<p>Please let me know what you think of this first schedule for freshman year!</p>
<p>Econ 1
Math 16A
Physchology 1
Cognitive Science 1
Freshman Seminar</p>
<p>I think Psychology 1/Cognitive Science 1 is overkill in one direction. I'd take an R&C course instead of one of them, if you still have to fulfill that requirement, actually read a book in college ;-) If not that, then something else that involves reading an actual book.</p>
<p>Just to clarify, R&C classes are cool because it's almost all freshman, so it's a great way to meet people...</p>
<p>5's on the AP exams get's you out of the RC classes correct? Got a 5 on the AP Comp and just took the AP Lit. Hopefully a 5 will satisfy the English requirements.</p>
<p>Yes, my understanding is that 5 on Lit would get you out of it. </p>
<p>Math 16A, Econ 1, and Psychology 1 are textbook courses. Cover the material that every course like that covers anywhere. There's no room for exploration, they have material to cover. Cog Sci 1 might be a little better. But I'd definitely want to take something a little more collegiate. You're at Berkeley, after all, not community college. ;-)</p>
<p>I've recommended Philosophy 6 on here, taught by Dreyfus who is super-famous (The futurama professor is based on him) and brilliant. Philosophy 2 with Sluga would probably be interesting too.</p>
<p>My advice would be to go to the bookstore before semester starts and look around, see what lower division class has books that look fascinating, and take that class, instead of other psych 1 or cogsci 1.</p>
<p>does prof dreyfus teach freshman?</p>
<p>Philosophy 6 is a lower division course aimed at freshmen and sophomores. That is why I've been recommending it. The philosophy department has several courses aimed at general students, 2, 3, 4, 6, whatever. These lower division courses are outside the "philosophy major track" which is (12A/25A/25B).</p>
<p>Just a general point, you're at Berkeley, this is a chance of a lifetime to be taught by some of the most brilliant people on earth. Take advantage of it!</p>
<p>does a cognitve sci track fullfill med school requirements?0</p>
<p>^^only if you do neuroscience, I guess. Most cognitive science people are not taking hardcore chemistry and biology.</p>
<p>Is Philosophy 6 an extremely hard course? I don't want my son to be overloaded his first semester.</p>
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<p>I doubt it, but I also doubt it's an easy A. Psychology 1 and CogSci 1 are probably easier As, I'd imagine. Econ 1 and Math 16A are going to be the hardest of the above list, not necessarily in content, but in difficulty in earning an A.</p>
<p>I do think it's a good idea to take it easy the first semester. It also depends on your math and economics background. If this is his first calculus class, then I would certainly expect a challenge. If he's new to economics, that class may be challenging as well.</p>
<p>hmm... So neuroscience is acesseable via cog sci while neurobiology is accessable via mcb, right? So what advantages or differences does a neuroscience man have over a neurobio man and vice versa?</p>
<p>^^I'd start a new thread about that to attract people who may know about these things.</p>