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the number of credits the course is worth. Typically courses with more
credits are more difficult and involve more work.
Estimating Your Time Commitment
Assume that a 3 credit course requires an average of 500 hours of
study time to obtain an 80% in the class. If you want an 85%, you
should increase your estimate by 30 hours for the increment between
80% and 85%, and you should also include another 30 hours because
of the exponential increase in difficulty from 80%-85%. Although the
increase in exponential difficulty can be proven mathematically, an
educated guess would just as well suffice.
The estimation process is just a ballpark figure that you will be working
towards. You don’t need to use any fancy mathematics, just be sure
that you have allocated enough hours for each course that you feel is
necessary.
Why is estimating your time commitment important?
By estimating your time commitment you are re-confirming your study
goals and also taking the steps to understand the commitment you’ll
need to make to get there.
The estimation of your time commitment is in hours because it is the
most common denominator that we use in our everyday life.
Making use of study schedules
Once you have set your study goals and allocated the time
commitment for each course, you’ll need to work these into a study
schedule.
Before you can start entering in your schedule you will need to find
out some information about your academic courses and own
personal schedule for the entire period that you will be studying. Some
of the academic information you will need to find out will be:
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