Unit Workload

[deleted1136042]

I'm an incoming freshman, and I was intending on doing 13-14 units my first semester. My university requires 13 units for all enrolled students per semester, so I'd be doing the bare minimum. Should I take an additional humanities class to get my units higher? How do medical school view total course units by semester?

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[LizzyM]

Schools don’t see units by semester but by academic year or in enrollment equivalent to a year full time if you were a part-time student for years. If your school requires 120 units for graduation you’ll need to average 30 units/academic year to graduate in four years. Adding a humanities or social science course that sounds fun might be a good choice so as not to require you to overload later of extend into a fifth year.

 

[deleted1136042]

Schools don’t see units by semester but by academic year or in enrollment equivalent to a year full time if you were a part-time student for years. If your school requires 120 units for graduation you’ll need to average 30 units/academic year to graduate in four years. Adding a humanities or social science course that sounds fun might be a good choice so as not to require you to overload later of extend into a fifth year.

Very cool, thanks!