<p>I'm wondering if 5 courses/semester for a history/english double major will be brutal, regardless of passion, at a top LAC or Ivy. It sounds like a helluva lot of reading and writing.</p>
<p>Search results didn't turn up anything specific to my personal needs.</p>
<p>LOL</p>
<p>i’m a double history/anthropology with a minor in japanese.</p>
<p>Yes you do a lot of reading and writting, but so long as you pace yourself and make notes you’ll due fine.</p>
<p>Would adding a sixth class bring on troubling times?</p>
<p>^ I don’t think so. It is up to your personal needs and what your schedule is really like. I personally am a humanities/anthropology double major and could simply not take on a 6th class because I have 4 profs that are notorious for their courseloads (including the dean of my college as a prof). However, if your profs are a bit lighter on the reading/writing then a 6th course is doable. Ask around.</p>
<p>Alright, sounds good… thank you.</p>
<p>Quite honestly 5 engineering classes would be more difficult. 5 history/english classes will be a cakewalk.</p>
<p>No… it’s not. I’m sick of the OMG teh humanitiez are so eazy remarks on here. It is NOT a cakewalk, get off your high horse.</p>
<p>OI, don’t knock it till you sit through it. It is sometimes hard as heck to get the papers done.</p>
<p>Side note: i only take 4 classes per semester. Anymore then that and i would pop from stress.</p>
<p>Just for kicks… would five courses a quarter be asking for death by the pen? I don’t think anyone’s asked this… maybe because the very idea is inundated with insanity.</p>
<p>^ Death by pen (or keys).</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>Isn’t 15 hours the minimum for most schools? 0.o Anyway, if you like the subjects, that’s what you’ll be doing…you can avoid that by taking random other courses.</p>
<p>^ No 12 is minimum for full time at most places.</p>
<p>And 7 courses/semester would be equivalent to its suicidal quarter counterpart, 5 courses/quarter? There are obvious specifics that I can’t foresee now; just in general.</p>
<p>lol. 5 courses in arts is a joke.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>I’ve taken numerous classes in both humanities and engineering, and from my experience, it is. I know you (and others) feel compelled to defend your respective majors, but let’s be realistic here. If I can manage five engineering classes in one semester, OP can easily manage five humanities/liberal arts classes.</p>
<p>^ If you can “easily manage” five humanities classes then your U has failed you. I apologize for that. The amount of sheer reading, writing, and research that is required for any respectable humanities class is not easy to manage because of the simple limit of time.</p>
<p>@ Wladimir and Gstein: If that is the case, why don’t I hear of Ivy/Top LAC students taking 7-8 humanities courses? If 5 are easily manageable? I’m not accusing… I have no actual experience… just wondering.</p>
<p>Oh duh G9… it’s because those kids are just lazy, dontyaknow?</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say taking 5 humanities courses is ‘super easy’, but still…</p>
<p>The fact that few people take more than 5 humanities courses does not mean that it’s impossible. For instance, at my school exceeding 5 courses per semester would increase the tuition rate for such a student. And there’s just a social expectation to take 5 or less. </p>
<p>Take your average humanities student, and you will see that he or she is working many less hours per week than the average engineering student. It sounds plausible that it would take 6 or 7 classes to make a top-notch humanities student work with the duration and intensity of a top-notch engineering student. But it’s simply not done because the registrar, and society to a large extent, considers all courses equal.</p>
<p>^ There are many top schools that have a set cost for full time tuition (12-18 credits). So what about the humanities kids at those schools?</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>Any proof of this whatsoever?</p>