<p>I was just wondering if anyone could give me advice/comment on the schedule i made up for myself for my freshman 1st semester. I wasn't sure how many classes incoming freshman usually take, so i took a safe bet with 4. my only concern is that i have 14 credits, because 2 of the classes are 3 credits (but one of those is a 200 level class).</p>
<p>Also, I plan on being a history/gov't double major with a focus on american studies.</p>
<p>Also, I'm taking the Evolution course because it applies to being a history major but more importantly handles one of my distribution requirements for science according to the course guide. I'm going to get (hopefully) 8 credits for calc to get rid of the math requirement, so i'll only need to satisfy one science class after! i hate science lol. And I want to get Spanish out of the way as well, but I'm pretty good in it so it shouldnt be a hard grade.</p>
<p>Basically, I'm trying to ease my way into college. I'll definitely consider taking 5 classes second semester if that is what a lot of people do!</p>
<p>The only thing I don’t like about your schedule is the big time gap on tuesdays/thursdays. I’d rather have back to back classes because that downtime is often wasted.</p>
<p>The schedule does seem a bit light, but I guess it’s reasonable for first semester. One thing to remember: you have to take a writing seminar first semester. You’ll sign up for those later, in early september I believe. So you might want to remove one of your classes if you’re going to take only 4 classes first semester.</p>
<p>the credit number is fine for 1st semester freshman year
but i agree with hoonose…that time gap isn’t good… it might seem good since you get a nice lunch break, but i’ve had that same 11AM-255PM time gap and its a waste of time… i regretted not having back-to-back classes in the morning to get things out of the way early</p>
<p>Try using [chequerd</a> - Login](<a href=“http://www.chequerd.com%5Dchequerd”>http://www.chequerd.com) instead of Schedulizer, it’s easy to visualize the changes in your schedule.</p>
<p>Also, don’t forget about your P.E. class and what happened to your freshmen writing seminar?</p>
<p>The time gap on Tuesdays and Thursdays would be a pain, but if you’re willing to put up with it (or take a phys ed class in that time), that’s fine.</p>
<p>There are so many wonderful, unique history classes that unless you’re really unfamiliar with general American history, I’d encourage you to try something at the 2000 or 3000 level. (A common freshman misconception is that course levels are assigned to class level - not at all - you can take whatever you want, whenever you want. And the history major doesn’t require intro classes.) If you’re into American stuff, I HIGHLY recommend Kramnick’s American Political Thought class (Hist 3160/Gov3665). It’s relatively easy and the professor is amazing.</p>
<p>Another tip I usually give people is to sign up for 5 classes, just initially. It’s a lot of work, and probably too much for your first semester, but if you end up really disliking one of your classes you can always drop it. With 14 credits you’re stuck in all those classes, since you can’t dip below 12 credits.</p>
<p>Other than that, looks good! Just always keep your distribution requirements in the back of your mind…</p>
<p>We don’t sign up for classes until orientation day.
but i used this schedulizer program that has the classes so you can arrange a schedule as a guideline. it will then give you possible schedules to chose from.</p>
<p>tuesday/thursday writing seminar during that time gap would be 11:40AM-12:55PM i believe…the writing seminars are up on just the facts if you want to look at them (although you can sign up yet)</p>