Rutgers Humanities and Social Science Electives Questions!!

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<p>Hi,
I will be going to the school of engineering in fall 2010 at rutgers.
I have to tell them what kind of humanities/social science electives i have to take before june 1st. Someone please help me by explaining the requirements for engineering students. I do not want to waste time and take some random classes because my goal is to get a degree in 3 years. </p>

<p>I understand that every Engineering student must take 6 of these courses (or 18 credits).</p>

<ol>
<li>01:355:101 (Expository Writing) ---{I will be taking this} </li>
<li>01:220:200 (Economic Principles and Problems) or 01:220:102 AND 01:220:103 (Micro and Macro Economics). ----{I get confused here. I am planning to take 01:220:102 Introduction of Microeconomics and 01:220:103 Macro..}</li>
<li>If 220:102/103 are taken, choose 3 electives. {I understand that if i take both micro and macro, i will need to take 3 more electives.}<br></li>
</ol>

<p>{{{{{Free electives must be selected in a manner such that:
At least two courses are at the 300/400 (upper) level;
At least two courses, including one upper level, are from the same subject area;
At least two different subjects are represented. All courses may be from the same subject only if a minor is earned in that subject. Two upper level courses from the list must still be taken.}}}}}} (someone please try to explain this to me)</p>

<p>Thank you very much for any help you provide. I hope it is clear enough for you to understand it. Thank you again.</p>

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<p>For econ: You can take just the one class Economic Principles and Problems to fulfill the economics requirement, OR you can take both Macro and Micro for the economics requirement and one lower-level humanities requirement. (Thus, if you took the Prin&Prob class, you’d have to take 4 humanities, rather than the 3 for macro/micro.)</p>

<p>For humanities electives: Yes, I know this is confusing. This is just saying that:</p>

<p>1. Of the four electives, at least two must be upper-level (The last number in the course number set is in the 300s/400s).</p>

<p>2. One lower-level course and one upper-level course must be from the same subject. (The second number in the course number set must be the same for these two courses.)</p>

<p>3. In your four electives, two subjects must be represented unless a minor is achieved. (The second course number for all four electives cannot be the same unless you are pursuing a minor in that subject.) I think the final point about upper-levels is just to reiterate that you need two upper-level courses even if you are getting a minor.</p>

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<p>Thank you!!</p>