<p>I'm in Korea, I'm missing CalSO, I left my course catalog at home (stupid)... Although I do live in the Bay Area, I'm just away for a month.</p>
<p>I'm enrolled in the College of Natural Resources, although I plan to switch to Letters and Sciences in the Fall. I am undeclared.</p>
<p>~How does this work? (ie the college is going to send me things, but I'm worried about not getting my information. How does signing up for classes work?) </p>
<p>~Where do I find the requirements for my college (the one I'm in)? </p>
<p>~What is a recommended courseload for my first semester? My friend recommended 4 classes equaling about 14 Units (Math, Writing, Freshman Seminar, and an Intro course).
~What should I take as my math course? I've already taken Calculus BC, however I really feel like I didn't learn the material well at all. (I got a 3 on the BC and the AB subscore, but my teacher was terrible and the score was a result of emergency cramming.)</p>
<p>~With an overall score of 3 for the BC AP test, do I get excused from a semester of math or anything like that?</p>
<p>I also really wanted to take a Korean language course, however I don't know if that would be taking too much. </p>
<p>Thank you in advance and I apologize if my questions seem trivial or common sense. I honestly don't know how to do any of this.</p>
<p>Sadly I don’t have any. I don’t have any clue because at the moment I don’t have any subject material preferences… just ideas of what I don’t want to do. Sorry… I know that would’ve helped.
I’m just trying to work on General Education requirements as of yet. (which I also need to find. <em>sigh</em>) <-And how do I know what will satisfy a requirement/where can i find the requirements?</p>
<p>For the first 3 requirements (Reading and comprehension, quant. reasoning, and foreign language), see which ones you have completed. You have completed your QR with math BC. You probably have completed foreign language. If you have not completed your Reading and Composition, I recommend you take a class for that your 1st semester.</p>
<p>Since you have completed quantitative reasoning requirement, you do not need to take math unless your major requires it. I recommend holding off on it until you have an idea of what area you want to study so you know whether you don’t need math, need the science/math track (1a/1b - harder), or the mainly social science track (16a/16b - easier).</p>
<p>If you scroll down a bit on the link, there is the 7 course breadth. Since you are undecided, you probably don’t want to take “easy breadths” but rather ones that let you explore. Here are some classes that will let you explore majors (i just picked some random ones that are also major prereqs):</p>
<p>Psych 1: Intro to psychology for majors
Pol Sci 1/2/or5: American politics/comparative politics/international relations
Rhetoric 10: Practical reasoning/critical analysis (you should probably finish R&C before you take this)
Chem 1a: general chem
Econ 1: Intro to Econ
History: lower div history class - pick an area you prefer to learn about
English 45a: english literature</p>
<p>You can also take Korean language and/or a seminar. Find a mix of classes you find appealing and post it here for feedback.</p>
<p>At CalSO, they suggested going for 2 major prereqs, 1 breadth/AC/R&C/Writing course (whatever you need to satisfy), and 1/2 Intro/Seminar. </p>
<p>With not knowing what major you want to do, it would probably help to satisfy breadths in the 3 courses you are gonna take, but also use these courses to explore possible majors that you might want to do.</p>
<p>So I was thinking of taking
-RHETORIC R1A P 004 LEC:The Craft of Writing
-Civil and Environmental Engineering 24, Section : Two Field Trips in Environmental Engineering
-Korean 1AX</p>
<p>And here is where I get confused: For L&S it looks like they don’t require a math. I don’t intend to go into a math-intensive field so would it be safe for me to take a breadth requirement instead and ignore what my current college suggests for me? I have every intention of transferring colleges in the Spring.</p>
<p>And just so it’s clear, I intend to take on another course, I just don’t know what yet.</p>
<p>Now is where having a rough idea of what you’d like to major in would help. A lot of majors do require 1 year of Calc, but there are some that don’t. I would say you’re fine because of your AP to take care of a breadth requirement for that last class</p>
<p>that’s where I become a problem. Except for staying away from any actual math field (ie mathematician), not medical, not education, and not history, that would leave me to the Sciences, Humanities, perhaps engineering (who knows? I was interested in it despite the fact that if I chose it, it would be hard to get into and harder to transfer into)</p>
<p>Other than what I’m not interested in for sure, I haven’t really got a handle on what I want to major in, and that’s why I have such a major dilemma. And btw, thank you for helping me out.</p>
<p>You could wait on Korean and take it another semester. Instead, take another course that lets you explore a major. That way, you might be able to figure out what direction you want to go a bit faster.</p>
<p>Intro to Dramatic lit= 4 Credits (RC requirement)
1 of 3 Freshman seminars i picked out= 1 Credit (depending on availability)
Introduction to Human Nutrition 10= 3 Credits (sounds promising)<-Fills 7-course breadth requirement for both colleges, current and one I want to transfer to.
Korean 1AX= 5 Credits (I really want to learn this because I’m coming back to Korea next summer without my family and my speech is pitiful)</p>