<p>To current michigan students: what classes are you in?</p>
<p>Yay! I just finalized my schedule so I'm happy to answer this!</p>
<p>Last Semester:
Math 295: Honors Math I
Polsci 391: Political Modeling
Polsci 306: American Political Thought
Geosci 107: Volcanoes and Earthquakes
English 483: Shakespeare
Slavic 490: End of Communism in Poland</p>
<p>This Semester:
Math 296: Honors Math II
Eng 125: College Writing
Polsci 585: Policy Analysis: Political Environment and Actors
History 301: History of the Universe: Scientific History
Physics 140: Mechanics</p>
<p>I don't think I take the typical schedule, though...not much direction in mind...double major in math and poli sci leaves a broad window for major requirements and...I guess about 1/3 to half these classes fulfill distribution.</p>
<p>there are so many to choose from it's overwhelming! quite a contrast to my HS which just offers the bare minimum.</p>
<p>I'm wondering what you are automatically required to take as a freshmen. will I still be required to take math and science classes if I'm majoring in liberal arts? what kind of classes will I initially take as an English major? I'm interested in sampling classes from all over the liberal arts field, but I'll be happy if I never take another math class again.</p>
<p>winter 07</p>
<p>ChemE 330 Thermo
ChemE 341 Fluids
Chem 241/241 A n a l Chem
Chem 461 Physical Chemistry</p>
<p>I'm a chemE sophomore, trying to do a math and philosophy minor. The PHIL 345 course i needed was full this year, and most upper-level analysis classes i wanted to take required MATH 217 (Linear Algebra), so I'm gonna learn that over the summer, and then continue with the math. </p>
<p>PS. To any engineer who wants a math minor (and has AP Calc credit), i highly recommend u take linear algebra and then a diffy q class other than 216. The diffy q material will make more sense, and you also have more upper-level classes to choose from. Wish they told us this at orientation...</p>
<p>well, u don't have to take a traditional math class (calc, geometry, etc), but i think there is a QR (quantitative reasoning) requirement u need to fullfill in LSA, although QR classes don't have to be math</p>
<p>What is the bare requirement that you need to take for LSA?</p>
<p>for LSA, it's something like...</p>
<ul>
<li><p>A first-year writing requirement followed by an upper-level writing course. </p></li>
<li><p>Either a Q1 or two Q2 courses (Q= Quantitative reasoning courses like calc,
stats, astro... basically anything involving numbers)</p></li>
<li><p>Fourth-term language proficiency (Just test out at Orientation)</p></li>
<li><p>7 credits each in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, and
something like a race/diversity class.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>ha, my high school offered no choice whatsoever towards what classes you could take, so yeah... overwhelming isn't quite the right word... i wanna like take EVERYTHING so everytime i see a class that interests me that i can't fit in, i'm like, oh, i'll take it winter 08, or wait, that's filled up... maybe fall 09... (yeah basically i have my schedules for the next three years planned...)</p>
<p>anyway,
last semester:
eng 125 - college writing
german 101 - beginning german
psych 111 - intro to psych
sac 190 - first year film seminar (the official title was something involving documentary and social change)</p>
<p>this semester:
anthro 101 - intro to anthropology
german 102 - german...
sac 236 - the art of the film
sac 272 - classical film theory
slavic 490 - dismantling totalitarianism: rock kills communism</p>
<p>if you're like me and don't like traditional sciences/math, it's pretty easy to find ways around the requirements... like you can take certain sociology classes for the quantitative reasoning req, or for natural science, you can find tons of interesting classes that aren't necessarily biology, chemestry, or physics...</p>
<p>That lists all the requirements that everybody in LSA has to meet. There's nothing you "have" to do freshmen year, but you want to make sure you have some kind of feasible plan for getting everything done over your 4 years here. You might have a few classes that you should take freshmen year if you already have a specific area picked out. If you're doing business school you'd want to take Econ 101/102/Calc I. If you're planning on doing medical stuff, you should make sure you pass orgo sooner as opposed to later so you can readjust.</p>
<p>Thanks....</p>
<p>Didd anyone do the UROP? Tell me about your experiences in it.</p>
<p>I heard it's pointless to do for credit. You should just take a class instead. I'm doing it for work-study right now. It's not too bad. I get $8.50 an hour for it. Your experience will depend on the project. Some projects will have you do tedious work while others might be more interesting. It also depends on the department. For example, a science UROP project might have you work in a lab and do experiments while an economics project might have you do some statistical research/analysis.</p>
<p>I you hate anything math/science related like me but need to fulfill the reqs, take Stats 350 because...</p>
<pre><code> -It fulfills your Q1 req. AND provides you with 4 credits toward the Natural Science req.
- If you suck at math, it's still not bad compared to Calc.
</code></pre>
<p>As a result of taking this course, I'll never have to touch that cursed TI-83 ever again. XD</p>
<p>thanks so much for the info! I thought I'd have to take calc for sure... that's a relief :)</p>
<p>Last term I took</p>
<p>Ling 103-Language and Sexuality
Ling 210-Introduction to Theory of Linguistics
Econ 101-Didn't like it very much
Spanish 103</p>
<p>This term</p>
<p>Ling 313-Sound Patterns
Ling 305-Advertising Rhetoric
Eng 125
Calc 115-Which will be tough</p>
<p>I agree, the choices are overwhelming. I came from a high school with absolutely no selection.</p>
<p>I came from a high school that had a lot of choices so I thought I could handle UofM's enormous choice of classes, but I was wrong as there are just too much that I know will want to take but never will :( Ne ways here's my schedule (which is still subject to change btw): O, Urop sux but hey I'm WS and I get paid to do absolutely nothing!</p>
<p>Fall:
Asianlan 101 - Intro Mandarin
History 195- Writing of History
History 250- China from prehistoric times till opium war
Phil 263- Chinese Philosophy
Urop</p>
<p>Winter:
ASIANLAN 102 2nd Semester Mandarin
ECON 455 Economics of the People's Republic of China
ECON 401 Intermed Micro Thry
STATS 408 Statistical Principles for Problem Solving: A Systems Approach
UC 280 UROP
GEOSCI 107 Volcanoes and Earthquakes</p>
<p>If anyone has had ne of these classes would you kindly please input me on how they are? thx.</p>
<p>Are there any classes that you would suggest taking at community colleges over the summer? I may do this.</p>
<p>I would check to see if your community college is listed on the transfer sheet <a href="http://www.lsa.umich.edu/lsa/students/req_conversion/%5B/url%5D">http://www.lsa.umich.edu/lsa/students/req_conversion/</a> and Take the course equivalents on the list. If it is not there, I would call the department and ask if it would transfer. But be very careful as Michigan is a stickler on transferring credits.</p>
<p>P.S. Go Blue, best USC!</p>
<p>Depends on what you're looking at going into. Have any ideas yet?</p>
<p>I want to go into business. I am not a preferred admit so I am going to have to take math 115, econ 101, and the writing class. I will also take math 116 and econ 102.</p>
<p>If you're going to take one class before you get to UM and really want to get in the B-School, I would take Econ 101 (Micro). Some pretty smart people get burned in that class.</p>