<p>DS and I will be headed down for the June 10/11 orientation and we have been trying to come up with a tentative class schedule. He is planning on some sort of Business major, so we have been looking at the BSM requirements, but we do have a few questions...</p>
<p>1- Assuming he scores a 4 or 5 on his AP Macro and Micro exams, will this fulfill the requirements for Econ 1010 and 1020? And does will that count towards the Social Science requirements? </p>
<p>2- It looks like Psyc 1000 is required for all BSM majors, is that right? </p>
<p>3 - From what I understand, Business majors must take Math 1140 (Business Stats) and either Math 1150 (Long Calc) or Math 1210 (Calc). Since DS isn't much of a math student, we figured Math 1150 sounded easier than Math 1210, but after going on ratemyprofessor, it sounds like all of the Math 1150 profs are bad! How much should he rely on this site? Would it be better to take a better teacher with the harder (1210) math? or, should he take 1140 (stats) first semester and worry about Calc later on?</p>
<p>4- After taking 3 years of Italian in HS, DS can barely speak a word (despite managing to get A's in the class), so he is going to start a new language (Spanish). Does this mean that he will need to take 2 semesters? more?</p>
<p>5- So, if we are understanding this process, he should take:
1)Math 1140 (stat) or 1150 (Long Calc)
2)English 1010 (freshman writing)
3)TIDB (Busniness TIDES)
4)Spanish 1010
5)PSYC 1000
6)and ??? - one more class, what should this be? What other business classes are open to and good for freshman? or, should he try to fulfill a CORE requirement? If so, what?</p>
<p>This is stressful (for me, not him. He is ditching school today and is at the Jersey Shore. I am sitting here obsessing and stressing...what is wrong with this picture?)</p>
<p>First of all, don’t stress. They have advisors for a reason. It isn’t necessary to know exactly what your son is going to register for before he gets to orientation. You have done an excellent job of familiarizing yourself with the basic information. I would just point out that English, Math, and Spanish are all four hour classes so you are already at 12 hours with just those three. With those classes meeting four times a week, it becomes the equivalent of having an extra class essentially. With Psyc and Tides, he would have 16.5 and that is a good target in my opinion. Especially if he has AP credit, there is no need to have more hours than that. </p>
<p>S1 took Math 1210 and didn’t have any problem with it, but he had already had Calculus in high school. Historically Bstat (Math 1140) wasn’t open to freshmen, but that may have changed. I am hoping that is the case because my incoming freshman is signed up for Calc 1210, but took the AP exam and is hoping to place out of Calc. </p>
<p>Relax and have a good time at orientation. They will make sure he has what he needs.</p>
<p>Oh, but I so enjoy stressing!! BTW, I just checked, Math 1140 (stat) is 4 credits, but Math 1150 is only 3 credits. Also, in one of the sample schedules for freshman, it shows Math 1140 as an option.
I am worried about Math 1210 because DS has always struggled in math and is only in PreCalc now. He was doing pretty well B+ to A- until senioritis kicked in (he is at the beach in Belmar NJ as we speak!)</p>
<p>1) Yes, scores of either 4 or 5 will get him 3 credits for Micro and 4 credits for Macro, plus he would not have to take those intro Econ courses. I think he is still required to take 6 credits of Social Science, he just gets to start at a higher level. But he can double check that with his advisor. Tulane requires that within the Humanities/Social Science/Fine Arts group, students take at least one course that is within the European Tradition perspective and one outside of it. Even if the AP does end up counting towards his Social Science requirement, I would recommend he take a couple of courses anyway. To me, at least, taking at least a course or two in all the different traditional groupings (science, fine arts, humanities, etc.) is what college is largely about.</p>
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<li><p>Yes, Psyc 1000 is required.</p></li>
<li><p>Since math isn’t his strong suit, I would just start with the Stats and then he can size up the professors and the difference in material for the two Calc courses. No sense taking two math courses in one semester if it is something he is likely to need extra time and help with.</p></li>
<li><p>He has to pass a language course at the 102 level, so since he is starting fresh with Spanish (should be a fairly easy transition from Italian), he will need two semesters, the 101 and 102.</p></li>
<li><p>So for 1) I would go for the Stats course, as I said. For his 6th course, he should pick something that just sounds interesting to him. History? Geology? Music Theory? This is where, of the hundreds of courses available, he can do something out of the box to add to his intellectual growth. Naturally the time slots of his other 5 courses will dictate the choice to some extent, but surely there is something that he will hopefully just find really interesting that will is available. My D took EBIO 3180, Plants and Human Affairs her first semester even though she is not a science major and she loved it. She was actually talking about adding a third major in EBIO when we were with her at Thanksgiving that semester (she didn’t). Now that course certainly isn’t to everyone’s taste, but just saying that is the kind of thing a student can stumble across and really enjoy.</p></li>
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<p>But kreative makes an excellent point about the total hours he will have even without a course like that. It makes sense to not add the 6th course and focus on really doing well his first semester.</p>
<p>Are we missing something? Where do we find the actual course list with times offered? We were on the website the other day and only found general listings of courses with no descriptions.</p>
