<p>You took the Analytical Writing Placement Examination (AWPE) on 6/2/2007.</p>
<p>You have satisfied the Universitys Entry Level Writing Requirement and should enroll in one of the following classes:</p>
<li><p>WRITING 39B (Critical Reading and Rhetoric) This class consists of three hours of discussion each week.</p></li>
<li><p>Humanities 1A (Humanities Core Course) Although this course may be taken by any UCI student, it is required for students majoring in the School of Humanities.</p></li>
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<p>Its important for you and your academic counselor to determine if you will satisfy your lower-division requirement by taking the Writing 39 series or by taking the Humanities 1 series.</p>
<p>A copy of your placement testing results has been sent to your academic counselor. The next step in your academic enrollment process is to attend an academic advising session to ensure that you enroll in the appropriate course. If you have any questions about your placement testing results, please ask your academic advisor.</p>
<p>Testing Office
Division of Undergraduate Education</p>
<p>Freshman normally take the writing 30 series. However, those who are moreso confident about their writing and want to knock off requiremenets faster take humcore. Engineers are usually advised not to take humcore.</p>
<p>humcore is not too terrible. i promise. if you took ap english lit and have decent writing skills, definately take humcore. it is a great course. very interesting and it also knocks alot of breadth out of the way. you are required to write a bunch and the prompts seem absolutely crazy sometimes but it is all doable. i got through the year with B's and even an A this last quarter. most of the time i wrote the essays the night before and hardly studied for the tests. i didn't start my research paper until a couple of days before! (that was fun...-_-) i may have just gotten lucky with my TAs, but the discussions were always engaging and thought provoking. i am so glad that someone really pressured me into taking this course. i'll admit, i hated it most of the time but now im so grateful for taking it.</p>
<p>if anyone is brave enough to take my advice i will personally hold your hand through the whole course and try my best to have you come out of humcore alive lol</p>
<p>blinkblink: you think it possible to fit in humcore with my schedule?</p>
<p>Attempting to Major in Bio Sci w/ BME minor</p>
<p>FALL: Math 2A, Chem 1A, Bio Sci 93, Bio Sci 2A, BME 1<br>
WINTER: Math 2B, Chem 1B, 1LB, Bio Sci 94<br>
SPRING: Math 2D, Chem 1C, 1LC, Bio Sci 2B</p>
<p>haha your courseload sounds like a lot of fun. i don't think you should take your math until later. most bio majors don't math until at least spring quarter of freshman year. start with humcore1A, chem1A, and bio93 and see how it goes for you. if you think you can handle more you can pick up math2A for winter. for spring, bio 2B is just a one unit seminar class so maybe then you should start your BME courses. i definately recommend that you don't overwhelm yourself first quarter.</p>
<p>BME 1 is fall only, so I don't have a choice there. Bio Sci 2A was just on the sample program, so I assumed I needed it (2B is required though). So I can drop that if necessary.</p>
<p>Assuming I did acceptable on my AP exams, I should have Math 2A done anyways, and both lower-division writing courses will be dealt with.</p>
<p>As for the math, I have to take the...5...math classes as soon as possible as some of the BME classes need either 2J or 3D. I figure that I should get those out of the way first. I was originally going into engineering to start with anyways (CSE) so it could've been worse.</p>
<p>Is it still wise to take humcore if I don't need the writing?
