Need Advice on Credit Load

fumafoo101
Sat, 22 Dec 2012 14:14:53 +0000

I have the chance to take a one course that may not be offered again in my academic career at my current university. It’s a course with the dean of my college, and a visiting professor from Brazil. I would receive two credits, and the topic is ethics in everyday life.

Here’s my situation. I have 14 credits with one course being worth 5 credits alone and is known for even having the smartest struggling. It’s a basic physics course but our physics department is the hardest on campus. Heard that directly from my adviser. So I’m not sure if I should take this additional course or not. No one in my family can really answer as they have never had this chance. Part of me says yes since I took 16 credits this last semester and only struggled with one course because of one bad test which the average was below a 60% and professor would not curve.

Any advice? Is it worth it? I think it would be just because the dean of the college would know me and possibly could form a student, professor relationship.