<p>The easiest r&c courses are the R5A ones correct? Does anyone have a recommendation? I just want to fulfill the requirement</p>
<p>maybe german r5a</p>
<p>just wondering, how hard is rhetoric r1a?</p>
<p>Rhetoric is likely to be harder.</p>
<p>Look, everyone is always trying to find the easiest RC class. I did too. People say Rhetoric/Comp Lit/English classes are harder than classes like German. But it all comes down to your GSI!! If your GSI is a tough grader and assigns more difficult assignments, then the class will be harder! When you sign up for your class, you have no idea how difficult your GSI will be until you get your first paper back. I though my Theater R1B class was gonna be easy bc it was “Rhetoric” or Comp Lit. But turns out, my GSI was a SUPER harsh grader, while my friend’s Comp Lit GSI was much much easier. But, in the end,bc my GSI was hard, it pushed me to work harder and I feel I improved as a writer. (After really trying, I managed to get the A).</p>
<p>So you cannot know how hard a class is, bc they are all taught by different GSIs. Writing is very subjective, so the grading scale varies from class to class.</p>
<p>Has anyone taken asian american studies r2a? interesting at all?</p>
<p>Scandinavian tends to be easy as well. Asian American Studies are usually easier than rhetoric/comp lit/english but not as easy as the other cultural r/c classes.</p>
<p>does anyone have thoughts on native american studies??</p>
<p>I was thinking about taking English composition, R1A-B. How is that compared to rhetoric, in terms of difficulty and material? </p>
<p>I’m a premed so I just want to be safe and take a class actually called English since certain med schools are picky, even though I think most would take any R&C.</p>
<p>bump… so current cal students which R&C classes would you recommend?</p>
<p>I’ve heard english/comp/rhetoric are harder…
I’ve also heard that German r5a is fun and easy?</p>
<p>how’s native american lit r1a?</p>
<p>NAS R1A is an easy R&C class. I took it and got an A and I kind of put it off. I had Kim Richards, which is by far one of the easier graders. She even gives extra credit…like a lot to try and give mostly A’s.</p>
<p>What makes the Rhetoric classes harder? Or what makes people think they are harder? Is it because it concentrates more on writing? Because i want to improve my writing.</p>
<p>I had friends in both easy R5A and difficult English and Rhetoric R1A and what makes the difference in difficulty comes with how difficult your GSI grades your paper. Remember that R&C classes are taught exclusively by GSI and they are independent of one another. If you look at campusbuddy.com you will notice that a lot of the GSI’s for German give out A’s like canday on Halloween. For Rhetoric its different, sure you wont get an F, but you will have to work for an A since people do get them. The average Cal student in German R5A will get a solid A no doubt about it, but the average Cal student might end up with a B+/B in Rhetoric R1A.</p>
<p>Do R1B classes tend to fill quickly? There’s a Comp. Lit. class I want…17 seats, 6 already taken. Think I can get it Phase II? :/</p>
<p>Kinda of a risk seeing as there are more freshman Calso and you have to realize that current entering Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors have not had their Phase II, which I believe is before entering freshman. Since R&C don’t have to be taken a certain year then there will be plenty of Soph, Jr and Sr who still need their R1B. Like I’m going to be a sophomore in the fall and my Phase II in on Aug.4,09 so decide wisely how much you want the class.</p>
<p>Next to the course names, there’s LEC and DIS. I’m guessing LEC means lecture, what does DIS mean?</p>
<p>I thought sophomores had last pick…according to Bear Facts, my phase II starts 7/24, so there’s 8 days between the beginning of phase II and my appointment. Auuugh, I already have two classes I was planning to sign up for and they only have 1 or 2 seats left each.</p>
<p>DIS = a discussion section, I think.</p>
<p>Discussion. Certain R1A like NAS R1A will have a Discussion section and I quote “because almost everything you know so far about Native Americans is wrong and you will have to learn not only how to write, but to write about Native Americans you must also learn the history.” The discussion, which is taught by a different GSI who sits in lecture, is much more candid than the lecture. On some days we will learn a bit about some history, watch some movie clips, peer edit in class.</p>