<p>&…yeah not so interested. </p>
<p>thanks RSX. if you go to any car meets in LA or OC hit me up over the summer.</p>
<p>@tragic. I picked my classes according to the degree requirements. I’ll post the link at the bottom. The classes themselves weren’t too bad, and the reading didn’t intimidate me at all. At the CC I went to I took a world history class that was incredibly similar to the style of a history class at UCLA, so that class gave me a good idea on what the coursework was going to be like. Expect plenty of reading and essays in addition to any midterms and finals you might have. There are also plenty of discussions, so knowledge of the readings is needed in order to receive participation credit. You might not have to know every single detail and name in the book, but if you grasp the main ideas and speak up you’ll receive credit, even if you pull s**t out of your a$$. Over the summer I took History of Brazil. The class was really easy and the midterm and final were multiple choice, the professor I had was really funny and chill. There were plenty of non-history majors in that class who were just taking it as an upper division elective. During the fall I took History of Ancient Egypt from the start of man to the second intermediate period. The professor for that class was really funny and nice and she had her own T.V. show on the discovery channel. The class itself was somewhat interesting, but the midterm and final were eh. For both we had to write two essays in a span of an hour and 15 minutes; however, she did give us the essay questions before hand and gave us plenty of time to prepare. We also had to write a 12-15 page research paper on anything we wanted, that was related to Ancient Egypt of course. I also took History of Medieval Europe from the fall of the Roman Empire to 1000. That class was somewhat interesting but the professor I had was a mediocre lecturer so it was hard not to fall asleep or log onto facebook during class. We had a quiz that was easy as long as you did the readings, two essays that had to be between 2,500-3,500 words, and a final. The final was outrageous though. For the final there were 5 primary source identifications, which required you to not only list the author, the year it was written, where it was written, and the title, but required you to explain the significance of the passage as well. In addition to the primary source ids we had 39 short answer/essay question topics and of those 39 6 of them were placed on the test and we had to choose 2 from the 6 to answer. The 3rd and final class I took this past fall was a special discussion class that is required for all history majors. I had to write 3 essays throughout the quarter which were about 25% of your grade each. The remaining 25% came from participation points. Just think of this class as English 1a part 2. Expect A LOT of readings and weekly discussions. I hope this helped. The link is at the bottom. </p>
<p>[The</a> Program — History](<a href=“http://www.history.ucla.edu/academics/undergraduate/the-program]The”>http://www.history.ucla.edu/academics/undergraduate/the-program)</p>
<p>@UCkittychen. Yea I’d be down to go to some meets. What kind of car do you drive?</p>
<p>Thanks so much RSXtype!</p>
<p>Reading that made me super excited strangely enough. I can’t wait to finally take courses that I want without worrying about igetc or w/e. </p>
<p>there are so many different history classes to take though. I wonder how will I ever chose one. (Although I’ll most likely not take the medieval one. <em>gag</em> I’m not a huge fan of thousand year dark ages and the class sounds difficult and boring to boot. ) </p>
<p>What classes are you going to take for spring?</p>
<p>Fall 2011 History transfer reporting in as well; glad to see someone went ahead and made this thread. </p>
<p>Also, I took Pollard for History 119A as well and I completely agree with you haha.</p>
<p>For winter I’m taking History of Rome, History of the United States from 1960 onwards, Constitutional History of U.S.: Origins and Development of Constitutionalism in U.S, and Logic. Levonid, are you taking any of the classes mentioned above?</p>
<p>I’m taking History of Rome as well; I’ve been told the instructor’s awesome so I’m hoping my experience will be the same. Plus, Rome > Medieval any day lol. </p>
<p>The final for the Medieval History class was insane. I lucked out though since my history seminar was on Justinian, which was one of the essay prompts. </p>
<p>Another piece of advice I would give to prospective students is to figure out and get your hands on any primary/secondary sources ASAP. For my medieval history class the university had but one physical copy of the secondary source, and it was checked out. So I was stuck with only my primary source - consequently I only wrote 1700 words for a min. 2500 word essay.</p>
<p>As it so happens I got a B- on the paper and a flat B in the class, which all things considered, is a godsend. But I wouldn’t rely on luck visiting twice so be sure to get your hands on your sources AQAP: AS QVICK AS POSSIBLE. You may want to pull all-nighters if that’s how you operate, but don’t hold off to the last-minute getting your sources. Learned that the hard way.</p>
<p>how about them engineers? they got their faces stuck to a 1000lb textbook all day, erday?</p>
<p>Same thing happened with me on the historiography paper, except I was able to obtain 3 of the recommended books via a friend from $c. Turns out all three books were available. Great advice Levonid. And moosie there are two engineering majors on my floor. One is my roommate and the other is a floormate. My freshman roommate was pretty busy and he had his face stuck to his textbooks everyday, with that being said he is an international student so there was definitely a language barrier. The other one managed to go out Thursday AND Friday nights almost every week throughout the quarter, needless to say all of that partying had an negative impact on his grades… and we aren’t talking about getting B’s here. I’m not an engineering major, but there are quite a few kids on my floor who are south campus majors (like biochem for example) and they were able to have a decent social life. The first three weeks including zero week allowed them to have free time; however, by the time weeks 3 and 4 came around they were all swamped with midterms, which continued on until week 10 for them. Its all about finding balance and managing your time wisely. I’m sure if you keep up with your work you would be able to participate in clubs/organizations, find research opportunities, hold a job, etc. I hope this helps Moosie.</p>
<p>And btw Levonid, are you a member of any of the 2011 UCLA transfer groups on facebook?</p>