<p>It will default to Fall 2013, so no worries about that. Then just surf the course listings by department or other criteria. Most have course descriptions if you click on the course number in blue. Some don’t, but you might be able to find a description of those in that departments web section.</p>
<p>Be sure to pay attention to which campus it is on, because they also list courses for Tulane’s satellite campus in Mississippi. You can use the filter to get Uptown locations only. Also don’t worry about the available seat numbers, they hide quite a few seats to allow for all Orientation attendees to have a chance to register.</p>
<p>Hi Jozuko, my D1 is a business major and will be a junior. She has been fortunate to register early because she is in the honors program and had a lot of AP credits but she said that a lot of people she knew had trouble getting into the business stats class because there not that many sections so if your son can get in now it would be good to get it out of the way. Freshman year she took the Intro to Business Computing class, that is required and it is only 1.5 credits. And she took Intro to Acting to fullfill her fine arts requirement. One of her tour guides told her about it and it was a great tip. It was fun and a very easy A and my D is not a “theater” type at all. Your son will LOVE Tulane!</p>
<p>Okay, I am now quite familiar with the registration process (I can log into Gibson, search classes, make up a tentative schedule, even print it up if I want…yeah mom!). I am pretty sure that I have a handle on the BSM requirements and CORE requirements (although I’m not quite sure what classes make up “Western tradition” and “outside Western tradition.” I must say that I am rather proud of myself and am anxious to share my new found wisdom and expertise with DS. He however, thinks that I am nuts (which I very well may be) and refuses to sit down at the computer with me. He claims that he has to “study for a math test” yet I do not see any studying going on. (He is currently sitting outside by the pool, in the sun!). He promises that he will look at it with me “later!”</p>
<p>So, here is my next question. When I go to choose some of the sections of some classes, it says that there are no seats available! How is this possible so early on in the process? And, I am not just talking about a 15 person TIDES class. It says this for a 90 person Psych class. I would like him to go into the orientation with a tentative schedule. Should I assume that these classes are really closed already?</p>
<p>Generally they open up a certain number of seats for each registration session, but he won’t be able to nail down the exact schedule until he gets there. Go enjoy the sun! :)</p>
<p>My D is also going to orientation June 10th and 11th… I am trying to “let go” and let her take responsibility (which she hasn’t yet). For those that have been thru this, should I step in? How bad will the “natural consequences” of not preparing be? 8:00 am classes would not be a good thing! So…when to let go, that is the question!</p>
<p>oliver…I feel your pain! and I, obviously can not “let go”. I had been urging my son to familiarize himself with the registration process for weeks now. When he finally decided to take a look, he was overwhelmed and gave up. So, as usual, I stepped in. I clicked on all the links, read through the freshman guide ( <a href=“http://tulane.edu/advising/upload/freshman-guide2013.pdf[/url]”>http://tulane.edu/advising/upload/freshman-guide2013.pdf</a> ) and figured out how to register for the classes on Gibson. Then, I was able to sit him down and go over the highlights (CORE curriculum etc). I think that now when we go to orientation, he will have a pretty good idea about what he needs to register for and how to go about it. I think that going into the meeting with the adviser with this basic knowledge will help him a lot. So…others may disagree, but I say step in! They are not going to need us for stuff like this much longer so why not?</p>
<p>A year ago, I think I would have been one of those “step in parents”, but I was forced to let go when D went on exchange this year so I’ve already been dealing with this. </p>
<p>What’s the worst thing that will happen if you don’t help your child figure it all out before orientation? S/he’ll talk to the advisor, figure it all out and get signed up for classes anyway. </p>
<p>It’s hard to let go and admit that our kids are approaching adulthood, but we have to start the process sometime. (this is all said with much love and understanding…I have had this conversation with myself on a regular basis)</p>
<p>There really are no consequences for going in without looking at any of the course offerings other than possibly not finding a course that they would have enjoyed. No one can look at all the course offerings for her and know what she would find interesting. But, since most freshmen come in having most of the courses more or less determined already, at least within some categories (this is very dependent on what major they are considering, if any yet), this is a small factor for most.</p>
<p>Let her be, she will be fine. Let her know you are ready to help if she wants it, but that this is her job to take care of as she sees fit.</p>
<p>This might sound a little blunt, but make sure he takes a math professor who speaks English. The ONLY qualm I have about my undergrad experience at Tulane is their math department. The grad students teaching freshman classes are awful.</p>
<p>FWIW, that definitely is not just a Tulane issue. I hear the same complaint at most schools similar to Tulane, and at some of those schools not just for math. At Tulane that seems to be the only subject where it is sometimes an issue.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, if current trends continue nationally, the problem will just get worse. Students whose first language is not English continue to be an increasing percentage of graduate students in the USA.</p>
BTW, I just checked, Math 1140 (stat) is 4 credits, but Math 1150 is only 3 credits. Also, in one of the sample schedules for freshman, it shows Math 1140 as an option.