How to Succeed in a College Online CourseBudgeting Your Time A general rule per week outside class for each unit of credit. Based on this rule of thumb, a student taking a 3 credit hour course should expect to spend 6-9 hours each week of study time (includes assigned readings, research, projects, lab work, or other associated coursework as assigned by the Instructor). Please don’t be misled: Taking Online courses requires more discipline than in-class sessions so you will need to budget your time carefully to do well in the course. As a rough guideline, your studying time might be divided as follows: Required Log-In Time Per Course Per Week = 3hrs. |
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| If your course is: | Time for reading:
(per week) | Time for homework assignments:
(per week) | Time for review and test preparation:
(average per week) | Total study time:
(per week) | | 3 credits | 1 to 2 hours | 3 to 5 hours | 2 hours | 6 to 9 hours |
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Joseph Lathan
Program Manager | 
