<p>Intro to Comparative Politics
(4.0 units)
HISTORY 005
European Civilization - Renaissance to the Present
(4.0 units)
MATH 016A
Analytic Geometry and Calculus
(3.0 units)
L&S C70Y: Earthquakes in Your Backyard
(3.0 Units)
Undergraduate Colloquium on Political Science
(1.0 Units)
Social Welfare 24: Childrens Rights Freshman Seminar
(1.0 Units) </p>
<p>Is this manageable for my first semester at Cal?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Yes, easily.</p>
<p>^^you got the seminar i wanted…it filled up as i was trying to get into it…kinda sad :(</p>
<p>Looks perfect. Also looks interesting. I think you’ll enjoy your first semester.</p>
<p>Thank you guys for the input! I really appreciate it. Looking forward to my first semester! Although I’m on the wait list for Math 16A which is a bummer but I have a backup class.</p>
<p>And mjmay7 I’m sorry! there are still tons of cool seminars though that have space though</p>
<p>Don’t listen to KevRus - when planning your sched it’s impt to not just look at units but at courseload; a 3-unit weeder science class for example will not be as heavy on weekly assignments but quite material-heavy and difficult to study for if you have too many other commitments. realize that the history and comparative politics courses will be a tsunami of reading/papers on a weekly basis, on top of “busy work” for classes like Earthquakes; and “filler” seminars always manage to throw in projects and stuff that take up more time. If I were you, esp for first semester, I’d cut back on the seminars and/or choose history or comp. politics; not both.</p>
<p>When or where did I say to only look at units and not courseload?..</p>
<p>History 5 might involve a bit of work. I’m not familiar with the class.
Math 16A is the easiest class in the world. If you’re decent at math you’ll probably get 100% on every midterm.
L&SC70Y I’ve heard is very interesting and not particularly difficult, so I think you’ll enjoy that class.</p>
<p>As for the seminars, they’ll be a breeze. Not sure why mkapur is freaking out. And if you wanted to, you could always drop the seminars (or drop a 3-unit class) and still have enough units.</p>
<p>You’re fine.</p>
<p>I agree with KevRus. History and Poli sci classes are probably the most difficult part of your schedule - they’ll certainly involve tons of reading and essays.</p>
<p>Personally I think the only problem you’ll run into is just that you have so many disparate classes. It’s actually easier to keep track of lots of work in one class than little bits of work in many classes. Anyway your schedule looks great. It’s not too easy, neither are you taking 4 technicals. A 4.0 is quite possible - and you should try to get it because this is the only semester in which you get money for it.</p>
<p>Does anyone know when Phase 2 is?</p>
<p>thank you all for the information and advice and I truly appreciate it! I think i’m gonna give this schedule a try but I will drop the earthquakes class or a seminar or two if things get too much for me. I would really like to keep my GPA up at least while i can haha</p>
<p>^i ended up signing up for the judge judy seminar lol
i’m also in the massive political science class…it really does sound like it will be an enjoyable class</p>
<p>it does! although i would like to take it again during election time haha</p>
<p>Omg, isn’t the “Undergradute Colloquium” class Poli Sci. 179??</p>
<p>Does anyone have experience with that lecture? I’m interested in it, but I’m scared of 1) the SIZE of the lecture and 2) the fact that it’s an upper division lecture, since I’ll be a freshman</p>
<p>its a 1credit only offered P/NP…it can’t be that hard</p>
<p>I think it looks quite manageable. I took hist5 in the Spring with Shagan and the class is not too hard really – it had I think just 2 short essays. And as far as the reading is concerned, you can only skim through it as long as you attend the lecture and have at least some knowledge of European history.</p>
<p>cool! thanks for the information artinka that definitely is good to hear. I have a pretty good working knowledge of European history so I think I’ll be okay.</p>