Estimating
Study Hours Based On Course Difficulty
Rather
than focusing on the general two hours
of study for every hour in class method for determining your needed study
hours per week, the Estimating Study Hours worksheet will help you determine
study time based on course difficulty as well. In other words, you may have
more background knowledge (experience) in anatomy than you do in microbiology.
In classes that are more difficult for you, it is not unusual to spend three to
four hours a day in study and fewer in the classes with which you are more
familiar.
Complete
the Estimating My Weekly Study Hours Worksheet
Column 1
Enter each of your semester course names
Column 2
Determine the difficulty (for
you) of each course
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High
Difficulty |
3 hours
of study |
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Medium
Difficulty |
2 hours
of study |
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Low
Difficulty |
1 hour
of study |
Column 3
Enter the number of hours per
week class meets for lecture
Column 4
Enter the number of hours study
hours associated with high (3), medium (2), or low (1) difficulty
Column 5
Multiply the number of hours in class
(Column 3) by the number of predicted study hours (Column 4)
Then,
add all the study hours in Column 5 for the approximate total hours you need to
study per week.
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Column 1 Your
semester course |
Column 2 Level
of Difficulty |
Column 3 Hours
of class each week |
Column 4 Study
Hours based on difficulty (as determined above) |
Column 5 Hours
of study needed per week |
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BSC 18X Lecture |
High Difficulty* |
3 |
X |
3 hrs |
= |
9 hours/week |
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BSC 18X Lab |
Medium Difficulty* |
2 |
X |
2 hrs |
= |
4 hours/week |
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*change these values as you see fit based on your
experience and understanding of the material