<p>Im doing dual enrollment at a CC (and am planning on majoring in engineering), and Im planning on taking 20.5 credits next quarter. Im currently taking 18.5 and find it really easy. The classes I am CURRENTLY taking this quarter are ECON 1 (over 100 percent), political science 1 (over 100 percent), Calculus A (like 94 percent approx), and English 1 (i think i have a B, i suck at lit).
Here is my proposed schedule for next quarter:</p>
<p>Calculus B (5 credits)
Physics 50 (4 credits)
Computer Information systems (4.5 credits, supposedly its VERY easy)
EWRT 2 (5 credits, its an english class) the class im worried about
Adjunct Skills Tutor (2 credits, no work, its a prep class if u wanna be a tutor)</p>
<p>Do you think this is feasible? I want to do EWRT 2 becuase its a GE and i wanna get it out of the way.</p>
<p>Do you have any high school courses as well?</p>
<p>If it is the community college I think it is, then:</p>
<p>Calculus B: 5 credits appears slightly inflated from the normal 4 credits, assuming that it takes 3 quarters to complete the typical frosh calculus sequence.
Physics 50: appears to be a preparatory course for typical frosh level physics for scientists and engineers (i.e. like high school physics, but over 10 weeks instead of a high school year).
CIS: depends on which course, though 4.5 credits is probably inflated.
EWRT 2: if English is not your best subject, you are right to be worried about it. 5 credits is probably inflated from the more typical 4 credits.
Tutor prep: 2 credits is supposed to mean 6 hours of work including class time per week; if less, then the credits are inflated.</p>
<p>So, while 15 credits is the “normal full time course load”, it appears that your 20.5 credits is somewhat inflated, and probably equivalent to about 15-18 credits of workload at a typical university.</p>
<p>@ucbalumnus no, i am not taking any high school courses as well. and yeah it is community college. </p>
<p>Just manage your time well. Four classes (and one tutoring class) at a CC shouldn’t be very difficult. Now if you had four or five upper level engineering courses and a Capstone design project then I’d say you might be in trouble. Even so, the latter is doable. </p>
<p>@jcjones42 ok, well i have like 3 engineering classes right? (physics, math, and computer science). or do those not count as engineering classes? is that fine?</p>
<p>@toesockshoe Those are physics, math, and computer science and they are all lower division (less project and time oriented). However, if your not used to that much science and math it might challange you a little more than you’ve been before. It’s all a matter of perspective really (as far as what course load is too much). I once met a guy who took a 29 credit hour semester at the Naval Academy. He was an Electrical Engineering and premed double major. I Certainly wouldn’t recommend doing this, but he made it through with pretty good grades apparently. I also have a friend who is a Biology major with a double minor (Spanish and something else I can’t remember) who works over 20 hours a week part time, is active in intramural sports, is a community group leader, and is graduating a semester early (this December actually) with no AP or colleges courses in high school. Her GPA is also pretty close to a 4.0 too. Like I said, I wouldn’t want to do that, but with enough determination people can do incredible things. </p>
<p>Since it looks like you are in California, you may want to check <a href=“http://www.assist.org”>http://www.assist.org</a> so that you can choose courses which line up with the lower division requirements for your intended major at UCs and CSUs. Since your community college is on the quarter system, be careful about taking partial year sequences in math, English, and physics if you are looking at semester system schools (UCB, UCM, and most CSUs, though CPSLO and CPP are quarter system), since the “boundaries” between courses will not line up.</p>
<p>For private and out-of-state schools, check their web sites for transfer credit articulation, but do not be surprised if there is no pre-set articulation with your community college. Save your syllabi and course documentation for individual evaluation of transfer credit and advanced placement, but be aware that some schools may still want you to start over in calculus 1, etc. (e.g. Michigan). You may want to take AP tests in calculus, English, etc. if you are looking at such schools that allow AP scores to get advanced placement, but do not accept your community college course work.</p>