Taking Two Math Classes Simultaneously

**Moonbear** · Nov9-09, 07:56 PM

With a more condensed summer schedule, even if it's only by a few weeks, it's not the two math courses that worry me in what you've listed, but trying to add on the English course too. Having taken English courses in the summer, my experience was that they assume you are not taking any other classes and it's all you can do to keep up with the reading and writing required. We would complete a rather thick novel each week in the summer class, which doesn't sound that bad when you enjoy spending your summers sitting outside reading anyway (that's why I'd take them in summer), but when you have to remember you're not just reading for pleasure, but to extract themes, plots, symbolism, literary allusions, etc., it slows down reading, plus you then have those essays to write about all those things you just read. That might not leave a lot of time for doing math problem sets.

**erok81** · Nov9-09, 11:56 PM

Originally Posted by Moonbear

With a more condensed summer schedule, even if it's only by a few weeks, it's not the two math courses that worry me in what you've listed, but trying to add on the English course too. Having taken English courses in the summer, my experience was that they assume you are not taking any other classes and it's all you can do to keep up with the reading and writing required. We would complete a rather thick novel each week in the summer class, which doesn't sound that bad when you enjoy spending your summers sitting outside reading anyway (that's why I'd take them in summer), but when you have to remember you're not just reading for pleasure, but to extract themes, plots, symbolism, literary allusions, etc., it slows down reading, plus you then have those essays to write about all those things you just read. That might not leave a lot of time for doing math problem sets.

I'm hoping it isn't quite like that. I am taking it online and it's a technical writing class, I've finished my lower level English courses. But I see where you are coming from. The English class like you've described take a lot of time and I'd definately be thinking twice about it if it were a intro english class.

**irises28** · Nov10-09, 10:09 AM

I am confused... Is it not extremely common to take more than 1 math course per semester? Are we only thinking this may be difficult because its a summer session?

**erok81** · Nov10-09, 11:42 AM

Originally Posted by irises28

I am confused... Is it not extremely common to take more than 1 math course per semester? Are we only thinking this may be difficult because its a summer session?

It's only uncommon to me. Also since I haven't taken either one, I didn't know if it would be better to take them separately. i.e. you should algebra before calculus. (that one is really obvious, but you get the idea)