Hello! I already posted on the college life forum but thought maybe more people would chime in on this board. I am trying to figure out what is an appropriate course load for the upcoming year as a new transfer student. I have been in community college for three years averaging around 12 credits a semester (a few semesters was 10 credits and a few were 13 or 14). I took it slow and wasn't too focused on finishing quickly because I started CC at 15 and was undecided on a major. I will be finishing my associates degree this summer and transferring to a university. I plan to double major in Community and Regional Planning / Environmental and Sustainability Studies. I will need to take 15 to 18 credits a semester to graduate in 3 years and I really do not want to prolong it more than that. All the classes I will be taking are either required for the majors or a prereq for a requirement.
FALL:
GEOG 1000 World Ecological Problems and Man (4 credits)
GEOS 1000 Dynamic Earth (4 credits)
CORP 2560 Intro to Community and Regional Planning (3 credits)
CORP 3030 Planning Inquiry (4 credits)
GEOG 2650 Geospatial Technologies (3 credits)
The top three I have to take, but I cannot decide if I should wait on one of the last two. The Planning Inquiry class is the baccalaureate level writing req so I know it will be writing intensive, but it is also only offered in the fall and looking ahead to next fall that schedule will be pretty packed with classes for my Environmental Major.
Also looking ahead to the Spring I would need to take 15 credits
GEOG 2440 Economic Geography (3 credits)
CORP 3000 History and Theory of Planning (3 credits)
CORP 3040 Methods of Planning Analysis (3 credits)
ENVS 2150 Environmental Systems and Cycles (3 credits)
ENVS 3000 Intro to Sustainability (3 credits)
Since these are all 2000 and 3000 level classes that I will need in the spring, I am thinking it would be comparable to taking 18 credits this fall since two of those classes are 1000 level. Also I need to get used to taking 5 classes and should probably do that when two of them are easier.
I guess I am nervous because I feel unprepared from the CC as the classes have been so easy. I also have heard first year students shouldn't take that many credits. I am only 18 and will be living on my own for the first time, will also have a part time job and would like to get involved on campus. I have never taken that many credits even at CC and I don't know how much harder the higher numbered/level classes, but I did just notice over the half of classes I've already taken are transferring as 2000+ level classes. I am not sure how comparable the classes at CC truly are the same level at the University or not.
Am I worrying for nothing? Should I take 18 credits or cut it back to 14-15 this semester? How do the levels of Community College Classes compare to a state university?
Regardless of what I do this fall, I know that the spring will need to stay the same and the following semesters will be about 15-16 credits of all upper level courses because if I don't it will take me forever to graduate. If I don't take one of the classes for this fall that I listed above - I will still need to take it in a following semester making it go up to 18 or 19 credits, it just a matter of deciding of taking the larger amount of credits in my first semester when two of the classes are at the 1000 level (the easiest classes I'll take when I get there) or waiting until I am more adjusted to the new university / living on my own but having more classes all at a higher level. If I was going to wait on one of them - it'd probably be the Geographic Technologies until the Spring which would be 18 credits then but 6 Classes instead of only the 5. Thoughts? Any advice?
Thank you!
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