Scheduling Question

College Life
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<p>What exactly do people do when they finish their requirements. I am just feeling rather screwed over as my adviser encouraged me to fulfill my divisional requirements, without taking a single major class my freshman year. Now I am scheduling for next semester and I have no idea what to do.
Currently my schedule is:
History Seminar on Witchcraft, Demons, and divination 311
European Diplomatic History 333
The Early Middle Ages History 206
Greek Tragedy 263</p>

<p>and another class which right now is an ENGLISH class.<br>
I will kill myself with this much reading and writing, or is this what people normally do?</p>

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<p>Do you have a major? A certain field of interest? Anything?</p>

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<p>I’m a history major with a possible minor in Classical studies</p>

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<p>well, that was probably poor planning. However, you should not expect to read every page that is assigned to you.</p>

<p>I would suggest you don’t take the English class, as the other 4 will probably be fairly reading intensive.</p>

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<p>It was, I mean I am finishing 2 requirements abroad in the fall.<br>
And I do have a science and a philosophy requirement left besides that, but i simply can’t get in those classes.<br>
I just wish my adviser encouraged me to take a history class each semester last year, but i suppose everything is clear in hindsight. </p>

<p>But like senior year, what do people do? b/c by then EVERYONE must be done with the requirements…</p>

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<p>I know a lot of seniors at WFU that are still doing divisionals since there’s only 92309273 of them…A lot of people will try to take it easy senior year by only taking 12 hours, or taking fun classes like bowling or History of WFU…something like that.</p>

<p>That does sound like a lot of reading and writing for one semester. I was on the bio major track which meant I had to take a chem and a bio every semester, so it’s taken me longer to finish my divisionals (I’m a junior and I’ll finally be done at the end of the year). But I’m a double major now so I’ll have plenty of classes to take my senior year. I’m kind of surprised that your adviser didn’t tell you to take any history classes - were you not sure that you wanted to be a history major at the time?</p>

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<p>some people at my school are still finishing GERs (gen ed reqs) their senior year also.</p>

<p>As for other things, there are fun classes out there. And classes that might be interesting to you that you could take pass/fail since they don’t involve your major.</p>

<p>For instance, I’m taking Group Piano lessons. I’ve always wanted to learn piano, and now I am… kinda. Also I’m taking Adventure Games, where I get to do such fun things as one-eyed freeze tag, and the zip-wire, and other low and high ropes course stuff.</p>

<p>We also are offering “WM in the Jazz Age”, which is basically all about campus during the 1920s-1940s.</p>

<p>Maybe you would like to take a class on American Popular Music pass/fail, or learn something about Ancient Rome pass/fail, or the basics of economics.</p>

<p>Also, I think most people are not done with their major by senior year. Maybe some by the end of fall semester, but I would bet the majority of seniors are taking at least one class in their major during the spring.</p>

<p>You can’t get into an intro Chem or Bio class? That sounds weird.</p>

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<p>My main advice: DON’T assume your advisor knows best. Do your own research. Plan your own classes. Do not let somebody else plan YOUR college career.</p>

<p>As for the current issue - maybe I don’t understand, but if your gen eds are done, aren’t you just picking among classes you need for your major/classes you enjoy? Why is that hard? Yes, you still have some required classes to take, but just list out everything you need and want to take then try to organize it in such a way that it fits and is enjoyable as much as possible.</p>