<p>Where is this info online?</p>
<p>generally, it's up to you and your major how much you should take per quarter. to be a full time student, you have to at least take 12 a quarter which is about 3 classes. most students take around 16, i guess, which is 4 classes. there's a unit cap at 19, not quite sure if that's the right number, and if you reach that, you would need to petition to take more units if you want to take more. they generally grant your petition, though.</p>
<p>how many classes a quarter do south campus majors take?</p>
<p>Generally, about 4 classes a quarter for south campus. Usually that's split from 1-2 from your major, 1-2 from your major requirement, and 1 from a lab or GE. But that's generalizing it very much so. I've gotten it down to about 3 classes a quarter by getting a bit ahead of schedule.</p>
<p>I usually take 4 classes (14-16 units) whenever I can handle it... Sometimes I take 3 classes (12 units) depending on their difficulty. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>ey do most freshmen take 3 or 4 classes since i assume freshmen yr is easiest? and for example, what if people are left with no choices of classes if they sign up for the last orientation, what would be the scenario there?</p>
<p>Many freshman classes look like 5 units each ... so 3 classes would
be 15 units. Plus a 4 unit fourth calss would make it 19 units.
Doesn't that seem like a bit of overload?</p>
<p>It's recommended to take 3 your first quarter. And there's nothing necessarily easy because it's your first year.</p>
<p>There won't be no choices. If anything, there's plenty of GEs to go around.</p>
<p>so for freshmen 1st quarter, should we take our pre-major reqs or GE's? and i've heard there are popular classes which fill up quickly, do you guys know which classes these are and how are there popular classes if the freshmen coming in dont even know what they are going to take?</p>
<p>Freshmen generally do know what they are going to take. Clusters are popular. EngComp 3 is popular (though not by choice, I suppose). The third class would probably a major pre-req (2nd class, too, if EngComp3 doesn't need to be taken).</p>
<p>You can do all GE's or all pre-major or a mix. I think it's more common to do a mix.</p>
<p>so do all freshmen do research on what they would take before orientation? so how popular are clusters anyway, what percentage of freshmen do you think take these clusterS?</p>
<p>Well, it would be nice to take a look around before Orientation to see what you're interested in. During orientation, they'll go over everything and your OC will give some suggestions. I mean you basically just take the intro classes in your major or any GE that you want to try out, along with the stuff that you kinda have to/should take as soon as possible, like EngComp3.</p>
<p>There's room for experimentation or "dabbling"... unless you already have solid plans for double majoring or a single major that is rigorous (engineering, for example), or doing any of the pre-(med/law/etc.) stuff. In those cases, you want to take only the classes you really need so that you don't waste the limited units that you can take.</p>
<p>Also, do try to take classes that have pre-requisites in an orderly manner. You don't want to get screwed when you can't take that class cause you didn't take the other class first.</p>
<p>Basically, it's really easy if you have a major in mind. Plan out the courses for that major and fill in the gaps with GEs and other required courses. I guess it's a good idea to start on some of the stuff for your major just to see what it's like so that it won't be too late when you do decide to switch into something else.</p>
<p>Umm.. according to the enrollment figures, there's a little more than 1500 people taking a cluster (at least for the Fall quarter). And the incoming class is close to 5000? I suppose about 33% of the people take a cluster.</p>
<p>so during orientation, the OC will give some suggestions, what if i plan to switch my major, will i still get suggestions or ill have to do that on my mine? so the GE's like EngComp3 are popular and should take as soon as possible, how come EngComp3 is so popular and do most freshmen try to take EngComp3 first quarter? what other classes would you say are popular?</p>
<p>Because lots of people need to take EngComp 3 to satisfy the Writing I requirement since they haven't already through AP or SAT and placement exam. And in order to get Writing II credit (through cluster or another GE), you need to finish a Writing I course first. It's probably helpful too since it'll make sure that you are up to par in writing so that you'll write decently for your other classes.</p>
<p>Well if it's a similar major, they can help, for sure. But regardless, it's usually just the intro course in the series that you have to take for your major...</p>
<p>so what if i fulfilled the reqs from SAT or AP to satisfy the writing I requirement, do i automatically have to take and sign up for Writting II?</p>
<p>yeah i plan to switch my major from bio to economics or something, so do you think that is a problem?</p>
<p>You just have to fulfill the writing II requirement before the end of your second year, and there's a ton of ways to do that (any classes w/ a W disctinction by it, clusters, etc). It shouldn't be a problem</p>
<p>No, you can hold off on your Writing II, but you might as well get it over with.</p>
<p>It won't be a problem. They'll take care of you.</p>