<p>I don't know what school you're going to, but, I have a few teacher recs for the classes you're planning to take. They all teach at several schools, and will make life a little bit easier, fair w/ amount of work assigned, no ego trips, or rude behavior at all.</p>
<p>Econ 1 & 2<br>
Keskinel @ SMC and a few other schools, is a great teacher. no projects, midterm, final, and a few quizzes. Very fair, also has printable lecture notes...</p>
<p>History
David Byrne (the best!) and Raul Ruiz (close second)
Byrne: Midterm, Final, and a few quizzes, nothing crazy.
RUiz: midterm, final, paper
Byrne has a good sense of humor w/ history as well</p>
<p>English
Phil Poulos: funny, smart, and I believe allows revisions for credit.
Dana Marterella: uses interesting books, great feedback.
Jeff Brown: he simply rocks! funny, smart, and is very interested in your interpretation of a text. allowed revisions for credit, not sure how many points b/c I didn't do it...</p>
<p>Math
Maria Perser and Hector Lemus: both enjoy teaching math so you actually learn in the class. no rushing through everything, while 80% of the class remains confused. </p>
<p>Spanish:
Celia Simon Ross and Fernando Oleas: both amazing! they make learning spanish much easier. very fun personalities and both love to teach culture as well as language. very fair!</p>
<p>Two courses in the winter session is suicide. 6 units in 3 weeks.... ugh. its doable but two full years of a heavy courseload with little breaks is bound to break someone in half lol. A 6 unit winter is equivalent to a 32unit regular semester as far as workload in a per week basis.</p>
<p>16/3 = 5 1/3 * 6 = 32
Normal weeks per semester divided by 3 = 5 1/3 times faster per unit(rate) * 6 units = 32 unit equivalence</p>
<p>32 hours spent in class + 64 hours spent studying = 96 hours a week =X that's crazy.</p>
<p>lol seriously, that's why you need to choose the "right" course.
As far as my course went, in dance appreciation, I did absolutely nothing except watching hours of Ballet Video throughout the whole semester... and there was a very light project..where you had to read a book and write a book report. and final was basically writing an essay about the project. NO HOMEWORK Besides that.</p>
<p>And as for Sociology, we barely had homeowork, all we did was discuss in class and a minor project. and as long as i didnt skip any class, it was guaranteed A.</p>
<p>So if you choose the right class, 6 unit is perfectly doable AND EASY.</p>
<p>Note: Total # of hours I spent in studying for both courses COMBINED < 3hours throughout the WHOLE SEMESTER.</p>
<p>dhl3: I guess you lucked out. I've never had a course where I studied so infrequently. The majority of courses I have taken will assign reading from cover to cover. And I would say many of my teachers are pretty easy compared to others that I have taken.</p>
<p>My question to you is why not just do 15unit/15unit fall/spring semesters and take 3/6 winter/summer. There's 39 units versus doing a heavy load for a year and then cutting back in the second year.</p>
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My question to you is why not just do 15unit/15unit fall/spring semesters and take 3/6 winter/summer. There's 39 units versus doing a heavy load for a year and then cutting back in the second year.
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<p>I think THAT is exactly what i did. Taking four classes = between 12 - 15 units.</p>
<p>But It's always your choice.
If you think taking 2+ courses during Winter is too much, you can cut that back to one course. As long as you have your IGETC completion planned out ;)</p>