<p>is this too much to handle a semester?</p>
<p>From hardest to what I think will be easiest:</p>
<p>5 units- Calculus 3 (third calculus class)
5 units- Chemistry 1A (First general chemistry class. )
3 units-eng ( the second English requirement class)
4 units- Theather class (watch movies and write about them. should be easy but sucks up 4 hrs/ week in class time)
3 units- Art 1A ( Intro to drawing, easy no hw but sucks up 6 hrs/ week in class time)</p>
<p>if u don’t have a job you should be fine. I took 17 units one semester and had a part time job. It was busy but doable. But 20 units can be tough if ur working.</p>
<p>your hardest class would probably be chemistry. </p>
<p>This workload is pretty up there just because of the amount of writing you’ll be doing. Chem labs + english essays + movie analysis will definitely catch up to you if you’re not careful. Those writing assignments will take much valuable time away from you when you’re not in class and may get in the way from doing math homework/studying and doing your art. </p>
<p>It really depends if you’re aiming for near 4.0 gpa or not. If you do all of your work right away, then this isn’t that bad. It would be bad for someone like me, who procrastinates on writing assignments 
But yeah, that Chem class will require a lot of attention.</p>
<p>It all depends on how well you apply yourself and how many responsibilities you have outside of classwork. </p>
<p>I took 19 units between 6 classes and barely managed a 4.0 that semester. (It was the difference of a few points in some classes.) I don’t work and my ECs are lackluster, so I had enough time to attempt it, but the strain got to me and it hit HARD. I really don’t recommend that experience to anyone. Can I ask if you <em>need</em> to take that many classes? </p>
<p>At any rate, I can assure you that your proposed schedule is doable. I had a classmate who took 6 classes/23 units. There’s a user here who had a 4.0 from 10 classes/32.5 units.</p>
<p>I took 23 units (7 classes) last semester. It was hard of course… But I was able to manage it since didn’t work at all.</p>
<p>same here phil. I took Stats, Econ 1, Econ 2, 2 English classes and Spanish</p>
<p>I did 22 once and it kicked my ass. God’s speed.</p>
<p>I took 18 after taking 12, I commute as well so I was burned out, but it was doable. I actually did better than my first semester. I think if you manage your time right you will be fine.</p>
<p>Can anyone comment on a 20-unit course load comprised, primarily, of upper division courses? It’s my second semester after transferring to Cal, and I’ve got little advice in the way of what a student can realistically manage. (I’m aware that individuals’ ability to manage a st ton of work varies, I’d just like to know if 20 units of mostly upper division work is rare.) Thanks!</p>
<p>Current courses:
Statistics 20 (Intro. to Probability and Statistics)
Political Economy 160 (Historical Context: “The Chicago School”)
Political Science 175A (Urban and Metropolitan Governance)
Public Policy 103 (Wealth & Poverty)
Legal Studies 145 (Law & Economics I)</p>
<p>The only class that looks hard is the Law and Economy </p>
<p>When i think of Law i think of memorizing alot of things. If you are gonna max out on heavy courses, you should think about spreading some of the info heavy courses in other semesters.
Take for example:
English 206 (British Literature)- 3 units
History 11 (New World)- 3 units
Spanish -5 units
Law 101 (California State codes)- 3 units</p>
<p>Where as if you took this schedule:
Philosophy 2- 3 units
Poly Sci 1 (Us Govt.)- 3 units
Pre-Cal- 5 units
Econ 1- 3 units
Econ 2- 3 units</p>
<p>You can see that the first schedule is comprised of mostly “info heavy” courses where it requires alot of time to memorize the material. The material maybe easy but it is time consuming where as the second schedule is easily manageable because most of it just requires critical thinking.</p>
<p>i did 25 units last semester and got straight A’s. The key for me was just to make sure i found the easiest professors possible so i could focus almost solely on my harder classes and not be overwhelmed with homework.</p>