Freaking out about my quarter system conversion to 8 semester hours required for Inorganic Chemistry

[Vertu]

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I went to a UC and our General Chemistry series was divided into 2 classes (4 quarter units each) and one lab (3 quarter units). This sums up to 11 quarter units, which equals 7.3 semester hours of inorganic chemistry. Does this mean I cannot apply to schools that require 8 semester hours of inorganic chemistry?

 

[drducky.]

I went to a UC too, but gen chem was a year long course, 3 classes with 4 quarter units each. I believe the majority of schools require a full year of chem, so you might want to take it somewhere else.

 

[dial1010usa]

I went to UC too and I had whole year of General Chemistry with 12 quarter units which equals to 8 semester units. I think you must have 8 semester units. I'm wondering why 3 qtr units for lab?

 

[Crabbygas]

Funny story. I also did undergrad on the quarter system. Many years ago got accepted to UTSA. Few weeks later got a letter stating that I was half a semester hour short of freshman chemistry and if I didn't make it up before classes started I would be turned away. I called and pointed out that my degree was in physics and they wanted me to sit through another class of "This is the atom, electrons go round and round." Their response: Rules are rules. I called the other school that had accepted me and they laughed and said they would be happy to have me. I'm pretty sure that worked out better for everyone involved.

 

[Vertu]

I went to UC too and I had whole year of General Chemistry with 12 quarter units which equals to 8 semester units. I think you must have 8 semester units. I'm wondering why 3 qtr units for lab?

Not sure that's what all of my friends were questioning too. The Chem lab we took was 3 units for some reason, even though the workload definitely felt like 4 units.

 

[chemphysicsinstructor]

I went to a UC and our General Chemistry series was divided into 2 classes (4 quarter units each) and one lab (3 quarter units). This sums up to 11 quarter units, which equals 7.3 semester hours of inorganic chemistry. Does this mean I cannot apply to schools that require 8 semester hours of inorganic chemistry?

Shouldn't there have been 2 labs?