<p>Hi,
I have just got into Carnegie Mellon for an engineering program (undergraduate). What I really don't know how to do is choosing courses to fill up a particular major. For instance I want to do mechanical engineering (or civil engineering) and I'm interested in economics, music, accounts and Spanish. Numbers like 22-110 for math and some 13-234 for mechanical engineering really intimidate me. What kind of courses do I register for? Any "tips"?
Thanks.</p>
<p>Check the advising page on the department's website. They usually have guidelines for what you need to take. Or talk to you advisor for next year. They are paid to help you figure out what classes to take</p>
<p>Your first year is pretty structured at CMU. Since you have some leeway with 2 or 3 spots for electives, you can fill those with economics/music/anything courses.</p>
<p>You need to spend some substantial learning time going through Carnegie Melon's on-line site to see what the requirements are, what the suggested sequence of taking courses should be, what requirements you need to meet not just for engineeing but gen ed. A place to begin for mechanical eng is possibly here (civil has similar page): <a href="http://www.me.cmu.edu/default.aspx?id=ug_guide_curriculum%5B/url%5D">http://www.me.cmu.edu/default.aspx?id=ug_guide_curriculum</a> but you should explore many things on the site particularly in the "academic" section and educate yourself. Once you have some similarity, you should discuss any schedule with your advisor. Those numbers are not actually daunting. For presumed level the key number in the course sequence is the third one, right after the hyphen; a 1 means it is considered freshman level, a 2 sophomore, 3 junior, 4 senior. That is a guide not a requirement and many may take 2 in freshman or 3 in senior, etc.</p>