<p>(I am going to be a freshman next year...)</p>
<p>I'm trying to plan my schedule for first semester. If i have Math 54, Chem 1A, E10 and a humanities class is that too heavy a load? How hard are E10 and E7, the two required engineering classes for freshmen? </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I would say that's an average load. You might want to take it easy first semester, though--you have plenty of time to complete your requirements. I would recommend Math 53 instead of 54 since Hutchings is teaching the former.</p>
<p>e10 is the easiest of the lower division engineering elective that you'll have to take. e7 is very work-intensive (it's 4 units for a reason), but doable and manageable, even if you have no programming experience.</p>
<p>that's the same type of load i took freshman year. it was okay, i'd say that's what most eager engineering freshman take, though if i could do it again, i would personally have taken something fun in place of the third technical.</p>
<p>Two general points.</p>
<p>You want to take it easy your first semester.</p>
<p>You also want to take some freshman-heavy-non-engineering courses so you can meet different kinds of people.</p>
<p>Good points...
I'm thinking of waiting to do Math 54 until Sophomore year (I already did multivariable calc), and instead do another humanities class (is there any other class I could replace it with?), so my schedule would be</p>
<p>E10
Chem 1A (or Physics 7A)
English R1A
and an American Cultures class</p>
<p>But then is this too...not-challening? Dare i say..easy?
Thanks for the feedback.</p>
<p>It's a fair load. Easy is pretty relative as anyone can turn out to be a bottom feeder at Berkeley!</p>
<p>i would suggest taking the "not-challenging" road your first semester. if you're looking for something a little more challenging, perhaps switch out e10 for e7, which is more work intensive as a said before. e10 as far as i know can wait until spring. it's more of an intro class with units from each dept. so it's no biggie, unless you are unsure about which engineering to pursue.</p>
<p>I wouldn't take American cultures unless it's something you are really interested in. You have four years to complete that requirement. I'd look through the catalog and find something you are really interested in. Check out Philosophy 6 taught by Dreyfus, he is famous and it's a course aimed at freshman/sophomores. Look into some of the freshman seminars (Linguistics has one taught by Hyman). Etc etc. Stop looking just at fulfilling requirements, think more about what you might enjoy studying.</p>
<p>Would you guys mind taking a look at mine as well? I'm planning on taking math 53, physics 7a, cs 61a, and psychology 2.</p>
<p>take around 15-16 units</p>
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<p>Why psychology 2? The rest I assume you are EECS?</p>
<p>Oh, I didn't realize I could just take a course like Philosophy or something...so I can just pick any class that interests me from the General Catalog (assuming I fulfill the prereq's)? Because right now I don't even know that engineering's what I really want to do anyway. </p>
<p>So I guess since I don't need to do Math 16A or B freshman year I could just replace those with other electives...but if these electives don't fulfill any requirement (AC, R&C) will I be getting behind somehow? </p>
<p>haha sorry this post is kind of scattered...my mind is kind of scattered right now</p>
<p>R&C is an important requirement you should fulfill it right away. There may be some time limit on completing it. AC I think you have all four years to do it. You need to check these things. I would definitely recommend looking through the catalog and find something you really want to study, you may never have another chance in your life to study things because they interest you. Take advantage of it.</p>
<p>I wouldn't take a whole year off math, just because you will forget too much, but you certainly can take off the first semester, since you are already so far ahead of the game.</p>
<p>Yes, you are correct, I'm EECS. I don't know, I thought psychology was a pretty interesting class in high school and it fulfills one of my humanities requirements(I think). Plus I hear it's a pretty easy class. I was thinking of taking an r1b class at first but picking one was hard... so I'm thinking of saving it for the spring. Would you advise against that?</p>
<p>Go for it Zimigir, I think it's a pretty standard and fair schedule. Psych 2 is indeed a light and easy class, perfect for fulfilling breadth. As for R&C, if I remember correctly you must complete at least one before the spring of your sophomore year, so you still have 3 semesters.</p>
<p>I haven nothing against Psychology 2, you're going to be very busy with your other classes, so it makes sense to take something relatively easy. If you have time, you might want to sit in on one or two other classes in other departments the first week, see if something else grabs your interest.</p>