CautiousPessimism

In the event there are current students at Princeton passing by, a lot of us are experiencing some degree of course-selection uncertainty. Could you please post your freshman year courses for fall and spring semesters?

Thanks in advance!

mzhang23

Freshman year:
Fall
FRS 149 (Geo)
WRI 109
EEB 211 Biology of Organisms (AP Bio equiv)
CHI 103 (1st year chinese for native speakers)

Spring
FRS 132 (WWII)
CHI 108 2nd Year Chinese (for native speakers)
ECO 101 Macroecon
MOL 214 Molecular Bio
HIS 208 East Asia since 1800

I'm now a WWS major.

Good courses in the fall for those who are interested in foreign policy/international relations:
POL 397 National Security (Lyall)
POL 388 Causes of War (Bass)
POL 240 International Relations (Moravscik)

ec1234

Freshman year:

Fall:
Frs 159 (Dante)
WRI 161 (Science and policy, don't take)
Integrated Science x2

Spring:
SOC/LAS 248 Modern Mex. Society
HIS/CLA 218 Roman Republic
POL 316 Civil Liberties (but with Kersch not George)
Integrated Science x2

jssballet

Freshman year:
Fall:
HUM 216 (Humanities Sequence)
HUM 217 (Humanities Sequence)
WRI 189 (Artistry of Ballet)
DAN 319

Spring:
HUM 218 (Humanities Sequence)
HUM 219 (Humanities Sequence)
POL 347 (Mathematical Models in the Study of Politics)
FRS 124 (Chemistry of Chocolate)
DAN 309

philntex

Fall:
ANT 201 (intro anthro)
SOC 201 (American Society and Politics)
LIN 201 (intro linguistics)
FRS 159 (Taboo: Sexual Regulation in Literature and Culture)

Spring:
ENG 347 (Modern American Drama)
POL 312 (Ideal of Democracy)
REL 316 (Public Intellectuals and Religious Traditions)
WRI 180 (The Culture Wars in Philosophical Context)

isiaj1

Could you all maybe post your intended majors in addition to your course selections? Thanks

sucharita

Fall
CHM/COS/MOL/PHY 231-232 Integrated Science (Murderous but awesome)
WRI 130: Music and Spiritual Experience (by the sound of it, it's also the easiest Writing Seminar at Princeton - take it if you can)
FRE 101

Spring
CHM 233-234: Integrated Science
FRE 1027: Intensive Intermediate and Advanced French (Kind of stressful but enjoyable and I learnt a lot.)
MAT 201: Multivariable Calculus (Boring but easy)
ENG 304: Medieval English Texts in Modern Versions (I loved this class)

Thinking about majoring in EEB/Geosciences with a certificate in French.

jssballet

I'm either comp lit or history, with certificates in dance, ECS, and possibly french (prob not on the last one though.....)

lithoglyphic

I didn't have terribly many choices as a BSE -- that's the only reason I still remember!

MAT 104
PHY 103
CHM 207: Materials Chemistry (more fun than CHM 201! take it!)
WRI 142: Social Class in America (eh, wasn't high on my list but turned out to be interesting)

MAT 201
PHY 104
ORF 201 (a comp sci course that no longer fulfills the requirement, take COS 126 instead)
FRS 148: The Natural History of Food (taught by Prof. Altmann in EEB, great course)

Litho '06

ivyboy05

Fall 05
WRI 145 - easy, but the teacher left so who knows now
MAT 104 - eh, whatever
PHY 103 - i hate physics
CHE 245 - whatever
FRE 207 - Pretty enjoyable class

Spring 06
MAT 201 - easy until AFTER the midterm, then it gets really hard
MOL 214 - enjoyable except for the midterms
DAN 209 - fairly easy
FRS 156 - AMAZING and not too intentive - take it if you can
ECO 101 - alright

I'm either a MOL, EEB, or Chem major with certificates in maybe neuroscience and dance

....if that helps

cball05

ELE Major here:

Fall 05
WRI 182 - Class has been changed since then, I think
MAT 203 - Hard, but helpful for E&M physics
PHY 105 - Also hard, but I liked the format much better than PHY 103 (group problem sets rather than quizzes)
FRS 119 - Good material, but first time ever offered (teaching was a little sketchy)
ELE 201 - GREAT class - Prof. Kulkarni is only teaching this for one more semester (Fall 06) so get in if you can. Somewhat technical, but really interesting intro to signal processing (i.e. computer multimedia)

Spring 06
ELE 206 - Required for ELEs, interesting but hard midterm/final
MAT 204 - Great class, linear algebra is really interesting (though understanding all the interconnections takes months)
PHI 201 - Big lecture, not too hard if you show up for class
PHY 106 - Very good for the most part, midterms/final are extremely hard (though curved well)

Let me know if anyone has any specific questions on these classes (i.e. PHY 103 vs. 105, etc.)

blueriver575

mzhang and ivyboy: how does MOL 214 differ from 215?
also if you didnt take AP physics but believe you're qualified, do they offer a departmental placement test or sth?

ivyboy05

214 is pretty much pure memorization, with application.

215 is more quantitative - more physics and math involved. It says you need AP physics, AP Bio, and AP math for it....but I really dont think you need ap bio or ap physics. but e-mail the professor for more info.

hope this helps!

blueriver575

Thanks !!

WashedUp

Fall 2002:

MAT 103 (Calculus)
ITA 101 (Beginner's Italian)
FRS 157 (Dilemmas of Athletic Competition)
WRI 146 (Politics of Personal Narrative)

Spring 2003:

CEE 262B (Structures and the Urban Environment aka "Bridges")
ECO 102 (Now 100...Description and Analysis of Price Systems aka "Microeconomics")
ITA 102
HIS 212 (Europe Since 1700)

I tried to kill off my distribution requirements frosh year. In retrospect, not a path I'd recommend. Take interesting classes to start off...you can always take some easy classes Junior Senior year to finish off the DRs.