<p>@ kasmokia: </p>
<p>Great questions. There’s always that perception of UGA as just a party school – and the party scene is very active, especially downtown on weekends – but there’s plenty to do other than partying/drinking. If you search around the UGA forum you should find plenty of threads on the [non-partying] social life @ UGA.</p>
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<p>Generally, most Honors classes are introductory classes you can take in place of the 200 or 300-person lectures. If you check out the [Honors</a> course offerings for next semester here](<a href=“http://asg.citp.uga.edu/HonorsCourses/courseSched.php]Honors”>http://asg.citp.uga.edu/HonorsCourses/courseSched.php), you’ll notice that most of the courses are 1000 or 2000-level, meaning they are introductory courses. The advantage of taking Honors intro. courses is that they’re generally limited to 30 people, and more importantly, the Honors professors usually try to make the classes more discussion-based so you can actively participate.</p>
<p>Once you get into major level courses (3000/4000 level), you’ll notice fewer Honors courses offered. That’s because most non-Honors major courses are small anyways – in my experience, they’re 30 people or fewer. In short, small Honors class sizes make it easy to interact with your professor in introductory-level courses, and non-Honors major courses are usually small enough that you can easily approach/talk to your professor, anyways.</p>
<p>To graduate with Honors, you’re required to take 9 honors classes. It might sound like a lot at first, but it’s really not; you’ll probably find that you prefer Honors courses over non-Honors anyways. I didn’t really know what to expect my first semester so I “only” took two Honors courses – this semester, I’m taking three and planning to take two more next semester. I just think the atmosphere of a 20 or 30-person Honors class is a lot more personal than large lectures, and for subjects of interest, this is definitely a good thing.</p>
<p>Wow – lot of writing about course selections but I hope it’s clear and helpful.</p>