<p>because i'm not sure wheather i should just take the credit and forget abt FWS or give it a try.
I'll def be willing to try FWS given:
1. it's helpful for future writing
2. it's not going to destroy my GPA
as long as the course meets one of the above condition, I'll take it</p>
<p>thanx b4hand</p>
<p>here are my thoughts on writing sems. they can either be AMAZING or AWFUL. im in arts and sciences, so i placed out of 1 seminar with APs (youre not allowed to place out of both in arts, by the way), and i took 1 first semester - cultural studies. i would recommend this class to ANYONE. it was basically a class on pop culture, and it wasnt hard, just some papers. BUT...i know a lot of people who had insanely hard FWS, with a paper due every 3 days etc. so if you can, id say (and this is what my freshmen fac advisor told me, too), you may as well just save the paper writing for a class in a subject you love. if you find a FWS that catches your eye, do it. if not, take a writing class in something you like. (for example, if youre considering a history major, either take a hist class or a hist FWS...theyre probably very similar, just FWS is a MUCH smaller class.)</p>
<p>i agree with you therealstory...i also took cultural studies it was good stuff...but i wasnt too crazy about it because i felt that the other classes i was taking were so much more important towards my major...</p>
<p>since you have to take at least 1 writing seminar, i would take it...also you could consider taking "writing in the majors" (i think that's what its called), basically its a 1 credit class that you add on to a course you are taking...some courses offer this</p>
<p>for example GOVT181 is worth 3 credits, but with this "writing in the majors" component you can add 1 credit to the class and i think this counts for FWS as well (I'M NOT 100% SURE SO SOMEONE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG)</p>
<p>^that is not true fd36, but that supplemental class does help. I should have taken it, b/c I didn't know what the hell was going on in that class.</p>
<p>The thing about FWS' is that there are some good ones but the problem is not deciding whether to take them, but whether you will actually get into the one you want and if it will fit into your schedule. My advice is to build your schedule around the FWS(do this thru schedulizer.com) and make three versions with your top three FWSs.</p>
<p>If they don't work out and you don't get the one you want, drop it . It is not worth the lower grade</p>