<p>I'm thinking of doing humanities classes when I start out in my new school. Would you suggest taking my writing and humanities courses right off the bat so I won't worry about those later? or should I mix them up? I'm transferring from a community college to a four year school. What I remember from the community one is that the humanities were a pain in the neck when my priorities were the physics and math classes. I hated worrying about an english paper when I got a big physics test coming too.<br>
If I get those all out the way, then I would only have the classes from my major left for my remaining semesters.<br>
What would be a better choice? Balancing humanities with engineering classes in the semesters? or having the humanities done and then only have engineering classes?
What would be harder to handle? </p>
<p>I liked having one humanities class each semester. They were usually easier than my engineering ones, and I didn’t need to work in groups to get stuff done, so they could be worked on any time of the day. The semesters I only had technical classes were easily the hardest. I’d much rather have a history paper due that I can work on for a week or two before its due versus two tests and a big lab report due within two days.</p>
<p>There was one at my school, called Music and Jazz or something, that almost everyone took (except me). It was at your own pace and I know a guy who did the entire semester in 2 weeks.</p>
<p>But anyways, at my school, summer engineering classes are rare. So that might be a good time to load up on the gen eds</p>
Unless you have the opportunity to get work experience.</p>
<p>Personally, I would space out the courses. This way, you won’t end up with a semester where you’re more or less forced to take courses you don’t like because you need 3 courses (for example).</p>
<p>I also space out my gen eds for the simple reason that I find it nice to have something other than engineering to do every semester. It’s a nice change of pace and it makes the course load a little less ridiculous since gen eds are normally pretty easy compared to engineering classes.</p>