My schedule too much? 18 units

College Majors Engineering Majors
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<p>Hey everyone I was about to post this in the "college life" section but I wanted to get an engineering major point of view since I am an engineer major. Well a week ago I was at 15 units but today I decided to add one more GE class because I felt that the two GE classes I had were really easy (ratemyprofessors). So now I am at 18 units with the newly added class, which happens to be another GE class. Does my schedule look horrible? I am a math tutor at the community college I go to. I'll probably be tutoring maybe 5-6 hours a week. I feel overwhelmed when I look at my schedule but I know that Calc3 and Physics are the ones I have to really focus on and study for.</p>

<p>Calculus III (5 units)
Physics - Mechanics of Solids & Fluids (4 units)
Intro to Sociology (3 units, professor is storyteller, barely any hw, few essays)
Business Law (3 units, one day a week, no hw, short tests)
Pyschology <--- just added (3 units, few hw)</p>

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<p>looks fine to me. it will get you acclimated to your later years</p>

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<p>That seems about on par with what you will go through once you finish the pre-reqs and hit the real engineering courses. The normal courseload at my school is 4 classes, but for engineers, it's 5 classes. Engineering courseloads are usually a bit heavier and borderline 'overload' in the sense that it's already hit the maximum that your tuition will cover without special permission.</p>

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<p>You should be fine. 5 classes isn't too much to handle if only 2 of them are math/science.</p>

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<p>Quick question, are you also minoring in something else? I don't understand why your also taking Business Law and Psychology for engineering.</p>

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<p>^Maybe he's taking those for general education requirements.</p>

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<p>Looks pretty easy compared to my schedule</p>

<p>Physics of Electricity and Magnetism (4 credits)
Calc 4 (3 credits) and yes we have Calc 4 because we run on trimesters
Differential Equations (4 credits)
Embedded Systems Software (4 credits)
Linear Circuits: Steady State I (4 credits)</p>

<p>19 credits, max for full time students =&lt;/p>

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<p>^haha, you're going to die of suicide</p>

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<p>"^haha, you're going to die of suicide"</p>

<p>I also have a part time job...bye bye social life.</p>

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<p>I'm right there with you Joe</p>

<p>Phy350 Intermediate E&M I
Phy360 Modern Physics
Een307 Signals and System + lab
Chm360 physical chemistry
Chm112 inorganic chem II</p>

<ul>
<li>TA'ing senior fluid/thermal lab </li>
<li>senior thesis</li>
</ul>

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<p>Ouch that looks painful. Especially all the lab write ups you'll have!</p>

<p>Lucky for me I don't have modern physics until next year... =)</p>

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<p>I guess my schedule is the easiest.</p>

<p>Calculus 3 (2 credits)
MATLAB (3 credits)
Engineering Thermo (3 credits)
Statics (3 credits)
Engineering Graphics (1 credit)
Pro/ENGINEER (3 credits)</p>

<p>Part-time job for math department (20 hours/week) grading homework papers and proctoring exams.</p>

<p>In the Spring, I'll have a harder load because Statics is a pre-requisite for a lot of classes.</p>

<p>Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations (4 credits)
Dynamics (3 Credits)
Strength of Materials w/ Design (3 credits)
Product Dissection (3 credits)
Physics: Waves Motion and Quantum Physics (2 credits)
Skiing (1 credit)</p>

<p>Part-time job for math department (6 hours/week) grading homework papers and proctoring exams.
Part-time job for engineering department (12 hours/week) TA'ing for freshman engineering design course.</p>

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<p>I had no idea skiing was a course of study. O.o</p>

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<p>^My school requires 3 credits of Health & Physical Activity.</p>

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<p>"^My school requires 3 credits of Health & Physical Activity."</p>

<p>Most of the people at my school could use that...</p>

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<p>Wow thanks guys for the replies I really appreciate it. SirGeorge, no I am not minoring in anything its just for my GE requirements. Now that I have read your schedules I feel like an idiot worrying about my semester. Thanks guys, I feel much better...one word, FOCUS!</p>

<p>ps. Maybe someone should start up a sticky "The official 'My Fall Class Schedule' thread" Its pretty fascinating to see some of our fellow engineering schedules.</p>

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<p>That's a good idea elementG.I also go to a community college as well.</p>

<p>Anyway,my schedule is as follows:</p>

<p>Calc 1(5 hour)
General chemistry(5 hour)
Tae kwon do 1(1 hour)
Olympic weightlifting(1 hour)</p>

<p>Also work part time
Mon-fri
7pm-11pm</p>

<p>Fri @ school
9-5pm</p>

<p>Work @ sears on sat and sun for a total of about 15 hours</p>

<p>Lastly,I'm the vice president of the black student union(bsu)</p>

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<p>
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^haha, you're going to die of suicide

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<p>Isn't that a bit redundant?</p>