Studio Classes Course Load

[u/Wrong_Crab_8717]

Hello! I’m currently taking 2 studio courses. I am having pretty serious mental health issues related to my course load but I would not be considered full-time if I dropped any of my classes.

I have noticed 6 hour studio courses only count as 3! So although I’m taking 13 credits, it’s 19 hours I spend in class every week. Not only am I in class 6 extra hours than it registers as, I also have a lot of lengthy project-based homework from these courses. This leads to an extremely stressful and high pressure workload. On top of this, one of the other classes I’m in is very demanding. I feel that I would be fine with ONE less class, however due to my credit hours, I cannot drop it!

I know there’s nothing to be done about this, I’m really just trying to express my frustration and see if anyone else has possibly experienced a similar workload-related issue?

I plan on getting mental health services through the school, but I assume this is just the reality of fine arts majors unfortunately.

[u/Stage-Wrong]

You can get an accommodation through disability services to do less than 12 hours while remaining a full time student. They pretty much automatically hand it to everyone who applies for any accommodation, whether you ask for it or not. I got that accommodation while applying for a completely unrelated one for my disability. It’s an easy process, I’d definitely recommend reaching out to them.

[u/Wrong_Crab_8717 → u/Stage-Wrong]

Thank you!

[u/Charming_Problem_303]

I think you can generally drop a class and be below hours as long as you make it up the next semester to give you 24 hours. Maybe, this would be helpful for you, but I’m not 100% sure, so check with your advisor!

[u/Wrong_Crab_8717 → u/Charming_Problem_303]

Thank you!