Oh, and what good will a bunch of elective credits from AP do me? I have like 7 tests that I only get elective credit for....</p>
<p>hmmm. i'm a bio major myself and i haven't taken bio 2A. anyway i really don't know much about the BME major but it sounds like you are going to have a ton of classes to take. it would be better for you to knock out a bunch of breadth with humcore so that you don't have to worry about it later. i think that humcore, chem, bio, and BME in one quarter is going to be tough; however, from the impression i got from my friends, humcore isn't that much more difficult than the writing series.</p>
<p>do you have to start on your BME minor now? are there a ton of classes to take? i think that it would be in your best interest to take the humcore series, but spread out your classes more. you are going to have to study hard and manage your time wisely, and that's not because of humcore, you are going to be taking some tough classes.</p>
<p>elective credits just give you units. units allow you to graduate. but you will already be taking a ton of units by the end of your time here so it doesn't help you THAT much. however, the more units you have, the higher your class standing. higher class standing means better registration times (excluding your first quarter here) and you will def. want a good registration time.</p>
<p>Well, if you didn't take Bio 2A, I see no problem not taking it myself, then. Aside from the BME 1 that I have to take during some fall quarter, I have to take about 6-7 other BME classes. It's only one class, so it'll probably take the place of Math 2A, while being easier.</p>
<p>I do like the sound of eliminating the entire "humanistic inquiry" section + 1. It may be brainfrying, but this does seem like a decent schedule, even if a bit heavy:</p>
<p>FALL: Chem 1A, Bio Sci 93, HumCore 1A, BME 1
WINTER: Math 2B, Chem 1B, 1LB, Bio Sci 94, HumCore 1B
SPRING: Math 2D, Chem 1C, 1LC, Bio Sci 2B, HumCore 1C</p>
<p>Fair enough. Even though I'm done with my lower-div writing. It looks as though winter quarter will be the hardest one...</p>
<p>Oh, and early reg. is good too. I'll need it.</p>
<p>leprechaun: does that even work? isnt humcore 8 units?</p>
<p>youll be taking 20 units in the fall and 21 units in the winter and spring which is over the limit.</p>
<p>if you take writing 39 you take 3 humanistic inquiry classes and 2 writing class which is 5*4 = 20 units.</p>
<p>if you take humcore its 3 classes which is 8*3 = 24 units.</p>
<p>i fail to see how humcore is "faster". Anyways if humcore is 4 units then my whole point and argument breaks down because im not sure if its 4 or 8. I thought it was 8.</p>
<p>humcore is 8 units. you get two grades: one for the writing and the other for the exams.</p>
<p>you will have to petition to take over 20 units and it will be fine if you are in good standing. its only one unit over due to the lab so i'm sure it will be okay.</p>
<p>humcore is faster because it fulfills your whole writing requirement (which means that you don't have to wait to take your upper division), your humanistic inquiry, and part of multicultural studies. all for the price of one year. (and half your soul)</p>
<p>evilleprechaun, good luck with that. i'm sure you are a smart guy and i can see that you are quite ambitious. however, dont forget to have some time off to take a breather, have some fun. i think humcore will be good for you since you are taking so many math/science classes. it could even be refreshing.</p>
<p>most likely not refreshing. Here are my potential unit totals:</p>
<p>FALL: 19 units (4,4,8,3)
WINTER: 22 units (4,4,2,4,8)
SPRING: 19 units (4,4,2,1,8)</p>
<p>yes, i suppose i will have to petition winter quarter. But it shan't be too bad. I had no idea it completely removed the writing req so it makes it that much sweeter. Thanks for the encouragement blinkblink. I hope that my social life doesn't die completely as a result of this. And hey, if I got a 4 on my AP Calc BC exam (unlikely), then no Math 2B and even fewer worries!</p>
<p>How do we attend an academic advising session? Are most of the classes offered are 4 units? How many units are we required to have when we graduate? </p>
<p>Hey how come in most of the classes the number of maximum students are 18? I thought it's gonna be full-pack lecture hall of about 300 students.</p>
<p>4)If you're seeing a limit of 18, that's probably for the discussions. Most discussions are in small groups where TA's take charge, whereas lectures have the massive number of people.</p>
<p>i took english 101 and 102 at a community college, and according to assist.org these two classes fulfill the breadth requirement for writing. is it guaranteed that i wont need to take writing 39b or humcore?</p>
<p>errr i think no. i think i read somewhere that your writing requirement HAS to be fulfilled with UCI. i'll get back to you on that. maybe you should as a counselor?</p>
<p>"Students enrolled at UCI may take only UCI courses in satisfaction of the lower-division and upper-division writing requirements. Continuing UCI students may not take summer classes at another institution to satisfy lower-division or upper-division writing requirements."</p>
<p>i was just wondering who can take writing 37? Is that for honor students? Also those who didn't pass the writing placement test what class are they taking?</p>