<p>I would take Econometrics 1st semester, but it only meets at 8 a.m.</p>
<p>As I am torn between beginning a new language (ASL or Arabic) and taking a science course, I thought, why not linguistics as a happy medium?</p>
<p>But now that I hear good things about ENGN 9 … GAAAAA</p>
<p>That’s what shopping period and advising is for. I’m still not 100% set on courses for next term myself. Any of those would be solid choices. Language classes that meet daily do get to be somewhat tedious after awhile unless you love the language, though.</p>
<p>For those of you considering COE, from what my friend told me (COE concentrator), ENGN 9 doesn’t count towards the concentration. And although it was a very fun class, this was the first time that I heard it talked about so highly… I always perceived it as a jock class. Then again, I never shopped or looked in depth at the syllabus at all, so shop it if you guys want!</p>
<p>As far as languages go, if you’re looking for something to do for fun (something you don’t really plan on continuing), I would say go for ASL. I feel like one could learn so much with one year’s worth of ASL, considering he/she’s a conceptual person, compared to barely scratching the surface with one year of Arabic. If you look back on the bottom of page 6, you’ll see me talk about the ASL program at Brown a bit. But before you make a choice, talk to someone about Arabic!</p>
<p>Side note: both intro Arabic and intro ASL meet everyday, but I think Arabic almost always meets at 9am. If you plan on continuing with ASL, the whole 2nd year of ASL meets everyday as well…don’t know about Arabic.</p>
<p>As far as linguistics go, I think the intro course (Intro. to Linguistic Theory, COGS 47…or maybe 41?) is lots of fun. It’s very easy to get a B with minimal effort (just showing up to class and doing none of he readings), so if you’re looking for a fresh, interesting 4th class, take this one S/NC. I find the professor teaching it to be unorganized and difficult to follow at times, but that’s just me.</p>
<p>COGS0410 is intro to linguistic theory; it’s a prerequisite for several higher level classes if you’re interested in that area. There’s also Intro to Semantics (which is 1210, I believe…) which has no prerequisites if you’re more interested in the connotation of words than in phonetics and the structure of language in general.</p>
<p>2nd year Arabic continues meeting daily for 6 hours a week, and 3rd year meets daily for 5. Almost all languages are like this though (German meets 4 a week for 1st and 2nd year, but I found that it gave more out-of-class work to compensate.</p>
<p>*Semantics is COGS1110, and phonology is 1210.</p>
<p>For those who are interested, Haitian Creole 10 and 20 (CROL0100 and CROL0200) meets only twice a week (one of the very few langs that don’t meet daily at the intro level or require a year’s commitment), albeit for 2.5 hours a pop. But the prof (Patrick Sylvain) is good stuff, and if you know French, you have no reason to be intimidated. Doable even if you don’t!</p>
<p>Hey guys. 2014er here, with some preliminary ideas for a schedule (got in ED, so I’ve had some time, haha). How would this be:</p>
<p>CSCI0170: Computer Science: An Integrated Introduction
MATH0170: Advanced Placement Calculus
NEUR0010: The Brain: An Introduction to Neuroscience</p>
<p>And one out of these three:
ENGL0250F: Shakespeare’s Present Tense
PHIL 0990V: Rational Belief
LITR 0110A: Fiction I</p>
<p>^That’s actually a very good and balanced and refreshing schedule. My good friend had a very similar schedule last semester—except with two science/math courses and two arts/humanities classes. I think you’ll enjoy yourself with that list—have fun shopping the latter three!</p>
<p>Awesome! Thank you :). ENGL0250 is a FYS, so I’m hoping I get that one in the lottery. What are the major differences between Math 100 and Math 170?</p>
<p>Math 170 gives more challenging problems and, depending on the teacher, may go fairly in depth in solving differential equations. This past year it was quite doable, the year before, it was nightmarish.</p>
<p>Be prepared to spend a lot of time on CSCI0170, but if that’s something you care about it, it should be worth it.</p>
<p>Basically, it’s a doable schedule, despite the fact that it might get tight at times?</p>
<p>It depends on you. I have friends who have just been worn down by that Neuro course (it’s just a ton of information you need to learn and be prepared to spit back). Brown’s intro CS courses are just incredibly time consuming (15+ hours a week is not unreasonable). The math course can range from reasonable to something that would challenge most of the math concentrators at Brown, depending on who’s in charge. It can be doable; it might not be doable. I can’t say whether it’s doable for you, but it does look like a pretty big time commitment.</p>
<p>Is it a good idea to take a higher level econ class like maybe ECON1110 as a freshman if I’m taking and doing very well in AP econ in high school? It says you can take it with advanced placement, but would it be too hard without having taken another real college level econ class?</p>
<p>My roommate freshman year took ECON1110 after just an AP class and did well. It seems that if you did well in the AP course, you should be prepared.</p>
<p>Hmmm okay. Guess I’ll need to shop a bit more, then.</p>
<p>Mocha isn’t loading for me; do I need to download anything to use it properly? I’m off-campus. Thanks.</p>
<p>Works fine for me off-campus without anything special…</p>
<p>One more quick question: if I’m not planning to major in engineering/physical sciences, yet want to take the introductory applied math classes sometime, will taking Math 100 as opposed to Math 170 really make much of a difference?</p>
<p>MATH0100 should be sufficient prep for the first term (APMA0330 or APMA0350). For the second term, you would need to be taking or have taken MATH0180 (or MATH0200 or MATH0350). MATH0100 covers roughly the same material as MATH0170, but 0170 should give more challenging problem sets and exams. 17 may prepare you better in that you’ll be ready for harder problems, but 10 will teach you all of the material you need.</p>
<p>All right, thanks!</p>
<p>Final question for now: CS 15 vs CS 17? Who takes which, generally?</p>