<p>I got credit for 2nd semester French. Would I be able to repeat the 2nd semester, so that I’ll remember enough French to do well in 3rd semester French?</p>
<p>I was thinking of taking:</p>
<p>Math 126 (Calculus II)
Category 1 or 4 GE course
French 150 (French 2)</p>
<p>Would this schedule meet the minimum unit requirement? If it doesn’t could I take some freshman seminars to fulfill it? I don’t want to overload my schedule.</p>
<p>I’ll have about 40 (maybe, 43) units coming into USC because I completed an application update and I’m taking summer classes. Those 40 units come from AP courses, college courses during high school, and a few college courses after high school. I’ll have some GEs covered b/c of some classes I’ve taken (Cat 2, 3, 5, and maybe, 1).</p>
<p>If you got credit for 2nd semester then I assume you were placed into 3rd semester french. You should take the written test and see if you can get out of it entirely.</p>
<p>It is a good idea to start slow, make sure you’re adjusted to college. If you placed into French 3, you should be able to take french 2 again (but note below)</p>
<p>That’s 12 units. While that counts as full time, I don’t know if you can pay per-unit as a full time student - meaning you may have to pay the flat rate (16 units) anyway. But if you have enough units transferred, it may not matter anyway. But check terms of fin aid/scholarships just in case</p>
<p>Also, you have some flex in your schedule in terms of P/NP grading. You can pick any one of your GE classes to be taken pass/no pass, and foreign languages may be taken P/NP as well (double check with your advisor on this one)</p>
<p>If you’re not serious about french and are just doing it to be done with the requirement, you may want to consider if you know enough to get a P grade in french 3 without repeating french 2 first.</p>
<p>You can also take free electives (up to a limit) P/NP</p>
<p>Did you take the French AP test? if so, wait until your scores are back to see if you received a 4 or 5, which will satisfy USC’s foreign language requirement.</p>
<p>nhsharvard: I called the transfer office and the rep. told me what you basically did: I can take courses and have them transferred this summer, before I enroll. I also emailed the Director of Advising, and this is the response I got:
“Once you are admitted to SC, you may not take any GEs elsewhere. Also, the lower division Writing requirement cannot be satisfied by doing a Writing course elsewhere. It is not a good idea to try to get a jump start by courses at another institution before you begin here next fall.
It’s important that you take your GEs here.” Any thoughts?</p>
<p>NonSenescent, you are allowed to take GE courses outside of USC before enrollment. I would recommend it (if you have the time). You can look at articulation agreements community colleges have with USC.</p>
<p>I think the advising director talked about the importance of GEs because she/he wanted you to study the courses offered at USC (which differs from my opinion).</p>
<p>The philosophies of colleges differ greatly. If I were you, I would take GE courses during the summer. It would save you quite a bit of money.</p>
<p>nhsharvard, my thoughts exactly: I’d like to save the money and take GEs in the summer. The email kind of threw me off-I never knew that the director would be so against taking GEs elsewhere. Thanks!</p>
<p>Actually, I might double major or graduate a year early depending on whether or not i can fulfill the requirements for my second major (maybe econ, or minor in mathematical finance).</p>
Any thoughts?</p>