<p>Alright I plan on majoring in Political Science next Fall.</p>
<p>Bottom Line: Tell me everything about department/program.</p>
<p>It's awesome. It'll blow your mind.</p>
<p>Join CHP :].</p>
<p>CHP? California Highway Patrol?</p>
<p>I'm a polisci major. What do you want to know? (granted I'm only a second -year)</p>
<p>Uh, what are first year intro classes like in terms of difficulty, material, class size, teachers, etc. Basically anything you can tell me about being a first year Political Science major.</p>
<p>Amount of time studying, format of study, readings, what the major is like, etc.</p>
<p>Any info you're willing to give would be appreciated.</p>
<p>Campuswide Honors Program. A challenge would be fun, haha. </p>
<p>Hey yackityack. Sorry for being a little off-topic, but what do you generally think about the engineering students at UCI. I am wondering how engineers are looked at informally at UCI (i.e. bad communicators, hard studiers, etc.).</p>
<p>Yeah...I think I'd do the honors program for my major if I get good enough grades. Dunno about CHP though.</p>
<p>The stereotype about engineers at UCI is just like any other campus. They have a hard major, they study a lot, and they're nerds. But in reality, there are all kinds of people in engineering - nerds, flakes, spazzes, cool people, smelly people, fat people, thin people.</p>
<p>The most basic polisci classes like polisci 6a: intro to polisci have a ton of people in them. prolly 300-400. But most classes aren't that big and you have discussions with TAs that have about 15-20 people in them. Some of the intro classes can be kinda dry..not the most exciting..but I took an upperdiv class last quarter that I really liked since the material was more specific to a topic.</p>
<p>How much you need/want to study really depends on your style and how the prof operates the class. Readings come from textbooks and/or academic journals.</p>
<p>About engineer stereotypes--what Alicantekid said.</p>