<p>on the fall classes schedule...calc is TRF and biology is MW</p>
<p>Person1233: I thought most people have class 3 days a week.
Me: what made you think that??</p>
<p>sorry if I was unclear...</p>
<p>oh okay..well when I visited all the kids there told me they have class 2-3 times a week lol</p>
<p>Do you mean that all Fresh. classes are large...... I thought that Tufts had small classes......</p>
<p>Intro classes like Art History and Intro to IR will obviously be large regardless of what university you go to (unless its like a LAC etc..). Besides, they usually have recitations in smaller groups where they discuss the material that was taught during lecture.</p>
<p>^^Yeah,like alanstewart said, intro classes will be large, but a majority of the classes offered will not be this large.</p>
<p>i agree with mjones. You have four years to fulfill your distribution requirements, so why hurry? Besides, many ppl fulfill most of them just by taking classes they want to take.</p>
<p>Most people have classes 4 or 5 days a week. Sometimes, you just can't avoid Friday classes. Don't expect to come in and only have class 2 or 3 days a week. Intro classes are often 3 times a week, and when you get into upper-level classes and seminars, you only have it once or twice a week. Everyone goes through semesters where they have classes every day. Don't worry about it.</p>
<p>"oh okay..well when I visited all the kids there told me they have class 2-3 times a week lol"</p>
<p>It's possible that what they meant was, their classes MEET 2 or 3 times a week - on Monday and Wednesday, or Tuesday and Thursday, or TRF or whatever. The classes meet either 2 or 3 times a week, but over the course of 5 days.</p>
<p>Sorry if that's confusing, I mean that like, each class will meet twice a week or thrice a week, but with four classes you usually have classes 4 days or 5 days a week.</p>
<p>Some people could, in theory, have classes only on Tuesday/Thursday or Monday/Wednesday, but this is a HUGE ***** b/c that means each class is either 75 minutes or nearly 3 hours long, and then all your work for four/five classes will be due on those days, with sometimes only one day in between to get it all done.</p>
<p>as far as class sizes go, you will have a mix - 1st semester freshman year i had a class with 8, a class with 200 or so, a class with 160, and a class with 11... you'll get those small classes youre coming to tufts for, but its impossible to avoid huge lectures for intro classes. Also, sometimes, big lectures are nice...i'm not a lazy person and i love school, but sometimes it is nice to be part of a big class, especially if you're tired, etc.. you don't have to be engaged in conversation the whole time</p>
<p>No, I think language classes are capped at 18 or so. Then some have conversation groups (like recitations) where you show up just to talk, and those are 10, but usually less.</p>
<p>Lol I know what you're saying about it being good to have some large lecture classes...in fact, for Fundamentals of Economics with Abdullah, I sort of just STOPPED going to lecture after the first month. It was easier to just read the chapters and show up to recitation to take the quizzes, and find out when the exams were from the 3029841938 other people I knew taking the class, lol. I got an A-.</p>
<p>Big lectures can often be what you make of them. In any big lecture, there will be those who raise their hand and make comments, and those who don't trouble to do so. If you make yourself known, the prof will remember you. I was always surprised that Vickie Sullivan, for example, whom I had for Western Political Thought I, always knew the names of the kids raising their hands - after asking them once, she remembered. But there were like 100 people in the class, and only about 15 of them would speak up, so those were the 15 she knew. </p>
<p>Besides, some lecturers are fantastic in a large-class environment. I took Public Opinion and Foreign Policy with Eichenberg, which was a big class (not like a hundred, more like...50?), relatively, and he went ot such great lengths to learn who everyone was, I loved it. At the beginning of the semester he had everyone write out their name on an index card, and an interesting fact about themselves. At the start of each class, then, he'd read through about 20 index cards and say things like, "Where is Bethany?" Bethany would raise her hand. "Bethany, you got bitten by a COUGAR?" It made everyone easy to remember. And he encouraged lots of participation, even though sometimes that's annoying b/c it helps get off track, lol.</p>
<p>Evidence of people dropping so you can get into a class you want - </p>
<p>I really wanted to take Ec 11 with Menegotto, I heard she was really good, in D+ block, but it was closed with 2 people on the waitlist. Today I looked at SIS and one spot was open - so I quickly dropped the history class that coincided with it and am now in that class. But then I had to pick a replacement class, and found one being taught at a great time, by a great professor, and just so happens to fill both my World Civ requirement and an IR requirement (thematic cluster). Woohoo for Democracy and Capitalism in Japan! lol. I'm even better off now than I was before, this is great.</p>
<p>So yeah, don't worry, things will work out.</p>
<p>For those who are trying to get out of the math and science requirements, I know some classes that people take and said that they are easier. For math, you can take Computer Science (10) and for science, take Astronomy. I heard that they are easier than the regular math or science courses. However, the core requirement says you need 2 credits for each. The other easy science class you can take is Bio 7 (environmental science). If you already took Environmental Science AP (or any other science for that matter) and got a 4 or above then you already completed half of your science requirement. If you took 2 then you completed the requirement for that area. The same thing applies to math. If you took Calc BC in highschool and got a 5, you get 2 credits and your are done with your math requirement. If you got a 4, then you need another one. Stats AP gives you only 1 credit.</p>
<p>you can go to this link to get more information on AP credits:
<a href="http://ase.tufts.edu/bulletin/gen-undergrad.html%5B/url%5D">http://ase.tufts.edu/bulletin/gen-undergrad.html</a></p>
<p>The astronomy final was posted outside one professor's office and a friend and I took the test. We got a 50% without taking the course.</p>
<p>^^ wow that's great to hear since i'll be taking it in the fall :P</p>
<p>I thought I saw somewhere that poli sci, philosophy, and psychology all fulfill either math or science requirements. Is that true? And is this an easier way to go for a non math/science person?</p>
<p>are there hard art classes that are to be avoided?</p>
<p>The philosophy class "Logic" fulfills a math, but I hear it's hard. I don't know about what Poli Sci classes or Psych classes that do, but maybe there are. I can imagine some topics that would.</p>
<p>You also get a math credit if you got a 3 on BC with an AB subscore of 5 or 4.</p>
<p>I took Drawing Foundation last fall and it was GREAT!!! The class was very relaxing. If you don't like drawing, you can take Art History classes. I personally like to draw and will take painting sometime in the future. Also there are photography classes which I believe should fulfull your Art requirement. Like Math and Science, you need 2 art credits for the core requirement. </p>
<p>However, the downside to a studio art class is that the classes are 3 hours and TWICE a week.</p>
<p>Do you have to have any skill whatsoever to take intro art classes?</p>