<p>Hello, I switched from business--->CivEngineering last semester, and so I basically have to start at the beginning as far as engineering coursework goes. I was wondering about my schedule below, attending a state U.</p>
<p>a.) Do you think I will have time to other stuff, like working out and meeting people(lol), if I'm going to maintain a good gpa(3.5+)?</p>
<p>b.) do you think it is enough classes, should i consider bumping it up to 19 creds?</p>
<p>Fall Schedule:</p>
<p>4creds---------------------------English Comp
4creds---------------------------Mechanics
4creds----------------------------Calc III
4creds-------------------------Chem I w/ lab 16creds</p>
<p>-I know its kinda awkward to be asking this, but my advisor in my old department is totally clueless about this, and I have to keep seeing her until i fulfill the requirements to switch...</p>
<p>Normally there are rough schedules for the different engineering curriculum's at universities, I'd check there first. Or you could ask someone in the engineering department? </p>
<p>I wouldn't jump to 19 credit hours just yet, I'd stick with what you have (looks reasonable enough) and see how it fits and then maybe you can ramp up the course load when you have a good idea of how it's going.</p>
<p>Yes, you will have time to workout, socialize, do a sport even and keep 3.5+, just be sure to manage your time well and not lose sight of the GPA goal. Sometimes you may have to sacrifice a weekend, that sort of thing.</p>
<p>1) MATLAB is a course?
2) Wave motion and quantum physics is only two hours...??
3) It's credit hours, not class hours. Nobody ever really counts up class hours per week; it's not really a metric that's used for anything aside from complaining that you're in class so many hours per week. ;)</p>
<p>1) Yes. Originally for M.E.'s, C++ for engineers was required. But the department changed it to MATLAB, so I have to take that instead.</p>
<p>2) Yes, it's 2 credits only.</p>
<p>3) It really stinks how we engineers get ripped off in a lot of ways. We all end up taking 14 credits with 20 class hours/week. And when you look at music majors and such, they take 13 credits with 10 class hours/week. I can see why engineering is tough.</p>
<p>Looks like a good, comfortable schedule to me. Make sure you keep up with your work for each class and you will do fine. You could probably add an extra easy elective if you are desperate to fulfill gen ed requirements.</p>
<p>If you take an additional class, try to choose one that will not be very demanding on your time...like maybe a distribution course. Chem will probably be 3 hours of lecture, 4 hours of lab and several hours of lab report writing, ie, more that it seems at first glance. OTOH, my son always took 5 courses per semester (engineering, including labs and design projects) along with a weekly departmental seminar, so it can certainly be done. Just manage your time.</p>
<p>If I come with credits, worth 16 hours, can I reduce my 18 hours per semester (for four years) to 16 hours/semester. 18 * 8 (semsters) = 144 hours
144 - 16 (hours from credits) = 128
128 / 8 = 16 hours per semester......does it work this way?</p>
<p>I am looking at a major and minor and my counselor told me that I have to average about 18 hours a semester...without credits I think...sound reasonable?</p>