<p>I’ve been rummaging through the 08-09 coursebook (assuming that not too much will change), trying to come up with a preliminary schedule…what do you guys think? (I’ll be in Arts and Sciences, so every course fulfills some sort of distribution requirement)</p>
<li>FWS</li>
<li>ASTRO 2201: Our Home in the Universe (I’m not a science person, so I chose this especially for the “No scientific background assumed” description lol)</li>
<li>CHIN 1101: Beginning Mandarin I</li>
<li>Either:
PSYCH 1101: Intro to Psychology (probably don’t want to take the PSYCH 1103 seminar)
-or- AAS 100: Intro to Asian American Studies</li>
<li>PE 1421: Relaxation and Stress Management ;D</li>
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<p>This comes out to 16 credits. That’s average for a freshman, right? I’m also an undecided major, although I’m leaning towards English at the moment…I figured that the FWS would make me happy English-wise while I start to get PBS/MQR classes out of the way and experiment with totally new subjects, like Psych or AAS. </p>
<p>Like I said, this is totally preliminary and I know I have a lot of time to decide…just hoping to get some feedback from current students. Also, do freshmen meet with their faculty advisor for the first time during orientation week? I was kind of hoping I’d be able to contact him/her beforehand, over the summer.</p>
<p>intro to mandarin is an incredible amount of work. I don’t know if you looked at the schedule, but it meets 8 times a week (lecture 3 times, discussion everyday). on top of class time, they expect you do do a couple of hours everyday outside of class studying. but your other courses are light, i think, so it probably is doable. (although I’ve heard psych 101 is getting more difficult). </p>
<p>if you haven’t already, you can check out schedulizer.com to work out a schedule.</p>
<p>Wow…I didn’t realize that the class meets 8 times a week. Are all language courses that intense? Any other feedback about chin 101 would be really appreciated…there seem to be differing opinions here xD</p>
<p>Also, I wasn’t sure where to find the schedule in terms of the days/times that classes meet. I did my research through the 2008-2009 Coursebook (picked it up during Cornell Days) since the Fall 2009 classes don’t seem to be up yet.</p>
<p>Actually…I just registered with schedulizer.com (thanks vivace!) and can see the schedules for each class. Will this change drastically between now and the fall?</p>
<p>According to schedulizer.com, psych conflicts with astro 2201, so i figured i’d drop psych and take it another time if i’m still interested…</p>
<p>Instead, I added math1350 (The Art of Secret Writing)…the prerequisite was three years of high school math, so I figured it might be a good course for someone who isn’t very math-oriented but still needs to get PBS/MQR credits out of the way. Any thoughts? The site didn’t list the professor, though…</p>
<p>It’s definitely something I considered…but I thought it might be too much to take astro 101 and astro 2201 at the same time. I figured I can take astro 101 in the spring.</p>
<p>Wait. I thought about it again, and if I took astro 101 I could also take psych 101 without conflict. So…I think I have finally figured it out. Thank you everyone!</p>
Also, do freshmen meet with their faculty advisor for the first time during orientation week? I was kind of hoping I’d be able to contact him/her beforehand, over the summer.</p>