<p>Hi i just got accepted to BU CAS, whoo go future class of 2014. Can someone tell me what is a GOOD/BEST COUNCILOR to get and what are some GOOD/BEST TEACHERS for some of the core classes i will have to take. Like calculus, biology, chemistry, physics, English etc. thanks much!!! hope to see my future class mates, comin from New Mexico!</p>
<p>Are you taking Core or Divisional Studies? What’s your major?</p>
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<p>Core studies and my major would be i guess like biology or something like it.</p>
<p>No, I mean are you taking the Core Curriculum or Divisional studies to satisfy your basic credits?</p>
<p>okay, i read a little about the core curriculum and divisional studies but can you please please tell me more on how they are different. I read a little on wiki. thanks</p>
<p>The Core has 2 classes per semester you have to take. 4 semesters of Humanities, 2 semesters of Natural Science with lab credit, and 2 semesters of Social Science. There is a lecture and discussion section. Your discussion teacher determines your grade and the lecturer is not always the same person. Everything is based on the reading so do the reading. The booklist changes per year.</p>
<p>Divisional Studies lets you pick your classes. You need a certain amount of credits per division. Like you need Social Science credits, Math/Computer science, Natural science, etc. But you get to pick the classes you want to take per class. And you don’t have to take classes related to your major for required credits. Say you’re an English major. Because you’re a humanities majors, that fills your humanities requirement.</p>
<p>Okay, so i am gonna go with divisional studies cause that sorta goes along with what i want. So can you still help me with my previous question? :)</p>
<p>thanks tom1266 appreciate it much!</p>
<p>I took Core so I can’t help you with intro level Divisional courses. Also, your advisor depends on your major. As a Classics major, my advisor is in the Classics department.</p>
<p>okay, well thanks anyways helped me a lot, serious i didn’t know about the core and divisional stuff thanks.</p>
<p>They’ll tell you about it when you go to orientation.</p>
<p>Oooo, since we’re talking about core/divisional, can somebody explain the pros and cons of each? I don’t think core curriculum is that attractive from my current understanding, as it seem a little bit like CGS? where the classes are pre-determined…</p>
<p>I took it. It was kind of fun. But you don’t have to finish the Core. You can take parts to count towards Divisional Studies. For instance, if you only take the Humanities you can get credit for your writing classes. Or taking the Social Science second year counts as WR150. Some people say it’s really hard. I think they’re intimidated by the large booklist, but I think it depends on how good of a reader you are. The teachers really try to make everyone feel like they’re in a special community. You get invited to all kind of performances, trips to the MFA, Core movie night, etc. There’s an even every year where you can put in a proposal for a short 5-10 minute video and if it gets accepted they’ll give you a tiny bit of cash and recording equipment for you to make your own short film. The Core is not for everyone I guess. Oh, but Core counts as more than required courses. When I took first year of Core, it counted towards my Classics major since we studied so much Classical literature first semester. The Humanities can also count towards English majors. The other classes in Core count for different things too.</p>
<p>As for Divisional, I think some of the intro level classes can be hard and some are easy but you need to ask around to find out which one’s which. And competitive at registration since everyone’s trying to get into the popular classes. I’m not too sure I know much about Divisional since I didn’t take it.</p>