Upper Classes before Gen Ed. Requirements?

[OneDayDegree]

I understand the sensible approach is to complete your Gen Ed. requirements prior to your core classes, just in case something changes to your core requirements for your major, or you decide to switch majors.

But out of curiosity, has anyone tackled their program from the Upper Classes down to general education requirements?

[KyleH]

There are definitely some good arguments for completely general ed requirements first, as you just mentioned. I personally didn't know what I was majoring in until about 36 units in so I dabbled in general ed for a while until I had a solid plan.

However, taking out area of study first is a very reasonable strategy. Once I had decided on history I instantly started working on the required courses (Western Civ and US History). The thing is, if you fail one of those tests, you can't just take a different test(or class), you have to take the exact same thing again. So if you get it out of your way early, then if you happen to fail you can wait 6 months working on other stuff and then take it again. But if it's your last test, then failing it means six months of just siting around (or four months of taking a class instead).

[GoodtoGo]

I say mix it up--- take a class or exam that relates to your major while doing the GenEd requirements. I have done that , and it does keep me more interested. Right now I'm stuck in Algebra & History h*ll because I took some of the fun stuff early on.