<p>So I am pursuing a BS in Psychology (with pre-med requirements) and I would like to keep the option open for something to do with business. With AP Exams I should be exempt from RHE 306, M 408C, BIO 311C and 311D, ECO 304L and hopefully after the placement test GOV 310L and i don't know about spanish</p>
<p>Fall:
GOV 312L : Issues/Politics
SPN 506 : First Yr Spanish
PSY 301 : Intro to Psych
M 316 : Statistics
BIO 325 : Genetics
CH 301 : Principles of Chem 1</p>
<p>Spring:
ECO 304K : Intro to Microecon
SPN 507 : First Yr Spanish (II)
PSY 304 : Intro to Child Psych
CH 302 : Principles of Chem 2
CH 204 : Intro to Chem Practice
BIO 205L : Molecular Bio Lab</p>
<p>I think it is 33 hours total, let me know what you guys think if that is too many classes or if you have any suggestions, thanks!</p>
<p>That’s way too many hours. You have to get special permission to register for over 17 in a single semester. The average number taken is 15 a semester (30 a year, 120 in 4 years is what most degrees require). I’ve always taken 12 because of all the AP credit I got. That’s a big plus of AP credit, you get to only take 4 classes (4 classes x 3 hours each = 12 hours/semester) and not over-stress yourself.</p>
<p>Hint: The first digit of a class is the number of hours. ECO 304K is a 3 hour class, BIO 205L is a 2 hour class, SPN 507 is a 5 hour class, etc.</p>
<p>Even so, I wouldn’t recommend a freshman take 20 hours their first semester! I don’t even know if the classes will fit in a schedule like that. Most of those (labs, etc) end up being way more than just 2 hours long per week.</p>
<p>How many credit hours have you claimed from AP tests? Remember most degrees require only 120, and you can get that with 15 hours (5 classes on average, most are 3 hours) per semester for 4 years.</p>
<p>Edit: Based on your username and what you said in another topic, did you go to a Plano school? If so, you’ll find taking 15 hours at UT so much easier than taking all AP classes at Plano. I went to PSHS and it was so nice when I got to UT because of how easy everything was. I took 4 classes my freshman year and had too much free time, compared to 7 AP classes my senior year in HS. Plano prepares people REALLY well for college.</p>
<p>Why Two Kay-- “taking 15 hours at UT so much easier…it was so nice”… you know how I always give you that certain glare? yeah, that’s what I’m doing right now. You could’ve used all that free time to help me with calculus :(</p>
<p>But anyway, collgebound214–
I would recommend you take about 15 hours or less your first semester just to see how you transition from hs to college level courses. </p>
<p>Starting with this fall, spanish is now a 6-hour course for 3 semesters. So the series is now SPN 601D, 610D, 611D. </p>
<p>An easy A class for psych is PSY 301 with Salinas. </p>
<p>Why are you needing to take stats? Probably take it out for now if you don’t really need it. Same with microeconomics. You might not even have to take those anymore after your test scores are entered into your IDA.</p>
<p>I would probably take BIO 205L before genetics. And since it’s your first time to have a college science lab, don’t take BIO 205L and CH 204 together. Both of those are labs that involve lots of analysis and time. BIO205L counts for 2 hours but the class itself has both a 4-hour lab and a 1-hour discussion. That should pack your schedule enough as is. There is almost no way you can have two labs and all those other classes in one semester, your own time and sanity more than likely wouldn’t allow it.</p>
<p>Since it’s only gonna be your first year, you want to make sure you give yourself enough time for classes, the studying you need to do at home, and any EC’s you want to be involved in. You’ve already got a full year of bio done and you can space out the rest of the pre-med reqs over your 4 years so they’re not as daunting. So take it easy!</p>
<p>Since you’re going to register for fall, I’ll just help with the fall schedule. You don’t need to be taking Gov 312L now because you’re not a government major and you have plenty of time to do that, so take that out. First Year Spanish is a good choice- you can get that out of the way quickly and if you took any Spanish in HS, it should still be fresh so keep Spanish. You’re a Psych major so keep Psych 301. As kaygar09 recommended, you should take Bio 205L before genetics to get some lab experience. There’s no compelling reason to take statistics right now, you don’t need it and there’s a myriad of statistics courses available at UT. You’re going to be a psych major and Psych 418 is all about statistics and experiment design, so don’t worry about that. If you’re pre-med, Chemistry 301 your first semester wouldn’t be such a bad thing either, especially since you need Chem 301 enrollment/credit to take genetics.</p>
<p>In summary:
SPN 601D: First Year Spanish
PSY 301: Introduction to Psychology
BIO 205L: Molecular Bio Lab
CHE 301: Introduction to Chemistry</p>
<p>TOTAL: 14 credits</p>
<p>That doesn’t look like much but it’s a decent courseload. Instead of adding all those other classes, if you think you could do it, you could add a class you would genuinely enjoy.</p>
<p>Also, one thing that struck me as odd as that there’s no calculus anywhere in your first year which is a premed requirement. Don’t you want to take it first year so it’ll be fresh?</p>
<p>I do not plan on graduating early so I guess I wouldn’t need as many classes as I was planning, but I was just thinking about getting ahead so future years would be lighter to allow for med school stuff like MCATs and hopefully research/internships and stuff like that.</p>
<p>I did go to a plano school, plano west sr hs, btw.</p>
<p>As for calc I am hoping for atleast a 4 on the BC section and a 5 on the AB so i think that should take care of all the math i would need? And I have heard calc at UT was fairly difficult so I figured if necessary I could take night classes at ACC for a refresher.</p>
