<p>current or incoming cal students</p>
<p>do you think its wise to use ap credit to get out of the r&c requirement? or is it better to take the classes to get a good foundation</p>
<p>Depends on how much you like intensive reading and writing courses and also what your major is.</p>
<p>Wise? Depends on the person. Some courses are intensive, some more laid back (than other R and C courses). You will write more than your average Berkeley course, and you might learn something from it. If you want to take something that will challenge you more, check into the honors class. Some classes will give students a good foundation, some say they are a wate of time. I think this depends heavily on the teacher and class. You could always get into a class and drop it later if you find one that interests you. Try it out and if you don't like it, drop it, but soon. The classes are pretty small, and you will get to know your prof/GSI fairly well if you want. It's nice to have the option to skip them, and for some students, they would not be helpful. </p>
<p>You could always take something like L and S R44, which will do more for you than just R and C. Check into that. 5 units, lots of reading, lots of stuff fulfilled.</p>
<p>From this year</p>
<p>I'm great at writing papers at home. How great of a portion do these classes give to preparing you for in writing in-class, timed essays?</p>
<p>I think not so much, just a little bit, if any (depends on class and instrcutor!).</p>
<p>Writing is such an important tool in life that I do recommend all students to take at least one intenstive writing course at Cal.</p>
<p>Which classes do you current students recomment to fulfill the R&C Requirement? I know lots of departments offer classes to satisfy it.</p>
<p>What you're interested will be most interest for you, so keep in mind the reading list of what you're studying. For something a bit different than high school English, check into these departments- art history, rhetoric, and history. The stuff in English and comp lit might be different than what you expect, and some may enjoy the reading lists. There is Italian studies and Theater studies. So much stuff. I've been </p>
<p>satisfied with my experience in French. I hear good things about rhetoric.</p>
<p><a href="http://ls-orientation.berkeley.edu/7breadth/search.php%5B/url%5D">http://ls-orientation.berkeley.edu/7breadth/search.php</a>
Also, check departmental websites.</p>
<p>In terms of theatre studies fulfilling the R&C Requirement. Is it mostly Shakespeare and classic texts that are studied?</p>
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Theater R1A (section 1) - Introduction to Dramatic Literature: Heroes and Saints: Images of the Sacred and Secular in Dramatic Literature: How do we write about the holy, the haunting, the horrible, the sacred, and the spectacular? How do we approach these topics analytically? Creatively? In this course we will address these questions by reading and writing about a range of plays that grapple with these themes, including Marisol by Jos</p>
<p>Thank you very much.</p>
<p>You're welcome. :)</p>