<p>I've been fussing over the course catalog for at least 6 hours (not consecutive). Help me!</p>
<p>THE BASIC Qs:
- Would you take two history courses at once, or does that sound like a perfect recipe for burnout from the similar styles?</p>
<p>I am currently trying to decide between Env. History of Latin America and Biological Psychology.
Things I'm considering:
- If I take B.P., I get a taste of what a college psych course is like. I am hoping to major in psych and have taken 0 courses so far. It would also balance well with my writing-intensive humanities courses (the main reason why I want this in my schedule).
- If I take Env. History of L.A., it would complement my US Env. Policy very well. I will probably be spending one or two summers in Latin America, sometime in the next four years.
- I would also take 19th Century America, which might go well with my Env. Policy course, but not as well as Env. History.</p>
<p>Is Biological Psychology in the history department or psych department? If it’s in the history department, it really might not be true college science-y psych at all. Why not take a psych 101 class instead?</p>
<p>If the rest of your schedule is humanities-heavy, you really might want to get a more straightforward gen ed out of the way.</p>
<p>I don’t see anything wrong with taking two history classes at once - but I’m a history major, and this semester four out of my five classes are history classes.</p>
<p>But if you want to major in psychology and haven’t taken any yet - then take an introductory psychology class. Figure out whether you’re interested in psych and want to major in it. Your courses don’t all have to complement each other all the time…it’s okay to take something just because you want to!</p>
<p>As others said, you should probably take a psych course so you can cross that off your list of potential majors…err, I mean, so you can figure out if you want to take more psych courses later on.</p>