for each class that you are enrolled in college...how many average hours do you spen on homework?

Answer 1

it's around 2 hours outside of class for each hour in.

so a 3 hour class would be 6 hours a week spent on homework.

Answer 2

They say 2 hrs outside for each hour in, but I never found that to be true and I have three undergrad degrees (one associates, two bachelors) I found the level of time you spend doing homework varies greatly on what class you are taking, if you enjoy/are interested in the class and to a lesser extent, where you are taking it and the teacher who is teaching it.

Best scenario is: you are taking a class at a decent university at a good time of day for you, the teacher is interested, bright, engaging, really passionate about the subject, interacts with the class, the class is something not too hard for you and you really enjoy it and are intererested in it (say Child Development, Psychology or Cinema). If all those things are true you'll probably rarely do homework or study since you'll soak up so much during classtime and you really want to learn it.

Worst scenario: if you are a freshman at a huge overcrowded snooty university with 300 students in a huge lecture hall, the professor is boring, wants to be somewhere else and never encourages interaction. And say it's physiology, statistics or biochem taught at 7am (and you're a night owl?) You'll probably be doing a lot of homework!

Answer 3

Assuming you're a freshman taking basic classes, you'll probably spend 2-4 hours per week per class. Of course some weeks you'll do a lot less, and some weeks you'll do a lot more. When it comes down to midterms, you'll probably be spending up to 8-10 hours on school work.

I guess I should say that there is usually very little graded homework in College, but you have to do it if you want to pass the tests. An individual test will usually count for 25% - 33% of your grade, so you have to take them seriously.

Answer 4

That's easy: 2 hours studying for each credit hour taken each week.
That’s 2 hours per credit hour OUTSIDE of class, and that’s the minimum.

In a college preparation seminar the head of the Chemistry Department told us this. That means with a 16 credit hour schedule you are working as hard as your parents are at a FULL-TIME JOB. Say goodbye to childhood, your JOB is to learn to a professional standard and graduate.

I found that a 15-16 credit hour schedule was the best for me. Even though my college catalog required 18 hours per semester. I was a pretty good student in High School; I didn't graduate at the top of my class because I took 3 advanced courses and a typing course (which I was really bad at). I didn't take my studies seriously and would come home at night, click on the TV and spend 3-4 hours studying for an 8-hour school day (which in college terms would translate to 18+ credit hours). I found this didn't cut it in college. I also didn't study during the day, and that was a huge mistake. I didn't keep up with my reading assignments and tried cramming for the semester finals.

I suffered early burnout and dropped out. As just a High School Graduate I had a hard time trying to find a job better than a fast food one. So I went into the military. Basic Training wasn't all that hard for me (exhausting work schedule, but easy study schedule) because I was a pretty smart kid and had taken some ROTC courses in school.

Military service wasn't bad, but I was never in charge of anybody and I had to do what I was told. I found out the my Military Occupation Specialty was a dead end line, as far as promotions were, so after my enlistment was up I returned to school. The second time around I approached college with the proper attitude—it was my full time job. I studied every night; I used all the free time I had to study. I went out on weekends and occasionally took in a movie or something during the week, but my primary focus was on the classes.

I had to take a Physics class and it was very difficult so I went to the department and hired a tutor. She was a major help explaining what I had trouble with and how to approach the problems to work them out. Typically I only got 6 questions right on a 10-question test. I made an A in the course because of the curve. So many other people were struggling. The scary thing was that some students got 10 or 9 out of 10 right. If I wanted to do better I had to work harder.

I started to attack my classes. I would sit near the front so I could hear and see the teacher. I would ask questions if I didn’t understand, and I wasn’t afraid to see a few tutors for the tough courses (like calculus). I did the homework problems that were assigned, and a little more. I looked for problems that were similar to the ones I was doing and did those. Our book had answers to the odd numbered problems and the teacher liked to assign even numbered problems. So I would do some of the odd problems to make sure I knew how to do ALL the problems. I did this for my Physics, Calculus, Statics And Dynamics, and Fluid Mechanics Courses. I worked hard in the other courses and read the reading assignments BEFORE taking the class. I found this gave me a better foundation for understanding what the teacher was saying. As a result a student who was in the low Cs graduated with honors.

If you approach college as a 40-hour (or more) job then you will do a lot better. IF you take a positive attitude, if you are eager to take your classes, and if you do more than the average student, much more; then you can succeed. After all this is your LIFE I am talking about. A High School Degree was merely part of the entrance requirement for college. High School provides a poor preparation for college. It is too easy to coast through. Look at how you did in your advanced courses and you will have a better idea of how you need to approach ALL of your college courses.

Answer 5

Typically the rule is that for every hour that you spend in class you will have one hour outside of class for homework, but it always depends on the teacher, the class, the work... etc

Answer 6

typically i'd say an hour for each class per night. but then again it depends on what type of classes you are taking. for some classes all you have to do is read a textbook and take tests. other classes such as art may take time bc you need to put in effort to create drawings etc.

Answer 7

I have one language class where I study about 20 minutes out of class for every hour in class. For my engineering classes I spend more like 3 hours studying per credit hour.

Answer 8

I heard it's double the class time and that is what you spend on homework. With my classes I found that, that wasn't true. I guess it could be for other schools.

Answer 9

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