Anyone who goes to UNB Saint John?

[LDoubleU]

Well, it's university application time for me, and i've decided to go for a Bachelor of Health Science (Radiation Therapy) at UNB Saint John. Problem is, looking at the courses I have to take first year, it makes a grand total of 39 credit hours (:eek:), which raises a few problems and questions:

1) Isn't 30 credit hours the max?
2) I noticed how labs are 2 credit hours, which is pretty strange considering i looked at the U of Manitoba course list, class and lab are incorporated as 6 credits + lab.
3) Do i have to take Spring/Summer sessions? :eek:

(Reference: http://www.unbsj.ca/sase/bhs/advising.html)

I admit, it is kind of a longshot to find someone here who does take this program, but anything helps.

[JessieSkellington]

While I don't know exactly how UNB's system works, generally labs are counted as part of the course they are attached to. A preliminary look at that page seems to say that you'd be taking 5 or 4 courses each semester.

First semester is Anatomy and Physiology I with a lab, General Chemistry 1 with a lab, Calculus I, Elements of Physics (part 1) with a lab and Intro to Psychology I. Second semester is Anatomy and Physiology II with a lab, General Chemistry II with a lab, Elements of Physics (part 2) with a lab, and Introduction to Psychology II.

So, in first semester you'd have 5 courses and 3 labs, and second semester you'd have 4 courses and 3 labs, plus you'd probably choose an extra elective to round out the year. This is a pretty typical first year B.Sc. program. However, I know nothing about UNB's programs, so you may want to confirm this with someone at the university. Just shoot an email off to admissions. They don't bite!

[N. McKay]

Well, it's university application time for me, and i've decided to go for a Bachelor of Health Science (Radiation Therapy) at UNB Saint John. Problem is, looking at the courses I have to take first year, it makes a grand total of 39 credit hours (:eek:), which raises a few problems and questions:

1) Isn't 30 credit hours the max?
2) I noticed how labs are 2 credit hours, which is pretty strange considering i looked at the U of Manitoba course list, class and lab are incorporated as 6 credits + lab.
3) Do i have to take Spring/Summer sessions? :eek:


I went to UNB Fredericton.

The maximum number of credit hours allowed would depend on your programme, but I took as many as 50 in some years as an engineering student (25 each term).

A credit hour is an hour of class time per week, but labs tend to be valued a little less. A typical one-term engineering or science course might be worth 4 credit hours, and consist of three one-hour lectures and a 2- or 3-hour lab each week.

Spring and summer session are not usually part of the requirement for undergraduate students. They're something you can use to pick up extra courses. Those terms are shorter, and the courses are a lot faster -- two courses would probably keep a student busy full-time.

[LDoubleU]

While I don't know exactly how UNB's system works, generally labs are counted as part of the course they are attached to. A preliminary look at that page seems to say that you'd be taking 5 or 4 courses each semester....
Just shoot an email off to admissions. They don't bite!

The 4-5 courses per semester is the part I figured out. It's just that my sister said that 39 credit hours seems a bit excessive as she only had 30 credit hours. She went to U of Manitoba, so i guess it's just a different university, different system. And yes, I had sent an email to Admissions, so I'll get an answer anytime soon.

[JessieSkellington]

In that case, yeah, it's probably just different credit systems. I believe the majority of universities (or at least the ones I know people at or have attended or are planning on attending. Whew.) don't count labs as credits. So, it's 10 courses at 3 credits, plus labs. Yay for UNB making things confusing.

[LDoubleU]

In that case, yeah, it's probably just different credit systems. I believe the majority of universities (or at least the ones I know people at or have attended or are planning on attending. Whew.) don't count labs as credits. So, it's 10 courses at 3 credits, plus labs. Yay for UNB making things confusing.

Yeah i know. Yay... Besides, i was talking to my friend yesterday, and she's got it bad with 60 credit hours. :eek:

[Juice]

Here at UofO, each class is 3 hours (either 1.5 hours twice a week, or 3 hours all at once). There can also be lab times, which are above and beyond that, or discussion groups, which can also be above and beyond that. Some programs here (like engineering, for example) require that one take 7 or 8 courses in a semester so that they can finish in four years.

Each class is worth 3 credits (some are worth 4, because of labs, I think), so the minimum one needs is 120 credits over four years (that's for most Arts programs). However, once you get into the sciences and business courses, the amount of credits you need rises. My roommate is in the Business program, and he needs 134 credits.

I'm not sure what you mean by "credit hours" but I know that with 5 classes per week, times three hours gives me 15 hours of class per week. There are others who have 30 hours of class per week, and some have even more than that, depending on how many courses one is taking in a semester.

It will all depend on what classes you register for. The amount of time you spend in class/labs will differ from semester to semester. Make sure to keep an eye on your progress and make sure you are meeting all the requirements, and if you have to take more than four years to complete the degree and keep your sanity, do that.

Good luck!

JB

[N. McKay]

I'm not sure what you mean by "credit hours" but I know that with 5 classes per week, times three hours gives me 15 hours of class per week.

UNB (and perhaps other schools) uses the term "credit hour" to mean one hour of class per week per term, so a course with three one-hour classes a week that lasts all year would be worth 6 ch. Such a course that lasts only one term would be worth 3 ch.

[Juice]

UNB (and perhaps other schools) uses the term "credit hour" to mean one hour of class per week per term, so a course with three one-hour classes a week that lasts all year would be worth 6 ch. Such a course that lasts only one term would be worth 3 ch.
I suppose that's similar to what we do here at uOttawa. We just don't use the term credit hour.

JB