<p>GatorEng, I honestly wanted to take Astronomy, but I figured that Calulus II and Honors Calculus-Enriched Physics I would be enough for 1 semester. Is Astronomy a hard class? I really would like to get a 4.0 GPA.</p>
<p>No, I'm talking about the intro to astronomy, like ast1002 or something. It's a survey based, qualitative description of astronomy. No math or physics (well, conceptually, but easy) involved. It's a nice laid-back class, pretty easy A.</p>
<p>GatorEng, I think I will take that course. Do you have one more (that isn't history or english (I'm done with those for a while)? I need a nice laid back class that's an easy A.</p>
<p>The one I mentioned before, 'cities of the world', is a nice class that's pretty easy. Also, look for any courses taught by this professor named Kostopolous (well, besides Greek). My first semester, I took a course with him about the European Union -- easiest class I ever took. IMO, you'd have to try really hard not to get an A. Check for him under the Classics department. Be warned, his courses fill up FAST, so if that's the case, I would just go with 'cities of the world'.</p>
<p>Not every professor for AST1002 is easy. Be careful because there are some really ridiculous ones out there.</p>
<p>yea ast1002 can be a really sweet class, try to get guzman</p>
<p>I really appreciate this GatorEng. Would you happen to know the course name (I'm not too familiar with the registrar system) for the courses taught Kostopolous?</p>
<p>can anyone give some insight on experiences with specific honors classes?</p>
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I really appreciate this GatorEng. Would you happen to know the course name (I'm not too familiar with the registrar system) for the courses taught Kostopolous?
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<p>The one I took with him was a special topics course, so it was numbered CLA3930 (don't get intimidated by the high number, it's easy, provided he teaches it). Also note that CLA3930 changes in content every semester, but as long as he teaches it, it will be okay (there are special topics courses for every department, denoted by '3930' or '4930'). My topic was about the European Union, but if CLA3930 is offered, it may be different.</p>
<p>Another one that I know about is CLA3114, which is a specific course on Greek culture, among other things. Checking the registrar, I see either of these are being taught next semester. He is teaching a course GRK4300, but that requires a prerequisite and I wouldn't think you'd be interested anyways -- it requires knowledge of Greek. So unfortunately, you can't take Kost. next semester, unless you want to wait until Spring. </p>
<p>However, as I mentioned, URP3001 is a fun course, here is the syllabus:
<a href="http://www.dcp.ufl.edu/urp/2003syllabi/urp3001.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.dcp.ufl.edu/urp/2003syllabi/urp3001.pdf</a>
It is offered next semester MWF-8th period. </p>
<p>Other easy course to maintain a 4.0, wildlife issues (WIS 2040), offered next semester, T: 8-9, R: 9 and T:4, R: 4-5. It is arguably the easiest course at UF. </p>
<p>For Astronomy:
AST 1002 M W F 4<br>
AST 1002 M W F 3<br>
AST 1002 M W F 6 </p>
<p>I recommend the MWF 6 section, if you can, it is taught by Dr. Telesco, real nice guy. </p>
<p>Again, most humanities courses (i.e. intro to psychology and sociology) are really easy. So if the 3 courses I recommended don't work out for you, then I would try to take PSY2012 (lots of sections) or SYG2000 (lots of sections). </p>
<p>Now to access the registrar, on the front page on the UF website, under 'Academics' click 'Courses'. And there will show semester course offering. Click 'course listings' on Fall 2007 and search through all departments through the drop down menu. </p>
<p>There is another site, gatorpedia, for UF info. Just type in courses and a list of easy courses should come up. <a href="http://www.gatorpedia.com/index.php/Main_Page%5B/url%5D">http://www.gatorpedia.com/index.php/Main_Page</a></p>
