in a discussion of academic calendaring:Ron Brown's answer to Why do some colleges have quarters and others have semesters?
If you go to community college full time, how long are your classes and how many days a week do you go for?
As previously mentioned, it depends if the community college runs on a quarter based or semester based school year. From my experience when doing running start at a local community college, I had on average three classes each day during the quarter that amounted to fifth-teen hours per week.They say that for every one hour of class, you should plan to study for two hours. Don’t take that piece of advice for granted, there are a lot of classes that take more than just doing the bare minimum in college.