<p>Hey guys. I just had a few other questions regarding classes.
I'm currently in my 2nd semester at the Univ. of North Texas as part of a joint college/high school program that I'm enrolled in and found that if you don't register for classes right when registration begins (literally like the minute after) classes can start to fill and you won't get your desired schedule. (This happened to me and some friends. We all wanted to register for a Chemistry lab that was at a good time, and because I registered the minute registration started, I was lucky and got one of the two opens spots.) How is it at Georgetown SFS? Is it fairly easy to get desired classes?</p>
<p>Also, this semester, the majority of my classes are in lecture halls of 150-300 students. How is the class size for freshman and upper level classes for SFS students?</p>
<p>Thanks a bunch!</p>
<p>Although I am not an SFS student, I am able to answer some of your questions. Georgetown SFS is known to an intense program as compared to the other schools. It is fairly easy to get desired classes, unless its taught by one of the more well known professors, such as Albright or Tenet. The SFS curriculum is unflexible, your courses are basically picked out for you, especially the first two years. Class size for lecture, such as the Econ classes, are approximately 100-150. Classes don't get much larger than that. Even then, you break down into recitation like once a week, in which its about 20 or so. Hope this helps.</p>
<p>I sat in on a class when I visited (some history class), and it was only about 25 or so students. Very manageable size. :)</p>
<p>My daughter is a SFS freshman and I asked the same question to her (concerned mom paying big bucks LOL). The class sizes are small depending on what you are taking as uniquegu pointed out. Her econ class was large but her others were only 20 students. Freshman in SFS take a proseminar class that has about 10-15 students in it and you are supposed to get to know your prof so he can write letters of rec if you need one. Her spanish classes were small too 20 kids. The only problem she had when registering for the second semester was that she wanted to take the required spanish proficiency exam but even though she tried to register as soon as it was available all the slots were filled so she was forced into taking another spanish class that she didn't want just to keep current until she can take the proficiency exam in May.
As far as getting the SFS classes she doesn't think that will be a problem. Once you finish your required (core) classes and declare your specialty you can take any class you want in that specialty. There aren't any that require prerequisites to be taken in a sequence like the core classes. She is planning on graduating in 3 years bc of her IB/AP credits. She didn't have to take any math, science or english classes so it was basically the core stuff - except she passed out of 2 core histories so she started in a sophomore history class. </p>
<p>The one complaint she does have is that even though she has those credits they do not recognize her as a sophomore. She was hoping it would help her get a better dorm lottery next year!</p>