Is my next semester workload too heavy?

HeardWell
Tue, 20 Dec 2016 01:27:52 +0000

I think its fine. I had the same schedule this semester, but with Psychology instead of Econ. Halfway through the semester I was doing really well so I ended up taking another 3 late start classes for a total of 7 classes, 24 units, so I think you’ll be able to manage.

Taking Computer Science online might be trouble if you haven’t had any experience. I didn’t have any experience but picked it up pretty quickly. Some of my classmates struggled, others had prior experience. Maybe watch some videos before the class starts? Luckily there are a lot of online resources.

Since this is your first Physics class it might take a bit of adjustment. Have you taken Physics in high school? At my school, the Physics sequence weeds out students, so be prepared. Also the sequence at my school only covers Mechanics in the first class, Waves and other topics in the third class. If Waves are covered as well it might be more difficult since a lot more students in my class struggled with Waves than Mechanics.

UCLA only requires 1 Physics and 1 Computer Science class for the Math major, and another 2 classes which can be satisfied with additional Physics courses. You don’t need to finish the entire Physics sequence if you don’t want to.