MAP Courses

<p>Can some current NYU students share their experiences/observations with the MAP program? </p>

<p>I am also a little confused on what exactly the requirements are. How many semesters of Expository Writing are required? What about those Conversations courses? Those are four courses, total, and you need to take the first two before you can take the other two? Any suggestions on which to take? </p>

<p>Also, I know that "natural science" majors don't have to take the Scientific Inquiry courses. Which majors are included in that "natural science" category? Do physics, compsci, and math count as "natural science?"</p>

<p>comp sci and math majors do have to take the “scientific inquiry” map courses. students studying the biological and physical sciences - physics, chemistry, biochemistry, biology, neural science - are exempt. </p>

<p>MAP requirements are outlined pretty clearly on this site: [NYU</a> > A & S > Morse Academic Plan](<a href=“http://cas.nyu.edu/page/ug.morseacademicplan]NYU”>http://cas.nyu.edu/page/ug.morseacademicplan). basically, it’s:
-Writing the Essay
-4 semesters of foreign language (you can place out of it)
-1 World culture course
-ConWest
-1 social science
-1 arts course

  • quantitative reasoning - this i’m not so sure about. I know non-science majors are required to take a “natural science” course and some kind of math course as well. if you’re majoring in a quantitative subject (econ, sciences, math) then you don’t need to bother with the required math course. I guess you’ll just have to take the science class.</p>

<p>don’t worry, they’ll explain it all in orientation. :)</p>

<p>Thanks Alix!</p>

<p>Is it unusual for freshmen and sophomores to take three MAP courses per semester, plus two major courses? Because the only MAP course I know I am exempt from at this point is the quant course. (And possibly the science course, depending on how this year’s AP test goes.) Which means I will still have a lot of MAP courses to take. I don’t want to let this get in the way of taking a lot of major courses. </p>

<p>Does my plan seem feasible?</p>

<p>People graduate on time WITHOUT doing five courses a semester.</p>

<p>Well, I know it is possible, but I have never done the bare minimum and, since NYU is so expensive, I want to make the most of it.</p>

<p>You’re not “making the most of it” if you get so-so grades in five classes rather than awesome grades in four. I’m not saying you’ll do poor if you have five classes, certainly people have done five classes and done well, but until you get here, don’t assume you can do it. It’s not “the bare minimum”, it’s the accepted standard.</p>

<p>18 credits is the maximum per semester unless you want to pay more. You implied you were majoring in Math, Physics or CompSci, so 5 classes will be pushing it. I’m a science major and I end up doing 18 credits every semester with 4 classes because of labs. I generally spend 22-24 hours/week in class with 18 credits; if you want to go up to 20-22 credits with a Physics major I imagine you’ll be spending close to 30 hours in class (although physics labs are considerably shorter than chem labs.</p>

<p>At NYU the norm is 16 credits/semester and as a science major you’ll probably do 18. Freshmen yr I think you should stick to this and see if you can handle “more” as an upperclassmen. For example, if you’re a physics major, the ideal freshmen schedule would be 2 MAP classes per semester, General Physics I and II (assuming you’ve done calculus) and Calculus II and III. but talk to your advisor once you get here.</p>

<p>I am majoring in math. I’m just afraid that taking only one math class per semester in the beginning will hinder me later on. I don’t want to take one math class per semester in the beginning and then get stuck taking three or four math classes in my last few semesters in order to finish on time. </p>

<p>The only other thing I can think of is to take two math classes plus two MAP courses per semester, but in this scenario, I would be taking MAP courses for five or six semesters instead of the suggested four.</p>

<p>If you’re in Stern is it required to take foreign language as part of the MAP core? (Sorry for semi-invading the thread)</p>

<p>Look, the norm is taking both MAP classes and major classes freshmen year and then by junior or senior year, taking mostly classes in your own major (although you’ll have electives as an upperclassmen as well). Or you could stretch the MAP classes out over a longer period of time, you don’t have to do it in 2 years. It’s typical for people to take foreign language classes until their junior/senior years. </p>

<p>Math is a difficult major but there aren’t too many required classes; you can definitely fit it into 4 years with plenty of electives as well as the MAP requirement. MAP is basically 10 classes, but you can knock out science with an AP credit and reduce foreign language with a placement test (I placed out of it entirely - so awesome! :))</p>

<p>@nytimes92 - I’m not sure but email Stern advising or check out the website.</p>

<p>Now I’m looking at the course requirements more closely, and four classes per semester definitely does seem doable, for the most part. My tour guide when I visited last year said he spent one summer studying at NYU…that is more expensive than simply paying for a couple extra credits during the semester, right? Would you recommend spending one or two semesters taking an extra couple credits, or spending one summer taking credits?</p>

<p>just a girl - unless you’re trying to graduate early there’s absolutely no point in taking 5 classes a semester. Classes at NYU often meet twice a week for lecture and also have multiple other parts (i.e lab or recitation). It would be very difficult to fit 5 courses into your schedule without stretching it. There’s a reason almost no one does it. Four classes will definitely have a sufficient work load and any more will be stretching yourself thin. </p>

<p>As far as MAPs go it’s pretty much hit or miss.</p>

<p>Writing the Essay- no matter what teacher you get for this you will almost definitely hate it. It was the bane of my first semester and everyone I have ever talked to about it still cringes at the memories. The best thing to do is just get through it and be glad when it’s over.</p>

<p>Conversations of the West - I’ve heard more positive things about this. I personally am taking Antiquity and the 19th Century right now and I really enjoy it. I’m not usually a history person but the reading tends to be interesting and it isn’t a ton of work like WTE.</p>

<p>World Cultures - I’ve heard really mixed things. I think it depends on the culture you take. I had friends in Japan&China and Egypt classes that loved it, but my friend who took Indigenous Australia found it really boring. They all found it pretty easy though, it just requires a lot of reading.</p>

<p>Nat Science I&II - The general feelings seem to be that these classes are very simple and basic as long as you go to lecture and put in the work. I’m pre-med so I don’t have to take these but everyone I’ve talked to pretty much feels like it’s their easiest class.</p>

<p>Language - Pretty self-explanatory. You take 4 semesters unless you can place out of any of them. I started in the second class and I’m taking my third one now and so far I’ve had a pretty good experience with it.</p>

<p>Thanks Lauren! I think I’ll stick with 4 classes the first semester and see how it goes. Thanks again for all the help!</p>

<p>About Natural Science I&II, I sat in on one of the Chem classes when I went to visit and I found it to be pretty easy, at least on that particular day. Though, the student I spoke to said it was kinda easy overall because it is a MAP course.</p>