<p>I'm going to be a freshmen in the fall. Right now, I'm trying to pick classes. I'm just curious to know what other freshmen are considering to take.</p>
<p>Also, upperclassmen, what classes would you recommend first year students to take?</p>
<p>I am also thinking about attending pitt…where do you live–i am in virginia</p>
<p>I’m from Maryland. What other schools are you considering to go to next year?</p>
<p>My son is a freshman from NY, registered at Honors Day and is taking:</p>
<p>DATA STRUCTURES (Assuming he gets a 4 on Comp Sci AP)
SEMINAR IN COMPOSITION: FILM
GREAT BOOKS: MDRN HUM (PART 1) (UHC Class)
ANALYTIC GEOMETRY & CALCULUS 2 (Assuming he gets a 4 on Calc AP)
APOCALYPSE: THEN AND NOW (UHC Class)
INTRO TO THE ARTS & SCIENCES (Freshman Required)</p>
<p>He is very excited about the UHC classes. When he looked all his profs up on rateyourprofessor he was very happy with all of them.</p>
<p>Intro to A&S isn’t a required freshman class.</p>
<p>His advisor told him it is a 1 credit required class - I’ll have him e-mail and if not then maybe he can not take it and save the time. Thanks</p>
<p>How many classes do students take on average each term?</p>
<p>average couseload is 15 credits.</p>
<p>Hi I’m one of the Peer Advisors this year at Pitt. The Introduction to Arts and Sciences is not a required course, but is highly reccomended. 80% of the freshmen class take it. It’s a very small class (20 people) and is a great support system for incoming freshmen. It gives an overview of the school, the city, and resources the University offers.</p>
<p>A courseload per semester can be anywhere from 12 to 18 credits.</p>
<p>Thanks ASPeerAdvisor. Sounds like a good intro to Pitt</p>
<p>My first year ideal schedule…</p>
<p>Intro to Arts and Sciences
Intermediate Croatian 3
Chemistry 1 and Lab
Research Methods and Lab
Madness and Madmen in Russian Culture</p>
<p>That’s 15 credits. Don’t take 18 credits. Usually it’s too much to handle, and the student ends up having grades slip. </p>
<p>And normally a Seminar in Composition is in there, but I’m taking it during the summer.</p>
<p>So is 15 credits/semester the best way to go or is 18 manageable if one wants to take one more interesting elective such as in the UHC? Would one more required/upper-level course would be too much?</p>
<p>My ideal schedule would look something like this. Granted, I haven’t registered yet, and I doubt all these classes will be open when I do:</p>
<p>UHC Genetics
Organic Chem 1 with Lab
A philosophy course (probably Ethics or Logic)
Intro to Performance
Game Theory Principles</p>
<p>That’s 17 credits. I might swap out o-chem for physics, which would bring it down to 16. I’ll talk to my advisers about it when I register.</p>
<p>I registered for classes today and I wanted to take it easy for the first semester. My first semester classes looks like this:</p>
<p>General Chem 1 and Lab
Biology 1 and Lab w/recitation
Calculus 1 w/recitation
Intro to arts and sciences</p>
<p>I’d definitely say 15. Really, don’t take 18. Almost all of the people I know who took the maximum credits regretted it. One even has to take summer classes to bring her grade up. With getting adjusted, making friends, joining clubs, possibly jobs or internships, AND courses… you need the extra time.</p>
<p>Ok I’ll probably take 15-16 credits and use any extra time for what you’re suggesting iamjacksgoat</p>
<p>Does the number of classes matter or number of credits matter(regarding workload)? I’m planning to take 17 credits but its only 5 classes.
I’m thinking -
Chem
Physics
Composition(or an easy 3credit elective)
Statistics
Economics
how does this look?</p>
<p>Workload is based on credits. I’ve heard it said, for every 1 credit hour, you study 2-3 hours per week. So for a Chem class, that’s about 8-12 hours/week. However, that depends on how hard the class is, what school your at, etc. </p>
<p>My freshman year at a different college, I took 3 classes. That was plenty. Taking Chem, Physics, Stat, AND Economics first semester seems like “social and academic suicide” to me.</p>
<p>It depends upon your major but 17 credits is very doable. DS has taken 17 or 18 credits each semester and he has had plenty of time to socialize plus get all his work done. </p>
<p>Don’t take too few credits as you need a certain number to graduate in 4 years unless you plan to extend it to 5.</p>
<p>Yeah, it’s doable, but I’m talking first semester freshman year. Best advice I got first semester was to take it easy, and I’m trying to pass that on. </p>
<p>True though, don’t take too little, like 12. 15 per semester lets you graduate on time.</p>