<p>Hi, I am an EECS major but my question is a more general one;</p>
<p>Can someone tell me what is signing up for only 10.5 units of courses(not familiar with the unit system) during Tele-Bears phase 1 and also what are these 10.5 courses , where can i find them ?</p>
<p>Most courses are 4 units, but some “smaller” ones are 3 units or less, and some “larger” ones are 5 units or more.</p>
<p>Each unit is supposed to represent both academic credit (120 units needed for graduation) and workload (nominally 3 hours per unit per week, though actual workload is probably less for most courses). A normal course load is 15 or 16 units per semester.</p>
<p>Being able to sign up for 10.5 units in phase 1 usually means being able to sign up for about half of your courses in phase 1.</p>
<p>[Home</a> Page - Online Schedule Of Classes](<a href=“http://schedule.berkeley.edu/]Home”>http://schedule.berkeley.edu/)</p>
<p>Oh okay thanks, so can u shed some more light on the CalSO issue. Suppose you don’t attend CalSO (I may not), is there ANY way not to get disadvantaged (or least with least compromise) over the ones that attend CalSO in enrolling. I mean is there a way to enroll in those popular 10.5 courses without being waitlisted?</p>
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<p>Perhaps. I’m not sure what you mean by “popular 10.5 courses”, but many popular classes tend to fill up by the time Phase I ends (and hence usually by the time you will register if you don’t go to CalSO). So for many classes, the waitlist is unavoidable if you don’t go to CalSO. Some courses will still have space, but for the popular ones, this isn’t so likely.</p>
<p>I am an EECS major, do you think (or have you heard) there is any risk that i might not be able to get in to the prerequisite courses for EECS?</p>
<p>Will you be taking four of the following:</p>
<p>CS 61A or CS 61AS
A math course: see <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/1305840-freshman-math-faq.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/1305840-freshman-math-faq.html</a>
A science course: Physics 7A if you are in a math course higher than Math 1A, or Chemistry 1A/1AL or 4A or MCB 32 if you do not have any AP credit for chemistry or biology
Reading and composition course
Other humanities or social studes</p>
<p>You can use [Telebears</a> Oracle](<a href=“http://telebearsoracle.com/]Telebears”>http://telebearsoracle.com/) to see how quickly classes fill up. Physics 7A is known to be a high demand course. CS 61A has found increasing demand as the interest in the L&S CS major has increased. Reading and composition courses are typically high demand courses.</p>
<p>Honors math and physics courses tend to be lower demand than the regular ones. Less desired time slots like 8am tend to be lower demand than other ones.</p>
<p>The beauty of EECS is that there are MANY options for classes that you can take in your first semester. So even though you’ll be at a disadvantage compared to students who attend CalSO, you’ll probably be just fine.</p>
<p>Thank you all so much for the information. I will try the Telebears Oracle right away.
One more thing: does any of you know when do they assign you your Adviser Code for EECS when you don’t attend CalSO</p>
<p>As an EECS transfer last year, I got an email about virtual CalSO on June 15, took a few days to figure out the paperwork (OoS credits, quarter system, big mess), and had my adviser code pretty much as soon as I turned in the forms. Those dates are probably different for freshmen, but I didn’t have too much trouble getting the classes I needed.</p>
<p>If it ends up you don’t get a class you wanted, don’t worry too much. Just put something else in your schedule and catch up later.</p>