Online Course Difficulty & Workload Calculator
Estimate how many hours per week an online course will really take based on its subject, credit hours and format, then compare your full term load to the time you actually have. A score above 70 means you are likely overcommitted.
This course
15.2h
per week
Total term load
37.7h
per week
Difficulty score
100/100
High risk
Typical weekly hours for a 3-credit online course
| Subject | 16-week | 8-week |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing / health sciences | 10.1h | 15.2h |
| Organic chemistry / biochemistry | 10.9h | 16.3h |
| Calculus / engineering math | 10.5h | 15.8h |
| Computer science / programming | 9.8h | 14.6h |
| Statistics | 9.0h | 13.5h |
| Accounting / finance | 9.0h | 13.5h |
| Business / management | 7.5h | 11.3h |
| Psychology / social sciences | 7.1h | 10.7h |
| English / humanities | 6.8h | 10.1h |
Baseline of 2.5 study hours per credit hour per week follows the widely used US Carnegie-unit guideline; subject and format multipliers are Classfyx estimates from tutor workload data.
Workload Questions
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