<p>Taking three classes your first quarter would probably work out fine. I did that my first year - then again, I don’t know if I could have found a fourth class at orientation if I had wanted to.</p>
<p>You need 180 units to graduate (184 if you haven’t fulfilled the foreign language requirement), and that’s spread across 12 quarters (3 quarters a year times 4 years), assuming you don’t take any courses during the summer “quarter.” If you took 12 units (usually 3 classes) your first quarter and 16 units every quarter after that, you’d have 188 units at the end of your fourth year, so that would cover everything.</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s posted online, but I believe the Economics department has drawn up suggested course schedules (i.e., what to take each quarter you’re here) for all the different majors in the department - if I recall correctly, it’s posted in the hallway outside of the Economics advising office. It might be worth it for you to e-mail one of the advisers and ask for a copy of that.</p>