Hi, so i’m an incoming freshmen and I’ve already registered for classes. I’m taking Gen Chem, Spanish 3301W, FYWS, and a European Studies course currently. I was expecting to receive AP credit for calculus, however I did not so now I need to take calc as well in order to get the pre-reqs for Gen Physics (I’m considering pre-med).
I know some courses are only offered in the fall, so is Single Variable Calc I (Math 1200 formerly Math 150a) only offered in the fall as well? I’m currently taking 13 hours which is a super light load and adding Math would make it 16 but I’m not really a math person so chem is also going to be a struggle this semester, and I do want to keep a good gpa.
I could drop the EUS course but I really want to take that early to help me figure out a major.
My worry is if I don’t take Math either this semester or next semester I’ll have to take it with org chem and intro to bio which would be A LOT.
Yes, it is offered in the Spring, just with fewer sections.
If you’re ever curious about something like this, you can look at the course offerings from the previous semester in YES to make sure. There’s a dropdown in the top left where you select the term you’re enrolling in; just change it to Spring 2015. It goes back several years. Might still be listed as 150a.
I think pushing it back one semester is an excellent decision.
thank you you’re a life saver honestly!
I tried looking it up in old semesters earlier but I was using the new numberings, probably why nothing came up…
I would agree that pushing it until the spring would be a good idea.
13 hours is perfect for the first semester. It can be a lot more difficult to adjust to college than you might think, so I always recommend very light schedules to start out.
For pre-med you only really need 1 semester of calculus. Calc 2 is a recommendation for physics 2, but it is not required to be in the class as far as I know. I’m not sure about the regular engineering physics, but physics for life science did not require it to sign up for the class. A fairly basic understanding of calculus was a part of the coursework, but 150a would be enough to learn it to the degree necessary.