<p>I am a transfer student in Revelle and I need to take language classes to satisy the lower divsion GE's--Are the language classes difficult? </p>
<p>I ask because I am an engineering major who needs to catch up on prereqs. I know they typically advise newcomers to take 3 courses the first quarter, but I was planning on taking 4. </p>
<p>Here is my schedule:</p>
<p>Phys 2A
ECE 15
ECE 25
LISP 1b/bx</p>
<p>Any thoughts? How time consuming is the language course?</p>
<p>Each class is given units based off of the amount of time that you have to put into (or supposedly thats how it is).</p>
<p>With a language course, its 5 units, which means that it is supposed to be time consuming. By that, I mean you’re going to have to go to class 5 days a week, all of which are usually mandatory along with putting in the work outside of class</p>
<p>How time consuming the LISP class is depends on your level of proficiency in Spanish already, and how fast you tend to pick non-native languages up. Somehow, my White and Mexican friends first year learned to read and write in Japanese much better than me even though I had a few years of formal classes when I was younger. They really had an incentive to learn since–well–all they seemed to do in their free time was watch Anim</p>
<p>Lol @ Oyama</p>
<p>japanese was a nice break from all the science/programming/mathi i took my first year, although it was a TON of work… (class 6 times a week was a pain, im not someone whos always in attendance)</p>
<p>@ uchopeful: if you are worried about work load, id say to take the language courses NOW while youre taking lower div/prereqs that you are saying you need to catch up on. Otherwise youll just hate it later when you need to be constantly focused on your major</p>