<p>Okay, so next quarter, I need to take some classes, I am not at 90 units yet so it has to be lower division but I have already fulfilled the pre reqs for my major, I don’t know what to do!
Should I just take whatever? I am worried about exceeding the ge units because you can have 12-20 for AH, SE, and SS and some of my upper division will fulfill those. Can I go over 20 units for SS?</p>
<p>Everyone I know takes upper division classes as freshmen and sophs. I did it several times, and all the courses are on my transcript just fine. Even my advisor penned in upper division major courses on my sophomore plan sheet. I’ve never seen any negative repercussions. Heck, SISWEB doesn’t even enforce pre-reqs like the registration systems at many other colleges. I’m sure there are a couple of professors in a couple of departments who are enforcing pre-reqs, but not many. I joke that Davis is like the Wild, Wild West when it comes to registration. So take what you want.<br>
Anybody else want to chime in on this? </p>
<p>Regarding GE units, those are the minimum numbers. I see no reason that you can’t exceed the minimum numbers. Just to clarify on the minimum numbers though, you’ll of course have 20 units in the area covered by your major. Then you’ll need the balance of the 52 (32) covered by the two other areas, with a minimum of 12 in each. So you can do 12 and 20, or 16 and 16, or 16 and 12. Of course you can do more too.</p>
<p>Bottom line: Move ahead in your major. Take upper division GE’s. Whatever you want. Keep in mind, upper division courses often assume you’ve finished your English Comp courses; they expect a bit more and better writing.</p>
<p>Well, the word from the mechanical engineering department is that they’ll soon fix SISweb so that it checks pre-reqs. I don’t know if it’s a school-wide change, but the mech people got dinged hard for not checking pre-reqs. </p>
<p>Even with that said, if you really want to there are exception forms to be signed if it comes to that. Most professors aren’t the most stringent when it comes down to it.</p>