<p>spt.londias- I can’t really answer your question since I am just a freshman and won’t be looking for a job straight out of college. And, contrary to what many others believe on here, do not consider myself an expert on Tulane. LOL.</p>
<p>I have heard mixed things from others in regards to the career center. What major/field of study are you considering?</p>
<p>I was aiming for their Political Economy major</p>
<p>There are some funded internships for Political Economy majors, though they are competitive placements. Stop by the Murphy Center when visiting campus.</p>
<p>Another question: I was kind of worried about the set curriculum for first and second years… how hard are the classes necessarily for the core curriculum at TU?</p>
<p>The nice thing about the curriculum is that it isn’t really set. Yes, you have requirements, but you have many options and choices when it comes to meeting them. For the most part, the core classes are designed to be challenging, but not too rigorous. Given the vast amount of options to meet the requirements, you should be able to find something pretty easy (or really hard) depending on your interests. </p>
<p>As far as I know, the main requirements (for a science major, at least) are:</p>
<p>2-3 semesters of a language
2 perspectives courses (one inside european tradition, one outside european tradition, or international perspectives)
1 fine arts
1 humanities
2 social sciences
1 science w/ lab
tides
2 tiers of service learning</p>
<p>**most of these requirements can be double billed</p>
<p>^^ no mathematics courses? aww mannn =(</p>
<p>yes, there is a math requirement (2 semesters for science majors & 1 semester for non-science majors, i think). i know you can take some logic class instead of calculus or statistics if you are a liberal arts major.</p>
<p>sorry, i forgot to include that. i don’t think the list includes everything, but it is pretty close!!!</p>
<p>Symbolic logic, a course at the intersection of math and philosophy. Here are the requirements as listed in the Tulane catalog: [Core</a> Curriculum and Courses of Study - Tulane University](<a href=“http://catalog.tulane.edu/content.php?catoid=37&navoid=834]Core”>http://catalog.tulane.edu/content.php?catoid=37&navoid=834)</p>
<p>Writing (4 credits)
Foreign Language (4-8 credits)* *Candidates for the Bachelor of Science of Engineering majoring in Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or Engineering Physics are exempt from this requirement.
Scientific Inquiry (9-12 credits), comprising:</p>
<ol>
<li>Quantitative Reasoning (3 or 4 credits)</li>
<li>Science and Mathematics (6-8 credits)</li>
<li>Cultural Knowledge (12 credits)</li>
</ol>
<p>Public Service
Understanding Interdisciplinary Scholarship (1 credit, TIDES seminar)
Capstone Experience (3+ credits)</p>
<p>If you keep reading the catalog you will notice that this only covers the requirements for all students, regardless of major/which school they end up in (Architecture, Liberal Arts. Business, etc.). Each school then has their own set of additional requirements, and of course each major has its own requirements as well. As tulane14 points out, these can overlap in some cases, one course satisfying both the Newcomb-Tulane College requirement and a School requirement, and potentially a major requirement. Often, however, it is clearly stated when a major requirement cannot be used to satisfy a distribution requirement.</p>
<p>^^ Symbolic logic is indeed an interesting course I wouldn’t mind taking. So based on what fallenchemist said… please correct me if I am wrong… symbolic logic WON’T take place of a math credit right? That would be apart of the quantitative reasoning credit yeah?</p>
<p>Symbolic logic WILL fulfill your math (quantitative reasoning) requirement, as long as you then take two additional courses to fulfill your science & mathematics requirement. One of these must be a lab science, but if you aren’t really the science-y type there are courses that are suitable for non-science majors. In addition to the one lab science, you can take something like psychology to fulfill the other course, so you don’t have to take another lab science or math class.</p>
<p>Of course, I have been told that statistics is pretty useful for most majors, so I would consider taking Prob/Stat, even if you take Symbolic Logic for the math requirement. And Symbolic Logic is really cool, I took it even though I’m a science major and it doesn’t fulfill the math req for me :)</p>
<p>My D took symbolic logic her first semester and she still talks about how she found it very interesting. She is humanities so it fit her needs in a couple of ways, but it was great that she thought the prof was very good and the material was so different than her other courses that it kept a different part of her brain engaged. One of the goals of a true liberal arts education, after all.</p>
<p>I agree with wysteri about stats, it is a course with very useful and some non-intuitive concepts for everyday life, if one gets it. Stats is tough for some people, even people that are normally good at math. For others it comes more easily, they just seem to “get it”. But if you go into it knowing you really have to do all the homework and even more practice than that perhaps, it is a good course to have taken.</p>
<p>fc- thanks for posting all the requirements! i ap-ed out of a ton of them, so i’m probably not the best person to be listing them out.</p>
<p>a friend of mine just took symbolic logic and loved it!! i would for sure suggest the class for those hoping to avoid calculus.</p>
