<p>Now that the tentative schedule data for fall 2009 seems to be up, I need to think about which upper div humanities class I'm going to take in the fall (and next spring, for that matter). I've got two humanities out of the way because of AP's, and I've done two lower-div humanities this year, so what remains for me in the way of humanities reqs is two upper-div humanities, and I've got to fulfill the series req and take an American Cultures class as well.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any suggestions for interesting courses that might help me tackle these requirements? I was thinking maybe a history or English course.. I would prefer that the course not be <em>too</em> difficult, but it's more important to me that it not be incredibly dull either.</p>
<p>English tends to offer an upper division AC course. It’s 166AC this semester, though they haven’t yet listed the topic. Taught by Donegan; don’t know if RMP or other such rating sites list the grade curve or anything.</p>
<p>EDIT: mathboy, the fall schedule is up at schedule.berkeley.edu, but only tentatively for now. Just go to the Fall 2008 page (yes, it still says 2008) and snoop around the offerings.</p>
<p>It is up, look at schedule.berkeley.edu. The image says Fall 08, but all the data says Fall 09.</p>
<p>It is tentative in that it is not official until they go back and change the image to 09. Until then, it is likely that they will add/remove courses</p>
<p>I am taking History 106A right now, History of the Roman Republic. The class is absolutely amazing. Next semester the same professor will be teaching History 106B, History of the Roman Empire. I figure that it will be just as good, so I encourage you to take the class.</p>
<p>they won’t change timings most likely. A lot of the time timings are set and they never change. I’ve looked into the archived schedules and a lot of the time courses rigidly set their times.</p>
<p>Sorry, I meant to say that an upper-div AC would be preferable over a lower-div one… mainly because it’d mean I’d get to satisfy more requirements at once. :P</p>
<p>This sounds pretty cool, actually… I might very well consider 106B! Thanks for your suggestion.
However, I’ve got a few questions.
Are there any pre-reqs, formal or otherwise? like, is it a series that requires 106A first?
Is it geared toward history majors , i.e. would it be difficult for me as an engineering student?
How’s the workload? I don’t mind if it’s a fairly heavy workload as long as it’s manageable; I have three other intense technicals to worry about, is all. :P</p>
<p>(1) There are no formal prerequisites and 106A is not required to take 106B.</p>
<p>(2) I know a lot of people taking the class who are not history majors. It doesn’t strike me as being targeted at history majors, but rather those who want to understand Rome.</p>
<p>(3) 106A has one midterm, a final, and a term paper. I haven’t hit the paper, but the midterm was fairly reasonable. The main work comes from the assigned readings (which you need to read; all of the midterm essay questions explicitly referred to the reading). They are about 100 pages a week, but he gives information outlining what you should take away from them, so in practice you can skim it and focus on the important part. I haven’t gone through the term paper yet, so I will have to see how that goes.</p>
<p>Now that Spring 2010 telebears is available I have the same question – except it doesn’t need to be AC, just upper-div. Does anyone have any recommendations for such a course? I was thinking about history or cognitive science perhaps… it needs to satisfy the H&SS requirement for CoE (coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/advising/hssreq.pdf)</p>
<p>I did take a lower-div philosophy course last year and I thought it was pretty cool so I wonder if an upper-div course would be a good option… some I thought might work were Philosophy 116 or 189</p>
<p>If not suggested yet, Engineering 130AC is supposedly a very easy course. 3 units and satisfies as a humanities course. I’ll be taking it next semester with Azevedo under the recommendation of a friend.</p>
Thanks for your suggestion.