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<p>I used mine for math/physics (not sure if that applies to you), but they are not intended to be hard. They're suppose to be interesting. Picking a course is pretty hard, it's usually best to just discuss the matter with your honors adviser. But a course that I thought was nice was a history of Hollywood course. The honors courses offered through the religion dept. are also pretty good. There is quite a few choices, it depends on your interest. What do you think you want to study?</p>
<p>GatorEng, I can't thank you enough for all the advice you've given me. I think I've finalized a schedule I'd like to take...could you possibly tell me who to take these classes with?</p>
<p>PHY 2060- Honors Calculus-Enriched Physics I
PHY 2060L- Honors Physics Lab (it might be 2048L or whatever, it's the same thing)
MAC 2512- Calculus 2 for Advanced Placement Students
AST 1002- Introduction to Astronomy (M W F 6 Dr. Telesco)
AST 1002L- Lab (Should I take this, it looks incredibly easy and interesting)
WIS 2040- Wildlife Issues</p>
<p>There is also a WIS 2040L from what I saw on the registrar, but that kind of looks stupid. I don't think I'll need that lab credit, I'm going to be a science major, so it shouldn't be a problem. Could you also weigh in on that too?</p>
<p>I think that's 3+1+4+3+1+3= 15 credits</p>
<p>Tell me if it's too much, how it's going to be, and most importantly- who to take these classes with, please. :)</p>
<p>Calculus you actually don't have a choice of who to take some of those classes with. </p>
<p>PHY2060: Dr. Ingersent is the professor for fall (<a href="http://www.phys.ufl.edu/faculty/ingersent.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://www.phys.ufl.edu/faculty/ingersent.shtml</a>) <a href="http://www.phys.ufl.edu/academics/courses/fall07.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://www.phys.ufl.edu/academics/courses/fall07.shtml</a></p>
<p>PHY2048L: they don't release who the TA for the class will be until classes start (<a href="http://www.phys.ufl.edu/labs/phylabs.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.phys.ufl.edu/labs/phylabs.htm</a>)</p>
<p>MAC2512: Dr. Edwards is teaching (<a href="http://www.math.ufl.edu/%7Ebe/%5B/url%5D">http://www.math.ufl.edu/~be/</a>)
<a href="http://www.math.ufl.edu/%7Efrank/cgi-bin/schedule_csh.cgi?sem=f&yr=2007&submit=GET+LIST%5B/url%5D">http://www.math.ufl.edu/~frank/cgi-bin/schedule_csh.cgi?sem=f&yr=2007&submit=GET+LIST</a></p>
<p>Just make sure your classes don't overlap, that will ruin your perfect schedule</p>
<p>I think that's a great schedule. </p>
<p>For PHY 2060, Dr. Ingersent is teaching it (you will have no choice regardless, it's one section). And from what I hear, he's pretty good. This is pretty rare in the physics department, not many good teachers there although they are brilliant people. But Ingersent is good, he actually won a Teacher of the Year award. I really like the PHY 2060 course versus PHY 2048. You have a small class (like 25 students) instead of the 300 person PHY 2048. You will actually learn the material whereas in 2048 you will resort to your educated guessing skills on the exams. One of the biggest regrets I have was taking 2048 instead of 2060 (I took 2061 however) because I didn't learn much of anything in 2048. So it's good you're taking 2060, it will be harder, but you have written out exams (versus the 8 question multiple choice exams I had in 2048) that will show the professor your true knowledge. And yes, the lab for 2060 is the same lab. You will register for PHY2048L. And it's a very easy lab. </p>
<p>Dr. Edwards is teaching MAC 2512 (again, one section, semi-large class, so you have no choice but him) and as I've said before, he's a great professor. Nice personality and a very clear teaching style. He ran the discussion sections (for some odd reason, he didn't teach any courses that year) for calc 2 and calc 3 when I took them. Everyone liked him. His exams won't be easy, but it's university calculus, they're not suppose to be easy. And from what I've read, you're a pretty smart guy, so you should have no problems. </p>
