3 units=credit? or 6 units = credit
05-18-2010 at 05:05 PM
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3 units=credit? or 6 units = credit
Hi, I read the stuff on units, and their relation with terms, but I am still confused on if a credit is considered 3 units or 6 units?
For example, in med/law school, you might need 1 full credit of <insert course>...does this mean 6 units? or 3?
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05-18-2010 at 05:26 PM
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Hey,
I'm not sure about other things, but for med school a credit is equivalent to a full year course. So at Mac it would be 6 units. So for a credit in Bio you would have to to take both Bio's in first year. It prolly can vary from school to school but I'm pretty sure that's the general consensus 
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05-18-2010 at 10:44 PM
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Hey,
I'm not sure about other things, but for med school a credit is equivalent to a full year course. So at Mac it would be 6 units. So for a credit in Bio you would have to to take both Bio's in first year. It prolly can vary from school to school but I'm pretty sure that's the general consensus |
That's what I've learned over the couple years of research I've been doing for my interested professional schools. 1 credit is a full years course, sometimes they post semesters or hours (30 hours is half a year if I recall correctly).
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05-19-2010 at 12:50 PM
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If you're asking about Mac courses, both 3 unit courses as well as 6 unit courses count for a credit. Some courses will run from September to April, and so are 6 unit courses (double the regular 3 unit course -- from September to December).
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05-19-2010 at 01:56 PM
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It all depends on the course. Courses range from 2 units to 6 units.
2,3,4,5 are all in 1 term. 6 is over the course of 2 terms.
So, when they say a credit is required, it could vary, depending on the program, and courses.
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06-09-2010 at 12:55 AM
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Normally a 6 unit course is considered a full year course at McMaster. But it's best to contact the school that you would be applying to directly.
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06-09-2010 at 01:34 AM
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1 year/credit = 2 full semester of a course
1 full semester of a course = 3 units (USUALLY!!!!)
So therefore, a 1 credit is usually 6 units
HOWEVER!!!
Some programs/courses, such as engineering, have courses that are more than 3 units (eg. Eng 1D04 which is 1 semester of a course, but 4 units instead of the usual 3). But it would still probably count as only half a credit.
So basically 1 credit means 2 full semesters, regardless of how many units its worth.
To be safe, you should probably check with the school ur applying to.
And my roommate and I guessed that the number of units a course is worth depends on how many course hours you have in a week.
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06-09-2010 at 10:19 AM
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Definitely check with the school you are applying to. U of T, at least for speech pathology, counts 3 units as half credits.
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06-09-2010 at 04:02 PM
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I would any course you complete counts as a credit, no?
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06-09-2010 at 05:31 PM
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I would any course you complete counts as a credit, no?
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"Credits" is relative to which school you are at. I don't even know how McMaster does it though, I think 1 course is 1 credit no matter what length the course it. Because in the calendar is says "credit in...". But for other schools it's different. Honestly, they should have a universal unit.
Credits is by far the worse unit.
Semester Hours are alright, but it's still messed up because at McMaster our classes aren't even an hour long.
Semesters and Years are the best units in my opinion.
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