<p>How many classes should a student take per quarter in order to graduate in 4 years?</p>
<p>How many GEs should a freshman take? Should they spread out the first two years? Spread out over the four years?</p>
<p>If it's relevant to answering my questions, I'm a biz econ major.</p>
<p>You should take four classes per quarter to graduate in four years. A freshman should take three GEs (one per quarter), and try to spread the GEs out over the entire four years. That way, you won't get burned out from concentrating on your major, and you can use the GEs as backup enrollments in case you fail to enroll in all the major-required courses you originally wanted. This shouldn't happen in the case of Business Economics, though -- the Economics/Management class enrollments are huge. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>are you kidding? my biz-econ friends are always getting shut out of econ/management classes.</p>
<p>Mmm...would four courses be a bit of a heavy start for a freshman for the first quarter? I was thinking of a cluster, 2 courses, and maybe a seminar for first quarter, but I'm not sure if that would be bad for me or not since I'd be new to UCLA and all.</p>
<p>Are GEs grade boosts or grade deflators, if my main goal for the two years is to maintain an adequate GPA to gain acceptance into the biz econ program? I also have priority enrollment.</p>
<p>Some people are recommending only three classes per quarter during freshman year? So I would get screwed over if I do that?</p>
<p>If BizEcon majors get shut out of economics/management courses, how does one actually enroll in those courses? Also, about how many people are in the average business economics/management class?</p>
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Are GEs grade boosts or grade deflators, if my main goal for the two years is to maintain an adequate GPA....</p>
<p>Some people are recommending only three classes per quarter during freshman year? So I would get screwed over if I do that?
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<p>I'd like to know the answer to these too.</p>
<p>1) depends on what you're good at and what classes you pick for your GEs. someone who has a music background migh find "the art of listening" so easy that they dont even have to worry about it while another person who has no interest or history in music might find it to be one of their more challenging courses. keep in mind classes like chem 20A and chem 20B can also be "GE's".</p>
<p>2) screwed over as in how?</p>
<p>Screwed over as in having to take 5 classes in the future or not graduating in time. My tour guide and the students at the UCLA Welcome Day recommended three. Should I take four to be on schedule to graduate in four years (without having to do summer school)?</p>
<p>I think s/he means screwed over as in jeopardizing courseloads in the future. (That is, having to compensate for taking a lesser load in the first quarter of his/her year at UCLA, especially if taking 3 classes is not the norm.) </p>
<p>Semi-related question: Obviously, students have different methods for studying and have different capabilities of retaining information (and for different subjects too). What number of hours is suggested for studying per class? I've heard that generally, 2 hours per class hour works. What is your opinion about this?</p>
<p>look at all the requirements for your major. count up how many classes you have to take including GEs. if its 36 or less, taking 3 classes a quarter will be fine. if its more than 36 classes, then you'll have to take more than 3 a quarter at some point, so you should budget accordingly. but you definitely should take 3 your first quarter so you can adjust.</p>
<p>oh, keep in mind that some pre-reqs for your major will also overlap as GE courses, so cross reference that with the GE course list for your college so you dont count something twice. (like chem 20A is a pre-req for my major, but its also a physical science GE, so its sort of like a 2 for 1 deal.)</p>
<p>full time on the quarter system is still 12 units right? not 16??</p>
<p>I don't get it. You need 180 units to graduate, right? Most courses are 4 Units, so that would mean at least 45 classes. You said "if it's 36 or less"...how is that possible?</p>
<p>theres a good number of 5 unit courses. a lot of (most?) north campus classes are 5 units. most non science GEs are 5 units. the physics and life science series are 5 units each course.</p>
<p>Oh I see...</p>
<p>I'm a transfer student and all I have left is major (biz econ) courses. How do those courses compare to others? Is it hard to get the necessary 3.5 GPA to get in the major?</p>
<p>Does anyone know where I can find a list of the necessary GE courses?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/GE/%5B/url%5D">http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/GE/</a></p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>Has anyone ever attempt to take 5 classes in a quarter and survive relatively unscathed (uh... gradewise)?</p>
<p>I'm looking at doubling in Physiological Science and Biophysics, with a minor in East Asian Languages, right now.</p>
<p>I'm planning on taking summer courses, but I would like to graduate in four years.</p>
<p>For freshman first quarter, I'm thinking of taking four courses: the intro sequences in physics, life science, a GE course, and a cluster course.</p>