Is 16 units too much for first semester EECS (as a transfer)?

JamesGold
Fri, 05 Jul 2013 03:57:34 +0000

My plan at the moment is to take

CS 61A
EE 40
CS 70
an upper div AC course

Do you think this is too much to manage in my first semester? I don’t want to overwork and overstress myself, but at the same time I’d like to graduate within 5 semesters, which may not be all that easy. I have yet to take the above listed courses in addition to 20N, another upper-div humanities, and all the upper-div EECS courses.

Another option might be to take this schedule:

CS 61A
EE40
upper div AC
(+ maybe an easy 1 or 2 unit transition class?)

This has the advantage of being easier but may delay progress toward my degree because CS70 is a pre-req for a lot of classes I want to take. But at CalSO they said not to take above 13 units…

Any advice is much appreciated.