<p>Hey current duke students, yesterday I found this awesome Duke website that had all of Duke’s courses plus unofficial average grades and star ratings (1 to 5) along with a few student reviews of courses, but for the life of me I cannot find it. Do any of you know what website I’m talking about? It’s all blue and white.</p>
<p>^^^<a href=“https://duke.courserank.com%5B/url%5D”>https://duke.courserank.com</a></p>
<p>Hahah yep 
Thank you SO much!</p>
<p>Hi, my very dear close friend is going to be attending Duke–I’m helping him pick classes. </p>
<p>When we try to validate courses, the Writing 20 with Ennis seems to have a potential problem…it says he hasn’t met the pre-requisites. But its a freshman class…</p>
<p>Also</p>
<p>In one of the Math 103 courses, the teacher is “Dept Staff.” What does that mean? Thanks.</p>
<p>Don’t know about the pre-requisite thing but “Dept Staff” means that no lecturer has been assigned yet. I’ve taken a few dept staff courses in math and once I was taught by a grad student and once by a visiting prof. The grad student was actually one of the best math teachers I’ve ever had, the visiting prof wasn’t bad either. Anyways, it could be a grad student (unlikely), a visiting prof (highly likely), or they could assign a math dept prof at the last minute (also somewhat likely). You generally won’t find out until you walk into the room on the first day.</p>
<p>I really can’t decide on what seminar to take in the fall to fulfill the requirement. Could you guys please suggest some good ones? I wanted to take one on Middle Eastern history, but it was listed as requiring department approval. How does one go about getting that? </p>
<p>And also, how difficult is ECON 55D? I have studied IB Econ HL and got a 6, although that’s not a calculus based course and thus I’m worried that the math might throw me off. Do you have any experience with that?</p>
<p>Does anyone know what the requirements for the Soc. Sci./Hum. courses for students in Pratt are? Can I just choose 5 classes from any major or is there a selection to choose from? Do I need to take the classes in the same pace as the students in that major?(e.g. Take freshman’s accounting classes in my freshman year, etc.) Or is it okay to plan my own schedule?(like take 5 courses from different majors but all of them the introductory level) Does signing up for a class of Soc. Sci./Hum. category means picking classes from Trinity’s undergraduate program?
Sorry it’s kind of messy…I’m kind of confused
And thanks in advance! =)</p>
<p>Ohh…here’s more. They might be weird questions but i thought I would still ask anyways.
A lot of people here have been talking about chemistry classes, but why can’t I find chem23 under the catalogue in ACES? Or chem18 and chem19, which appeared in the Bluebook on the AP credit eligibility page. Also on Bluebook it said that having AP chem scores of 4&5 you can have credits for chem18 or 19(both of which I can’t find) and go straight for chem 31 or 43 or 151. But what’s the point of that if every freshman in Pratt has to take chem31?
Also what is the difference between chem31L and chem43L? Do you take the chem43 after chem31 or is the sewuence based on your major? I’m a bit confused.><
Thanks!! =)</p>
<p>do pratt students have the freshman seminar requirement???</p>
<p>Val: here are the essentials of the Pratt Humanities requirements</p>
<ul>
<li><p>5 classes minimum</p></li>
<li><p>Must cover at least 3 “areas” (for example ALP, SS, foreign language, or civilization)</p></li>
<li><p>1 of the 3 areas above must be SS (Social Science). </p></li>
<li><p>Least 2 classes from the same department with 1 being 100-level or higher</p></li>
<li><p>You can use a maximum of 2 AP credits to satisfy your humanities/SS requirements. (Note: this AP policy applies only to humanities requirements)</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Those requirements ensure that you have both breadth and depth to your humanities courses. You can look up the codes for “areas” on ACES, they are generally listed in or above the course synopsis.</p>
<p>So to answer some of your questions:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>No, you cannot take all introductory courses as those probably won’t fulfill the 100-level or above requirement</p></li>
<li><p>You don’t need to take classes at the same pace as students in that major, however be advised that certain classes will be restricted. For example, freshmen seminars are freshmen-only, if you don’t take it freshmen year, then you won’t be able to later on. Some classes will be open or majority reserved for only students from that major or minor (this is very informal in most cases but still enforced by some departments). Also, some classes will require pre-requisites that are that department’s introductory courses (EvAnth 93 is a good example). Otherwise, you are free to choose</p></li>
<li><p>No, Social Science is a category of classes often in Polsci, Sociology, Psychology, PubPol, etc. Not all trinity courses are SS. </p></li>
</ul>
