<p>This is my schedule for this year. I just want to know if there is too much electives or not enough required courses, I don't want to load them all up in the second semester, I'm trying to mix them up. I'm planning to transfer to the school of architecture. I couldn't find a physics or pre-calculus course that is open and I checked almost everyday. The only pre-calculus class i found that was open was only restricted to the college of fine arts people. And I don't take english until spring. THe problem is that the parents seem to have a problem that I had added this czech republic course because it has nothing to do with my major. I don't know why they seem to raise hell about it, if I was concerned I would go to my advisor not them! I mean I kinda find it interesting like photographic communications course because of my interest in photography. Not every course has to be directly related to my major, im a freaking freshman, I asked what if I changed my mind and changed majors all of sudden. Anyways I know for the school of architecture I should focus more in the GPA but is this schedule even good, at least for someone who wants to transfer for the school of architecture?</p>
<p>THIS HUMAN WORLD: INTRO TO GRG<br>
UNITED STATES SINCE 1865<br>
1-ROBOTS/BEER PUBS: CZECH CUL<br>
ARCHITECTURE AND SOCIETY
PHOTOGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION</p>
<p>Why are you not just taking calculus? I feel like you won’t stand much of a chance at Architecture if you are not taking calculus. A lot of people start as freshmen in the architecture program having already completed calculus.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about what your parents are saying. It’s your life and taking classes completely unrelated to your major gives you a chance to explore things you find interesting. You might end up changing your major after freshman year anyways. This sounds cliche, but you really just have to follow your heart and choose things you like, otherwise class is going to be boring as h***.</p>
<p>@WhyTwoKay The reason I am not taking calculus because I took pre-ap pre cal in high school and I thought if I jump to college level calculus all of a sudden I may end up doing bad. So I wanted to retake pre calculus but at a complete college level and then do calculus.</p>
<p>Well, while pre calc might be a good idea, if you can’t get into it this semester you are kinda wasting a lot of time. Just my opinion. Architecture is already a long program, and you may end up making it take even more time. You wouldn’t even end up taking calc until fall of your sophomore year. Is it not a pre-req of any sort of classes you need to take? I know for most engineering people need it quickly, and I am assuming some sort of architecture type building class would require knowledge of calc pretty soon.</p>
<p>@ smartone92 yes my advisor suggested that. At least after taking pre-calculus, I would know what to expect for calculus and things can run smooth. But I wanted to do that this semester but so I can take calculus next semester but again I didn’t find any openings, so I don’t know what else to do because I also have to take that ALEKS to place into that class. And I know I will need some time to take and then if I don’t get the right score, I would need to take it again. So I may just have to wait until next semester.</p>
<p>@WhyTwoKay I’ll email the architecture advisor and see what he/she suggests. Although I can just jump to it next semester but again I don’t want to end up getting a really low grade on a calculus class because I get confused after going from high school level pre-ap pre calculus to college level calculus. If I had taken calculus in high school then yes. There were a lot of calculus classes that were open though but still.</p>
<p>DON’T take calculus now. It will kill your GPA if you are not ready for that class and could screw over your chances of getting in. Wait until you are in the program and then take the K and L sequence (I think that’s what it’s called), preferably over the summer at a community college because it’s a b1tch to take while you are taking design classes. You don’t need cal to get into architecture. A lot of people who transferred into arch while I was there took calculus their first semester in the program, not before.</p>
<p>Also you can take the Physics SAT subject test to get physics out of the way. No need to actually take the class. You really need to take as few non-architecture classes at UT as possible while you are in architecture.</p>
<p>@setphaserstostun: oh thank you I was waiting for a reply like that. I think people need to understand, if I fail the course and I have to take it again, the time I could make preparing for the course I spend it taking a course I wasn’t prepared for. For the subject test, do you have to make a certain score on it before you waive taking the class?</p>
<p>You need a at least a 600 (out of 800 I think) to get 8 credit hours of physics - it is equal to two physics classes and two labs. It’s pretty easy. I just got a workbook from Kaplan and read it a few times and then that was it.</p>
<p>@setphaserstostun- I am an incoming freshman and the suggested course schedule for my major recommends that I take physics 303k/103M or 301/101L in the spring of my sophomore year and physics 303L/103N or 316/116L in the fall of my junior year.</p>
<p>So if I take the SAT physics subject tests sometime between now the spring of my sophomore year would it take care of these classes?</p>
<p>oh ok well im not super great in physics even though i managed to get an A in it in high school. Although I can study it from a workbook may be useful, im thinking of taking it next semester but also idk if i’ll have time to study for the ACT for the other colleges and then take the ALEKS for the math courses and then try to fit in the physics subject test all together. I think i’ll just take the course instead or make an appointment with the architecture advisor and see what he suggests.</p>
<p>It’s up to you. You’d have to take two physic classes/two semesters of it, though. The test is really not that hard. </p>
<p>The advisers will say the same thing - it’s up to you. But you can take the SAT subject test at any time before you graduate. It doesn’t have to be now. My adviser didn’t even tell me about the test, I learned from an upperclassmen and my adviser seemed surprised that I even knew about it but said it was a good idea. They’ll say the same about calculus. Depends on your math abilities and whatnot. </p>
<p>If you decide to take physics at UT it’s better to take it during your second year in architecture when you start taking construction classes, since first year we don’t use physics at lot, if at all, in projects.</p>
<p>Oh well I planning to transfer into the school of architecture so maybe i’ll do that next semester or over the summer. But If I take it over the summer I can transfer the scores to the school right?</p>