<p>I can't take 18 credits this term. I really really wanted to so I coudl knock out a combination of major, certificate, and general ed reqs but I just can't do it.</p>
<p>I talked to the dean and she said that if I am able to go abroad in the summer, she will coutn one of the courses there (that normally would not count) as one of my requirements. </p>
<p>I was taking a Chem classed aimed at non-majors but i just can't handle it while taking syntax..which I definitely want out of the way. Syntax is incredably difficult and I have to read a LOT int hat class plus a term paper...ugh. ANd I also have papers and presentatiosn to do in my Italian and Fench classes, but those won't be as bad.</p>
<p>SO currently taking 15 credits, and if I go abroad this summer (I really hope I can) I shouldn't HAVE to take more than 15 credits per term my senior year.</p>
<p>This semester is gonna be a rough one, but only because of this ridiculously hard syntax course. I am kinda sorta caught up on reading...sorta, so at least I am off to a "good" start.</p>
<p>It is so hard to compare "hours" versus courses. It sounds as if you are taking:</p>
<p>SYNTAX
CHEM
ITALIAN
FRENCH</p>
<p>what year are you? Where are you in school? Are you taking a Chem Lab? What is SYNTAX? What course level and department is it? How many students take the course? </p>
<p>I am taking 6 courses of which 3 are graduate level. I think what people can handle varies quite a bit and we have no idea what year you are or what school you are in. Good Luck to you 'tho.</p>
<p>Taking Syntax, Italian 4, Italian Lit, French Poetry and Phonology....5 courses=15 credits. I dropped the Chem and will make up for it in the fall. The Chem I was taking didn't have a lab, but it was still a pain and I didn't want to deal with it right now with everything else.</p>
<p>Syntax basically deals with word order and it is extremely complicated and technical....bleh. I like my Phonology class...even thought he teacher is dry, the subject matter is much more interesting.</p>
<p>The Syntax class is very full...must be thirty-ish people in it...it was so full that two sections were made so I guess there's probably a total of 60 kids taking the course if you added up both classes. Its a Linguistics course and it's the undergraduate section.</p>
<p>Technically as of right now I am a senior, but since I don't plan to graduate until next spring, I consider myself a junior.</p>
<p>And yeah I mentioned it on the board just to get it off my chest at that moment. I formally dropped the Chem course today and am glad I did because that's one more hour I can sleep in on MWFs.</p>