Getting Shut Out of Desired Classes

MiamiCane2010
Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:05:43 +0000

I never had this problem, but that’s probably because I came in with credits so I registered before a lot of freshmen.
You mentioned he’s trying to get into classes like science fiction and musicology. By musicology, I assume you mean evolution of jazz or rock. These classes are in high demand and get filled up by upper classmen. There are certain classes like these that you just have to wait to take. For instance, I wanted to get public speaking out of the way my freshman year, but it’s impossible to get into it before junior year. It is what it is. There are plenty of classes to take and plenty of courses to choose from. Maybe your son needs to expand his interests and not just drop classes because he doesn’t like them. We all have to take classes we don’t like and we just have to deal with it.