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To give you an idea....

This semester, I have one class with 9 major projects, one class with 5 major projects, one class with several projects that we'll complete in class with maybe a -little- outside work, and one class that has 2, maybe 3 projects.
And none of these projects are going to be small. To give you an idea, I can end up spending 20 hours or more just on one project. This year is going to be insane. xD

Last semester, I had one class where we always had homework. We always had to read before the next class, and she almost always quizzed our knowledge on the reading, so I knew she expected it. I had another class where we were supposed to read, but he could care less if we did or not, and he went over all of the material needed for the (open book/open notes/take home) exams in class. So, the priorities for each class were totally different.

It's really hard to say how much of a workload you'll have in each class. I couldn't handle a job while in school, but my sister can, and she's taking more credit hours and classes than I am (my 14 credits to her 19 credits). We have totally different majors and our professors have totally different priorities. My classes all weigh heavily on homework and projects because they want us to get more on-the-job experience. In class, we make sense of the homework, but you can't make sense of it if you didn't do it/read it. My sister's classes, on the other hand, are mostly lectures where things are -taught-, as well as labs to apply the knowledge taught in class, so homework isn't as much of a necessity.
My best advice would be to check with your professors. If they give out a syllabus, take a look at it and see what's going to be required, and set up a priorities list.
And remember to have FUN. College goes by SO quickly, and you should savor it.