<p>you're assigned to ERC and major in bioengineering? I think you need at least one and probably two more quarters to complete all the requirements.</p>
<p>Try taking some of your GE’s during the summer. ERC is actually probably the worst college for engineering, since we have so many humanities requirements. You’ll have to take three times as many writing classes as some of your friends in other colleges, along with regional specialization, which has you take several classes that specialize in a particular geographical region.</p>
<p>Yeah, I was asking a rhetorical question. Allowing engineering students to be assigned to ERC is just beyond comprehension. I always thought that students are encouraged to complete in 4 years with questionable help like CC/AP credits.</p>
<p>why is it beyond comprehension? The added writing courses just makes the engineering student a much more well rounded student.</p>
<p>Suppose you’re told by the college counselor on the first day of college that she have a really nice 4-2/3-year plan of study to make you a really well rounded student, what would you say?</p>
<p>take 4 classes per quarter and do summer school and you’ll be good to graduate in 4 years, maybe less if your hardcore enough. If you have enough AP credits you wouldn’t even need summer school.</p>
<p>I would agree with CalParent…being a Warren Engineering student myself, if my GE’s were to put me behind my 4 year plan, I definitely would not care about being more well rounded. I don’t think I’ve once used anything I learned in my Warren Writing class in my major related classes. To me, it was just another thing to worry about. The best course of action would be, as mentioned, to take GE’s over the summer.</p>
<p>well, the GOOD news is that ERC is a great place to be!</p>
<p>For the engineers, some of you will have have to take technical elective (TE) classes for your major and a lot of those classes require some writing so don’t completely blow off your writing sequence. Just makes life easier later.</p>
<p>If you’re going to ask a rhetorical question, don’t make it the topic of a thread. People are obviously going to think you want it answered.</p>
<p>How about attempting to transfer from ERC to Warren or Muir? I recommend the student at least meet with an academic counselor and review the best schedule of classes to grad in 4 years.</p>
<p>I called today to see about transferring out of ERC for an Engineering Major. Apparently it is not possible to petition for this request until the 3rd quarter of the first year…and you need to prove that it will take at least two additional quarters to complete ERC requirements; even then, the request may not be honored. I’m still a little blown away that an engineering student would be assigned to this school. While it is honorable to be a better writer and more well rounded student, it seems unfair to assign a humanities course of study that doesn’t allow graduation in 4 years…and is of no interest to the student Although classes could be taken over the summer, that is really a time to seek out internships, jobs, pursue special interests, etc. One should not need to go to school year round or pursue a 5th year of study to make it through…not to mention the expense of doing so!</p>
<p>To everyone who is worried, here is the link to ERC’s four year plan website. You select your major and it gives you a four year plan. It’s from 2008 but it still applies :)</p>
<p>[Roosevelt</a> College](<a href=“http://roosevelt.ucsd.edu/academics/long_term_guide0506_index.shtml]Roosevelt”>http://roosevelt.ucsd.edu/academics/long_term_guide0506_index.shtml)</p>
<p>EDIT: it doesn’t have all engineering major plans. But still, it provides a nice guide.</p>
<p>I just looked at the plan for Mechanical Engineering and in order to complete a degree in 4 years it requires the student to take 20 units per quarter for 5 of the 12 quarters while at UCSD, and 18 units per quarter for 2 of the 12 quarters while attending UCSD (so for 7 of the 12 quarters the student must take 18 or 20 units). Could anyone comment on how ‘doable’ this is?</p>
<p>Moreover, I just noticed in a footnote that the plan as listed does NOT include ELWR (whatever that is) and four ERC general education requirements. So it looks as though it could take five years …if you complete 18 and 20 units per quarter…</p>
<p>dude i’m in for engineering too at REVELLE… 5 courses of humanities… kill me!</p>
<p>At least Revelle has science and math requirements, some of which would overlap with engineering requirements. Nothing ERC requires even remotely relates to engineering, so all engineering students in ERC automatically have more work than those in other colleges.</p>
<p>Does anyone know of an engineering major who made it through in 4 years from ERC? From what I can tell, it would take 5 years.</p>
<p>UCSD was one of my dream schools
i also got into ERC for engineering…so now i dont know if i wanna go anymore
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<p>@evera: Yes, my friend did. He is really smart. He’s a junior right now, but is on track to graduate next year. He never took summer school and he felt the writing courses were cake. Although, he did enter with alot of Ap credits.</p>