<p>I'm a freshman at a decent liberal art college majoring in electrical engineering. Here are the classes I am taking right now:</p>
<p>Differential eq
Compsci 101
Physics e m
Int macroecon
College writing (like a 101 class)
Private music lessons</p>
<p>I have been doing a lot of work lately. Not that the materials are hard, I just Am slow worker. I wonder does the workload increase drastically when I actually get into my major classes?</p>
<p>Not to sound like an a-hole, but what do you think? Classes towards your major get harder, not easier. Content and concepts become more difficult, workload increases, etc. For instance, a friend was spending 3 hours a week on Intro to Microecon as a freshman but when he got into higher level Microecon (the one with calculus), he was spending 8-10 hours a week. Obviously, this will vary from person to person but the gist is that it gets more challenging.</p>
<p>Some of the courses people take in the beginning are “weeder” courses and may feel more arduous. You may wish to speak with your counselor/advisor to find out what the future workload looks like. Engineering generally has a pretty well-defined curriculum that doens’t allow for much flexibility in course choices, so you & your advisor can look over what courses are scheduled for next year & project how this will work out for you.</p>
<p>Study groups are a great way for students to work together and better understand the material with some socialization. They were strongly encouraged for my kids’ U and to our surprise, our S (who was in EE) took it to heart and actually hosted them often. Engineers will likely need the skills to work with others, so those people skills and problem-solving in a group skills will be useful in the workplace as well. Look to joining or forming study groups, especially in engineering courses.</p>
<p>It all depends on who you are. I found my freshman classes to be mostly tedious, so I wasted tons of time getting distracted while I did homework. As I got into classes for my major, while they were certainly more difficult, it was easier to focus on them since I was interested in the material and actually cared about learning it.</p>