Getting generals out of the way during summer?

[anonymity]

I'm currently attending a public university in north dakota, UND, and am planning on transferring to purdue after my second year here (want to enter for the fall of junior year).

I am really interested in nuclear physics and nuclear engineering, and am likely going to major in both (trying to figure out if it can be done in four years right now, but it sortof looks like i will have to stay another semester).

Because of this (double majoring) i would like to get any required social studies/english/other general requirements out of the way during summer semesters.

How many credits can be (safely) taken during a summer semester?

This summer i want to take an english comp class, micro econ, and a C programing class, which is over 10 credits...Is this too high?

(fyi: I'm a freshman right now, currently taking calc 1, chem101, python programing class, and two EE courses)

 

[Jack21222]

It looks like the UND summer session is in one big block, rather than broken up into chunks like a lot of other institutions. May 17 through August 6 gives a good amount of time compared to some other place that has two 7-week sessions, for example.

Still, over 10 credits will be pushing it, but it can be done.

 

[anonymity]

Oh I'm sorry, i was not clear.

I would be taking these classes back home (minnesota) at either the U of M or a community college there. The sessions would be broken up into shortened sessions. The U of M has three main summer sessions; a 4-week session, 8-week session, and 14-week session. Their website has minimal information about summer sessions as a whole, and all of the information about registration and credit load is directed towards the fall and spring semesters.How many credits would you(guys) recommend to some one looking at each of these term lengths (4, 8, 12)?

 

[eliya]

This summer I took a Trig class and a composition class in a 7 week summer semester. I already knew Trigonometry, so it was more like a refresher for me, but it still required me to actually sit and study and do my homework. The composition class wasn't hard either, but it took a lot of time (for me at least) to write those essays. Both class were of four credits each, but I don't think it was too much to handle.

Also, if you wonder why I didn't take more classes, then that's because it was my first college semester ever, and I wanted to see how I'll handle the load.

I think that taking three generals shouldn't be a problem in an eight-weeks semester, and definitely not in a 14-weeks semester. Actually, I'm attending a university that works in quarters right now, so that's 10 weeks per semester, and it's not that stressful. You'll definitely be able to take 4 classes over a 14-weeks semester; just don't procrastinate and put things off until the last minute.

 

[Phyisab****]

I took calc 2 over the summer a while ago. It was 5 weeks, 3 hours a day, and at least 4 hours of homework a day. It would be pretty rough to take two classes like that at the same time

 

[Chunkysalsa]

Yea it really depends on how the summer is set up. I took calc 1 and computer science I over a summer but it wasnt a crazy 5 weeker but rather close to 10. Time was normal but was 3 times a week rather than twice like in fall/spring.

I plan on doing Circuit Analysis, ODE, and Philosophy next summer which seems like a lot at once for summer but in reality those courses actually take place during different times of the summer and only overlap for about 2 weeks or so.

Econ prolly isn't going to be super hard or intensive (at least I'v never had problems with econ classes) but programming is going to take a lot of time outside for projects. Composition might also, but that really depends on the prof/class. I've had friends who took classes that required tons of essays while mine was more of a hands-on discussion type class that produced quality over quantity papers.