How many NURSING classes are "normal" to take in a quarter semester program?

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Hello all!!! =]

I am attending UMET a bilingual University in Puerto Rico for nursing school and they are set up in what the call "PT". They work in quarter semester so they each last about 8 weeks.

Now, when I went to register for classes on Thursday, they director gave me two nursing classes to take from August-September with a gen, ed class of Comp. and from October-December she gave me one class with a lab (Nursing Fundamentals). She said after the 8 weeks in this course we will be able to go to the hospital.

I just want to know if this seems like its not much? Maybe I'm so used to semester and taking 12 credits. Can someone please help! =]

I feel like I should be taking more classes per quarter semester but then again its only 8 weeks.

Specializes in OB.
I'm considering to transfer to turabo orlando campus. What the nursing classes look like? Testing, HW ect?

Are done with all your pre-reqs? Where are you transferring from? I start the nursing classes on Monday. It's 4 days a week for and in mid July we have a couple of weeks that we have class all week. Program is an evening one though.

Florida Southern College. The only pre req I'm missing is Microbiology and whatever they make me take at Turabo to meet their req.

Specializes in OB.

Their pre-reqs include a&p 1 and 2, micro, chemistry, statistics, statistics research, algebra 1 and 2, biology 103 (basic biology), that's from the science and math portions, there are other basic classes and the languages of course. I would go to one of their orientations. To get more information. They usually have them on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Do you live use by?

I went yesterday for orientation. I have all of those except the stats research and algebra 2 plus those language classes. I also took the language test yesterday so I have only two language classes to take.

Specializes in OB.

Get on it. If you complete all those during the summer you could start in august, right?

Idk. I hope so. Have you heard from anybody already in the program what is like?

Specializes in OB.

Yeah, lots of my friends are already in it. Lots of work, hw, clinicals, you know, fun,

Fun, fun

jen jen was the two classes enough? I am starting in August and have 3 classes

for August- October and then i think 1 class for oct-dec but im going to add general eds,

is that too much? enough, not enough?

Add on classes because if not you won't be done in time

add on classes for august- oct or oct-dec?

Whichever is available

ok, thanks jen-jen

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