Okay, I plan on taking

Ma 241
Csc 112
Py 205m
(some humanity)
pe 107

So if anyone of you have taken any of these classes before, I would appreciate it if u just let me know things that I should know before taking these classes.
What are pe classes like? What should I know before taking one? Should i take it for a grade or credit only?

If i am transferring from college of textiles to college of engineering and I am in T 101 now, do I have to take E 101 next semester? NO ONE seems to know that answer.

And what is a good humanity/social science course to take?

I am a freshman, so I have some time before I register, but I just want to know all this important information before hand.

Thanks in Advance.

10/22/2008 12:53:46 PM

study hard

10/22/2008 1:07:02 PM

MA 241: MA 141
PY 205m: MA 141
CSC 112: E 115 , MA 141 (but realistically, nothing)
PE 107: Ha ha ha. Sucks for you.

Go to the registrar's website for course prerequisites: http://www.ncsu.edu/registrar

Your adviser should be answering these questions for you.

10/22/2008 1:13:00 PM

Enjoy it while it's easy.

10/22/2008 1:14:46 PM

Enjoy it while it's easy.

10/22/2008 2:59:56 PM

if you're not an idiot you'll be fine. these are (relatively) easy classes.

not sure which engineering you're going into, but the dept's advisor(s) should be able to tell you about E 101, which is worthless by the way. if it happens to be mechanical or aerospace, talk to dr. tran or cheryl heeter. don't overlook E 115 (actually somewhat useful) if you haven't already taken it.

but yeah, enjoy these classes. study hard, but have fun because it ends quickly.

[Edited on October 22, 2008 at 3:48 PM. Reason : and on the humanity class, take something online from a community college. way easier]

10/22/2008 3:47:37 PM

Thanks to those who replied.
I know the prerequisites and things like that. I am in e115 now.
I just wanted toknow who the good professors are, and should I take these classes 2 or 4 days a week. And are all these classes on north campus? I hope non are in centennial.

10/22/2008 4:30:37 PM

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"and on the humanity class, take something online from a community college. way easier"

Great Advice


Also if you're engineering, expect to have a few classes on centennial.

10/22/2008 5:16:45 PM

PE: take it credit only. There's no good reason to take any PE that is a new activity to you for credit.

for running: this semester you have to run the 10k in 38:14 for 30/30 points, with 17 points if you finish at all and a mile in 5:26 for 10/10 points.

The way both PEs that i've taken work is that, say, 45% of the class is quizzes on blackboard or in person and the rest of the class is based on some performance tests: in weightlifting, we had a formula to calculate performance on a lift, in running there are 4 tests: pushups, situps, 1mile and a 10k. There is a performance scale that the PE department invents which runs from full credit down to half credit. If you try, you can't get less than the minimum. It's not graded based on personal improvement or anything like that.

10/22/2008 5:36:34 PM

i'm in ME and i've only had/will have 1 class on centennial.

for MA 241 just do your homework and don't slack and you'll be fine.
for PY 205, do the webassigns, do them until you understand it, don't copy someone elses, then do the practice test they give you.

for CSC 112, I did most of it on my own computer so I didn't have to sit in the lab for 2 hours, it comes to some people faster than others, but it's not too bad.

I'm in HI 341 right now (History of Technology) and I really recommend it if you need a history. Also, i'd try to knock out ENG 331 by taking it online... it lightens your class load and it's basically a class where you check the website twice a week and just turn in an assignment that takes a couple hours tops every couple of weeks.

10/22/2008 6:24:56 PM

I know that you have to take a lab for physics but it does not have any credit hours? How are the physics lab like? Is it similar to chemistry labs?

For csc 112, there is a lecture 2 days a week for like 50 minutes and then you have a 3 hour lab one day every week. How are these classes and labs like? Does the lab really last 3 hours long? What are the differences between the labs and classes?

10/22/2008 10:49:14 PM

your physics class is 4 credit hours, this includes the lab. You'll have to schedule a lab, but it is not a stand alone credit. Your grade in lab which is mostly participation will be a percentage of your final physics grade, it always brought my grade up.

Fortran was a complete waste of time in the lecture, Rodman would drone on about binary and computer theory and I really don't remember learning anything in there. I learned everything about actually writing fortran code in the lab. For me about halfway through the semester it all kind of just clicked, and I didn't have to go to the lab anymore except to turn my assignment in and get help getting started with the next one. iirc the lab assignments were about 70% of your grade, the final project was 15% and quizzes in lecture were another 15%

[Edited on October 23, 2008 at 3:07 AM. Reason : .]

10/23/2008 3:06:34 AM

As of now. Lab is 80%, midterm is 10%, and final exam is 10%.

10/23/2008 7:37:57 AM

Ask the TA's, they're the ones running the class

10/23/2008 11:53:40 AM

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"for running: this semester you have to run the 10k in 38:14 for 30/30 points, with 17 points if you finish at all and a mile in 5:26 for 10/10 points."

every pe 107 is not that bad

10/23/2008 11:13:30 PM

^ Really? cause he made it seem like thats the grading for all the classes.

10/23/2008 11:46:15 PM

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"Enjoy it while it's easy."

10/24/2008 12:40:45 AM

^^ I've actually heard of a final exam where you have to finish a 10k in 60 mins

10/24/2008 12:49:25 AM

i've taken all of those classes except PE107 and they're all easy (i didn't do shit in any of them and got like B's or A's in them all). take the PE for credit only unless its one of those ones that you can fake being terrible at then get graded on how well you 'improve'.


as for the humanity take PSY200 its easy as well. i skipped class for two and a half weeks happened to show up on the day that there was a test and still got a B. I don't even have a textbook for that class. The tests have 55 questions and 5 of them are extra credit. No homework, no reading (unless you want to?) no papers. You just have to participate in 3 psychology studies or write a 3 page paper on how to do a psychology experiment (which honestly is probably easier)

if you take scaleup physics you don't have a lab per se, but you have alot of other bullshit assignments that if you miss class ends up in like 3 or 4 webassigns not getting done for group activities. People say its easier, but honestly i'd rather be in a class where i just get lectured, do homework, and go to lab.

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10/24/2008 12:54:14 AM

PE classes are not graded on how much you improve

10/24/2008 8:33:05 AM

^ I disagree. Fencing was based on improvement.

10/24/2008 1:57:06 PM

my roommate last year was in a swimming class that was graded based on improvement

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10/24/2008 3:03:29 PM

http://www.wolftech.ncsu.edu/tracster

10/24/2008 7:39:30 PM

I also heard golf was based on improvement

10/24/2008 7:39:39 PM

^nah, its based on how you score with a pitching test, putting test, and well, going to class. oh and a written test.

the run conditioning was kinda based on improvement.. you've gotta run a faster mile at the end of the sem. than you did at the beginning, now unless you're a whale, that is 100% possible if things go right.

but those were my classes, diff. profs have different procedures.

10/24/2008 11:02:11 PM

i reckon it depends on the teacher. i had fitness walking with lester and it was not based on improvement. i don't think any of the fitness walking classes are.

10/25/2008 12:15:14 AM

Well, I had it with lester and it was. It was based on your personal performance, but she'd bump you up a level or two if you had put some effort into it.

10/25/2008 6:35:00 PM