<p>Would the following courses together be too heavy of a workload?
math 54
cs 61a
chem 4a
theater 52ac</p>
<p>I have a relatively strong background in computer science, and I have taken a differential equations course before.</p>
<p>Also if anyone had any suggestions about other interesting but still easy ac courses that would be great</p>
<p>Any help would be appreciated!</p>
<p>I was also considering anthro 121ac instead of theater 52ac, but I can’t find too much information online about it. Is anthro 121ac a good course?</p>
<p>Are you a chemE?</p>
<p>I am considering either cheme or eecs as a major</p>
<p>I see…well that’s a tricky situation. CS 61A and Chem 4A are probably the two most time consuming classes that freshmen in science/engineering take. Those two, coupled with the fact that most Math 54 professors at Berkeley are atrocious (meaning that you have to learn largely on your own) and the annoying workload of AC classes means that your schedule is pretty difficult.</p>
<p>I’m sure you’re an exceptional student, but you have to think about whether your GPA may take a hit with this courseload, and whether taking harder classes is worth that hit. Just keep in mind that for most college of chemistry freshmen, Chem 4A is really the only significant class first semester, so they will be spending about 75% of their time on Chem 4A. And similarly for a lot of CS people, 61A will be a large chunk of their workload. You will have to compete with all of these people to get your A’s.</p>
<p>Do you think that a reading and composition course (specifically anthro r5b since that is all that is open) would be easier than an AC course?</p>
<p>Yeah, that would probably be easier, but you might want to hold off on an R&C B course until you decide on ChemE vs. EECS, because ChemE’s don’t need R&C B.</p>
<p>I think you can stick with what you have right now, but add a seminar or something so that if you find one of the classes to be too much (after the first month or so), you can drop it and still have 13 units.</p>
<p>Theater 52ac does not have that big of a workload at all for an ac class. All you need to do is attend lecture. Take good lecture notes and study your notes to prepare for exams. The class is solely based on 2 midterms and a final. Most of the readings assigned are not necessary. It’s a pretty interesting class but lectures may be dry sometimes. It should not be that difficult. The tough parts about your schedule are those 3 technical classes. I think you should replace one of them with a lighter course instead.</p>