<p>Hi, I'm gonna be a freshman, and needed some help with a few quick questions.</p>
<p>1) I'm sure this has been asked an obscene amount of times, and I promise I tried searching before asking, but how many units should I be looking at per quarter. I know 15 would be idea, but is it abnormal for people to take 17 and 18 units at a time? </p>
<p>2) I looked at the "Easy GE" list, and I was wondering if these GE's are good ones to take:</p>
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<li>FILM TV 106A</li>
<li>Philosophy 8</li>
<li><p>Southeast Asian Studies 1</p></li>
<li><p>History 1A</p></li>
<li><p>History 2C</p></li>
<li><p>Classics 30</p></li>
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<p>3) I was looking at GE 70. Clusters don't seem to be a popular option, but has anyone had any experience with this one? It is any good? Knocking off Writing II with almost all my sciences doesn't sound like a bad deal, but if it's going to crush me trying to pass then I'll stay away.</p>
<p>*4) And finally, my main question:</p>
<p>Is Mathematics/Economics + an Accounting Minor feasible?</p>
<p>I was looking at some of the requirements and I'd pretty much have to take a Math class, an Economics class, and a Management class virtually every quarter. Is that simply unrealistic, or would taking Econ/Math/Management (with GE's as well!) every quarter be possible?</p>
<p>1) 15 units is good. You will not only be adjusting academically, but also in many other areas. (being away from home, roommates.. etc)</p>
<p>2) From what I heard, Hist 2c should be a very interesting class. I'm taking it fall quarter. I've heard that Hist 1A is very easy as well... not sure about the other ones.</p>
<p>3) I took the Cosmos cluster last year and I personally hated it. The class took up way to much of my time and I wasn't interested in the subject. But if you are, by all means, consider taking it. It does get rid of 3 science GE's plus your WII and seminar requirement.</p>
<p>4) Yeah. That's definitely feasible if you're numbers oriented. You can always take some summer sessions if the load is too heavy.</p>
<p>3) Lol, that's a bit worrisome. Was the material itself difficult, or was it more of a time sink? How much effort am I going to have put forth if I'm looking to get an A/A-/B+? Way in excess of a regular science GE? </p>
<p>Did anybody else take GE 70 and think it was a good decision?</p>
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<p>It depends how much you enjoy science. 1st quarter was actually pretty challenging because there's a lot of physics and chem, but 2nd quarter isn't too bad. It's mainly time consuming because of weekly labs and reading assignments and research papers.</p>
<p>1) 17-18 is unreasonable for your first quarter.
2) Film TV 106A is a lot of classtime. Could be fun but I'd choose a less time-consuming GE. I took SEAS 1 with Woods my first-year; easy A! :) Also, he's really nice so yeah! History 1A is freaking boring and Phillips won't help you. People like 2C with Ruiz and IDK about Classics 30.</p>
<p>Depends on the person and their major. For an engineering student, taking 12 units of science classes is a lot of work. In general, four classes is tough.</p>
<p>i actually find the more units i do the better i do overall, at 3 classes i just don't structure my time well enough. It's useful also to have a mix of exam-based classes and essay-based classes. Taking say 2 econ classes and 2 english classes isnt hard since i'll have time to do my papers usually like third week and eighth week, when i dont have much econ work then loads of time to study for the midterm and finals since i won't have all that much english work.</p>
<p>i didn't think that GE70 was all that difficult...there wasn't as much chem as people make it seem. it was more conceptual and never technical (like you never had to solve any physics problems or anything). the labs were identifying fossils and figuring out different light waves, pretty simple stuff. the most difficult part of the class was the tests, but it's a science class so that's kind of to be expected. the papers involved a lot of research, but they seriously held your hand throughout the entire process. we had to make a basic outline, then a more detailed outline, then a first draft that was peer reviewed, had another draft reviewed by your grader, and then the final draft. and comparing this cluster to the others, we did A LOT less writing (one 5-7 page paper versus 3 10-15 page papers...).</p>
<p>most of the reading was redundant if you attended lecture, and they had review sessions where they gave a lot of the answers. </p>
<p>so, in short, if you put enough time in during the quarters, it really wasn't that bad. the issue was getting to lecture every time..but since they're in de neve (which is one of the dorms), you really don't have an excuse to haul yourself out of bed to walk a few hundred yards.</p>
<p>ps i have the first quarter textbook to sell to pm me if you are interested :)</p>
<p>samantha444- are you sure other clusters had that much writing? i took history of modern thought and the research seminar was one 12-15 page paper. not 3, 10-15 pagers. and I think hmt is supposed to be one of the more intense ones.</p>
<p>lol sorry i meant over the course of the year, not realizing that i had said the same for the GE 70 cluster. but you can't deny that the science classes (and science clusters) have less writing than humanities ones. (ie my friends in the work labor and social justice cluster had a 25 page paper they had to write in their spring seminar.)</p>