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<p>comparative and international politics are full of freshmen and sophomores. They are required for government and IR majors (I think comparative is required now), which is a substantial number of students. A lot of the 300 level classes have those as pre reqs, so the sooner you can take them, the better. That said, since they are required for a lot of students, there are a lot of chances to take them. They might fill up your first semester… but you should definitely have a chance to take them by 3rd semester (I took 204 3rd semester, comparative wasn’t required).</p>
<p>The intro history courses are difficult to get, especially if you want a certain one. I didn’t take intro Latin America until 7th semester, but I also wasn’t trying extra hard to take it earlier. I never emailed a professor to ask to get in or anything. Those classes generally have an equal number of seniors/jrs/sophs/fresh because they open up a few spaces for each as registration opens.</p>