I start my first year on Monday and this might be a dumb question but basically I'm wondering how much homework there generally is. I'm just taking the basic core classes. Do they require a lot of work and effort or is it not bad if I just want decent grades? I keep hearing people say that for every 1 hour of class, 2-3 hours of outside work is required and to me that is ridiculous.
That depends on a whole bunch of things, you're just not gonna know until you show up. I'd expect a semester of core classes to be easier than any year in high school, or at least extremely less time consuming.
Aside from reading and projects...the only classes I ever had actual homework in were quantitative courses (Math, Physics, Finance...). Most of my classes were just lecture and tests with projects, or courses which required large research papers. I was a Finance/Management double major with a minor in Asian Studies.
English are easy courses, for any science take Bott , hmm if you're doing Business dont take your ACCT classes there , and POLS Is hard there . just for a fyi
For your liberal arts and social science classes, I would say it depends on how fast of a reader you are and how much writing there is. Often times, different sections of the same course will have different writing requirements depending on which professor is teaching for it. I took practically no math or natural science so I can't comment on the homework for those.
4 hours. And if you're going to U of H, you want better than decent grades. You're not going to get the same opportunities as UT, Rice, SMU or even A&M kids; but you're in the biggest job market in the state, so you'll be competing against all of them.
Fair enough. But the 1-2 hours for every credit hour business is absolute 100% crap. You want to know what college is? -You show up to class. You take notes in said class. You leave class and forget about the notes. -Your test is in a week. You start studying past notes. You take the test. -Repeat. At least for the core classes, I'd say that's mostly true. Of course, that changes with more specialized subjects/math HW they may give you.
I go to UH, and its boss. Core classes are boring but easy if you keep up with them. Since it's your first year of college i believe, be ready to take tons of notes as they will not spoon feed you information like you might be used to. Get a quality adviser and get your head in the game cuz school starts Monday son! boo!
i swear you'd BETTER NOT be saying that UH is easier than other schools around the region. because thats the most ignorant statement ive ever heard. just sayin. I'm majoring in business at UH and it's one of the best schools for business in the nation. just sayin.
Tech is the only easy University in Texas. Just take 2hrs at UH and the rest of your core online at a juco somewhere, its cheap, easy, hassle free, and you only need a C.
It depends entirely on your professor. With some teachers you can get away with doing no outside of class studying. With others you may have to bust your ass just to get a C. Some advice: 1) Go to pickaprof.com or a similar site. You can learn a lot about potential professors from students who have taken their classes. What kind of tests they give out and how often. How much homework there is. If they're interesting or boring. They also show you how grades are typically disbursed. 2) If it's a class you don't care about at all and you just need the grade/credit, take it at HCC or San Jac. The credits will transfer over to UH (or any school) as long as you make at least a C but the grade won't. So take the core classes you know you'll do well in at UH and take the ones you suck at at community college. If you bomb the ones you suck at, it's not that bad because it won't affect your UH GPA. Best way to keep your GPA up. This goes for pretty much any university, not just UH. PS - College is not that hard as long as you take care of business. Go to class. Take notes. Read what they tell you to read when they tell you to read it. Then it's mostly easy. But skip class, don't do assignments, and get behind and you'll find yourself in a quagmire before you know it.
