I recently got accepted into Warren College at UCSD. However, I want to be a science major and this college’s GEDs don’t really have any classes related to my major. Is this a problem cause I’m freaking out! I don’t want to waste my time taking unnecessary classes.
I would suggest that you talk with admissions to see if you can move out of Warren, which definitely models itself after an exploratory program centered in the humanities, to a college that focuses on developing introductory coursework for a Science major. UCSD does allow the students to decide which college they would like to attend.
I would suggest that you talk with admissions to see if you can move out of Warren, which definitely models itself after an exploratory program centered in the humanities, to a college that focuses on developing introductory coursework for a Science major. UCSD does allow the students to decide which college they would like to attend.
Thanks for answering so fast! How can I communicate with admissions? Email?
It’s not a problem. Every college in UCSD has GE classes that don’t relate to your major. That’s the whole point. And Warren is most popular with engineering majors so I don’t know why that other person said it’s focused on introductory coursework for humanities majors.
So you wouldn’t recommend that I change it? I would really like to take classes that would help me with my major. I feel like I would be wasting time taking the courses at Warren. The freshmen GE requirements at Warren are 2 courses in writing, 2 courses in formal skills (calc, comp programming), 2 courses in ethics and society and 2 programs of concentration that contain 6 courses each that are not related to each other and are also outside of my major. These classes don’t really have anything to do with science.
No, I don’t think you need to change it, but if you really want to you can. All the colleges have freshman GE requirements like that so you should look at the other colleges and see if there is one that’ll better suit your needs. Muir has the least GE requirements but it’s really popular so I’m not sure if you’ll be able to switch in. This document has all the colleges and their requirements: http://issuu.com/ucsandiego/docs/colleges_082212?e=5498722/2621105
Thank you so much! I emailed admissions and asked if I can switch to Revelle because I’m aware that it would be very hard to switch to Muir. Thanks for your help.
I don’t want to rain on your parade, but for one thing, switching to Revelle probably isn’t going to reduce your GEs by any means! Second, UCSD very rarely allows intrauniversity college transfers. You have to be able to prove that your graduation date is going to be impacted by at least two quarters by being in your current college, so I wouldn’t get your hopes up that they grant your request.
As @dsi411 stated, the purpose of the general education requirements is to give you a chance to experience coursework unrelated to your major. Warren’s motto is “Toward a Life in Balance”, which is why they try to balance your major classes with unrelated areas of concentration. Revelle centers around creating well-rounded Renaissance men and women, which means you’re still going to have a fair few GEs :stuckouttonguewinkingeye: Don’t stress too much about the GE requirements! Warren College Writing Program (WCWP) isn’t considered one of the more difficult on campus. You might find that through the GEs you discover a field that you really like, and maybe even decide to minor or major in. The overwhelming majority of students are satisfied with the college they’re placed in.
The point of general education requirements is to force you to take classes outside of your major. Nearly every university has general education requirements, and every college at UCSD is going to require you to take classes outside of your major. That’s the point. There is no college that’s great for the sciences or great for the humanities or whatever. They will all require you to take colleges outside of your major.
In Revelle, you will also have to take classes unrelated to your major, including a 5-quarter humanities/writing sequence (compared to a 2-quarter sequence in Warren), 3 calculus courses (compared to 2 in Warren), 2 social science courses, 1 fine art class, up to the fourth quarter of a foreign language, and potentially up to five additional courses in natural sciences (depending on what you major in).
That being said, odds are, they’re not going to let you switch so this is all a moot point.