Courses for 1st semester?

Question

i am going to be a freshman at SCSU and would like to transfer to a better school. these are my 1st semester courses, I just want to know if i'm on track so far.

English Comp II
Bio/Zoology
Georgraphy 100
Music History
US History

for my second semester I'll take my math and spanish classes and idk what else yet.

th music course is: Music History of the Western World

Answer 1

Looks like a pretty nice set of gen eds to me. About 16 hours and not too demanding.

Is that Music History a general population class? Music History is usually a sophomore level class for music majors and is pretty demanding.

All of these should be transferable courses. Freshman Eng. is always required. US History and Geography are social sciences. Bio is a good general natural science. The only question I'd have is the Mus Hist (unless it's more of a music appreciation survey) and even that is an arts/aesthetics.

If you plan graduate study later, German or Latin might be more useful than Spanish. Make sure your math is algebra or higher (calc is even better). Liberal Arts math sometimes won't transfer.

Answer 2

What will your major be? If you're gonna transfer to a better school it's better if you take all of your GEs first since some school might have different requirement for major subjects. I see you're taking English Comp II and US History, but I'm not sure if the rest would count toward your GE credits. I can see Music fulfill your Art requirement and Bio for Science, but would your major necessarily need these classes count toward your GE? How about social science or philosophy? Normally any major would want you to take a social science class such as psychology, sociology or anthropology. good luck.

Answer 3

It is good to start out with your general education (AKA core) requirements. If you know what schools you want to transfer to, check out their registrar's office website to make sure that the courses you are taking will transfer to the new school.