How much time will the freshman student spend studying?
The time commitment for classes and for necessary preparation will be different for every course and at different times within every course. A course syllabus, presented by the instructor at the beginning of the semester, outlines requirements and timeliness. A rough estimate for students to use in their planning is 3 hours of preparation time for each hour spent in the class. Preparation time may include pre-reading before an assignment, reading an assignment, reviewing a reading assignment, solving math problems, time spent in the computer labs, researching a topic in the library, working with a study group from class, writing several drafts of a paper, observing or participating in a community service project, learning a new computer program, studying for test and exams, or working with a subject area tutor. So this is where the time goes for full-time students. Building a workable schedule takes some self-knowledge on the part of the student as well as the ability to sometimes say
