<p>Incoming freshman (Spanish major) registering for classes, and I just wanted to know...</p>
<p>Intro to Comp Sci or Probability & Statistics?
Intro to Ethics or Intro to Philosophy or I & the Other?
Latin American Civilization I or something more general?</p>
<p>Any professors for the above that you would recommend? Any mistakes you made while registering? Does Modern Art always fill up so quickly?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ratemyprofessor.com%5B/url%5D">www.ratemyprofessor.com</a> always helps</p>
<p>Also, what does "intensive" mean in regards to language courses? Does it just mean the course is harder so it's worth 6 credits?</p>
<p>If your going in as a spanish major, I definately would register for intensive. Even if your not a spanish I would register for intensive if you really like spanish and your schedule allows it. I went in as a Spanish major and I loved intensive although you do have your work cut out for you. You definately get more homework when your intensive but you learn the material alot better. Because you get small assignments almost everyday, it forces you to keep up with the material, so there's not much cramming when exam time comes. Also because you have more work, you grade isn't hinged on just three tests like they are non-intensive classes. For the intensive classes, you would have to meet everyday instead of just three times a week. You get to know your professors really well and you grow really close to your classmates. Both semesters last year, we went out to dinner to a Spanish restaurant with our spanish teachers. Because there's more time, you really get a chance to practice every single aspect of the language through different means. We write essays, watch movies, listen to music, have debates, read stories and discuss currently events on a weekly basis. The difficulty of the intensive program depends on what course it is. For me, int. intermediate was much easier than intensive adv. If you don't slack off, you'll probably end up with nothing lower than a B. A's you have to work a little bit harder for but that's what most course at Georgetown are like. The the Spanish program at Georgetown is pretty wonderful and the professors are pretty good. Sometimes, some of the professors that teach the spanish classes won't be on ratemyprofessors.com because they are grad students, but in my experience, they are more than qualified to teach. Best of luck with registration!</p>
<p>Yeah, the grad students DEFINITELY make better Spanish teachers. They care more that you really understand the material.</p>
<p>Also, you will write essays, watch movies, listen to music, have debates, read stories, and discuss current events in regular Spanish as well. I just thought I'd throw that in.</p>
<p>i took intro to comp sci first semester freshman yr. it's definitely a relatively easy class. prof. miles is kinda funny, makes it interesting, and offers A LOT of extra credit opportunities. you basically make your own website using html and javascript. you also learn very basic encryption methods(i vaguely remember having to encrypt a message and sending it via email to him for extra credit). you learn everything in lecture than learn more in lab, as well as handing in the code for your website assignments. I believe you also have to present something to the lab class. </p>
<p>i'm taking prob & stat next week(summer session 2). all i know is that it's calculus based stats.</p>
<p>Thanks guys.</p>
<p>amber, I am a Spanish major and was told to sign up for Spanish Academic Writing based on my AP and SAT ii scores. Do you have experience with this course and does it lead to intensive study? It's divided into Culture, Linguistics, and Literature. There weren't course descriptions for the last 2--do you know anything about them? I signed up for Linguistics because I assume I'd be more into that.</p>
<p>Alrighty, how does this look:</p>
<p>SPAN-200-05 ACADEMIC WRITING: LINGUISTICS
FREN-001-07 INTRODUCTORY FRENCH I
COSC-010-03 INTRO TO COMPUTER SCIENCE
THEO-001-18 THE PROBLEM OF GOD
LING-001-07 INTRO TO LANGUAGE</p>
<p>Ha, 3 posts in a row on my own thread, but...</p>
<p>Did anyone have trouble getting primary choices for first semester?</p>
<p>Academic Writing is more advanced than any of the intensive classes, so you won't take them. (Unless you take French intensive)</p>
<p>You shouldn't have any trouble getting that schedule. Maybe not the exact class times, but you'll get those classes.</p>
<p>Awesome. Ah, so is intensive just a fast way to get the basics? And is it something I'll be able to do with French or Arabic in the future? (assuming I continue with Spanish)</p>
<p>Scratch the last question. But I'd really like to know if I can start on the regular track with French and then continue with intensive?</p>
<p>I think it is best to start intensive and stay intensive throughout. That would be a good question to ask your dean. </p>
<p>If you are good at languages, (which it sounds like you are) I would just take intensive French. Don't worry about it being too much work...you're just spending a bit more time in class. Especially because the schedule you posted above is pretty easy, so you should be able to handle it (bad comes to worse, you can drop after the first few weeks)</p>