College core: you sit in the class for attendance then go home and teach yourself

https://lemmus.org/post/21111758

At some level, college is supposed to be about teaching yourself.

That said, professors are supposed to help.

Exactly. Full-time college itineraries are based roughly on a full-time 40-hour work week. Each credit represents three hours of study time. One in-class and two out of class. A fifteen-credit itinerary should eat up 45 hours of time. Fifteen in class, 30 of independent study.