<p>It depends on your preference. I took HumCore. I think HumCore is known to be harder, but it’s 8 units, and fulfills a lot of GEs. I’m glad I took it because I wouldn’t know what other classes to take to fulfill those GEs. HumCore is more like AP Lit I guess? You read books, write 2-3 (maybe 4) essays a quarter on them, and then have a midterm and final. You have a lecture grade and a writing grade. I personally don’t like reading and writing much, but in retrospect, HumCore wasn’t that bad. During the school year I complained though, haha. Other than the fulfillment of GEs I liked that HumCore only has one final, yet it’s 8 units, so I at most had 3 finals freshman year. Also, something to note is that only the first two quarters of HumCore is needed for the lower division writing requirement. So you can skip out on dealing with the Research Paper during 1C if you really wanted to, but then you’d have to find other classes for the 2 other GEs.</p>
<p>I’ve heard people complain about Writing too, in particular Writing 39C… So I don’t know. I’m sure someone else can tell your their experience with Writing, or there’s probably threads about HumCore vs Writing 39 somewhere.</p>