Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
Freshman English 1106 - Oakey (I requested him, because I like his style of teaching)
Creativity & Aesth Exper- No idea. Apparently I need a Fine Art for Engineering. My counselor recommended this to me because it was a Pass/Fail class that most engineers take.
Calculus 1206 - Washenburger
Vector Geometry - Greenberg
Physics Lab- TA
Physics Lecture - Chang (I heard he is amazing for many many people)
That is 13 Credit hours, and then in January the wait list opens up for Engineering Exploration (1024) and hopefully I will get into that so I dont have to take it over the summer.
-Kevin
Creativity and Aesthetic Experience is hilariously easy. You have to go to three "events" throughout the semester. (A play, an art show, and a concert) It takes almost no time and meets the requrement. I don't know if Distler is still teaching it, but he used to give us the answers to the test while we were taking it.
I don't know anything about the English professor, but it sounds like you do.
I hear that Washenberger is a good guy, that he is nice and cares about the students, but isn't the best teacher.
Don't know about Greenburg.
On the topic of math classes, I haven't actually had to use much multivariable at all in my later studies (Mechanical Engineering) As a result, I recommend that when you get around to taking multivar, get Carl Prather. He is a realllllly weird guy, and not the best teacher, but I guarantee that you will get an A. Every test is take home, my lowest grade in the class was a 98.
Roger Chang is THE MAN. He is probably the smartest person that I have ever met. He has a couch in his office, and students come in to work on all types of engineering homework (not just physics). He helps everyone with everything. I once had a question about a topic in my Physics 2 class, taught by someone else... 15 minutes before the test, I walk into Roger's office and ask him about it. 90 seconds later, I had learned more than I had learned in 2 full lectures of my actual class.
Don't be too opposed to taking classes over the summer. (Unless you have a job or something lined up) It's a very different dynamic, and I really enjoyed it last summer when I took Vibrations and Controls over the summer. It might not be for everyone, but look at it with an open mind.
If I may make a suggestion, you will also need some core classes to fit the "Ethical Issues/Global Context" (or whatever they call it...the Philosophy type classes) core requirement. Should be 6 hours IIRC. You might want to look into some of the classes of that type early in your college career, cause nobody wants to waste time on those once you have a heavy workload later in your junior/senior years. I took Morality and Justice and it was actually pretty interesting and didn't require too much work, just a weekly assignment that was about a page long, and 2 major papers. It was a moderately easy A.
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you know about ratevtteachers.com and pickaprof.com, right? they come in REALLY handy.
I think I'll end this semester with anywhere from 2.6-3.2, and I'll be retaking my math class. I'm glad to hear that a lot of other people had ****** freshman years!
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