Feedback on Freshman Kelley Schedule

stbemtpynest
Fri, 06 Jun 2014 22:09:05 +0000

Congratulations on entering IU with so many requirements already fulfilled! K201/204 is a prereq for Technology or Technology Honors (X201/202), so Technology Honors is not an option for first semester. I do recommend Technology Honors for 2nd semester, unless you absolutely hate K204 (not likely). There are plenty of students who take Business Presentations in the same semester as K201/204. The issue is that they both have big group projects at the end of the semester, so you will be very busy and may have some scheduling issues. The nice thing is that both K204 and C104/106 don’t have finals. Well, K204 does have a final, but it’s not during finals week (at least that is how it was for my daughter in fall 2013). So you will have a light finals load. If you don’t want to overload yourself with big group projects at the end of the semester, you could take a WLC class or just any class that sounds fun to get up to 15.5 credit hours. I don’t have any specific suggestions for good A&H classes but there are older posts on CC that have some suggestions. I also don’t know what is the most popular way to fulfill WLC requirement - language, culture or study abroad. My daughter is minoring in Spanish and plans to study abroad, so she is doubly covered! In general I do not think taking 2 honors classes in the same semester is “too much”. There isn’t necessarily more work in the honors classes, they just go into more depth. One more note about Business Presentations Honors - the sections tend to fill up fast. If you have an early orientation date, that may be another reason to take it first semester. But no matter which semester you take it, if you don’t get in it right away, register for a C104 section and put yourself on the wait list for a C106 section. My daughter has been very successful in getting into classes from wait lists.