<p>I'm gonna be a first year next year, so was trying to plot some potential classes before orientation. I'm undecided as to my major, but I wanted to at least keep the option open of going to McIntire. </p>
<p>There, the prerequisites are listed. I understand that being an Echols Scholar does not free me from those. However, if I have college credit (AP or otherwise) for some of those classes, especially Spanish, would I still have to take those courses at UVA? Once again, especially Spanish. In other words, does my credit earned in high school fulfill the Comm School prerequisites?</p>
<p>If you receive credit for Spanish up to the 202 level, then you're exempted from the foreign language requirement - in other words, you have completed the pre requisite.</p>
<p>Hi, I just read some requirements for McIntire:</p>
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Students are encouraged to take courses that emphasize oral and written communication skills as well as courses that emphasize moral reasoning and ethics.
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<p>Can you recommend me some good courses that would fit into this description? </p>
<p>Also, I'm currently planning to take ENWR 210, ECON 201, COMM 180, some maths (don't know which one yet), and one that would fit the description above. Is it too much reading/writing or semester?? I really don't know what to expect from these courses! Thanks so much for the help! :)</p>
<p>Hmm. I took JPTR 321: Japanese in Translation - Tales of Genji and ENWR: Creative Writing that might fit in that category.. I don't think that's too much reading and writing for you.</p>
<p>I am hoping to go to McIntire and with a second major or minor in International Relations. I got what I think is a decent schedule at orientation.
Bio, Span, Stat, Int Rel, USEM (Bus and the Env.)
Comm 180 was full, and so were the Econ classes. Any other suggesttions?</p>
<p>Also, my Bio course 121 does not have a lab. Is a science with a lab required for CLAS?</p>
<p>no labs are required for CLAS, just 12 credits of math/science.</p>
<p>you can proly get into your econ classes once the first week of school starts, don't sweat it. just go to class and bring a course action form or maybe even before class starts it will open up, have more spots, on ISIS.</p>
<p>cavalier, easy courses with good GPA vs hard courses with less stellar GPA, really? I thought they take into account how hard the courses are.. When you say "hard" courses, does that take into account the professors/TAs teaching you also? 'Coz in ratemyprofessor there's "Ease" as one of the assessment categories, and I realize grading can be quite different with different professors, no?</p>
<p>i doubt the comm school actually analyzes your courses to see if you are taking ones that emphasize written and oral communication skills. Most people i know take the requirements and then fill the rest in with the easiest classes that are most interesting to them. Comm school knows what the really easy classes are like history of the circus or dram101 etc, but for the most part if you have to look them up on rate my professors and see the easiness rating they probably dont know how hard it is. They also dont take into account if you take classes with a hard professor or a TA because on your transcript it all shows up the same.</p>
<p>No Melli I took IB Spanish for 5 years. I could have opted out but I really want to maintain my Spanish skills. I am happy with my schedule, (thanks Hazel for clarifying the lab requirement for CLAS) but I keep remembering what Shoebox said about not having an irregular schedule. </p>
<p>MWF I'm supposed to start at 9 but TR I start @ 11 (1 class) then I have a break till 5:30 and go til 8:20. The truth is I am generally more of a night person so I think I will try to move that 9:00 MWF class. Although I'm working full time right now and have to get up early, I'm not convinced I can live up to my own expectations. My thinking is I better listen to Shoe and not have a disparate wake up time. Cav is probably right...I will be busy "learning other things".</p>
<p>Other than that do you think 16 credits for first semester is doable for a hardworking slug?</p>
<p>COMM180
ECON201
ENWR210
MATH132
A humanities/fine arts course (dunno which one yet)</p>
<p>Back-ups:
ECON202
STAT212</p>
<p>I am completely clueless about the humanities/fine arts section though! Spoilt with choices. I am not asking you to tell me which classes i should take, but can you share what classes you took under this category and what you think about them? </p>
<p>Also, I looked up the course forum, and there are some courses that are listed there but not on the COD. Does that mean that the class is no longer offered? (I was interested on the Christianity and Islam, RELI329 btw.) Just wondering.</p>
<p>Thanks againnn!</p>
<p>(Oh man I still don't really have back-up classes, anything I should consider?)</p>
<p>Some classes are only offered in the spring/etc. If it's not on the COD, then it's not offered this term, and that's all that matters for right now.</p>
<p>for the comm school, do people who were admitted after their second year typically finish all the classes on the prerequisites list? On the site it says that taking those classes is just suggested. I'm asking this because I will be entering the engineering school and I won't be taking the English class that the comm school suggests. I was able to place out of the engineering English class though.</p>
<p>EDIT: At the bottom of the page it says that I am exempt from the English Composition requirement because SEAS waived it for me</p>