<p>Most schools have general ed requirements - how do you tackle them? Do you disperse them throughout your 4 years and take them alongside major courses? Or do you try to deal with them all at once in one/two/three semesters? Do you save them until the end? </p>
<p>I take so many AP exams that I only have one left and do it my freshman year.</p>
<p>You want to disperse them relatively evenly throughout the four years. You don’t want to get rid of them out the gate especially as an engineer because then you could have five or six classes that could kill your soul week in week out. I’m pretty sure the same goes for other majors just not by the same degree.</p>
<p>As you know, I am doing two years at a local campus and then transferring. I plan on getting all my GEN EDS out of the way before I transfer because the GEN ED class sizes at a large campus are huge, as you well know. The classes for one’s major tend to be smaller. I know that some people like having a couple GEN ED credits available so that they can take a “blow-off” class their junior/senior year. I hope to have classes that just deal with my major when I transfer. </p>
<p>I knocked out most of my GE courses at a community college before I transferred. But at my university, you can pretty much apply the courses you’re taking for your major for your GE, too. </p>
<p>I sprinkled mine throughout my four years. As @jimmyboy23 said, if you have no “filler” left when the hard classes come, you’ll be taking more of the really tough classes all at once. Besides, some requirements are really broad and might include some neat, relaxing classes that would be perfect for a senior to attend.</p>