<p>this writing requirement is pretty screwed up i think its better to get an official word....</p>
<p>thanks for the info intelliot</p>
<p>oh so u dont need both 130 and 140 to graduate? i was under the impression that you do.</p>
<p>Nope. You need EITHER 130 or 140, plus 340 to graduate. 130 roughly equals 140, 340 is the 'Advanced Writing' class you take junior or senior year.</p>
<p>Im pretty sure that the deal with WRIT 130 is that it ops you out of your CAT 6 req. That's what the music brochure said. Basically it's two classes in one, and you're only elegible if you're in a major that requires you to take A LOT of classes, like arch or music.</p>
<p>no, people who take writ-130 still have to take their cat 6. They don't have to take it the same semester as writ-140, that's the only difference. They still have to do it eventually.</p>
<p>I don't fully understand the reasoning behind who gets to take writ-130, because if it were just because their majors required a lot of classes the whole school of engineering would take writ-130.</p>
<p>That's true--the school of engineering has a LOT of required classes for each of its majors. Probably best to check with the individual school & advisors to be sure which classes will help you toward your grad/degree requirements so you don't have nasty surprises.</p>
<p>jbusc, on the brochure i received, it said that writ 130 woulp get me out of one of my other req's. It might not have been cat6... ill try to find that sheet and ill let you know what class it was.</p>
<p>It's just that it lets you out of taking them concurrently, which can be a huge pain if you don't get it out of the way first semester.</p>
<p>As far as the restrictions on writing 130, it's generally for people who have extra prerequisite requirements for some reason. For instance, in architecture the curriculum expects you to pass out of the required pre-cal/trig class. If you don't, you have to take an extra class that throws off your schedule, so they let you take WRIT130.</p>
<p>you're right. sorry, my mistake. :)</p>
<p>can any current students please tell me the names of relatively easy cat II and cat V general ed classes? im looking for courses that are generally non-subjective and are more multiple choice/true false than writing intenstive. thank you very much.</p>
<p>I think you'll have trouble finding a cat-V class that does not involve writing as that's one of the main components of the description of that category.</p>
<p>You're going to college at what is becoming a rather prestigious university. It's going to be hard.</p>
<p>Lets say you get accepted as an incoming sophomore major for sociology. Is it quick and easy to just declare yourself an economics major?</p>
<p>The math placement exam doesn't cover calculus-it's essentially a "are you prepared to take calculus" placement exam. There aren't really any difficult calculations, so that's probably why calculators aren't approved. If you've taken calculus and done fairly well you should be fine.</p>
<p>What are some types of questions that are asked on the math placement? Like are there logarithms, absolute value equations and stuff like that? </p>
<p>I don't think it can be that hard because calculators aren't allowed.</p>
<p>very basic logs are covered. basically, knowing that logbx=y is equivalent to x=b^y</p>
<p>absolute value inequalities are on it...stuff like |x-1| < 4, easy stuff. i always make the < > gestures (gang sign style) with my hands and say "and - or!" (gangster style)...it's the (accidental) mnemonic we made in math class haha. also, knowing the definition of a function and basic parent graphs (exponential parent graph, quadratic).</p>
<p>wow, that is great information...can any one else think of other stuff that is seen on the math placement?</p>
<p>also for the functions ones...you have to know the definition of a function...but do you have to solve them without a calculator? Basically is the placement exam more recognition of stuff rather then the actual solving of problems?</p>
<p>There's some algebra stuff and solving of linear equations as well, I think? My brain's fuzzy already :P</p>
<p>Muahahaha! As a member of FSH, I don't have to take math or chem placement!</p>
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<p>also for the functions ones...you have to know the definition of a function...but do you have to solve them without a calculator? Basically is the placement exam more recognition of stuff rather then the actual solving of problems?
well, you have to solve for the zeroes of a basic quadratic function. so you could use the quadratic equation or just some basic math logic to figure it out.</p>
<p>and yes, the test is a great deal of recognition, but there's also basic math stuff, like those absolute value ones. so i'd say...recognition of basic algebraic/precalculus ideas through the use of very simple calculations.</p>
<p>i got 37 out of 40 on mine...and the 3 i missed were in the sections I and II, which i assume are the basic math sections...so yeah, not too much to worry about. if you finished at least precalculus and did ok in the class, you should be fine.</p>