I shall share too!
In quarter system units:
Honors Physics (E&M): 4
Physics Lab: 1
General Chemistry III (Basically pre-Ochem): 3
Differential Equation(s): 4
Circuit, Devices, and Systems: 5
And either:
Engr- Intro to Programming: 3
-Or-
CMPSC- Intro to Comp. Sci: 4
For a grand total of 20 or 21 units (with the school max being 21).
Haha, different strokes for different folks, I guess! My school has an amazing rec center I’ve gotten to try out this summer, and I get to pick which fitness classes I want to take for credit. @smilyowl that sounds fun, I’ve been meaning to take some dance classes!
I’ll be a freshman in computer science.
MAT 126 (Calc I)
COS 125 (Intro to Programming)
COS 140 (Intro to Comp Sci)
Eng 101
Intro to College Life
Its only 13 credits, so I guess I have to take 17 credits next semester to stay on track.
So Many CS students! I’m wondering how is the job market going to be in the future.
@elliebham Have fun with your PE classes!
Freshman, majoring in Geology! I’m excited!
The Earth (3)
Accelerated Single-Variable Calculus (4)
Molecular Science I (aka chemistry…) (4)
Intermediate Writing Seminar (3)
Modes of Knowledge (honors college requirement) (3)
Introduction to Stony Brook (required freshman seminar) (1)
For a total of 18 credits.
I wish my school offered PE! I’m sure there would be some fun options.
Why are you guys taking CS classes already? I’m a CS freshman too, but I’m getting all the gen eds out of the way first. At my university, we have to complete pre-req CS courses, but most do that in their sophomore year.
@stugace - Don’t get rid of all your Gen Eds at once; you’ll want a few easy 100-level courses thrown in your Junior and Senior year when you’re taking upper division major courses.
I always wanted to take major requirements as early as possible because I want to be competitive for research and/or internships in my field. General education requirements don’t usually help with that, so I’m willing to take them whenever I have room in my schedule.
(In some cases, taking a few classes in your major can open up cooler options for your general education requirements. My school offers a math class that fulfills the social science requirement because it’s cross-listed as a cognitive science class, but it has multivariable calculus and differential equations as prerequisites.)
Eh… I’m just going to leave it because the times I have my gen eds on are perfect and I don’t want to mess it up.
Can a freshman get an internship during the summer with gen ed classes and a high gpa?
Chances are not that high. Chances of an internship as a freshmen are really low anyways - and a high GPA isn’t enough to make you stand out, lots of people have high gpas (and a high gpa with some major courses is going to stand out significantly more).
I’ll be a Junior.
Macroeconomic Theory 351 (4)
International Trade 342 (econ elective) (4)
Philosophy of Human Person 115 (4)
Spanish (4)
Total - 16 credits
Major - Economics
I’m transferring from a CC, and a couple Philosophy courses are required. You pretty much have to take them at the University; they rarely accept outside courses. I’m excited to get into upper division economics courses though!
@preamble1776 @stugace I already have 42 credits going in, and I am already done with all of my gen-ed requirements aside from 2 art & humanity courses. If I didn’t have any minors, I would be able to graduate at the end of fall of my junior year, if I took 15cr per semester, and I don’t want to graduate that early. Besides, I’m actually interested in all of those subjects and when I talked to my advisor about the courses I was planning on taking, he said that I only had to take 3 more classes in any of those subjects to get the minor.
@tola2015 - It just seems a little unfocused to me… Lots of people have multiple interests but as the saying goes “jack of all trades, master of none” – college is a great time to cultivate your passion in one (or at the very most two) field(s). With so many majors and minors, it’s really difficult to dedicate the necessary time to learning as much as you can about a discipline.
FWIW, I also came in with a lot of transfer credit from AP and dual enrollment (37 credits) – I just finished my Freshman year and I have close to 70 credits. I only planned on completing one major despite the fact that my advisor joked that I could finish 4 majors and still graduate on time. I only picked up my minor after taking a class in it and seeing how well it converged with my major. You can always delay graduation by taking lighter semesters (12 credit hours) to delay graduation and use the free time you have to gain relevant internship experience.
@tola2015 - It just seems a little unfocused to me… Lots of people have multiple interests but as the saying goes “jack of all trades, master of none” – college is a great time to cultivate your passion in one (or at the very most two) field(s). With so many majors and minors, it’s really difficult to dedicate the necessary time to learning as much as you can about a discipline.
FWIW, I also came in with a lot of transfer credit from AP and dual enrollment (37 credits) – I just finished my Freshman year and I have close to 70 credits. I only planned on completing one major despite the fact that my advisor joked that I could finish 4 majors and still graduate on time. I only picked up my minor after taking a class in it and seeing how well it converged with my major. You can always delay graduation by taking lighter semesters (12 credit hours) and use the free time you have to gain relevant internship experience.
You don’t have to do anything special to delay graduation; they don’t force you to graduate in fewer than four years just because you have a lot of credits. (At least I don’t think they do…are state schools different?) I had a lot of transfer credit coming in, but I’m staying four years and I’ll graduate with around 210 credit hours. At many colleges, you can use the extra space in your schedule to get a master’s degree along with your bachelor’s degree.
I just realized that I posted my response twice.
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It was for emphasis.
If you’re accumulating that many units, what do you think about a double major? I only ask because that is what I’ll probably do. My advisers keep warning me that I’m taking too many classes (came in with 20 units, by next Fall I’ll have around 92-ish), so I might as well apply them to another major.
What are the consequences of “taking too many classes”?
@stugace Even if you take the CS classes right away, most CS freshman at most universities won’t get a relevant internship their first summer. Many of the worthwhile internships want classes such as algorithms and data structures, and at my university you don’t take algorithms until your 3rd-4th semester. Also, CS(like many STEM majors) requires you to take courses in sequential order. If you start with CS requirements during sophomore year at my university, it’s almost impossible to graduate in 4 years.
@smilyowl I think the number of CS majors seems so high because College Confidential is largely filled with high-achieving students and they often choose difficult majors (like CS). In reality, there aren’t that many CS students. At my university, they only make up 3%-5% of each graduating class and there’s a high demand for them as computers are used everywhere and not enough kids are studying the subject (I think it’s one of the very few majors where there is less supply and very high demand). That’s why so many CS jobs are being outsourced to Asiatic countries too.
Nothing too serious, they just think I’m chewing off more than I can handle.