<p>Lol this may be a stupid question but I'll ask it anyway! I'm a bit confused about McIntire's prerequisites and the College of Arts and Science's. </p>
<p>I plan on "transferring" to McIntire while I'm at UVA (I'm an incoming First-Year) and right now I'm trying to prepare my schedule for orientation. My question is whether or not I'll have to fulfill the CAS requirements (such as the Non-Western History Course and the SRW) along with McIntire's prerequisites OR if I'll be able to complete McIntire's prerequisites and completely ignore the CAS's requirements.</p>
<p>And if I do have to complete the CAS requirements and the McIntire prerequisites simultaneously, will I need to complete those mandated by the CAS before I "transfer" to McIntire, or will I still be allowed to take classes there while I'm in McIntire!</p>
<p>After admission, foreign language prerequisites may, with prior approval, be completed by transfer during the summer prior to enrollment, but must be completed before entering the School.</p>
<p>Regarding C&S requirements per UVa A&S website: </p>
<p>All undergraduate students except Echols Scholars are required to fulfill Area Requirements by earning the proper number of credits from courses taken in each of five different academic subject areas. </p>
<p>It is strongly recommended that all area requirements be completed by the end of the fourth semester.</p>
<p>The only one that is not required to be completed until later is the second writing, however if you are in McIntire you do not need to complete this requirement.</p>
<p>And to specifically answer your question, yes you do.</p>
<p>Okay thanks guys! I also have a question about the math prerequisites for McIntire.</p>
<p>I’m don’t have a strong math background (in fact, I didn’t even take Calculus in high school). Nonetheless, McIntire requires that I take either MATH 1110 (Probability/Finite Mathematics) or MATH 1210 (Applied Calculus I). I’ve already looked at the course description on Lous List, but it wasn’t too helpful. So from previous experience, which would you suggest for someone with a fairly weak math background.</p>
<p>Also under ECON 2010, I saw that Elzinga is almost completely full (only one more student can fit in the both of his classes and there are no waitlists). Aside from Elzinga the rest of the instructors say “Staff.” What exactly does that imply? I thought it was a TA, but I guess not.</p>
<p>They open up more slots with Elzinga for each student orientation session this summer. In the end he has over 500 students for each section for the fall.</p>
<p>Note he does not teach in the spring semester.</p>
<p>If a section is labeled “staff”, it means that they don’t currently know who is going to teach it. It is possible that it could turn out to be a TA, but I think they generally try to fill these in with professors when possible. It isn’t terrible if it ends up being a grad student - sometimes they can be better teachers than a research-focused professor.</p>
<p>For math classes,
I would have said 1110, but heard the math dept made the class significantly harder last year. It used to be taken by many students as an easy A. The faculty finally realized this and made it much harder. As for 121, I believe it is an easier version of 131. I have not taken any of these so can’t give specific help.</p>
<p>If you want to make math as pain free as possible, I would recommend checking out reviews of profs for each class on THE COURSE FORUM. The prof can often matter more than the class. See if any are said to be easier or give much better grades on average. When looking at grade distributions, also consider the type of students likely to take each class (ex, kids who take 131 are better at math on average than those who take 121, so if you see an identical distribution for each, 121 should be a lot easier).</p>
<p>Okay thank you! I’ll definitely be using the course forum and rate my professor to choose my professors and TAs! Unfortunately I look up Math 1110 on SIS and Lou’s List and it wasn’t available for the fall semester (and I don’t think they have the courses for the spring semester chosen yet). So it looks like I’ll be taking 1210 after all! Hopefully I’ll be able to choose a professor who can teach it well!</p>
<p>But thanks for all the help you guys! Now I don’t feel as lost trying to arrange my schedule!</p>
<p>Would you all happen to know when we’ll be assigned advisers? My mom said it would probably be during orientation! I sure hope she’s right!</p>
<p>Also I’m kind of curious about when we’ll choose our TAs! Do we also pick them during orientation or do we choose them on the first day of class, because they’re not even listed on Lou’s List or SIS Haha</p>
<p>I forget when you are assigned an adviser, but I did not have a chance to meet with mine until the start of school. Don’t expect for your adviser to be terribly useful - they are assigned randomly. I entered intending to major in Econ and was assigned Lou Bloomfield (the creator of Lou’s List), a physics professor. Lou was a great guy to talk to, but couldn’t tell me the first thing about Econ or business careers. The job of advisers for the first year or so is to make sure you are on track to complete required classes. If you want real advice, seek out a professor in an area that you are interested in. Most of the time they will happily give you guidance.</p>
Haha</p>