<p>Hello everyone! </p>
<p>My Spring semester just started and I'm going through my syllabi and anticipating balancing course load with a part-time job (at most 15 hrs a week). Right now I'm signed up for 6 classes (20 credits) and will have Fridays off. I'm registered for:</p>
<ul>
<li>Literature (necessary for my gen ed)</li>
<li>Intro to Science (also necessary)</li>
<li>Astronomy (counts towards a distribution req.)</li>
<li>Latin American History (also counts towards a distribution req.)</li>
<li>Women's Studies</li>
<li>Intro to Hispanic Studies</li>
</ul>
<p>Naturally I don't plan to take all six courses, and I'll probably drop some as the semester progresses. In fact, I feel like I'll drop Intro to Hispanic Studies soon as it'll free up a lot of time that I could use for working or studying. </p>
<p>But I'm looking over my syllabus for Latin American History, and I'm feeling pretty intimidated. The professor is nice and I want to be a history major but I'm not sure I have the skills yet (mostly I'm afraid of not being able to digest a lot of reading (which the class does have!) or do a lot of writing). But on the other hand, I feel like sticking with the course would help me develop those skills. However, women's studies (a course I am really interested in and spent almost all of last semester looking forward to) will focus on those skills a lot, so I might be more willing to struggle if I find the material really interesting. In addition, if I drop LA history, then I'll be able to focus on women's studies more, which could help me really refine the skills I need to take other history courses in the future. </p>
<p>Both courses (women's studies and LA hist) count towards a history degree. However, I feel reluctant to drop Latin American history despite my concerns only because I really want to start on my history major and get ahead because I might want to study abroad in the future. </p>
<p>I apologize that this is really situational but I'd appreciate any advice anyone has. Thanks for reading!</p>