<p>Hi. I'm a freshman and I was planning to be a chem/physics major. I didn't take any science class during the first semester, and I can't take science either on second semester because all the science offered on second semester have prerequisite classes only offered during the first semester. </p>
<p>Actually there is one science class that's offered on 2nd semester, and that is "practical physics." For Practical Physics, math is limited to Algebra II. However, I don't really want to take that class, since I have to take regular "general physics(which requires knowledge on Calculus)" again in order to major in physics, and it seems like a waste of time to take both. </p>
<p>Therefore, my schedule for 2nd semester is ALL HUMANITY COURSES except calculus and they are total 18 credits. </p>
<p>Classes are.. philosophy, religion, french, women's studies, and calc. </p>
<p>Should I go ahead and take "practical physics" instead of one of the humanity classes I'm taking? and I'm honestly quite afraid of all papers that I'm gonna have to write for the humanity classes..I am a math and science person, and my English isn't my first language. Also, Philosophy and Religion classes are 300 level, and I'm a freshman. Help me out of this dilemma! </p>
<p>Thanks so much in advance, and happy new year.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t take the physics class. I think you are right that that class would be mostly a waste of your time. Added to that, it seems like a watered-down class for non-majors. I don’t like those classes because even though I know all of the important material, I have to sit through the boring lectures because there tend to be some random “easy” questions on the exams. (I took an introductory programming class for non-majors and on the final exam there were questions like “What is a robot?” and “Why is there such a big gender-imbalance in the field?”)</p>
<p>If you want to take a full load of humanities, go ahead and do it! Freshman year is your time to explore! </p>
<p>If you want to take another science class, you could consider another math class (linear algebra is usually taken after calculus, but you could take it concurrently because it has nothing to do with calculus) or computer science (it looks good on a resume and it will come in handy later).</p>
<p>I definitely second b@r!um’s computer science course recommendation. Any solid course in Java/FORTRAN/C# would be an excellent addition to the physics/chemistry major.</p>
<p>thanks for the new insight. I think I might switch my philosophy class to computer science, though I need a research on what computer science is about. It was never an interest of mine, so I have no idea what I’m about to learn in that class.</p>