<p>What is the average amount of classes taken by freshman their first semester at tech? Or specifically what is the average amount of "hours."
and is taking COE 1000 or GT1000 really worth it or not?</p>
<p>I started out taking 4 classes (12 hours), but really you should be alright with 5 classes (~15 hours). I wouldn’t recommend taking anything greater than that if it is your first semester.</p>
<p>15 to 17 hours is standard. However, what’s more important than the number of hours is the mix of classes you’re taking. </p>
<p>What I found helpful was to label every class as either a “hard” class (either analytically demanding or time demanding) or a “not hard” class. Try to take no more than three hard classes per semester. The hard freshman classes are the Math, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, and CS courses. Classes like English, Social Studies, International Affairs, Health, and Psychology are not considered to be hard. Major classes depend on the class and you’ll need to talk to someone in your major to figure out which are hard.</p>
<p>A schedule like Calc 1 + Chem 1 + Bio 1 + English 1 + HPS (3 hard course + 2 not hard courses) really wouldn’t be that bad even though it is 17 hours. Or swap out Bio 1 for CS 1 and you have a reasonable 16 hour schedule (most engineering majors take one of the two). If you have credit for a hard course like Calc I, swap it out with another hard course like Calc II. If you have credit for a not hard course like English 1, swap it out for a not hard course like English 2. </p>
<p>I think GT1000/COE1000 has some value for some people, particularly undecided engineering majors. Other than that, it’s a way to meet new people and see campus. It doesn’t really require any work.</p>
<p>Hi, I’m currently a freshman at GT. For the average course load freshman year, I would say around 15 hours, which can be from 4 to 5 classes. I know a lot of people who took 12 hours (which is the minimum to be a full time student), but I also know people who took 18 hours. Like the previous poster said, it really depends on how hard the classes are, and a large part of that is how much work you have for the class. For example, modern physics might be considered a hard class depending on how much you like physics, but the workload isn’t too much. However, CS for Engineers would be considered much harder than physics simply because you have endless hw assignments.</p>
<p>As for COE 1000 and GT 1000, I don’t know anyone who took COE 1000, but I can tell you about GT 1000. The point of the class is really to get to acclimated to college, so its supposed to be an easy A. However, there are many different sections of GT 1000, and they have different workloads. I know people who took the general section of GT 1000, and they said that they actually had to do a lot of work for the class. However, if you already know what you want to major in, then you can take the section specific to your major, and major specific sections are generally very easy. So its not really a necessary class, but its an easy A so you might as well take it. When I took it, our professor literally gave up on grading and gave everyone an A.</p>