Confused about "Semester Hours"...

[aslan91]

Hey everyone, I am having trouble figuring out how many semester hours I have actually accumalted over the past 3 years of undergrad. I will be applying to US schools next cycle but I just want to know if I will have the required "90 semester hours in total" by most schools and the sub-requirements for different courses (biology/chem,etc..). I read through Mashmetoo (great info by the way, thanks for your effort), and it states the following:

 

1) Full credit courses w/ lab (1.0 course weight) = 8 semester hours

2) Full credit courses w/o lab (1.0 course weight) = 6 semester hours

3) Half credit courses w/lab (0.5 course weight) = 4 semester hours

4) Half credit courses w/o lab (0.5 coure weight) = 3 semester hours

 

As an example, this is what I took in my 1st year, and in the course calendar, each course listed below has a weight of 1.0:

 

Fall 2010 Semester: (Sep-Dec)

Biology 1 (3hrs Lecture, 1.5hrs Lab)

General Chemistry 1 (3hrs Lecture only)

Calculus 1 (4hrs Lecture, 1hr Lab)

Physics 1 (3hrs Lecture, 1hr Lab, 1hr Tutorial)

Computer Science (4hrs Lecture, 1hr Lab)

 

Winter 2011 Semester: (Jan-Apr)

Biology 2 (3hrs Lecture, 1.5hrs Lab)

General Chemistry 2 (3hrs Lecture, 3hrs Lab)

Calculus 2 (4hrs Lecture, 1hr Lab)

Physics 2 (3hrs Lecture, 1hr Lab, 1hr Tutorial)

English 101 (3hrs lecture only)

 

So by applying the info from Mash's thread, this means that I accumulated 38 semester hours in the Fall 2010 semester, and 38 semester hours in the Winter 2011 semester. Is this correct?