<p>So I’m an incoming freshmen this year majoring in Food science and I am aiming to go Pre-med. I have already been to orientation and registered for my classes, and I’m taking 14 units, which seems like a pretty reasonable course load to me. However, I am worried about being able to handle my classes seeing as the advisers deemed it as being “science heavy”, but said it was okay because one of the classes I was taking was more of a social science class. My biggest concern is taking astronomy and chemistry at the same time. Right now my schedule consists of :</p>
<p>AST 010G -stars galaxies universe
CHEM 2A-general chem
MATH 16A-short calculus
SAS 004- water in popular culture</p>
<p>I am definitely keeping chemistry and math, but I’m unsure about astronomy and water in popular culture. I’ve been thinking about dropping astronomy, and registering for a humanities class (possibly intro to speech or something?). Initially, I signed up for astronomy just because it looked interesting and I needed another 3 unit class so my unit count wouldn’t be too much, but when I looked it up online after registering, I found reviews saying that the class was really hard. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to handle taking chemistry and astronomy at the same time. Also, is SAS 004 a good class (interesting at all? worth taking?)? If it’s not, what are some other fun general ed classes you’d recommend taking the first quarter of freshmen year? </p>
<p>I’m a pretty studious person, so I am willing to work really hard in my classes no matter the difficulty… but I also want to be able to have enough time to meet people and adjust well to college life.</p>
<p>Also, if you have any advice for a prospective medical school student, anything would be greatly appreciated :)!</p>
<p>i’ve heard sas004 is easy, but i don’t know how interesting it is. if it doesn’t fulfill anything you need, i would switch to something else. do you like english classes? maybe you should take enl3?</p>
<p>@Hella: Personally, I don’t really enjoy english classes just because I’m a terrible writer, but taking one might even out my course load and make it less science heavy, but I can’t take ENL 3 because my AP credits for AP Lang & Comp. already cover my requirements for that class. SAS 004 covers my topical breadth requirements in social science, but that’s about it. I guess I might drop it if it’s really not that interesting.</p>
<p>i’m referring to the english composition requirement, which APs wouldn’t cover:
The English Composition requirement may be satisfied in one of the following ways:
(1) By passing the English Composition Examination after completion of 70 units of degree credit (the examination
does not yield credit).
(2) By completing with a grade of C- (or P) or better: one course in English Composition from Comparative Literature
1, 2, 3, 4, English 3, Native American Studies 5 or University Writing Program 1, 18, 19; AND, taken after
completion of 84 units, University Writing Program 101, 102 or 104
but i guess if you can’t take ENL 3 take one of those other classes listed.
for socsci i suggest an intro ECN class, if you think you can do it. it’s weird, either people ace it or it completely confuses them.
for ArtHum i suggest any triple dipper in COM (but this is a lot of writing) or LIN 1, preferably with Menard-Warwick. LIN 1 is really easy and interesting if you’re into languages at all.</p>
<p>Hmm that’s weird, so my ap credits don’t cover that requirement? I’m just following what my adviser at orientation told me. They had me write down the equivalency for my ap credits and told me my 4 in ap Lang was equivalent to ENL3 and UWP1. I don’t really know much about what my ap credits count towards other than credits toward graduation, so I’m just trying to follow what my adviser told me. Would I still be able to take enl 3 despite my ap credits? ( I just faintly remember my adviser telling me there are certain courses that I can’t take if my ap scores fulfill the requirements for them like BIS 10).
I wouldn’t mind taking a communications or linguistics class though seeing as I have to work on improving my writing anyways. Do you think those classes would be filled up by the time I register/drop during my pass 2 time?</p>
<p>COM is comparative literature. CMN is communications
and the graduation checklist doesn’t say AP units can stand in for the english comp requirement. i think you should be able to get into either</p>
<p>Oh, okay. So COM is comparative literature. Sorry, I’m still getting used to the abbreviations for everything. Would a comparative literature class require more writing than an English composition class? Also, I just looked up the ap information on the UC Davis website, and it said that a 4 or higher on either the ap lit/ ap Lang satisfies 4 units of the first half of English composition requirements in the college of agricultural and environmental sciences. I don’t know if it’s changed from previous years, but that’s what it says now.</p>
<p>oh, okay. yeah i know they’ve changed GEs and stuff really recently, so our requirements don’t necessarily match up. take an adviser’s word over mine.
i’ve only taken one english class (ENL 3) and even though the writing was probably similar to the COM classes i’ve taken (i’ve taken 2-3), it was split up into weekly blogs so it didn’t seem like much. i think there’s a word requirement in certain classes though, and it’s up to the professor how they split it up. i’m going to guess that they have similar writing requirements.</p>
<p>Dont know about astronomy stuff, but I’ve heard people **tch about water in pop culture. I would suggest dropping the lower unit one. It can be done but like I keep saying, you want a lighter schedule for fall at least so you can meet and hang out with the new people around you. There’ll also be lots of activities outside and in the dorms.</p>
<p>@Hella: okay thanks for the information. I’m not sure which one I’ll take since they seem like they have the same amount of writing, but I’ll definitely look into taking a comparative literature or English class. </p>
<p>@Shoyon: yeah well if people didn’t seem to enjoy it too much, I’ll probably switch out of that. That was supposed to be my fun/ interesting gen Ed. class that would even put my schedule.</p>