<p>As an incoming '13 I've been trying to get a handle on my schedule next year. For a Gov/Econ student are there certain classes to avoid? Classes that I shouldn't miss? Or anything that I should start preparing for now?</p>
<p>UPDATE: Can anyone tell me about the Mathematics and Social Sciences major? It looks interesting, but sounds like it might be very difficult.</p>
<p>I’m interested in that. I hear it’s not very popular.</p>
<p>I wonder why O_o - looked like fun to me.</p>
<p>As for all courses at dartmouth, the professor can pretty much make or break the course- but in my experience, this is especially relevant in the gov and econ depts, both of which are arguably the best depts that dartmouth has to offer. My advice would be to talk to upperclassmen and check out the course review sites to see which profs are the best. </p>
<p>Some govt courses not to be missed:</p>
<ul>
<li>American foreign policy with Mastanduno </li>
<li>Nuclear weapons with Press</li>
<li>Civil War or Secession and state creation with Coggins</li>
<li>Other good profs: Strathman, Valentino, Carey </li>
</ul>
<p>My advice would be to declare your major ASAP and sign up quickly for courses, the best govt courses always have a waiting list, but if you show up to class on the first day, you can get lucky as an underclassmen</p>
<p>i heard the writing class with gosick (sp?) is good, is that true?</p>
<p>Freshman year it’s all about the professor, since different sections of the same class mostly run with the same syllabus (definitely in gov)</p>
<p>soled09’s advice to declare your major asap is awful, do not listen to him.</p>
<p>As a freshman you’ll get into whatever lower level classes you want and won’t have the prereq’s to get into the upper level ones that have waiting lists…getting into classes at Dartmouth is a breeze</p>
<p>Does anyone know if they will send us a course catalog anytime soon? I’ve been looking at classes on the department websites but it would be helpful to have everything in front of me. I don’t want to wait until orientation to figure it all out.</p>
<p>I’ve been wondering the same thing with regards to a course catalog mailing. I’ve browsed courses on the Oracle system but it would be so much easier to have a comprehensive guidebook. </p>
<p>Has anyone heard any feedback (positive or negative) about choosing classes during orientation? Is it hectic at all? Are the advisors helpful?</p>
<p>You will not be sent a course catalog (you can pick one up on move-in day) because everything is on-line.</p>
<p>try using the ORC listing to see if it works for you</p>
<p>[Course</a> Descriptions and Departmental Requirements (ORC)](<a href=“http://www.dartmouth.edu/~reg/courses/desc/]Course”>This page has moved)</p>
<p>You can also use this link</p>
<p>[Courses[/url</a>]</p>
<p>You can use the timetable of class meetings to craft of a program</p>
<p><a href=“http://oracle-www.dartmouth.edu/dart/groucho/timetable.main[/url]”>http://oracle-www.dartmouth.edu/dart/groucho/timetable.main](<a href=“This page has moved”>This page has moved)</a></p>
<p>hope this helps</p>
<p>check the banner site. they now have the UG classes menu available for all of us 13s. You can look at a listing of some of the first yr classes, but can’t actually register yet</p>
<p>Howz computing at DC?</p>
<p>…? Like CS classes? From what I’ve heard, CS 5 - and CS in general - is pretty intense here.</p>