<p>Dr. Telesco is a great choice as I've said. He actually helped discover some planet, so he'll make the lectures pretty interesting and not completely textbook. I would go ahead and take the lab. It's really easy. Like every week (depending on the weather) you go to an observatory and take notes on what you see. As long as you show up to the scheduled dates, it will be an A, no problem. </p>
<p>And of course, for WIS 2040, don't worry about what professor to take. They're all easy. Again, it's arguably the easiest class at UF. My friends freshman year didn't go to a single class, bought the course notes the day before the exam, and got an A. I wouldn't take the lab for it, that's a waste of time. I think what you have is a pretty good first semester. Physics should be your main focus while everything else should be okay.</p>
<p>Good luck, if you have anything else, ask!</p>
<p>Ah, ASMAJ beat me to it. :)</p>
<p>Thanks a lot guys, both of you. I took the Physics C Mechanics and E&M exams this year, I'm expecting 5s on them. I think that would exempt me from those courses, but I still want to take them. I bought Feynman's Lectures on Physics (I don't know if you're familiar with them but from what I've read, and I quote "it's the undergraduate bible for physics"). I've been reading that. I also bought some little AP Calculus AB and BC review book (Princeton Review), I took the BC exam 11th grade and got a 5 on it (but I really don't feel comfortable enough due to my memory of the subject fading to start right up in Calculus 3). </p>
<p>By the way, I was reading Edwards' bio on his site, and from what it looks like, he and some other professor from Penn State have written some calculus books. I think he wrote the precalculus and calculus BC book I learned from. Have you guys heard of this happening to anyone else? Because if it really is him, I'm looking forward to going to his class, lol.</p>
<p>Btw, GatorEng, I know this is juvenile, but don't you think it's ironic that Telesco's name is the first seven letters of telescope, and he teaches astronomy? I know it's juvenile, but that is pretty funny lol.</p>
<p>At least he/she got good teachers. I have had semesters where I had a choice and they were both bad or the good teacher teaches at 7:25am and the bad teacher teaches at 4:05pm.</p>
<p>Yea it's him. Edwards wrote the Precalc and Calc books I used in high school. He knows his stuff backwards and forwards.</p>
<p>Yes, the Feynman's Lectures on Physics are great. They were a series of lectures he gave at Caltech because he was annoyed that the undergraduate physics curriculum had not changed up to that point. So he made up his own lectures that he gave in a one year course where Caltech copied what he wrote on the board and recorded what he said. They are a physics classic.</p>
<p>Haha, yes I noticed that too. With a last name of Telesco, you're just destined to be an astronomer.</p>
<p>Do you think that Feynman's Volume 1 will prepare me for Dr. Ingersent's class. That's my last question, and thanks a lot.</p>
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<p>I have heard this before, unfortunately I hate physics and decided not to do engineering because of it. All my research and mentors are from the dept of
engineering. </p>
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<p>Here are the lecture notes that you will be using: <a href="http://www.math.ufl.edu/%7Ebe/mac2512/mac2512a.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.math.ufl.edu/~be/mac2512/mac2512a.html</a></p>
<p>A lot of freshmen don't know about it but there is free printing on the 3rd floor of the reitz union (B/W only), so you can print you lecture notes for Edwards. Unfortunately, they decide last year to reduce it from unlimited to 250prints a semester. If you don't know I thought it was a crappy idea.
<a href="http://www.sg.ufl.edu/sginfo/sglab.aspx%5B/url%5D">http://www.sg.ufl.edu/sginfo/sglab.aspx</a></p>
<p>I had a bad experience with it my sophomore year. I had to study some insane amount to get an A in just honors physics. Then I moved and took Physics B and both Cs at that high school and loved physics. I hope that doesn't change. But, I can CERTAINLY understand how one teacher can mess up your whole outlook on a subject. It was kind of serendipity how I got into Physics B, and I was too lazy to change my schedule, so I kept it.</p>