UChicago Class of 2023 - Anybody have syllabi?

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Hello - I just committed to UChicago Class of 2023 a couple days ago. I was wondering if anybody had syllabi for some of the core classes/usual stuff first-year students take. I don’t have too much planned for this summer so I wanted to start studying in the spare time I had.

I’m specifically interested in CMSC 12100-12200-12300 classes and also the BUSF 30000 Financial Accounting class offered at Booth. Lists of the common reading materials required in the HUM or CIV sequences are also appreciated.

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Your ability to take major courses is going to be quite limited in Fall Quarter. CMSC 121 falls under the Core Curriculum (Mathematical Sciences), so you might be able to register for that. Here’s a description from the college catalog:

"CMSC 12100-12200. Computer Science with Applications I-II.

This three-quarter sequence teaches computational thinking and skills to students who are majoring in the sciences, mathematics, and economics, etc. Lectures cover topics in (1) programming, such as recursion, abstract data types, and processing data; (2) computer science, such as clustering methods, event-driven simulation, and theory of computation; and to a lesser extent (3) numerical computation, such as approximating functions and their derivatives and integrals, solving systems of linear equations, and simple Monte Carlo techniques."

http://collegecatalog.uchicago.edu/thecollege/mathematicalsciencescore/

Could be wrong but I suspect that BUSF 30000 will be off limits to incoming students.

You will receive detailed information and advice over the summer and Summer Advising will be on hand to answer any questions pertaining to registration. Two years ago, it seemed that the big decisions for my kid were whether to take a fourth course in the fall and, if so, should it be foreign language or PhSc. She already knew she would take Sosc., Calc. and Hum. (Hum required at least two quarters your first year and you are automatically re-enrolled in the Winter).

Here is the Curriculum section of the College Catalog to get you started on perusing prospective courses. Sequences do tend to be strict, although some of the Civ can be taken out of sequence.

http://collegecatalog.uchicago.edu/thecollege/thecurriculum/

The College recommends that you complete the Core by end of 2nd year and gives priority in registration to the lower grades (rumor is that you can’t get in to Core Arts as a fourth year, for insance). Some with a heavy STEM load and/or who are doing their Civ as a study abroad might put it off till 3rd year. All first years take at least two Hum and the large majority of of the class will have completed the three quarter Sosc. sequence by end of 2nd year.

This will depend on AP credits brought in, but the basic Core requirement is at least 2 each of Hum and Civ, and at least one Arts; at least 2 each of Bio and PhySci and at least one Math. 3 Sosc (in sequence). Fulfillment of the F/L requirement is towards the bolltom of that curriculum link above.

Here is the description on testing out of certain requirements/brining in outside credit (such as AP/IB).
http://collegecatalog.uchicago.edu/thecollege/thecurriculum/

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@slashmaster: in order to peruse the reading materials, you might check out the Seminary Co-op website. You can see the list of texts required for whatever Hum, Sosc. or Civ is being offered that quarter.

https://www.semcoop.com/

The course descriptions in the catalog will generally help you understand which authors you will cover over the sequence.

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Fall registration has not started yet for upperclassmen but once it does you can look in the course listing to see which classes are already full. Chances are high that the upper level Booth class will be full. They hold space in courses typical for first years so you should have no problem getting into core classes but potentially not your top choices. CS often does not use a textbook–the course has changed over the past few years though–so you could work on concepts/languages as long as you would be OK if they were not in the course. Old syllabi are often easily found by an internet search. For the core classes that mostly use trade books you would need to know which Prof as they don’t all use exactly the same books though some are used consistently between sections. Again searching old syllabi and current bookstore book lists could help you to figure out likely books.