<p>I am an incoming EECS student and I am going to CalSO next week.
This is my tentative desired schedule for 1st semester:</p>
<p>1) Math 1B
2) Physics 1A
3) CS 61A
4) Some humanity course</p>
<p>Because I can only register a max of 10 units during the first phase of Telebears at CalSO, should I give priority to my Math, Physics, or CS class? Which of these are harder to get into later on?
And what humanities course would you recommend? I would appreciate one that's easy and satisfies a bunch of reqs. </p>
<p>Thanks a lot!</p>
<p>I assume you means Physics 7A. I any case, Math and Physics would probably be the classes to sign up for first. The Physics 7 Series doesn't have a waitlist plus you want to sign up for the "better times" for the lab and discussion sections (or wind up with very early or very late class which isn't a good idea). Math classes really depend on the professor, so sign up for the one that will make the class the most enjoyable (ratemyprofessor.com helps with research). </p>
<p>As for your humanities course recommendation, that really depends on what requirement you are trying to satisfy. For example, engineering majors have to take the so called "Reading and Composition" requirement which can be fulfilled by a list of classes you'll probably see at CalSo. Many people opt for English R1A for the first half of the requirement but those classes are small and fill up quickly. But there are of course classes outside that that fulfill the requirment. If it is the "series" requirement that likely depends on your AP credit history. The so-called magic bullet is History 135AC (or it might be 150AC). It fulfills the second half of the RC requirement, is an AC course- a campus wide requirement-, and can fulfill the series requirement with AP US history credit. The class I've heard is easy although the material is pretty boring.</p>
<p>If you are just going to take a class for fun, which I recommend for your first semester, perhaps a Cognitive Science class. Many EECS majors wind up minoring in Cog Sci since the two fields (actually many fields) are closely connected and you need a background in CompSci for Cognitive Science anyway.</p>
<p>If you don't know what I mean by "series" or "AC requirement, etc. don't worry. You'll find out what those are at CalSo. Hope that helps.</p>
<p>Wow thanks a lot, RockyRoadAhead. Your information really helps. =)</p>
<p>I'm an EECS major and I'm taking pretty much the same classes:</p>
<p>Math 1B
Physics 7A
CS 61A
English R1A</p>
<p>I'm going to sign up for Math 1B and Physics 7A at CalSO because I have more flexibility with CS 61A and English R1A.</p>
<p>RockyRoadAhead - Do English classes really fill up that fast? There are two English R1A classes that I have my eye on. One has 7 available seats and the other has 9 available seats. Should I sign up for Math 1B and Physics 7A first, or should I substitute one of those for English?</p>
<p>Also, what's bad about very late classes? I plan on having CS61A and Physics 7A lectures at 2-3 and their respective labs/discussions 4-5:30.</p>
<p>Your earliest planned classes are at 11 am?</p>
<p>That's awesome.</p>
<p>System-AX - Is that too late? Do most people have them earlier? I'm not a morning person so I tried to get my classes as late as possible.</p>
<p>I'm also an incoming freshman who isn't a morning person. I haven't looked too much at the schedule for classes. I hear freshmen usually get stuck with morning classes, which I hope isn't true.</p>
<p>do you have a weblink for the planner?</p>
<p>The best planning program is finaldistance.berkeley.edu. Always have a back-up plan or two for your schedule. From my experience 9 or 10 o clock classes are best. I had roommates who started later in the day but they said it wasn't wise to start too late or you are too groggy and wind up spending much of your evenings doing work.</p>
