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how many hours a week?

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
edited March 27 in Work & Study
how many hours a week do u have in uni. im hedin to aberdeen in sept and they expect you to do 40 hrs of uni.is this bullshit?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Total shit mate! 40 hours contact time over 2 weeks maybe, all depends on what degree your doing?
    My mate doing Chemistry had 29 contact hours a week, yet I knew some1 at Swansie uni (They all do 4 day weeks the slackers! sorry suzie!) she had like 15 hours a week or something stupid!

    Bopz
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    yea i know that medicince and pharmacy has loads of hours but for english and film studies i thought 40 was a bit steep. ah well. i ant that bothered. at least i wont b the only person still pissed or hungover going into the early lectures..... hopefully
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    In my first year I had about 15 hours of lectures and seminars a week, but I think it increases in the second year.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    In the first semester I had 6 hours a week
    In the second semester I had 4 hours a week
    however the amount of reading i was supposed to do was supposed to bring it up to 40 hours a week
    i did about 2 hours of reading a week and passed the year :D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    UNiversity is the same as a full time job.

    You are expected to make up your study in independent study if you do not have a lot of contact hours. best work out where that library is.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Hmm next term I have 13 hours in, and that's including subsids.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I know some people who have like 7 hours of seminars/lectures then the rest is independant study.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by lucifer devil
    I know some people who have like 7 hours of seminars/lectures then the rest is independant study.

    in my final year i had 4 hours of contact time a week in the autumn, and 2 hours of contact time a week the rest of the year.

    but in my spare time i had to come up with 50,000 words. drafted, and re-drafted, and re-drafted. and that's not including commentary on my work, logbooks, analysis or critical essays.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    you will be in for like 12-15hours a week, and will probably have a day off! 40h=if you do LOADS of study, which noone does, especially not in 1st year :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Depends on the subject you do, really. A subject such as English, History, or anything based on literature, you can expect to have to do a lot of research, reading, essays and basic crap like that. If you want a good degree out of it, you are going to have to put in the hours
    However, mathematical degrees have a around 15-20 hours contact time, and just "homework." Not much research, just answering a series of questions. And if you can discipline yourself to do the work as soon as it is set (as I can), you can expect to have a lot of time for socialising
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