<p>has anyone ever taken a bunch of fiat lux instead of a class? i'm thinking it's an easy way to get units but not have to work too hard. anyone have bad/good experiences wit that? and i dont care if grad schools see so many p/np, if they cant tell a one unit seminar from a class thats stupid of them.</p>
<p>hey namste, i was thinking about doing that but then i told myself there is probably a ge that i could knock out and i found one. its music history 65, a five-unit course that fulfills the "Cultural and Literary" requirement.</p>
<p>the nice thing about this class is that you only meet twice a week, Monday and Wednesday from 11-12:50. Here is the sweet thing about this class, no discussion.</p>
<p>theyre pointless unless you dont know what you want to do and want to explore several different areas or your need one more unit to meet the full time unit req.</p>
<p>theyre like AP units...they dont count for anything except your raw unit count. doesnt count towards graduation units.</p>
<p>fiat lux seminars are awesome</p>
<p>great chance to be in a class solely to learn</p>
<p>Spring Quarter my freshmen year I took two classes + fiat lux to get the maximum units to be full time. It was beautiful.</p>
<p>they dont count toward the 180 minimum?</p>
<p>edit: im sure they do, just not for honors it says on web site !</p>
<p>hagos thanks for the tip man but that conflicts.. we gotta take another history soon though</p>
<p>i heard they counted towards graduation units.</p>
<p>Anyways i took two one quarter and it was allright.</p>
<p>oops, my bad. they DO count towards min grad units, but they do NOT count towards the max unit cap.</p>
<p>They do work for graduation, they do not work however for your GPA since they are all P/NP. Also I will tell you all right now, while a couple of P/NP classes are fine, grad/professional schools look down on them and generally will just consider them a C, especially f you have a bunch of them.</p>
<p>^i understand that to be in the case of regular 4-5 unit classes, but shouldnt they be able to tell a 1 unit seminar? or maybe there could be an explainer in the application about fiat lux.</p>
<p>I think it would also depend on what type of program you're trying to get into. My comment about the P/NP only applies to law, since that is the one I know. However I've heard that, generally, it is not looked wonderfully upon. If you take 3-4 1 unit seminars I doubt it'd be a problem over the course of 4 years. If you've got 10+ of them, questions may arise.</p>
<p>Also not sure if it matters, but remember you need 180 graded (unless you're a transfer student) units for Latin honors.</p>
<p>i understand about law school, some take the p/np more seriously than others. too many people are obsessed with law schools, its not a surefire way to wealth, and even if it is, its not for everyone.</p>
<p>are you sure you need 180 graded for latin honors? <a href="http://www.college.ucla.edu/commencement/faq.html#9%5B/url%5D">http://www.college.ucla.edu/commencement/faq.html#9</a></p>
<p>You're right, it is only 90 units, that was my bad. I'm just throwing the warning about Law School out there. I will tell you from personal experience, that a lot more people will claim in their 4 years that they are going to go to law school, then actually go. I had about 10 or so friends who all claimed that they were going to law school after undergrad. As of right now, myself and one other friend actually did make the jump into law school. So always take it with a grain of salt when somebody says they're going to law school.</p>
<p>Dear namaste, </p>
<p>Take History 9E with me.</p>
<p>Allen: Yeah I think people say they are going to law school because it sounds good. You're right that some law schools look down on p/np but I think others would understand. Anyway, I'm not necessarily lookinig at law school. It's one option out of many.</p>
<p>Emmeline: My extracurricular schedule next quarter basically represents a full time job. But I would certainly love to take a class with you later this year, or perhaps next.</p>