UCB TRANSFERS! CC courses

Transfer Students
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<p>I'm taking 16 units and I feel like I will be overwhelmed. I want to stick to it, but its my first semester of community college and I dont want to get bad grades from being overwhelmed.</p>

<p>I need to drop a course.</p>

<p>Its either going to be microeconomics or us history after 1877. BOTH fulfill IGETC and BOTH are major prep courses for my major at Berkeley...</p>

<p>MicroEcon</p>

<p>8 am, better for my schedule
excellent teacher, harder expectations
overall, seems to be a more difficult class</p>

<p>US history
2 pm, tiring and late in the day
Good teacher (boring lectures)
overall, easier class and expectations...</p>

<p>its either go for whats better for my schedule and the class with the better teacher</p>

<p>or go for whats worst for my schedule, but will be a much easier class to get an A in..</p>

<p>WHAT SHOULD I DO?</p>

<p>PLEASE HELP ME! i'm desperate for advice. I dont have much time left and I really need to make a decision soon....</p>

<p>THANKS</p>

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<p>drop microecon, take us history. I took that class this summer and i found it enjoyable, i took it from 1-3pm so just deal with the time :-p</p>

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<p>(thanks for the reply!!)</p>

<p>but microecon's teacher is so much better lol and the time just fits my schedule</p>

<p>what do you think about microecon? does it involve a lot of math? would it be hard for someone who pretty much sucks at math (i'm also taking statistics this semester)</p>

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<p>its up to you and your personal choice/what you find enjoyable.</p>

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<p>i'm soo indecisive..</p>

<p>i have no idea which criteria is more important to base my decision on...</p>

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<p>I took MicroEcon over the summer; there was relatively little math in the course. Have you taken Macro? If so, Micro shouldn't be too bad.</p>

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<p>i haven't taken macro or micro..this will be my first college level econ class...</p>

<p>i hope micro is not so much about graphs and mathematics..as it is about memorizing and getting the general idea of things..= /....</p>

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<p>i took macro and im almost positive that micro will have graphs.</p>

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<p>With any course, the experience varies from instructor to instructor... however, I found myself doing more graphing and calculating in Macro. I think you'll be fine if you have a slight grasp on Econ and/or have taken it on the HS level; I never took it in HS, but had no trouble with either course this summer.</p>

<p>That said, mojo is absolutely right. It comes down to what you think you'll find most interesting and excel in (usually not the same things, unfortunately.)</p>

<p>Edit: Don't get me wrong---Micro has some interpretation of graphs. That said, it's pretty basic IMO. If you're taking statistics anyway...</p>

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<p>how much math is there in micro? is it more about math or more about reading/memorizing things..</p>

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<p>Which professor has the happier smiley on RMP?</p>

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<p>well both are have good ratings...its just that </p>

<p>the econ one is more interesting..</p>

<p>the other (history)is more well known, still good, but boring....and </p>

<p>plus the hours for history suck so i think i'm gonna stick with micro...of course cardinal, your opinion always carries extra weight though lol</p>

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<p>"how much math is there in micro? is it more about math or more about reading/memorizing things.." </p>

<p>it really depends on your professor, the class can be really math intensive</p>

<p>my professor gave out 3 of our 5 tests as take home tests, and believe me, the take homes were hard as hell as everybody in class spends 5+ hrs on each tests</p>

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<p>just wondering ilovecalifornia what is ur major?</p>

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<p>peis (political economy of industrial societies) at berkeley...</p>

<p>international development/relations at other schools in the UC system basically..but peis is the main goal</p>

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<p>That major abbreviated doesn't sound right at all.</p>

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<p>what its missing the N? lol real mature if thats what ur referring to...i've actually never noticed that till now.</p>

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<p>Take the econ.
Macro- and Micro-economics were the two easiest courses I took so far, and both had just very basic arithmetic skill used such as adding, subtracting, mulitiplying, and dividing. You just have lots of formulas to memorize, but no calculus-level math. </p>

<p>It's VERY interesting. You get to learn a lot about how to be wise about buying things cheaply and overall, you become wiser at the same time becoming smarter.</p>

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<p>thanks dhl</p>

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<p>Interestingly, I've always thought it's *****, not peis... until now.
Perception lies.</p>