Ohio University is pretty similar.  If heavily loaded you can do it in 4
years, but it's a lot easier to do it in five.
Robert Mash
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith L. Kovala" <klk@KSU.EDU>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: [OT]: CE or EE?


> KSU is 132 credits, that's 16.5 per semester average.  So anyone with any
> sort of outside obligations, extra curricular activities, work or family
> make that sort of load unrealistic.  Change that to a 5 year curriculum
and
> it's 13.2 much more manageable, plus you come out still knowing how to
talk
> to people and don't shy from the sunlight.  GRiN
>
> Keith L. Kovala
> klk@ksu.edu
> klk@renderedelement.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pic microcontroller discussion list
> > [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of M. Adam Davis
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 3:01 PM
> > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [OT]: CE or EE?
> >
> >
> > I suspect they are referring to the idea that 12 credit hours
> > is considered full time, and most engineering programs
> > require in excess of 120 credit hours to graduate, which
> > would be 10 semesters (5 years) if you just barely go full time.
> >
> > However, the programs are such that a student who has no
> > outside responsabilities can easily spend the 40 hours per
> > week that a 14-17 credit hour per semester schedule requires.
> >
> > The University of Michigan EE program suggests the following
> > credits/semester: 17 17 17 17 15 16 15 14
> >
> > You'd think that tuition alone would make many students
> > choose to stick to the schedule and graduate on time.  In
> > state tuition alone is $8,000 for me.  The difference between
> > 8 credits and 12 credits in cost is minimal, so graduating a
> > semester early is like getting an $8,000 bonus.
> >
> > -Adam
> >
> > Herbert Graf wrote:
> >
> > >        Hmm, I don't know what universities you are
> > referring to, but
> > >the one I went to, and the ones my friends have gone too, all
> > >advertised their EE program as 4 years, and all completed it in four
> > >years (except for one who switched from CE to EE after 3rd
> > year, he had
> > >to take courses that weren't offered in a way to allow him
> > to complete
> > >in 4 years so he ended up completing it in 5). FWIW my GPA
> > is above 3.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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