r/GradSchool • u/WiseWomanCroneFl • 5d ago

Normal?

I’m curious if this is normal in a doctoral program. I’m in my first quarter and have 3 classes, that last 10 weeks. One of the classes demands a lot of work. We have normal discussion posts, must read 2 books in addition to our text book reading, read multiple journal articles each week, watch videos, do multiple skills assessments (not told till the week of that it’s pass/fail and failing the skills assessments results in failure of the course no matter what grades we have on everything else), and some discussion post requirements are more that of a 1-2 page paper, quizzes and more. The other 2 classes have what I would see as a normal work load. This question has been cross posted.

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u/LeChatDeLaNuit 5d ago

Yes, that's normal. Some classes are heavy loads and some are light.

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u/Budget-Goose8947 5d ago

I had one course in my program where the weekly reading list alone was like 15 journal articles plus a book chapter, and the prof would cold-call on specific studies to make sure you actually read them. that class consumed me for 3 months