<p>With AP Credits i plan on being exempt from RHE 306, E316k, BIO 311C/311D, ECO 304L (Macro, didnt take micro in HS :[), hopeful GOV 310L (with placement test and I believe i got a 4/5 on AP test), and maybe M 408C/K/L</p>
<p>The reason i had micro in there was because I was considering maybe doing a double major with business and I know that is a pre-req if i were to do the internal transfer at UT since i wasn’t accepted into the business school.</p>
<p>I think i need M 316 (Stats) for psych</p>
<p>And thank you tim739 for putting together that schedule, with spanish would I also take it second semester or just first? (I believe I need 2 semesters for Liberal Art). I would like to take econ my first year so I could try for second business major as soon as possible so would you recommend being that the class I add to the fall schedule or just saving that for spring? </p>
<p>If you get a 4 on the BC calc test you get credit for M408K and M408L. That is differential calculus and integral calculus. For most majors (all business major included) that is all the math you will need. I am not sure of liberal art’s requirements, but I have a friend who is a history major and never even took calculus at all. Since you are going into a science-y type fiend (premed) you probably will need K/L. I am unsure if you need M (the third part of the calculus series, which covers multivariate things) ask your advisor or look at your degree requirements online (or they give you a paper copy type thing at orientation too).</p>
<p>And you’re pretty much guaranteed to get credit for GOV 310. The little TX gov test they make you take is kinda like a joke. If you got a 5 on the AP test you don’t even need to get a question right on it to get credit. If you get a 4 you probably only need 1 or 2 right (out of 15? I think) to get credit. UT doesn’t like giving it any more than we like having to take it. I’ve never met a person who hasn’t passed it or gotten credit, and I know a ton of people who tested out of GOV 310. And even if you did fail it (which is unlikely, really!) you can just try again in October, or next spring, or the next fall, etc. You just can’t take GOV 312L until you have credit for 310, but again as mentioned above you don’t need credit for it immediately. You could take it your senior year and you’d still be fine.</p>
<p>[Oh, and try to take Hickenbottom for ECO 304K when you do take it, he was a great instructor when I took it last fall!]</p>
<p>I know that science majors need 2 semesters of calculus. I don’t know if just the pre-med track requires calc. It doesn’t matter which 2 you pick. I did well enough on the math ALEKS to test out of K but decided to do K/L anyway. </p>
<p>Liberal arts majors don’t need calc at all, just 3 hours of math, which can even be an easy algebra class. Lib arts also requires 4th semester proficiency in a foreign language. You can get AP credit or do well enough on the spanish placement test (you have to take this test unless you got AP credit already) to test out of some/all of it and at UT, credit for the 3 spanish courses in the series counts as 4th-semester proficiency</p>
<p>You can also take GOV 312L in summer if you don’t want to take it at UT. It’s just a basic class so as long as you get it done sometime in the 4 years, you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>pre-meds need only one semester of calculus for med school requirements, but your major would most likely require two semesters (at least) of calculus</p>
<p>But again, there is like no chance you’ll fail it. Just know the governor’s salary is 115k and there’s one answer. The rest are easy enough with process of elimination.</p>
<p>I’m also a psych major and pre-med - you do need stats (it’s a Lib Arts requirement and a can come in very handy for Psy 418) along with at least 1 semester of calc. Not sure if you’ve seen this, but it was very helpful for me in laying out my classes. It’s based off a previous catalog but it can help get the ball rolling.</p>
<p>You should also meet with the HPO advisors (health professions office) about whether or not it’s advisable to take AP credit for Bio 311C/D - a lot of med schools want to see you take your pre-med requirements in residence, not AP or CLEP out of them. The HPO is a great resource and can also help you plan out your schedule.</p>
<p>I will look into that sundoll, i didnt think bio was hard the first time around but that would kinda be a pain.</p>
<p>And i revised my schedule, I have two options…</p>
<p>Fall:
SPN 601D: First Year Spanish
PSY 301: Introduction to Psychology
BIO 205L: Molecular Bio Lab
CHE 301: Introduction to Chemistry
ECO 304K : Intro to Microecon</p>
<p>Spring:
SPN 610D: Spanish
M 316: Statistics
CHE 302: Principles of Chem 2
CHE 204: Intro to Chem Practice
PSY 304: Intro to Child Psych</p>
<p>TOTAL: 34 Credits</p>
<p>or if that seems a little heavy for the first year…</p>
<p>Fall:
SPN 601D: First Year Spanish
PSY 301: Introduction to Psychology
BIO 205L: Molecular Bio Lab
CHE 301: Introduction to Chemistry</p>
<p>Spring:
SPN 610D: Spanish
ECO 304K : Intro to Microecon
CHE 302: Principles of Chem 2
CHE 204: Intro to Chem Practice</p>
<p>TOTAL: 28 Credits</p>
<p>Let me know what you guys think or if you would change anything, I would like to keep microecon in there because its a pre-req if i want to add a business major and do an internal transfer. Also, do most people take Spanish one semester after the other like that or just once a year?</p>
<p>I would definitely go with the second option, it looks really good. You need either concurrent enrollment or credit for BIO 311C to take BIO 205L so make sure that’s taken care of. For chemistry, the abbreviation is CH. Chemical engineering’s is CHE But yeah, I definitely think your second schedule is great for your freshman year.</p>
But yeah, I definitely think your second schedule is great for your freshman year.</p>