Am I free to take whatever course that I want to?

Colleges & Universities A-Z Carnegie Mellon University
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<p>I'm an incoming freshman at SCS. The mandatory classes add up to 44 units for me now and the limit is 54. So I want to take another course. First choice was MechE fundamental but it was 12 units so I couldn't. I had AP scores for physics and hated chem. So I started to search other courses.</p>

<p>Now on the web I found some very interesting courses that I never actually expect CMU to offer. Like MILITARY SCIENCE (30102, 30202.30302, 30402), so does any undergraduate students actually take those kinda courses? Any special requirement?</p>

<p>What kind of courses do you guys take besides mandatory ones? Another language? Sports?</p>

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<p>Military science is probably the ROTC courses. When my hubby taught ROTC, he was an asst. professor of military science.</p>

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<p>what do ROTC courses mean? Are they available to all students?</p>

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<p>Reserve Officer Training Corps. The classes are available to everyone, but they are to prepare you to go into the Army/Navy/Air Force/Marines as an officer after graduation.
ROTC has some great scholarship money, but there is a pay back: you serve in the military.</p>

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<p>^ Yep.</p>

<p>To take ROTC courses, you need to join ROTC. Which means you promise them… I think it’s four years of military service plus two years in the reserve. </p>

<p>The last class is your call. Take an elective that’s simple and sounds fun; as a kid in SCS, you’ll need the fun class to get you through the hardcore homework elsewhere. :)</p>

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<p>Thanks kate.
Do you know how to distinguish undergrad/grad courses from their codes?</p>

<p>Are all the courses I can find on Schedule-man for undergrad after I log in?</p>

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<p>If it’s over a 400 level course, it’s a grad student course. :slight_smile: Anything else is open to undergrad.</p>

<p>Scheduleman will show you all courses, grad ones too, so just check the number before you add a course to your schedule!</p>

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<p>Hey Garage,
With little exception-- as an SCS student you will be plenty busy and the best advice is that already given- try something fun or interesting-- while that opportunity is still available. Jacobo encourage you to pick something to get one of the mandatory column a, b or c GE electives done and over with…there are 100+ on that list.<br>
Avoid anything over 300 level…100 or 200 level would be best as an incoming freshman.
You could also consider an ECE class if you have Physics credit done. Many SCS students find that Materials Science is relevant-- semiconductor stuff ahead?</p>

<p>[SCS</a> Freshman Advising](<a href=“http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~jxc/advising/]SCS”>SCS Freshman Advising) re-read the schedule booklet which takes you to the link within that document for the SCS program guide …listing all the electives…of which 3 out of the 8 required come from this list.</p>

<p>There are plenty wonderful and interesting options here…ask current students about Profs and course load…some are probably much more work than others.</p>

<pre><code> SCS Humanities and Arts Requirements
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<p>Revised June, 2006</p>

<p>The following lists the courses which satisfy the Humanities and Arts requirements for the B.S. degree in Computer Science. Most of these courses are offered by the College of Humanities & Social Sciences and the College of Fine Arts. Some courses that are offered by H&SS may not be used in satisfaction of the Humanities and Arts requirements; these are noted in the Deletions section. Also, some courses offered by other colleges may be used to satisfy the Humanities and Arts requirements. These are noted in the Additions section.</p>

<p>All candidates for the bachelor’s degree must complete a minimum of 72 units offered by the College of Humanities & Social Sciences and/or the College of Fine Arts. These general education courses for SCS students are to meet the following distribution requirements:</p>

<p>A. Common Course Requirement - Writing (18 [or 9] units)
B. Breadth Requirement (27 units)
C. Electives (27 [or 36] units)
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<p>A. Common Course Requirement - Writing (18 [or 9] units)
Complete the following course:
76-101 Interpretation and Argument
Students admitted in 2006 or later
Students admitted in 2006 or later are also required to take 15-221, Technical Communication for Computer Scientists. This reduces their Humanties and Arts elective total to 27 units as indicated below.</p>

<p>B. Breadth Requirement (27 units)
Complete three courses, one each from Category 1, Category 2, Category 3.
Category 1: Cognition, Choice, and Behavior
70-311 Organizational Behavior
80-130 Introduction to Ethics
80-150 Nature of Reason
80-180/11-120 The Nature of Language
80-221 Philosophy of Social Science
80-230 Ethical Theory
80-241 Ethical Judgments in Professional Life
80-242 Conflict, Dispute Resolution
80-270 Philosophy of Mind
80-271 Philosophy and Psychology
80-275 Metaphysics
80-281 Language and Thought
85-100 Intro to Intelligence in Humans, Animals, and Machines
85-102 Introduction to Psychology
85-211 Cognitive Psychology
85-221 Principles of Child Development
85-241 Social Psychology
85-251 Personality
85-261 Abnormal Psychology
88-120 Reason, Passion and Cognition
88-260 Organizations
Category 2: Economic, Political, and Social Institutions
36-303 Sampling, Survey and Society
70-332 Business, Society and Ethics
73-100 Principles of Economics
73-150 Microeconomics
79-223 Protest and Dissent in American History
79-335 Drug Use and Drug Policy
79-374 American Environmental History: Critical Issues
80-135 Introduction to Political Philosophy
80-136 Social Structure, Public Policy and Ethical Dilemmas
80-235 Political Philosophy
80-236 Philosophy and Law
80-243 Environment Management and Ethics
80-341 Computers, Society, and Ethics
88-104 Decision Processes in American Political Institutions
88-110 Experiments with Economic Principles
88-205 Comparative Politics
88-220 Policy Analysis I
Category 3: Cultural Analysis
57-173 Survey of Western Music History
70-342 Managing Across Cultures
76-227 Comedy
76-232 African-American Studies
76-239 Introduction to Film Studies
76-241 Introduction to Gender Studies
79-104 Introduction to World History
79-113 Culture and Identity in American Society
79-207 Development of European Culture
79-209 Theory and Practice in Anthropology
79-226 History and Cultures of East Asia
79-240 Development of American Culture
79-241 African-American History I
79-242 African-American History II
79-261 Chinese Culture and Society
79-281 Introduction to Religion
79-311 Introduction to Anthropology
79-330 Medicine and Society
79-345 The Roots of Rock & Roll
79-350 Early Christianity
79-354 Religion in American Society
79-368 Poverty, Charity, and Welfare
80-100 Introduction to Philosophy
80-151 God in the West
80-250 Ancient Philosophy
80-251 Modern Philosophy
80-253 Continental Philosophy
80-254 Analytic Philosophy
80-255 Pragmatism
80-261 Aesthetics of Mass Art
80-276 Philosophy of Religion
82-273 Introduction to Japanese Language and Culture
82-294 Topics in Russian Language and Culture
82-303 French Culture
82-304 Francophone World
82-325 Introduction to German Studies
82-333 Introduction to Chinese Language and Culture
82-342 Spain: Language and Culture
82-343 Latin America: Language and Culture
82-344 US Latinos: Language and Culture
82-345 Hispanic Literary and Cultural Studies</p>

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<p>“Am I Free to Take…”</p>

<p>Apparently not!!..Jacobo is forcing me to take English-- he will not approve my schedule and is shoving english down my throat… I want to take a language…and take english in the spring</p>

<p>What should I do to get him to lift the registration hold?
How do I convince him that I want to take english in the spring…?</p>

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<p>We dialogued…it’s cool…he let me wait until spring…</p>

<p>Signed up for Chinese instead…</p>