<p>^^ FallenChemist and Tulane I would like to say thank you very much for the advice and insight you have given me… I really appreciate it!</p>
<p>Your welcome, now just don’t go to Fordham! LOL, totally kidding. Love to see you at Tulane of course, but you have two great choices and should go where it is best for you, naturally.</p>
<p>If you’ve got to take Calc I or II, I strongly recommend Tewodros Amdeberhan. Great professor that learns everyone’s name in the class and still says hello to me over a year after having him for Calc I.</p>
<p>Yes, there are many rotten apples in the math department. Use ratemyprofessors for that, as my experiences with it have helped me steer clear of disaster a few times (lol). One thing I’d watch out for is math department professor switches. A lot of times you won’t get whom you registered for, so check your schedule frequently to make sure avoid the undesirable ones.</p>
<p>Dotson is a polarizing figure, as many friends that have had him loved him, while a few people I’ve talked to hated him. Generally, the people who do well in the class like him, and the nay-sayers didn’t do well.</p>
<p>The Chemistry department can be tricky. It really comes down to what teaching styles you prefer. I had very positive experiences with both of my General Chemistry professors and an “ok” experience with my first semester Orgo professor. One thing I’ve noticed with Chemistry professors is “chalk and board teaching” vs. “powerpoint/projection notes”. I had Herman for Chem I and thought he was excellent, ratemyprofessors suggests otherwise (my guess is that it’s because he can come off as grumpy in class sometimes). Took Donahue for Chem II, he was good, but it was all powerpoint and I took to Herman’s “chalk and board” lectures better. All comes down to what teaching style you like. Last semester they were all powerpoint, this time 2/3 of them are chalk and board.</p>
<p>Thanks for the tip about Komendarczyk, time to shop around for another class to replace Real Analysis I suppose.</p>
<p>Also: This past semester’s Consolidated teachers are on the whole, better than most other math professors. I’ve heard very positive things about Victor Moll, Mike Nicholas, Xuefeng Wang, and Jonathan Meddaugh.</p>
<p>i’ve skimmed through the thread, but I’d like to add some main points:</p>
<p>1) make sure to get your AP scores in ASAP - I waited until, like, November, and as a consequence, my scores weren’t in until after registration, so I didn’t get into ANY of the classes I wanted. I had to wait and check the online class listings constantly until I finally got into one class I wanted. – something to watch out for too - the fact that tulane doesn’t offer a ton of classes.</p>
<p>2) i’ve heard bad things about the chem department, but if you use ratemyprofessors, you’ll actually find valuable information. my calc 1 teacher (i’d never taken it before college) was a grad student - so you’d think he’d be inexperienced. but actually, he was GREAT. better than several other teachers and formed relationships with all of the students, knew everyone’s name, called on us, made fun of us, etc. i’ve heard great things about amdeberhan too. some other great departments here are Ebio (so many interesting classes offered!), Spanish & Portuguese. As for maths and sciences, ratemyprofessors is a great tool.</p>
<p>3) even though I said my calc teacher was great, (even made me so interested in the subject that I’m likely minoring in it and would have otherwise completely rejected that idea) he can only answer so many questions in class and during office hours. the tutoring center is a great resource for any subject. tulane pays for these students to tutor you and they have to be qualified in the subjects they’re tutoring. Tulane’s great about personalizing your education. I’ve yet to have a class with more than 60 students - and even my giant EBIO lecture next semester has less than 140 (and it’ll seem like even less when half the class or so stops showing up!)</p>
<p>ditto on the AP scores. And then double check your transcript to make sure that all the courses are there. My S kept getting the run around on this from various people at Tulane who claimed they did not get his scores. It was clear that they did since credit for one course was showing on his transcript. When I called the AP people, they were able to give me the name of who the scores had gone to (electronically). They won’t send them to anyone else at Tulane, by the way, including your advisor. I tried. I then called and emailed that woman who had them up later that afternoon. She sent me a somewhat snarky email claiming that it would not change his registration priority. But she was wrong and his time did change.</p>
<p>i third the AP scores. LOL.</p>
<p>i disagree with the tutoring center, however. i feel like it is a mix bag. some of the students there are really helpful, but many of them are tutoring multiple subjects in which they haven’t taken in years (i.e. senior psychology major tutoring gen chem I or something like that). i think the tutoring center can be an awesome resource, but i don’t think anyone should rely on it too much.</p>
<p>i agree with tulane14 – there were kids in my calc class who started skipping class and relying solely on the tutoring center. bad idea. it should just be for those few topics/questions on which you need extra practice or a clearer explanation. you’re right, and well put, that no one should rely too much on it. but know it’s there and will be helpful</p>