How many credits did you graduate with?

[Janieve]

I've been going over my graduation plans (got to budget it out!), and I realized that when I graduate, I will have about 290 credits. I was wondering how many credits you all are graduating with, and for what kinds of degrees.

For example:

Undergraduate: 290 credits
Degree(s): Anthropology BA; Japanese Language and Literature BA
Other certificates/programs: Chemistry Minor

Just curious! Let me know, if you want. Just want to get a feel for what's normal around here. 😉

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[DRIN]

Most people on here will have 4 years (120 - 140) of credits as opposed to 9 or 10 years of credits like you have.

 

[JoshUNCW]

I think I'm planning on graduating with like a 154 hours or something... My major (comp sci) with all my med prereqs and my chem minor. Sucks lol.

 

[Compass]

My AP credits added an extra year to my degree, but I fail to see how you have over 200 unless you did undergrad twice 😱

 

[Janieve]

Most people on here will have 4 years (120 - 140) of credits as opposed to 9 or 10 years of credits like you have.

*4.5 years @ 17 credits per quarter (plus Summers and study abroad)

I guess I should've mentioned I was on the quarter system. Students at my university need 180 credits minimum to graduate, including "University Studies" (which takes up between 30 and 40 credits), degree requirements, and major requirements. 😀

 

[Isoprop]

difference between quarter hours and semester hours.

 

[Isoprop]

My AP credits added an extra year to my degree, but I fail to see how you have over 200 unless you did undergrad twice 😱

I have 1 undergrad degree but I have over 200 semester credits. My financial aid was on the verge of being revoked twice.

And yeah, I dropped out of school, went back to a different school and basically had to redo everything because almost nothing transferred. No big deal, I brought up my GPA. 🙂

 

[Janieve]

difference between quarter hours and semester hours.

One quarter hour is 2/3 a semester hour. So if I'm getting 290 quarter hours, that comes out to about 190 semester hours (because a quarter is 10 weeks long and a semester is 15).

 

[Isoprop]

Yep, I beat you. No surprise, my adviser told me I set the record in the college.

 

[Ashers]

I have 1 undergrad degree but I have over 200 semester credits. My financial aid was on the verge of being revoked twice.

And yeah, I dropped out of school, went back to a different school and basically had to redo everything because almost nothing transferred. No big deal, I brought up my GPA. 🙂

That's the big problem with a lot of credits. I received a letter a couple days before or after I graduated (I don't remember exactly which because it didn't affect me). I had, I think, 180 (maybe a few more) units over 5 years. It's something to consider if you need financial aid.

 

[Isoprop]

That's the big problem with a lot of credits. I received a letter a couple days before or after I graduated (I don't remember exactly which because it didn't affect me). I had, I think, 180 (maybe a few more) units over 5 years. It's something to consider if you need financial aid.

Yep, I was almost forced to double major to increase my max credit hours.

 

[FlowRate]

I believe I'll graduate with about 150, probably just over 150. Credits required for graduation are 137 if I remember correctly.

 

[lrkoehle]

Only 120 semester hours required for most degrees at my school. That amounts to 15 credits per semester over 4 years. I am pretty much positive that is the norm. For 137 minimum to graduate like some one above me said, you would have to average OVER 17 semester hours each semester to graduate in 4 years. That's certainly doable, but if you change majors even once, you are completely screwed.

 

[sassilysweet]

I have 223 credits. I graduated with my BA with 160+ credits, including concurrent enrollment from high school and 16-20 credits per semester. I just finished a BS at a different school with the other ~60 credits that had a year of part-time class (bio minor while I worked) and one year of full-time lab science classes and six months of clinicals.

 

[TheMightySmiter]

I think I graduated with like 130 credits, and will probably have about 50-60 more with postbac.

 

[Ashers]

Yep, I was almost forced to double major to increase my max credit hours.

I thought about that... I had 3 minors, and I was a couple classes shy from 2 other minors in completely unrelated fields, and I was a couple classes away from a Spanish major, but the dept angered me, so I stopped taking classes once I had my minor. Too bad minors do nothing for you.

It could've been Gen Bio major with German, Spanish, Chem (what I really did grad with) minors, + Music and Religious studies.

I only needed 120u, but I kept taking classes and kept 15u/semester, so I could stay on the Dean's list, and it was hard to get into gen Ed classes when I wanted/needed to.

 

[Daedra22]

I should break 150. I started my college classes really young, so I took a lot of "junk" classes (choir, piano, dance classes, invertebrate zoology, botany, etc.) and transferred a couple times, so my degree plan kept changing. It's kind of frustrating, because with this amount of credits I should totally have already graduated... oh, youth.

 

[neskalee]

I have 103 units as of the end of this semester, and 12 units of AP credits (which don't end up counting).

I plan to take another 79 units, consisting of the rest of my Anthro BA, Chemistry minor, and Biology minor and the math/physics pre-requisites.

So I will end up with 182 credits: 1 BA, 1 AA, and 2 minors.

 

[neskalee]

I have 1 undergrad degree but I have over 200 semester credits. My financial aid was on the verge of being revoked twice.

And yeah, I dropped out of school, went back to a different school and basically had to redo everything because almost nothing transferred. No big deal, I brought up my GPA. 🙂

Question about the revocation, how did you keep them from cutting you off? I'm under the amount of units for a BA but plan to go way over to finish med school reqs and do two minors. Can I just tell them I'm doing minors to keep them off my back?

 

[DoctorDude]

I should graduate with exactly 128 credit hours (exactly what is needed to graduate). 16 credit hours/semester X 8 semesters = 128 Credits 😉

 

[NickNaylor]

Mere mortal here: I'll be graduating with ~124.

 

[Narmerguy]

Mere mortal here: I'll be graduating with ~124.

Join the club. I think 130 on my part.

 

[Everglide]

I graduated with 138 I think. 120 minimum for graduation. 150 minimum for a dual degree... different from a double major. Transfers aside, I have no idea how you would push 200+ credits at one institution.

 

[298609]

needed to grad: 121
what i will have: 121-126

 

[capricia]

To graduate at my college you need at least 180 quarter hours. I will have around 200 if I continue at my current pace but will probably only be 190 as I will probably drop to part-time status my last 2 quarters

 

[Elpenor]

Need : 124
Will have: ~124-130

 

[familyaerospace]

Right now I have over 200 undergrad semester credits and over 50 graduate semester credits. That doesn't include this year's courses or next year's courses. so I will probably have over 300 over all when I'm done.

BS is in Biological Anthropology / Medieval Studies, with minors in theater and history.

MS in Space Studies.

Doing a post-bacc next year.

 

[sustentacular]

4yr BS : 140
2yr MS : 60
2yrs of postbac : 32