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

ucbalumnus
Fri, 05 Jul 2013 11:56:56 +0000

Your 16 unit schedule should be doable if your UD H/SS AC course does not require huge amounts of reading or a huge term project. Indeed, you will need to take similar course loads your remaining semesters.

How heavy a course load have you typically taken at your previous college, and will you be working or commuting from relatively far from campus during your first semester?

Which lower division EE and CS courses have you covered already (if any), and do you plan to emphasize EE or CS?

You can preview the EE and CS courses here:
[EECS Course WEB Sites](CAS - Central Authentication Service)

What you could do is sign up for your first schedule and something like CS 195 for 17 units. If you find the workload to be too high before the drop deadline, you can drop one of the courses and still have 13 units. (CS 195 fulfills the ethics and social implications requirement.)