<p>Is it possible to skip cs 15 or cs 17? I mean, is taking cs 16 or cs 18 without a cs 15 or 17 credit allowed? I am building up my freshman and sophomore year schedule and I found out I am not able to take cs 15/17/19 in fall due to schedule conflict. I have taken AP CS in my high school and I am okay with programming in Java. I need to finish these cs intro courses to take upper level cs courses like cs1550 and cs1490. I am not going to major in cs, but I really want to take those two upper level courses.</p>
<p>You’d need to talk to the department, but AP CS (particularly if it’s A and not AB) would not be nearly the equivalent of 15 or 17, so I’m not sure how well that would fly. I have a friend who took 15/16 as a sophomore and will have completed an AB in CS by graduation this year, so it can be done.</p>
<p>I don’t know what you’re considering for the future, but…You can take 1550 with only 1 term of background (CS22, which is spring only and has no prereqs) since no programming at all in involved, and you could have completed the prereqs for 1490 by your junior year, even if you put off the intro sequence by a year. For example:</p>
<p>Freshman fall: no CS
Freshman spring: CS022
Sophomore fall: CS015 or CS017 and CS051
Sophomore spring: CS016 or CS018
Junior and senior years: CS155 and CS149</p>
<p>For courses like the ones listed, you don’t need most of the intro courses, which aids you greatly.</p>
<p>does anyone know much about the fys “realism and modernism” or it’s professor paul armstrong?</p>
<p>^ not me, but it was one of my top 5 :P</p>
<p>My son was interested in Modernism and Realism, too. He looked up the booklist at the bookstore and decided it conflicted with another course he was planning at the time which had a lot of reading. There are about 8 or so books – classics mostly – like Kafka, Dickens, etc.</p>
<p>Oooo… Classic literature!! That sounds great.</p>
<p>Thatsnotmy: Did you check the critical review? When I was looking at classes I found it greatly helpful.</p>
<p>yeahh i’ve checked the CR but haven’t found anything about the professor. I think he used to be the Dean of the College and it looks like he’s written/edited a lot of stuff about literature. I got the course in the lottery and am pretty excited for it–the reading list looks awesome and the professor seems really impressive (like every other course at brown it seems like)</p>
<p>If I am pretty much confident with most classes I will be taking in the fall, then is it possible or okay to take 5 classes? I am planning to take </p>
<p>APMA 1650
APMA 0350
MATH 0350
CSCI 0170
SOC 1030 or HIST 0971D</p>
<p>I have taken AP Stat, AP CS, and multivariable calc in my high school.</p>
<p>Is there anyone know about
Organizational Theories of the Public and Private Sectors or
An Empire and Republic: The Dutch Golden Age?</p>
<p>Hey, I have a question. I’m a prospective electrical engineer, so other than math and intro to engineering, should I take another class? I know on the sample course outline on the engineering website, CHEM 0330 is taken in the first semester, but is that entirely necessary<?</p>
<p>@brown2014: As a rule, we here don’t advise you take 5 courses freshman fall. With that said, it might be possible for you. If you feel strongly about all of those courses, at least shop them. The late drop deadline will let you try. With that said, I would mention that AP Statistics and Comp Sci are really nothing like APMA1650 and CSCI0170 (not to mention that MATH0350 is very time consuming, if not hellish). So I would think twice about attempting that.</p>
<p>@Inert101: As CHEM0330 is a required core course, you will need to eventually take it. If you can’t fit it in your schedule, it’s not necessary to take it freshman fall, but you’ll have enough requirements that you’ll want to replace it with some other requirement, probably.</p>
<p>Thanks Uroogla!</p>
<p>I have another question: I’m considering taking an economics course this fall. I got 5s in AP Micro and Macro, so should I skip ECON 0110 and move on to intermediate economics? Even though I’m not an economics concentrator, would it be a good idea to skip ECON 0110?</p>
<p>Any thoughts/recommendations would be very helpful!</p>
<p>Thanks Uroogla</p>
<p>I have the exactly same question with Inert101. I want to add that is it preferred to take intermediate micro before taking intermediate macro, or vice versa? Since I want to take mathematical intermediate micro in spring, I may take macro in fall. I am just wondering that coursenumberwise (1130 for micro and 1210 for macro), micro might be taken first.</p>
<p>@Inert101: The Econ department will place you out of ECON 11 if you scored at least 4 in both AP Micro and Marco. Since you had a 5 for both, you shouldn’t have a problem going straight to ECON 111. </p>
<p>@brown2014: It doesn’t matter whether you do micro or macro first. Neither is a pre-req for the other. I even know of people who did both concurrently. Generally course numbers do not indicate any sort of progression from easy to difficult. Since micro (mathematical) is only offered in Spring, you might as well do macro first.</p>
<p>Hi! I’m an incoming freshman at Brown, and I was thinking about taking the following five courses my first semester:</p>
<p>Chem0330 - Equilibrium, Rate, and Structure
Biol0170 - Biotechnology in Medicine
Litr1200 - Writers on Writing (FYS I signed up for that’s set into my schedule already)
Clps1700 - Abnormal Psychology
Biol0380 - The Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases</p>
<p>I’m probably going to be a Biology Major and premed, and my AP credits mean I don’t have to take Chem0100, Biol0200, Phys0030, or Math0090.</p>
<p>My primary question is whether or not the courseload I’m thinking about is too heavy. Are the five classes I listed above too much?</p>
<p>Also, does anyone know how the Chem0330 four-part registration works? I was looking at my course scheduler and I only see the Primary Meeting, Lab, and Conference, when I know there’s supposed to be a fourth section.</p>
<p>I’m interested in the sciences and in writing, so tell me if you have any good courses to recommend.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the help!</p>
<p>^ The FYS course code is LITR 710… with S1 or S2 depending on the section u got/applied for.</p>
<p>Hey any of you math peoples!</p>
<p>I am trying to choose between Math 18, 20, and 35. Any comments/experiences?</p>
<p>What’s your background? How easy did you find the Calc BC AP? Are you interested in physics/engineering? I skipped all 3 because I had multi in high school, but generally, 35 is for the strong math students going into pure math, applied math, or physics. 20 is for engineers. 18 is for everyone else.</p>
<p>I took only AB in high school but have been self-studying the remaining material all summer, using a combination of an AP BC review book, MIT OCW offerings, and good friends who are eager to help.</p>
<p>I am looking at APMA-Econ as a major, so 35 would be useful but perhaps overwhelming. 18 is a good backup, but none of the teachers appear on the Critical Review which gives me pause. Same goes for 20, except for one listed professor who appears to have taught other courses well (which seems promising since math teachers can be so hit-or-miss)… it appears to turn into a Shopping Week running from class to class fiasco.</p>
<p>I’m sure you’ve heard what 35 can do to people. I don’t believe 20 would be helpful, since it’s basically 18 with an extra problem session. 18 seems like the best option, though you’re obviously more than welcome to try 35…</p>
<p>Ok, so I’m definitely interested in electrical engineering, but I still want a taste of computer science. I know that I have to take Math, Intro to Engineering, and Chem first semester to stay on track for EE. Should I go for a CS course in the fall semester? If I don’t, will I be handicapped if I decide to be a CS concentrator later on?</p>