<p>Here are the classes I have signed up to take. Any comments, too hard, need to adjust? Any teachers I would like? Also, I have placed out of classes such as ENG101 and PHYS260 and MATH 140 due to AP credits.</p>
<p>MATH241
CHEM135
PHYS270
PHYS271
GEMS100
COMM107(may switch to ENEE100 since I need permission to take)</p>
<p>15 credits</p>
<p>Taking two lab classes first semester is going to suck. Also, did you mean to say enes100? My general rule for the first year was to take no more than 15 credits, no more than 3 3-4 credit stem classes, and no more than 1 formal lab. Depending on what you’re trying to do that may not be feasible, but I recommend settling into a nice study routine before ramping up to multiple labs/4+ stem classes.</p>
<p>I’m a big fan of getting fluff like comm107 out of the way as soon as possible so you can spend your junior/senior years focused on your major classes.</p>
<p>CHEM135 is not a lab class, just a chemistry course with engineering material in the class.</p>
<p>And I am majoring in electrical engineering</p>
<p>Sorry I assumed you were taking 135/136 together (I did). Regardless, don’t let the title/description fool you, 135 is gen chem I & II crammed into one semester. The whole ‘applications to engineering’ phrase doesn’t actually mean anything. </p>
<p>Also, ENEE100 does not exist, so either you meant enee140 or enes100 (which ee still have to take). Both are easy classes.</p>
<p>To answer your question, without the chem lab that’s a reasonable schedule.</p>
<p>You can compare teachers and grade distributions for specific classes on ourumd.com.</p>
<p>For MATH241 go for Mellet and for CHEM135 go for Vedernikov.</p>
<p>yeah, ourumd.com is great to look at professor reviews, but I will caution you, based on personal experience, the grade distribution data on that site is somewhat inaccurate. For more accurate data go to tesyudo courseeval:<a href=“https://courseevalum.umd.edu/[/url]”>https://courseevalum.umd.edu/</a>. </p>
<p>CHEM135: Verdernikov is the best, but take any teacher besides Dixon
MATH241: Margetis; Mellet, Cremins, and Grillakis (I took) are all bad.</p>
<p>Who is a good Calc 3 teacher and a good phys270 teacher?</p>
<p>Sorry if my previous post was a little unclear. For calc 3, the only teachers that you want are Justin or Margetis; Justin apparently isn’t teaching next semester. Don’t know much about PHYS270/271</p>
<p>Signed up for Verdernikov’s CHEM135 class, so thanks for the info! </p>
<p>I think I have Mellet for Calc 3 next year. Not too worried for Calc 3, though.</p>
<p>FYI, MATH241 uses MATLAB, so if you are not familiar with it, you should consider signing up for MATH206. It’s one credit, taught online (by Justin (Wysss-Gallifent)), and is only half a semester. MATLAB is used both in Calc3(241) and DiffEq(246).</p>
<p>Anyone know a good PHYS270 teacher?</p>
<p>Take Picozzi to meet me. </p>
<p>I think you should add ENEE140 btw. 17 credits is completely doable.</p>
<p>Edit: I thought Mellet was one of the better lecturers in the Math Department. I don’t understand the negative reviews.</p>
<p>Also, is it a good idea to take PHYS270 as a freshman? I placed out of PHYS260 with AP, and I know physics really well. Any advice?</p>
<p>Is it a good idea to take PHYS270 as a freshman? That’s a question only you can decide, and it depends on the semester. </p>
<p>Academically, you will most likely be fine, but you need to understand you will likely be on your own for studying if you take it your FIRST semester. Most freshman take either 161, or if they place out, 260/261. So, from a social aspect, you will not be with your peers, if you take it in the FALL. That’s not to say you won’t meet people in your class, but you are less likely to have overlap in classes with the students taking 270, so it will be more challenging from that aspect. Do you need study groups? On a day-to-day basis, probably not. However, it is nice to have at least some friends taking the same class (even if they are in different sections with different teachers) just as a sounding board for problems or test prep. </p>
<p>You can always take 270 in your second semester, and then you will be more likely to find peers since those freshman that took 260/261 in the Fall may sign up for 270 in the Spring. Last Spring, there were 13 sections of 270 offered, with 3 professors teacher. This Fall, there are only 7 sections with 2 professors teaching.</p>
<p>As for the professor, you might be interested to know that different teachers are “available” every semester. Sometimes they are the same, but usually there is at least one different option.</p>
<p>I would suggest you go with OMGitsJustin’s suggestion of taking ENEE140 instead for the Fall. The other class you can consider taking instead is ENES100 since that is a requirement for all engineering students.</p>