is having classes every day of the week except weekends normal?

[fignewtons6]

is having classes every day of the week except weekends normal for a first year?

[NiftyScent]

Kinda depends what program you're in. How many hours of class do you have? I have 15 hours of class each week and I fit them in 4 days comfortably.

[CSR]

No, you should always have fridays off.

[dmdsoftware2]

is having classes every day of the week except weekends normal for a first year?

Depends on the university. When I was first year, I had 5 days of classes. Many first year courses are more spread out (like 1 hour class on Monday, Wednesday, Friday,1 hour tutorial on Tuesday, lab on Thursday, etc). It's meant to keep you involved so you don't learn bad habits in the first year.

It wasn't until 2nd year when I started getting a day off per week.

[dmdsoftware2]

No, you should always have fridays off.

How do you accomplish this? Even 4th year at UofT, Fridays were Tutorial day. 90% of my classes had the tutorial occur on the Friday.

If you interpet as "should laways have fridays off" as being "fridays are skip days" then so be it.

[CSR]

How do you accomplish this? Even 4th year at UofT, Fridays were Tutorial day. 90% of my classes had the tutorial occur on the Friday.

If you interpet as "should laways have fridays off" as being "fridays are skip days" then so be it.

Wow, that sucks.

I had 6 courses last semsters in 2 days only. Tues/thurs.

Profs don't want to teach on Mon... day after weekends, wed... mid week, fri ... end of week (reserved for exams mostly).

I couldn't get my classes on mon/wed even if I tried.

It saves me 2 hrs + commuting each day I'm not at school .. thank you!

UofT BBA btw.

[CCCC3333]

Yes

[infinite.chaoz]

Friday off sounds about right. However, its likely that you have to stay a little longer ie. after 6 on one of the 4 days.

[thephenom]

Depends entirely on the program. When I was at UTSC for management, I remember my schedule for a few semester consisted of monday and friday off. It was awesome.

[cheeseshredder]

Science or engineering: you better believe it is normal.

[pitz]

Yes. Be glad that you don't have weekend classes or tutorials.

WTF do you think university or college is, a freakin country club? Or working for the government?

[flexwong]

fridays at school are awful. so are mondays.

[nyererei]

I think it depends entirely on your university and the program your in. We get Fridays off in the Asper School of Business, but for other programs in my university I believe it's common that you would fill your schedule to have classes everyday.

[BornRuff]

Yes. Be glad that you don't have weekend classes or tutorials.

WTF do you think university or college is, a freakin country club? Or working for the government?

lol, I'm yet to hear of a university that has weekend courses. Having courses only 3-4 days of the week doesn't mean you have things easy anyways. The majority of work in univeristy is done outside of class, so your going to be doing school work more than just those 3 days your in class.

[Rishi]

Days of classes is a useless metric in university because your classes can be scheduled all throughout the day. How many hours a week of class time do you have? It it's less than 20 and you didn't get a day off you just didn't plan your timetable right.