<p>First of all, I want to say I'm a horrible writer. My grammar sucks. (probably have something to do with the fact that I didn't do ANY homework in 3rd grade. I just stuffed them all in my backpack and the teacher chose to ignore me because I was a weird child.) I got a below average score on my SAT essay and the average is not even that high. I don't even know if I can pass the Subject A Writing Test. :(</p>
<p>Seriously, I think I'll fail HUM and get kick out of UCSD. Is that possible? I mean, I am very hardworking, but I don't know if that will matter much. I do get A's in high school english class. My writings are decent if I take home to work on it, but they usually sounds awkward as a result of me trying to sound sophiscated.</p>
<p>I think I should get HUM over with at a community college? But I probably can't finish HUM at a CC in one summer. I mean, can I not take HUM at all my freshmen year even though I haven't fulfill the GE yet and wait until the next summer to fulfill the requirement at a CC.</p>
<p>I asked a group of Revelle girls on the Admit Day. I asked if they would recommended me taking HUM at CC. They said I should take it at UCSD. Probably they don't know how much my writing sucks. I heard med school doesn't like CC classes but I don't even know what I should do in college, so never mind med school. I won't be going anywhere if I fail HUM anyway.</p>
<p>I went to ratemyprofessors.com. Some HUM profs are cool and some are not cool. Can I choose professors? But is HUM really worth it? Should I try HUM 1? It would be nice if I become a better writer...</p>
<p>Hope I pass my Subject A Writing Test... or else I really need to take english class at a CC.</p>
<p>EDIT:
oh, just so u kno, i did got a 5 on my AP US History exam last year. maybe i don't write too bad afterall. and history is kinda related to humanities.</p>
<p>You need only take HUM 1-2 at UCSD. You would MUCH rather take HUM 3-5 at the local CC.</p>
<p>You don't want to reduce your GPA any more than you need to. Besides, there really is no way around HUM 1-2, nothing is equivalent to them.</p>
<p>Excerpt from <a href="http://revelle.ucsd.edu/aa/ss.html">http://revelle.ucsd.edu/aa/ss.html</a> :</p>
<p>Humanities 3-4-5: 2 semester courses = 3 quarter courses. Courses must be chosen from approved Literature, European History (not U.S.), or Philosophy (not Logic) courses as listed in the "Humanities" category (not composition) on the articulation agreement. Reference <a href="http://www.assist.org%5B/url%5D">http://www.assist.org</a> for specific details or meet with a Revelle College Academic Counselor.</p>
<p>if you're going to go the CC route, you don't need to take HUM 1-2 at UCSD, either.</p>
<p>Honestly, if you're able to read, you can do well in HUM. It's not as hard as everyone says it is; you actually end up learning an awful lot. The coursework doesn't go by as fast as say, the hard sciences, and the papers (for 3-4-5, at least) are very representative of what's learned during class / discussion.</p>
<p>In my opinion, the general distaste towards the sequence is that of bitter freshmen who can't write or read.</p>
<p>How many students are in HUM1 and HUM2 classes, and also what is the grade distribution like ?</p>
<p>usually just a few A's, a schitload of B's, and A's<C's<B's</p>
<p>oh and I guess you'll get a D or F if u phuck around</p>
<p>You're only going to get a D if you consciously try for a D. As long as you do the paper assignments and show up to section, you're not going to fail.</p>
<p>what do you usually do in the "discussion classes" for this course?</p>
<p>talk about the readings that have already taken place. Seriously, I barely read the text for the classes and did fine in discussion. </p>
<p>EX: before going into Kant, TA asked exactly what we thought a good deed was. Why is a good deed good?</p>
<p>I suppose HUM 1-2 is mainly analysis of the text. I know HUM 1 is based on readings of the New Testament and HUM 2 is ... the Middle Ages?</p>
<p>does everyone usually participate or required to participate in the discussion classes? I ask this because i suck horribly at english literature, and i even now in my ap english class, i keep my participation to a minimal low.</p>
<p>The only way to get a failing grade in discussion is to not show up. </p>
<p>And I think that if your TA knows you have trouble in that stuff, making the effort to go over things with your TA will help you out a LOT.</p>
<p>so participation is usually a must?</p>
<p>15% of your grade.</p>
<p>Noooooooooooooooooo</p>
<p>:(</p>
<p>I thought I’d leave a small comment about this class for people who are wondering about Hum. and Revelle in general. HUM SUCKS. It’s certainly interesting reading, but the class itself is ****. Lectures are terrible and tend to be centered loosely around elementary commonsensical interpretations of the readings. The class is targeted towards a largely science-oriented crowd so the material is dumbed down to almost insulting levels, literally “what are values?” type questions. The discussions I find awkward and alternate between the bureaucratic protocol of the T.A. rattling off announcements of the week and then reviewing writing and grammar rules you probably encountered and mastered in middle school. This is the class, a little bit boring but not hard at all. Then the essay grades… it turns out that even if you can write, you’ll get a terrible grade completely disproportional to the (lack of) rigor in the class. My guess is that they have some quota for each letter grade they have to meet. Anyways, I hate to complain but the class has its problems.</p>