is one summer session equivalent to one semester?

[aspiring20]

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i am thinking about taking physics 212L at cal state fullerton this summer. cal state fullerton is a semester-based school, and physics 212 L is the second semester/half of the one year physics requirement.

will the summer session physics 212L be equivalent to one semester? i already took the first semester of physics at my alma mater, so i only need one more semester at another university.

 

[khrisskhoras]

it depends on the system the school uses. If you take a class during the summer at a quarter school, it is a quarter. If you take it at a semester school, it is a semester.

Some classes take the whole 12 weeks of summer instead of the usual 6, but still counts as a semester for semester schools.

 

[aspiring20]

it depends on the system the school uses. If you take a class during the summer at a quarter school, it is a quarter. If you take it at a semester school, it is a semester.

Some classes take the whole 12 weeks of summer instead of the usual 6, but still counts as a semester for semester schools.

right. cal state fullerton is a semester school, so i am assuming that its summer session is also a semester?

and physics 212L is a semester physics course.

 

[ScholarStud]

i am thinking about taking physics 212L at cal state fullerton this summer. cal state fullerton is a semester-based school, and physics 212 L is the second semester/half of the one year physics requirement.

will the summer session physics 212L be equivalent to one semester? i already took the first semester of physics at my alma mater, so i only need one more semester at another university.

Yup that's one semester.

 

[aspiring20]

Yup that's one semester.

great!

and when it comes to that one year physics requirement...

i took the first semester at my alma mater, and that course covered mechanics, waves, thermodynamics, and fluids.

i am taking the second semester at this cal state, and this course covers e/m, optics, and waves.

this shouldn't present any problems right? i have a full-year of physics, and even some overlap in topics covered.

 

[ScholarStud]

great!

and when it comes to that one year physics requirement...

i took the first semester at my alma mater, and that course covered mechanics, waves, thermodynamics, and fluids.

i am taking the second semester at this cal state, and this course covers e/m, optics, and waves.

this shouldn't present any problems right? i have a full-year of physics, and even some overlap in topics covered.

I personally took both semesters over the summer at Cal State, but I don't see why that should be an issue. I think you're fine.

 

[aspiring20]

I personally took both semesters over the summer at Cal State, but I don't see why that should be an issue. I think you're fine.

cool.

btw, how are cal state physics like in terms of difficulty? the physics course i took at my alma mater said something along the lines of "rigorous calculus will be deployed throughout" but in reality, there was ZERO calculus in the actual course. now, the course was still challenging, with difficult midterms and all.

are cal state physics algebra-based as well?

 

[ScholarStud]

They offer both algebra-based and calculus-based--you will want to double-check which one you are enrolled in. I took algebra-based and it was pretty easy tbh, definitely manageable.