<p>Now, onto the chemistry questions:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Chem 23 is no longer offered. It has been replaced by Chem 43 which is supposed to be roughly equivalent. In the same way Chem 21/22 has been replaced on a credit-by-credit basis by Chem 31/32 (though one can argue that chem 32 is very much a new course). There’s also a more fundamental chem 20 which can be considered somewhat like remedial chemistry. </p></li>
<li><p>Chem 18/19 are placeholders for AP credit. They are not actual courses offered by Duke. It’s a way for Duke to distinguish AP Credit-equivalent courses from actual Duke courses that students take. For example: Chem 18/19 is roughly credit for Chem 31 but the Chem 18/19 designation is used instead of Chem 31 so that others who see your transcript knows the credit isn’t from an actual Duke course. </p></li>
<li><p>All engineers have to at least take chem 31 and one other chemistry course or have the AP Credit for chem 31 + 1 more duke course. At least that was the policy when I last checked. You should check the Pratt website for more up to date policies. (Note: I’m assuming that you don’t need to take chem 20 since a majority of students start in chem 31 or above). </p></li>
<li><p>Chem 31 is a more slow paced intro gen chem course whereas chem 43 is the “honors” intro gen chem course. Generally, it’s not recommended for students to take Chem 43 if they don’t have a 5 in AP Chem. A 4 is also OK but you should probably already be pretty comfortable with the basics of chemistry. </p></li>
<li><p>You do not take chem 43 after 31. In fact, you cannot have credit for both courses on your transcript. After Chem 31 or 43, if you are premed or want a chem major/minor just want to take more chemistry, most people go on to take orgo I (151). </p></li>
</ul>
<p>AC9231992: No pratt students do not have the freshmen seminar requirement. They only have to satisfy the pratt humanities requirement. </p>
<p>However, for those who wish to transfer into pratt from trinity after the first semester or year, it is advised for them to take a freshmen seminar the first year.</p>
<p>@John117- Does your friend have priority for Writing 20 this semester? If not, he won’t be able to validate it until after all three windows have registered. If not, it may be some glitch in the system. Have him post something on the Duke 2014 Facebook group, as there may be other freshmen experiencing the same problem.</p>
<p>@puneur - If it says “Instructor Consent Required”, it just means you need a permission number from the professor. Check the prereqs first to be sure this isn’t an upperclassmen-only seminar. As for other good seminars, you may want to check out CourseRank (duke.edu/courserank). You can filter your results by T-Req, one of them being “SEM” for seminar. </p>
<p>As for Econ 55, I’m taking it this fall so I don’t know for sure how difficult it is, but Nechyba is supposed to be excellent. As long as you have the math pre-req (credit for Math 31), you shouldn’t have any problems. I’ve heard that the course isn’t very math intensive though it is calculus based.</p>
<p>asking again if anyone knoows anything, please let me knoe. how is evanth 93 D with glander supposed to be ? anyone recommend it?</p>
<p>what are some easy Social Sciences courses?</p>
<p>This might be a stupid question and might have been asked before, but when you register for classes, say Math 31 lecture section 5, do you hvae to register for section 5’s lab, or can you register for say section 3’s lab?</p>
<p>Hi, I have a question in regards to math 103. Im going to take the class in the fall and i was wondering who the best professor would be in terms of teaching ability and easiness.<br>
The professors are:</p>
<p>David Kraines, William Allard, Jacob Bouvrie, Guanliang Chen, Ye Li, Olivier Espinosa, Badal Joshi, and a TBD.
Thanks =)</p>
<p>Would you guys recommend refreshing the registration page as 11:59 A.M., just in case the time on our computers was behind by a minute?</p>
<p>I’m considering applying to Duke, and I have a pretty general question- I’ve heard students can be competitive/intense in classes- would current Duke students consider this to be true, or a false stereotype? I know it can be tough to generalize like that, but any insight at all would be great.</p>
<p>@squircle0 - I believe Psych 11 is an SS, and it’s probably one of the easiest classes at Duke. </p>
<p>@plumdum229 - For math classes, the lab is tied to a specific lecture so you cannot mix and match.</p>
<p>@BallerDuke14 - Google “Official US time” and just keep it off to the side so you know you have an accurate clock. </p>
<p>@ the questions about professors, I don’t have any experience with either of those classes, so your best resources are duke.edu/courserank, ratemyprofessor.com and the Duke 2014 Facebook group.</p>
<p>so bluedevil 13, at 12:00 noon, the page will automatically refresh itself and provide an “enroll” button?</p>
<p>the enroll button’s already there. you just have to click it at the right time.
I think.</p>