<p>I'll be in the FPF program, and I am also in the College of Letters & Sciences. The amount of units required for full-time status in L&S is 13. Adding together my already required Math and Writing classes makes 8 units...so that leaves 5 more units needed to complete. I'll be spending these on Breadth courses, and the majority of them are of 4 units (2 and 3 unit classes are both low in number and are kinda sucky/not to my interests). </p>
<p>So I'm wondering if I can just get my Math and Writing classes, along with one 4-unit Breadth course for a total of 12 units, and be fine with it.</p>
<p>I'm doing 12 units at FPF next year! We can be part time together! I don't think it's that big of a deal unless you are getting financial aid that requires you to be full time.</p>
<p>The problem is that I don't even know if my financial aid requires full-time.
(I'm relying on only Cal Grant and Berkeley's financial aid plan, btw)</p>
<p>You could always aim for 14-15 units. Consider taking three 4-unit classes and a 3-unit class or something like that. Honestly the FPF classes aren't that hard (in my opinion) so I think 15 is perfectly doable. If you're a part-time student I think they will generally give you less financial aid, so if you're counting on that aid, I would just try to get above 13 units.</p>
<p>Parental health insurance plans sometimes require that the student be full time students.</p>
<p>^ a good point. same with discounted car insurance...which your parents may also be paying.</p>