Show B B I What's up with summer school Ani Arakelian Managing Editor Summer is the time to relax and take a break That Thatis is unless you arc are going to school in the summer Many students at are deciding to pick up extra credit hours during the summer According to the Registration Office at Redwood campus there are students attending class at th this s summer There are many different reasons for going to school in the summer such as making up a semester taken off or to get done with school faster A number of students come to make up for not going to school full time duri during g fall and spring semesters Students who are arc working full time are finding it hard to go to school full time so they are catching up in inthe inthe inthe the summer semester An associates degree is suppose to take two years to acquire however it can take 60 or more credit hours to get an associates If a student were to only go to school in the fall and spring semesters they would need to take 15 credit hours or more per semester If youre you're working full time you cant can't go to school full time said Trent Foulger a student at He like many other students is attending class this summer to get a head While summer semester is helping spread out credit hours for students it can also be more challenging Fall and spring semesters arc are 16 weeks of classes The longest summer semester is only 12 weeks long While students spend the same amount of time in class they either have longer classes or more classes a week A class that is in the fall or spring might only be two days a week while in the summer it could be four days a week That means more information in ina a week and less time to do homework Maren another student commented Summer classes are a little harder because its it's the same amount of curriculum in shorter time BreAnne added that math and science I Iare are arc some of the classes that can be harder because of the short semester While summer semester I might be challenging students who work full time are finding that it helps to them get the credit hours they need A student can split the 30 credit hours they J need into three semesters instead of two So while some students are taking a break others are planning ahead |