xinny

So being the unlucky person I am, I am a chem major and only have sci/eng GE's (there was absolutely nothing else to take). Does anyone know if there are any benefits to this... if any? I know theres a pass 2 and waitlisting, but in case I really don't get any other GEs outside the sci/eng field.

Also, all these sci/eng classes have nothing related to my major. Would taking them be sort of useless? I didn't get any chem class because they were all closed.

yarold

Unless they give Writing or Diversity, you don't get anything except units from SciEng GE classes, unless they are of interest you want to explore.

bandislife

The only way they are going to contribute to your requirements is by fulfilling unrestricted elective units (unless they fulfill Div or Wrt GE requirements). This isn't really a bad thing at all... you have all four years to fulfill your other GE requirements.

xinny

What about classes like a language class? What GE requirements do they fulfill? I took a look at the course descriptions in the general catalog and they didn't state anything.

Pearlinthemist

(I was chem major also)

Your major's classes will satisfy your Sci GE requirement. Heck, some of the upper division chem courses you need to take even count for writing (115, 125).

Look for classes that satisfy multiple GE's, like ENT1 which can be Sci or Arts/Hum - then you can make it count for Arts/Hum. Or NAS5, which is diversity, writing, and Arts/Hum (Yea for 3-in-one classes)

Every possible Art/Hum or Soc Sci GE class can't be full, so you might not get your first choice in class, but it's better to take a boring class that counts for something rather than something sciencey that counts for nothing. In general I hated satisfying the GE requirements, it would have been nice not to do them, but oh well.

In the very back of the course catalog there is just a general list of ALL courses that satisfy each GE requirement (Page 492 in mine), then you can flip back & read the course description.