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Question on the side, does anyone know if the college credit system works the same in the US as it does in Europe? Here you normally take 30 credits a semester, and a course is usually about 5 credits.

Syobon wrote:Question on the side, does anyone know if the college credit system works the same in the US as it does in Europe? Here you normally take 30 credits a semester, and a course is usually about 5 credits.

For BSU at least it's 15 credits a semester and each class is 2-3 credits.

So it's at least equivalent.

Each credit here is about an hour of class time per each week. So most classes are worth 3 hours (or 3 credits, whatever you want to call it). If the class has a lab requirement, it's the 3 lecture hours plus 1 lab hour (even though the lab is longer than 1 hour).

At my university you have to take a minimum of 12 hours a semester, and the max you can take is 18. I'm currently at 17, I think.

I read an article in the campus paper about how more and more stress is being put on students, apparently a few decades ago the max amount of hours you could take was 12, because it gave students the chance to actually reflect on what was being taught and still have time to have fun and explore college life. Sure seems nice...

How nice, I have 20 on average.

SaintCrazy wrote:Each credit here is about an hour of class time per each week. So most classes are worth 3 hours (or 3 credits, whatever you want to call it). If the class has a lab requirement, it's the 3 lecture hours plus 1 lab hour (even though the lab is longer than 1 hour).

At my university you have to take a minimum of 12 hours a semester, and the max you can take is 18. I'm currently at 17, I think.

I read an article in the campus paper about how more and more stress is being put on students, apparently a few decades ago the max amount of hours you could take was 12, because it gave students the chance to actually reflect on what was being taught and still have time to have fun and explore college life. Sure seems nice...

I usually have 28 hours weeks. The credit system is calculated that you have to study about 25 to 30 hours per credit, which includes lessons and such.

Courses system is a bit different though, it's more rigid, you sort of pick a diploma and then you have to follow the program to obtain that diploma with most of the courses set and a few options.

I end up fighting for 12-15 because I'm getting towards the end of my major, so I have less classes to choose from (that won't be a waste), and all of those classes require each other as a per-requisite. I declared a minor in Psych just so I could have a sane college schedule until I graduate.

But yeah, it's usually 1 credit = 1 hour of class per week. 3 credit classes are either an hour on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, or an hour ans a half on Tuesday and Thursday. They get pretty creative when it comes to class times and schedules.

Marijuana has been legalized for recreational use in the state of Colorado and Washington. How do you guys feel about this?

Personally, I think that marijuana legalization for recreational use is a bad thing because I honestly don't trust the average American adult to use marijuana in a responsible manner.

I wouldn't trust many people to responsibly use alcohol or tobacco either but see what we have.

I honestly don't care because states legalizing it means nothing. The federal government can still bust people for it if things become a problem, like they have been in California with medical marijuana dispensaries.

It's a step in a new direction, there's no need to be so negative.

I'm all for it since I don't think throwing pot smokers in jail has a positive effect on anything. Fines are something else but still most likely to push smokers into criminality because the ones that get caught are usually low income.

The only difference is that people will no longer be able to complain that pot isn't legal. So many people do that shit anyway. Personally, I don't care. I can't smoke it anyway. The Army is still doing piss tests.

Well personally as long as there are rules against coming to work or driving while high I'm all for it. Safe and practical enjoyment of marijuana doesn't really hurt anyone (to my knowledge; I am not fully educated on potential health risks).

I've lived in a country where marijuana is semi-legal my entire life. It hasn't made more of an impact than alcohol.

Exeres wrote:It's a step in a new direction, there's no need to be so negative.

The federal government has a history of stamping out and overturning marijuana laws set by the states due to the supremacy clause.

It's not exactly being negative, but I'm sure that the federal government is going to be a factor in this, even if all it does is make people hesitant to buy or set up shop in case they get arrested/raided in the event that the feds come into the picture.

Ignoring the federal government because considering it is "negative" is counter-intuitive to seeing what will happen with marijuana being legalized and how it will impact things.