<p>Ok. When are schedules for the fall semester due? And I have looked on Tele Bears and everything and am still super confused about what classes I need to take. I am a political science major. So what and how many classes should I be taking?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>Are you an entering freshman or a transfer? </p>
<p>You start by collecting the requirements for your degree. </p>
<p>Department website for political science gives you the required (and elective) courses for your intended major. </p>
<p>College website and handbooks give you the remaining requirements. Reading and Comprehension, American Culture, breadths, etc, plus some minimum number of total units.</p>
<p>Cross off what you have already earned, from AP, CC, prior college work, whatever. </p>
<p>The rest gives you the list of what you have to take. Usually, the required stuff for major and the rest I mentioned add up to less than the total units you need (e.g. 120 units for a BA), the rest you fill in with what you find interesting. </p>
<p>At a very gross level, if a degree requires 120 units and the normal progress would accumulate that over eight semesters, then each semester you average 15 units. About five classes a semester gets you there, depends upon the class. Some are worth more units, others worth less. </p>
<p>A transfer entering with 60 units has only 60 more units to complete, and four semesters to accomplish it. They would have essentially all the breadth and other requirements completed already. 15 units per semester, knock off 2-3 courses for the major and take something interesting for the remaining 2-3 classes. </p>
<p>If it isn’t getting clearer after this, you might write a bit more about your specific situation - units already achieved, courses or requirements already satisfied, and then we can offer some suggestions. </p>
<p>Incoming students will get some self-study tutorials on this stuff over the summer, plus have a chance at CalSO to talk it over.</p>
<p>To make 120 units in 8 semesters (or 60 units in 4 semesters if you are a junior transfer), take an average of 15 units per semester. Most courses are 4 units, so that would mean about 4 courses per semester.</p>
<p>L&S requirements are here: [Office</a> of Undergraduate Advising: Summary of Degree Requirements](<a href=“http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/requirement/summary.html]Office”>http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/requirement/summary.html)</p>
<p>Political science major requirements are here: [Undergraduate</a> Program - Requirements for the Major](<a href=“http://polisci.berkeley.edu/undergrad/requirements/post/]Undergraduate”>Requirements for the Major | UC Berkeley Political Science)</p>