<p>I need to select my top 3 sections for my freshman year Engi-100 class, but I'm not sure what I would enjoy. I currently don't know which field of engineering I want to study, which makes it a bit difficult to narrow down the choices. I'm most interested in 'Microprocessors and Toys' and 'Gaming for the Greater Good,' though I've heard Microprocessors is very difficult and, since I've previously taken programming courses, I'd rather stay away from the Gaming course in favor of others that involve other engineering disciplines.</p>
<p>It'd be great if students could point out which sections they (as well as any of their friends) did or did not enjoy, and whether or not they were difficult. I'd be more than willing to take a more difficult section if the material was enjoyable, but at the same time, I'd rather have this class help my GPA rather than hurt it. If it makes a difference, I'm currently learning towards Mechanical, Computer, and Chemical engineering.</p>
<p>I took the DSP one (It’ll say Music in the title and will be taught by either Fessler or Yagle) and it was pretty easy but in the end the project we did was not all that impressive. It depends what you want out of it.</p>
<p>MechE, ChemE, and CompE are about as unrelated as you can get. Saying you’re interested in those things does pretty much nothing to narrow down choices.</p>
<p>Take the easiest one you can.</p>
<p>Gaming for the greater good was easy, especially if you have any past programming experience. (Everyone will at least have had 101, but if you took 151 it will be a breeze)</p>
<p>The music one with Yagle in the Winter has gotta be the easiest. Anything with Yagle is a free A (the 400-level DSP course is easier than the 200 level signals course because of him).</p>
<p>I took Microprocessors and Toys. It is the more difficult one, but most would argue that the quality of teaching and amount learned is invaluable. Professor Chen is somewhat of a god in the computer science department at the University. He has “Godfathered” many of the courses here.</p>
<p>The class will expose you to small amounts of electric engineering, but mostly focuses on Computer Engineering and Computer Science.</p>
<p>If you have room in your schedule, you should take Engineering 110. I personally think that it should be a required course for all incoming engineerings. It’s an elective, two lectures a week. Your grade is based on attendance and easy homework. no exams. ITS A GPA BOOSTER. but more importantly, the class will help you decide on a major. The course goes over what the different fields in engineering are, and what each degree entails.</p>
<p>I came in trying to decide between computer science, chemical engineering and mechanical engineer. After the course, I knew computer science was the one for me.</p>
<p>@Mango, that sounds amazing! I’ve been looking for other classes to fill up my first two semesters. Does the class fill up fast? I’m one of the last orientation grorups (July 28-30th)…</p>
<p>I don’t think it will fill up, it’s a gigantic lecture, i think around 500 students in STAMPS Auditorium.</p>
<p>I took it a long time ago but I didn’t think 110 was any good. I really don’t think it helped me decide on a major at all. It fulfills no requirement that I’m aware of, other than getting you to 128 (which no one really has a problem with anyway) and it’s not valuable in my opinion.</p>
<p>I’ll look into Engineering 110. I honestly have no idea how many classes and electives I’m supposes to freshman year, so I should start doing some research (especially since my orientation starts next week).</p>
<p>I recently finished the engineering survey, and I had to choose my top 2 sections. Only the fall term sections were listed though, so most of the ones I wanted (including gaming and microprocessors) weren’t there. Will I still be able to choose them during my advising session?</p>
<p>Gaming for the Greater Good is Winter semester only so they everyone in the class will have taken Engr 101. </p>
<p>So sign up for Engr 101 or 151</p>