How many hours should we be studying?

[90+FTW]

How many hours should we allocate each week to our individual subjects (not including subject lectures and tutes/pracs/seminars). I understand that this MAY depend on the subject at hand, so to clarify I am  studying.

Philosophy
Criminology
Classics (Latin)
Reason <--- Arts Foundation

I like to schedule out my weeks each Sunday night and since I'm going to busy in 2014, I need to get an idea of how many hours I should be studying and writing. I don't want to lose track :/

Thank you for your advice.

[hobbitle]

I'm not sure about those sorts of subjects but I would generally do about 6-7 hours per week per subject in addition to classes, more during swotvac and exams.

[chysim]

The handbook has a total time commitment posted for every subject, so just divide that by 14 or whatever to get you avg. time commitment per week for each subject. That's generally the maximum most people would spend on a subject (and includes contact hours).

But in reality, it's a fluid thing. You can try to have a constant workload but its not the most efficient way to go about it.

The first two weeks you'll barely have any homework to do other than doing readings, then as you get assignments it will ramp up a bit, then it will get a little crazy, then slow down a bit again with the Easter break, and then pick up again until the end of exams.

But ultimately, it's up to you. People have different priorities. You can study as much as you want, but if it means you have less time to develop new friendships and relationships, or if you put study above you mental and physical health, it's probably not worth it.

[charmanderp]

As with anything it really depends on the person, but I've found half an hour of revision a day for my Arts subjects to be the way to go about it. Reading through my previous notes, annotating new academic articles that I read, creating mind-maps, etc.

[90+FTW]

But ultimately, it's up to you. People have different priorities. You can study as much as you want, but if it means you have less time to develop new friendships and relationships, or if you put study above you mental and physical health, it's probably not worth it.

No of course my health is the most important thing! Luckily, I'm not interested in relationships that much which helps to lessen the load. I'm really aiming for H1s (not because I want to, but because I need to in order to fulfil some of my goals - VERY IMPORTANT TO ME). So that's why I'm really just asking for a general time allocation, but your advice has been fantastic, I appreciate it so much

[Hancock]

Just do as much study as you can if you want that H1. By the end of Semester 1 of first year, you'll know if you can back off or need to add more time.