<p>that you have to take physics, chem, bio, and more than one calc class your freshman year?!?!</p>
<p>That's 4 out of your 10 classes....5 first semester and 5 later.</p>
<p>I know most people take Bio/Physics and of course Math but I don't know if they either save Chem for later or already have credit in that.</p>
<p>it says you must take 2 calcs and 2 physics classes...one each semester</p>
<p>Calc is a no-brainer.
Physics; I don't know if this is true or not. </p>
<p>Okay I just asked someone in SHS. He says "Well you have to take sciences but not necessarily 2 physics during freshman year". </p>
<p>Can you show me the link where you found this info?</p>
<p>go down to where it says first year students on the left</p>
<p>It says students take 2 math, and "3 of the 5 science courses, the other 2 are to be completed by end of junior year".</p>
<p>I see they count programming 15-100 as a science core course. So you are actually allowed to do something like Programming, Physics, Chem during your first year. </p>
<p>Some people want to get these out of the way so they can do Physics/Chem/Bio/Prog/etc. </p>
<p>Everyone does programming intro since it is easy so it is actually more like 2 maths (one a semester) and 2 sciences (one a semester) and then throw in programming.</p>
<p>AcceptedAlready, does credit from an AP Environmental Science exam fulfill a science requirement or even an elective course? Also, how many credits must we have each semester to be considered a full-time student? Thanks</p>
<p>KRabble88, check the website of your particular college to find out whether they grant AP credit for that exam (I think it's a safe guess that none of the colleges will grant credit for EnvSci). You must have 36 units each semester to be considered a full-time student. Courses tend to be 9, 10 or 12 units each. "Mini" courses last half a semester, and are no more than 6 units (if that).</p>
<p>Just curious, but is it usually 4 or 5 courses a semester? Or am I off all together?</p>
<p>MCS looks like they grant credits for Environmental Science for scores of 4 or 5, but could these credits be used to fulfill an elective course for a semester (so I can free up some space)?</p>
<p>I'm in SCS, and it seems like 5 courses (~50 units) is about the right workload for me. I took 4 courses my first semester and found myself with more free time than I knew what to do with. I took 5 this semester and I'm planning on 5 (plus a mini) next semester.</p>
<p>When a course says 9 or 12 units what does it mean in terms of number of hours of class per week and number of hours preparatory/homework in the room per week? In case of Engg, Mgt or Computer Science?</p>