<p>Does USC offer student discounts on magazine subscriptions?</p>
<p>If you join a sorority, do you have to live in their housing?</p>
<p>^The only reason I would ever consider joining a sorority is because of the sweet pad. Haha.</p>
<p>No, you don't have to. But usually the dues are so much for non-renters that most members feel that it works out better financially to do so.</p>
<p>Do most USC students take 4 classes per semsester? or 5? because I was looking here: <a href="http://www.usc.edu/dept/publications/cat2005/schools/business/undergraduate.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.usc.edu/dept/publications/cat2005/schools/business/undergraduate.html</a></p>
<p>and it seems like business courses are worth 4 credits each</p>
<p>Depends on your major. Architecture or engineering majors frequently take five or even six classes per semester, because those departments squeeze the units down to three or even two credits for some classes so that they'll have room for more. But most people in other majors will take four classes, though some will find a two-unit elective to add on to that.</p>
<p>How hard is it for a transfer student to double minor? Is double minoring even possible at SC?</p>
<p>cana anyone tell me the main difference between the Comp Eng and Comp Sci major and the Comp Sci major.....because i read the course patterns for both and they were pretty much the same....</p>
<p>I also wanted to know...say if the CECS major does not offer complete Computer Science in depth can i like still take extra courses to take my major fully in depth for the computer science part....</p>
<p>Also can i like major in only CS and minor in Comp engg.</p>
<p>I think you can double minor, but I'm not sure why you would want to. I would double major, or have major+minor+extra courses in 3rd area.</p>
<p>No, you can't major in CS and minor in computer engineering.</p>
<p>The computer engineering and computer science (CECS) program is for people who want to be in-depth in both software and hardware. The core programs are similar, but are very different in a couple of subtle ways.</p>
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<li>Pure CS majors have to satisfy the 3-semester foreign lang requirement, CECS student's don't. This is because the BSCS is technically in the college of letters arts and sciences, not engineering.</li>
<li>Pure CS majors have to take two semesters of software engineering, whereas CECS majors only have to take one, then optionally the second semester of SE, or a hardware senior project. The senior project is <em>much</em> more preferable than suffering through another semester of SE.</li>
<li>CECS majors have more flexibility scheduling electives since essentially any course in either electrical engineering or CS is a course in your department. You can take all of the courses a CS major would take, if you want.</li>
<li>CECS majors have to go through the whole computer engineering sequence of EE201, EE357, EE457, EE454, which while are very interesting and sometimes fun classes, are a gigantic time sink.</li>
<li>I think CECS majors have more requirements in terms of courses overall.</li>
</ol>
<p>I'm a CECS major. :)</p>
<p>Can you take WRIT-130 as a sophomore? Lets say you transfer into USC but your freshman english class doesn't fulfill the requirement.</p>
<p>^^^ I was wondering about that too...</p>
<p>Also thanks for the reply</p>
<p>Is a calculator required for the Calculus (or Physics) entrance exam? </p>
<p>Seems like it would be, but it is not listed on the "items to bring" list. Unless, they are NOT expecting calculations to be performed, but instead have questions on concepts, terminology, etc.?</p>
<p>I don't think calculators are allowed.</p>
<p>Thanks For5aken.</p>
<p>I assume no heavy calculations. Doesn't that seem a bit surprising, seeing as how it is a calculus math exam?</p>
<p>How feasible is it to double major in physics and math?</p>
<p>KingJames- Writ130 is only allowed with approval, it's very restricted. The group I know is allowed to take it is architecture majors who failed the math placement test and therefor had to take an extra math requirement. I know there's another group- I think it may be theater majors or something but am not sure- that are allowed to take 130 instead of 140, but that's pretty much it. They REALLY want you to take 140, concurrent with a Social Issues class. It's actually a pretty good setup, gives you stuff to write about in 140 that you're (hopefully) actually interested in, instead of just writing for writing's sake.</p>
<p>in the transfer booklet they say: </p>
<p>"successful transfer applicants will complete a course equivalent to the lower-division requirement, WRIT-130 before being admitted"</p>
<p>I don't see writ140 mentioned. Maybe its 340 you're thinking about.</p>
<p>I agree with jbusc: you can probably double minor, but I don't know anyone who would want that. Minors are around 16 to 32 additional units, and that means at least 1 extra semester (spread over your 4 years however you like, whether during the school year or during summer).</p>
<p>You can probably major in CS and minor in electrical engineering, which is essentially the same as computer engineering. I haven't looked at the EE minor in detail, so I'm not sure how that would differ.</p>
<p>Historically, the two majors were more different: CS was part of the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences (as a science), so if you were a CS major you weren't an engineer.</p>
<p>But that changed, so now both CS and CECS majors are in the Viterbi School of Engineering (I think jbusc posted outdated info). CS does still require a foreign language while CECS doesn't.</p>
<p>The main difference is that CS is Computer Science with only a few EE courses; CECS is a combination of CS and EE.</p>
<p>Yes, CECS majors have more requirements overall. CS majors actually have a lot more electives, so it's easier and you can take easier courses. Arguably, since it's less challenging, it's less rewarding :)</p>
<p>What I've heard is that students switch from CECS to CS when they can't handle the difficulty or time requirements of the EE courses.</p>
<p>I'm a CECS major ;)</p>
<p>I don't think they have an EE minor, unless they just introduced it for this fall.</p>
<p>I'm on the 2005-2006 catalogue for various reasons and the BSCS is still in the college for that one, not in engineering. Maybe they put it in the 2006-2007 catalogue.</p>
<p>WRIT-130 and WRIT-140 are exactly the same class. The only difference is that 130 can be taken seperate from the Cat 6 GE class. Also, WRIT-130 is open only to <em>very very specific</em> people in engineering and architecture.</p>
<p>collegegirl- that's before you transfer. Once you're actually <em>at</em> USC, WRIT140 is the standard, and WRIT130 is only for special circumstances. If you're having this problem, I'd call and get an official word on it, because my guess would be that once you're on campus, they'll try and make you take 140 if your transfer credits don't cover the lower division writing class. WRIT140 and WRIT130 are equivilant courses, the difference being that WRIT140 is attached to a social issues class and WRIT130 is not. 99.5% of people on campus are not allowed to take WRIT130.</p>