STUDENT COURSE LOADS

HIGHLIGHTS

• The average student course load over the last five years has remained relatively stable even after semester conversion in fall 1998.  In order to maintain a 9-hour load under semesters, students had to take at least 3 semester courses (3 hours each) compared to two quarter courses (5 hours each).
   
• Under the semester system substantially fewer students took more than 16 hours since that would have required taking five courses simultaneously instead of 3.