<p>What is the easiest/least demanding RC course you would recommend for a Freshman trying to adjust to college in the fall? </p>
<p>What are the hardest/most challenging ones?</p>
<p>easiest - any of the r5a/r5b classes</p>
<p>hardest - any of the r1a/r1b/r4b classes</p>
<p>do asian american studies. it's fun and interesting and unlimited extra credit opportunities. :)</p>
<p>@colinger:</p>
<p>is that on purpose, 5 = easier, 1 = harder, or does it just happen to be that way?</p>
<p>ownagerisms: the numbers after the R do not correspond to anything related to easiness or hardness. </p>
<p>this has been posted many other times in this forum, but...
easiest: ANY (i'm serious) of the language R&C courses, including german, scandinavian, etc, and also asian-american studies</p>
<p>hardest: any of the english, comp lit (with small exception), and rhetoric R&C-designated classes.</p>
<p>Might be a dumb question, but regarding the language R&C courses: must we know the language to take it? ie) do we have to speak/write german to take German R5B?</p>
<p>No you don't need German for German R5A/B and the same applies for all the language department R&C classes. For German R&C classes they are writings in translation from German or English language novels that deal with Germany in some way like Slaughterhouse Five by Vonnegut.</p>
<p>^ I believe it has to do with German in general, not just Germany</p>
<p>I just looked at the online schedule and the 1 vs 5 in the class title is kind of strange.</p>
<p>All of the classes with a 5 appear to be cultural classes taught outside on the English department (German, Scandinavian, etc).
However, the classes with 1's in the title are a mix of both cultural classes (Celtic, African-American) and the more challenging "English" classes (rhetoric, comp lit, college writing).</p>
<p>2A/B = Asian-American, NES, Comp Lit
3A/B = doesn't exist
4A/B = college writing
5A/B = cultural courses</p>