<p>I just registered for my second semester classes, I’m a college freshmen, and I was originally a nursing major, but now I don’t know what I want to do. I have a sense of a few majors that I’m looking into, so I’m taking classes that, for the most part, will count towards the majors that I am looking into, but are 19 credit hours too much to take? The classes I am signed up for right now are
ECON 1030-Principles of Microeconomics
FR1110-Elementary French I
HIST 1320-World History before 1750
JOUR 1050-Intro to Mass Communication
POLS 101-Politics in the United States
SOC1000-Introduction to Sociology </p>
<p>I initially thought that 19 credits was “pushing it” - however; you are not taking any particularly challenging “weeder” courses (Organic Chemistry, Calc II, etc). Your schedule is just Intro level social science/humanities courses which are typically very easy. History, French, Sociology, PolSci, etc do not become particularly rigorous until the 300/400+ level. There might be a heavy reading load, but I think you’ll be fine with a decent work ethic. </p>
<p>Probably depends on whether any of the courses has very large amounts of reading, or has a large term project.</p>
<p>19 credits at 3 hours per week per credit means a nominal 51 hours per week of work (including in-class and out-of-class time), but most courses tend to have lower workloads than that.</p>
<p>Do you already speak some French?</p>
<p>It sounds like a lot of work to me, but if you’re good at these subjects or enjoy them, then it will likely be doable. How would this schedule to compare to what you did during your first semester? That’ll be a better estimate of what you can handle.</p>
<p>This schedule will likely have lots of reading and lots of writing. I’d recommend you take a look at all of the syllabi on the first couple of days of the semester and map out the workload for all of these classes together. See if it looks doable. If it doesn’t, drop a class.</p>
<p>I took a year of French in high school and three years of latin</p>
<p>It really depends on the school. At my school, for instance, 18 credits is the maximum anyone can register for and you have to get an override if you want to take more. But like others have said, the intro classes shouldn’t be too bad if you are exploring. Just make sure you have time for essential life things - eating, sleeping, clubs, and socializing. You need time for yourself too. If it becomes too much, you could always drop and take it at a later date</p>
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<p>In that case, no problem!</p>
<p>I personally think you should pick a major and take classes that you need instead of taking random classes. A few things to consider is how much education do you need for your career example you need to go to med school to become doctor. What job prospects and starting salary you can expect to make and what your interest are. Nursing is a good major but don’t go into that if you will be miserable. Stem(science,tech,engineerimg,math/computer science) is popular right now</p>
<p>Overall it doesn’t look terrible, but in my mind I think that French will take a lot of hours if you want to do well, and you should plan on reading/writing a lot in your History class. Nineteen is definitely pushing it, but it depends on what kind of student you are. I would have never been able to handle that much, myself.</p>