Two questions. Can you think of any colleges in the US with “St.” in the name that are secular? Also, during the school year, you spend 150 minutes in class each week. Is this pretty standard, IYE? I know MMMV on the latter query.
The first one that comes to mind is Saint Cloud State University, conveniently located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. There are a number of city names in the US that have “St.” in them, thus there are plenty of institutions named after the place and not actually the saint. St. Lawrence University in New York is another example of this.
There are also a number of colleges that have a religious heritage that are now independent. St. Thomas Aquinas College in NY is an example, also the College of Mount Saint Vincent, also in NY.
At my college, the typical schedule for an underclassman is four classes per semester, each of which meets two times per week, with each session lasting 75 minutes. Um, so yes, 150 minutes per class per week, for a grand total of 600 minutes in the classroom per week.
College classes are assigned “credit hours” with each credit hour equalling 1 hour (that is, 50 minutes) per week throughout an entire semester. A 3 credit hour course is fairly standard for many subjects, but I have also had 2-hour and 4-hour classes.
Also, some courses have laboratory work involved. In the classes I have had with laboratories, approximately 3 hours of laboratory work equaled one hour of classroom work.
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
St. John’s College (Maryland)
St. John’s College (NM)
St. Joseph’s College (NY)
All have no religious affiliation.
My college defined a full time student as being enrolled in at least 12 hours of classes per semester. As stated above, usually classes are 3 credits, or hours per week. However each class meets for 50 minutes, 3 times a week. That means that at minimum a student could remain full time by taking 4 classes, each meeting 3 times a week for 50 minutes, or 600 minutes a week. But inorder to graduate in 4 years you’d have to take 15 hours a week so that would be 750 minutes a week.
My school’s the same as Ozzzie’s. The only thing is that it takes more than 4 years even if you always take 15 hours a semester. The thing is, you’re classified as a Freshman if you have under 30, a Sophomore with 30-59, a Junior with 60-89, and a Senior with 90+.
Whether or not you graduate in 4 years with 30 hours a year (so a total of 120 hours) depends on your major, and I doubt any major has 120 or fewer hours.
And yeah, labs stink! I had a chem lab 6 hours a week and only got 2 credits for it!