Taking a 10-unit language course?

[anishannayya]

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I'm and UC Irvine student who is trying to figure out what I want to take next quarter. One of the options I am considering it taking a Spanish 1AB class (meets every day for 2 hours) and is a 10 unit course. In addition, I would take chem + lab (6 units).

Language is not my strong suit, but I really want to learn Spanish. I think that it would be a useful asset for anyone living in America, regardless of my aspirations to become a dentist. Chem is a class I hate, but I can ace it if I keep up with the material and cram all the required formulas. (I hate teachers who give you nothing but a periodic table.) 🙂

If it makes any difference, I'm a freshman (soph enrollment status). I took 12 units the first quarter, and 20 this quarter (and am able to take it just fine). That said, most of those 20 units are cake Uni requirements.

Would you guys advise this, and have any of you tried something similar?

 

[NotPennysBoat]

I've never taken a course worth that many credits, but since you will only have one science course with lab you should be golden. It seems like you do well in school. Don't get behind and Spanish is a "pan comida".

 

[mitrieD]

WOW 10 units haha. Well, make sure you do good in it, so it doesn't negatively effect your GPA...

Spanish is great, take it.

 

[anishannayya]

Cool, I just wanted some positive reinforcement. I didn't want to get a bad Prof or just hate the class and wreck an entire quarter over one class.

 

[anishannayya]

An update: I ended up not taking the course (because I needed to take something else).

I also managed to find someone else who took the course. He recommended taking it, but doing it P/NP, because half the students are people who are already fluent in Spanish, and the other half are geniuses (which I am not, lol).

Thanks, for the replies!

 

[OhioDMD]

If your college offers it take Russian.... Generally no one fluent in the
class. Everyone starts with the alphabet. Three written verb tenses
with zero exceptions. First year is a cupcake class as far as languages
go.👍