<p>How would you describe the workload of classes during first couple of years in school? How hard is it to register for classes that you want when you are freshmen or sophomore?</p>
<p>Workload: Depends on the classes you pick.
Registering for classes: Easy once you get past figuring how to navigate the mass of buttons in my.pitt.edu. Often for freshmen or sophomores, not every class is going to be open when you register but you’ve still got a good selection.</p>
<p>I’m just wondering about the general idea of workload in general education courses. If this is not specific enough, how difficult are bio, chem, and physics class? Assume that they are all basic classes</p>
<p>Since nobody else answered yet, I will comment. The basic science courses are sort of difficult and tend to be weed-out classes, but you can get an A if you try. Honors versions vary. Honors Physics is pretty good and may be worth it. Honors Bio is hard. I don’t know about Honors Chem. Bio and chem departments and lectures are quite large, while physics is a smaller department.</p>
<p>general chemistry is easy if you have a decent background of chemistry. honors gen. chem is hard though. physics 1 & 2 are pretty easy if again you have a decent background in physics. </p>
<p>i’ve heard biology is pretty hard. </p>
<p>classes are large <300 (except honors <40) and curves are given based on the class average. concepts and whatnot may be easy, but there is a lot of work (doable work). and if you do it all you’ll most likely get a good grade.</p>
<p>Would you take two science classes in one semester? I’m considering about doing that. is that not advised?</p>
<p>yeah youd probably have to anyway</p>
<p>It’s quite common. Pre-meds and engineers all take two sciences, a math and an elective a the same time. Some even take a 5th class, but it can get a little tricky to fit two labs in together.</p>
<p>Engineers don’t have to take the chem lab from what I understand. I think quite a few students take two sciences. Physics majors are similar to engineering–calc, physics, chem at once.</p>
<p>I don’t know about the engineers not needing to take chem lab. In gen chem the lecture and lab are combined as one class when you register and you have to get special permissions to only take one or the other. I think two (out of four) of my lab partners in chem this semester are engineering majors.</p>
<p>For engineers, that is only true for the Chem 1 class – son had to take the lab for Chem 2 which I found to be strange.</p>
<p>And it is common for the engineering majors to take two sciences and a math plus other courses each semester.</p>
<p>ok if you’re just an engineer… you take engineering chem 1, physics 1, calc, engr analysis, and an elective. 2nd semester you have a chem lab but it will be different than the gen. chem labs. </p>
<p>however, if you are engineering and pre-med you take general chem 1 (which has a lab), physics 1, calc, engr analysis, elective. </p>
<p>if you’re not in engineering but are pre-med you’ll take bio and chem (both with labs).</p>