<p>i know my major but i didn't think it would be this difficult to decide what to take... and make sure i'm getting the requirements in. too bad there arent any example schedules.</p>
<p>also... the language requirement is going to be crazy. it seems a spanish language track is much harder than, say, a swahili track.</p>
<p>/edit: Erm. Or maybe it's just easy for me because my major has a pretty linear set of requirements.</p>
<p>Anyways, what's academic advising for? :)</p>
<p>Yeah, engineers have most of their first year courses pretty much fixed beforehand. There doesn't seem to be much wiggle-room.</p>
<p>how do you know what courses you have to take? i can't understand the huge book.</p>
<p>Well, I looked at the academic guide for the major I'm most interested in (ORFE), which is buried within its department website.</p>
<p>I want to get rid of the core first. So, I'll probably take 3 classes that can double as both fulfilling the core and gearing me toward my major. The other class(es) will be some really interesting class that I'd never consider taking (like religion or something).</p>
<p>Well, a factor thing is whether you're going A.B. or B.S.E. The university requires:</p>
<p>
[quote]
By the end of the sophomore year, all B.S.E. candidates must have completed the equivalent of:</p>
<pre><code>* 4 semesters of mathematics (through MAT 202/204/218)
* 2 semesters of physics (through PHY 104/106)
* 1 semester of chemistry (either CHM 207 or 201)
* 1 semester of computer programming (ORF 201 or COS 126)
</code></pre>
<p>These courses must be taken on a regularly graded basis. Any or all of these requirements may be satisfied by advanced placement credits.
[/quote]
</p>
<p>For fall semester, I'm looking at:
1. MAT course
2. PHY course
3. COS course
4. Something else</p>
<ol>
<li>MAT course</li>
<li>PHY course</li>
<li>COS course</li>
<li>Something else</li>
<li>Something else</li>
</ol>
<p>I may end up not taking the PHY courses as planned, but I'm not sure yet. I have enough AP Credit to end up not taking any physics or chemistry(and I think I might do that for chemistry), but I like physics quite a bit. Just not sure if I want to do two semesters of it immediately in freshman year. </p>
<p>As for the 3 something elses, one's going to be a Writing Seminar, and the other two undecided so far. Thinking Econ, maybe? Or maybe a Freshman Seminar...</p>
<p>Question... does everyone have to fulfill part of their science requirement in the first semester? I thought I read something in the matriculation papers that gave me that impression...</p>
<p>Nothings final with course selection until some meeting with our advisor in o-week. It says its preliminary interests so thats all it is- its not binding so you don't have to worry about it too much.</p>
<p>Hello, everyone. I'm a current student, and I'll try to clear up a few things.</p>
<p>jmarsh2006, no, you don't need to take science first semester if you don't want to.</p>
<p>Kjoodles is right; you don't officially choose courses until you meet with your advisor during your first week. Unfortunately, most advisors aren't terribly helpful (in my own experience and those of my friends). Try to have a pretty clear idea of what you want to take when you go to your advisor meeting. Also keep in mind that half of you will be assigned to a writing seminar first semester, so you will only be able to choose three other classes.</p>
<p>it says deadline was may 5th for freshman courses but that's impossible >_></p>
<p>is it normal to take 5 classes every semester after the first semester?</p>
<p>i thought we had a writing seminar</p>
<p>I noticed that too. Since they didn't list seniors there I'm assuming that deadline were referring to current freshman... not freshman-to-be :)</p>
<p>Yeah, I was confused about that, too, but I came to the same conclusion that Kjoodles did.</p>
<p>same here, but i just wasn't sure. my letter was dated may 9th</p>
<p>i just read that our final course selection will be made a few days prior to the beginning term.</p>
<p>you make your course selection during orientation week. If you're an engineer, you generally have to take the science requirements your first semester because by sophomore year you're supposed to start taking classes towards your major. You'd also have a hard time being a science major if you come in without AP credit and don't take a science or two freshman year (chem and mol 215 are the most common).</p>
<p>engineers take 5 classes a semester after the first semester, ABs generally only take 5 classes once, or maybe twice, but they do so before junior year. </p>
<p>you could wait until you get your netids to check out student reviews on the new student course guide-- its really the professor that makes or breaks a class</p>
<p>Taking Chem, Physics, and Calculus, along with a writing seminar is absolutely insane.</p>
<p>That would probably kill me if I have to spend 8 hours a night doing homework.</p>
<p>I have a AP Bio credits but no calc or chem because I don't know my score.</p>
<p>I MAY want to go to med school, so i can't get out of physics or chem.</p>
<p>Is trying to be a pre-med and take comp sci a tradeoff? It seems really insane.
First semester will be physics, chem, calc, writing seminar. second semester is physics, chem, calc, some elective, a comp sci class.</p>
<p>here's the classes required freshman year, basically:</p>
<p>103 and MAT 104, PHY 103 and PHY 104, and CHM 207...</p>
<p>but... I am reading I can take Chem sophomore year?</p>
<p>Since the mcat doesn't have calc, i'm hoping I can get out of mat 103 or mat 104... but then I have another year of math, so that's not good.</p>
<p>if you get the AP chem credits, you can place out of gen chem. For medical school you would then have to take orgo, and an upper level chem class (usually biochem, which most med schools strongly suggest that you take anyway). For phy103/104, youre gonna need the mat 103/104, because its calculus based physics. I'm pretty sure that most med schools also require calculus, even if the MCATS dont. As a freshman, most premeds also take MOL 215 in the spring... and CHM 207 is just the fall version, the normal gen chem is 201-202, but theres turbo chem which is only 1 semester that is 215. </p>
<p>Once again, you don't need to pick yet, and bythe time you do you'll know youre scores on calc and chem (which it seems like youve taken?).</p>
<p>If you're not BSE, then most people don't take physics their freshman year, but rather their sophomore or junior years. If you are BSE, then you need to take both physics and COS126 your freshman year, along with math up to 202.</p>
<p>I'm a BSE student looking to major in CS. I'll be taking physics both semesters next year (despite having AP Credit, if only because I really like physics). I was wondering if beyond freshman year, CS majors tend to / are able to take more physics courses? Is it recommended?</p>
<p>Also, what's the extent of math that most CS majors take (i.e. post-freshman year)?</p>
<p>if youre bse, you have to take math up to 202 (linear algebra).. I think that a lot of cs majors take mae 305 (diff eq), as for physics, theres definately room to take some, you could check out the engineering physics certificate, and also look to see if some of the physics courses count as departmentals? I don't think that most cs majors take more than the required physics, as physics at princeton is a serious challenge (being an ex-physics major myself),, but just because they don't doesn't mean that they can't.</p>
<p>so how hard is a BSE... since, ec1234, you are one?</p>
<p>Is it a ton of homework. I really want to do a ton of stuff outside of school and get some of my own stuff done.</p>