<p>So, D couldn't go to orientation. She has been busy traveling across Spain and Portugal for the past 3 weeks just getting back to her "home" tonight and is now in a panic regarding signing up for classes. She said that tomorrow it is open for the ones who didn't go to orientation and then opens back up to everybody the next day. (?) However, she has no clue what classes she wants/needs to take. She has info on who her advisor is but is concerned she might not be able to get in touch with her in time to sign up tomorrow.</p>
<p>I've tried reading what I can find on-line, but it can get confusing. Does anybody have any suggestions on what she might want to sign up for - maybe she can at least get a few classes that she needs and then change later if necessary. She thinks she might want to major in math but that could change and also Spanish or the Spanish/Portuguese major. She has no AP credits and they won't accept her dual enrollment. I'm thinking she will for sure need calc I, English, Spanish, perhaps Portuguese if she wants to go that way with it, and of course TIDES. What else would be good to fill in her schedule?</p>
<p>There are several variables here that make it difficult to make specific suggestions. Does she mind 8 AM classes? What level Spanish is she qualified to start at? But for the sake of argument, let’s say she starts at Spanish III, which is Spanish 203. That’s 4 hours, as is Intensive Portuguese, which is what Tulane offers rather than Intro I and II. That should be fine for her since it is so similar to Spanish. Calc I is also 4 hours, so she is up to 12. The basic writing course is 4 hours, so that is 16. TIDES makes it 17. That seems like enough to me. If she decides not to take Portuguese yet, then she should pick a course that just seems to appeal to her for exploration, be it Greek Classics or European History or some music appreciation course or Philosophy… whatever just sounds interesting.</p>
<p>FC is pretty dead on. Those are definitely very typical first semester courses and would be a very solid schedule. </p>
<p>I’d suggest something fun like Cultural Anthro or maybe Pysch 100. 100 level Anthro courses are freshman only actually; I recommend taking at least one freshman year because we have a phenomenal department.</p>