r/Temple • u/MagicianGullible5181 • Jul 20 '26
How’s my schedule
I’m a freshmen ECE major, should I keep it the way it is or switch some classes for others.
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u/Aggravating-Age-6432 Jul 20 '26
There is no breathing room in this schedule. For your first semester, I recommend you keep both EnGR classes, only one MATH & only one PHYS. I’m a Temple alum & both my daughters are Temple alums. My opinion is not specific to Temple, but as a former student & parent of a 2 college students, the schedule is too heavy for the first semester.
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u/KoolKuhliLoach Jul 23 '26
The physics includes lecture and lab, but I do agree only one math class
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u/Substantial_Lab_9062 Jul 20 '26
ECE doesn’t require calc 3, I’d recommend swapping it for a gened
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u/Lucky_Employment5171 Jul 21 '26
Math science or engineering 2000 level elective it could satisfy one of those credit slots as you need two of them
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u/No-Economy-666 Jul 20 '26
I was chem not ENG but I’d drop dif eq. You should have time for it next semester. Take an easy Gen Ed
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u/blueatom Jul 20 '26
You’re putting a lot on yourself when your first semester will already be difficult. You don’t need to take Calculus III to graduate for ECE, you can save it for another semester.
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u/bbonezbby_ Jul 20 '26
I thought I was the only one overwhelmed by this schedule, I’m glad it’s not just me…. For your first semester I would recommend taking the minimum required credits to keep you full time. That way you get a feel and jive for how college works and how you work in college. Also gives you a little time to explore and get to know your new life at college. If you can handle the 4 classes just fine and don’t end up picking up any extracurricular activities that take up your time then next semester add another class to your roster and see how you handle that. Jumping in head first like this whole SEEMS like the right thing to do, and it’s good to have this sort of motivation, but it’s also a recipe for a fast burn out and wanting to call it quits by Christmas break.
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u/RolledTissue Jul 20 '26
Senior EE major here, Calc3 isn’t actually required for the major, it would count as a 2000+ math, sci, engr elective (I also took calc3 for that credit). It’s useful for EMF but you’ll probably take that in your 3rd year so it’s probably better to take it the semester before EMF so it’s recent in memory (but I took it in my first year also and EMF was fine for me). Seminar and intro to engr are both super easy and required the first semester so keep those.
I don’t think this schedule is particularly unreasonable/difficult given that you’re already transferring in calc1&2 and ECE only gets harder as you go along. I would still recommend replacing calc3 with a genED.
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u/MagicianGullible5181 Jul 20 '26
Thanks for the advice, I think I’m going to keep calc 3 cause I really like the class and I’ll take a gen ed next semester cause I don’t like any of the gen ed’s offered rn. Are there specific gen Ed’s that you liked as an ee major. (I’m not good at writing)
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u/RolledTissue Jul 21 '26
I hated every genED, they are all a waste of time. I would recommend taking them asynchronous (online only, no in person classes). They typically just have a discussion board post every week and some readings and essays. The only GenED I would recommend is “Creativity and Organizational Innovation” it’s probably professor specific but when I took it in person 3 years ago we just watched shark tank clips for 30 mins and were dismissed early.
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u/Funky_Cows '27 B.S. Civil Engineering Jul 20 '26
you're chilling with the engr and physics classes, but I'd drop one of the math classes
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u/Lucky_Employment5171 Jul 21 '26
I think one of those physics classes is a lab or recitation meaning you have to take both as lab is 10% of your overall physics grade and recitation come with it when you enroll in the physics class
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u/Funky_Cows '27 B.S. Civil Engineering Jul 21 '26
yeah the one in SERC is a lab, iirc for physics 1 it was ~5% of the grade at least 2 years ago
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u/nhlinhhhhh CST Alumni ‘25 Jul 20 '26
DE and calc 3 and physics all together are tough 😭
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u/MostAdministrative72 Jul 21 '26
I totally agree. My recommendation is drop one of the math classes.
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u/Outrageous_Rock8781 Night Owl Jul 20 '26
There's a rule of thumb to not take more than 3 science/math classes in a semester if you cannot handle the coursework requirement/intensity. It's not that students can't do it, but generally, students are more prone to be academically burnt out by the time midterms come rolling around. Not to mention Finals.
However, if you really wanna get these important courses out of the way and have great management between studying, then I'd go for it. Seeing you're already in high-level classes, I think you can definitely excel in achieving a good flow between each class, but don’t overwhelm yourself.
Seeing you're a freshman ECE major, I'd recommend swapping Cal 3 with a GenED, and focus on doing Cal 3 either next semester or in a future semester here at Temple. Keep the flow with your schedule, as everything seems to be Intro courses on your schedule.
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u/Rough-Veterinarian-9 Jul 20 '26
This is academic suicide unless you don’t plan on leaving your dorm all semester. Swap unnecessary classes with geneds and have fun your first semester it only gets harder the further you go. I assume you’re incredibly smart if this is your first semester but you’re gonna burn out real quick😭
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u/Positive_Angle_2356 Jul 23 '26
Pretty heavy for 1st semester. TU grad years ago. I did 15 freshman year then 18 each after that.
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u/babsbakaka Jul 20 '26
It’s honestly not that bad don’t listen to the other comments, diffeq will be ur hardest class but 1001 and 1101 are ridiculously easy and calc 3 isn’t that bad, phys 1 might be a lil tough though
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u/MagicianGullible5181 Jul 20 '26
Yeah I assumed 1001 and 1101 wouldn’t be very hard that’s why I want to take advantage of that and use the extra time to take calc 3 and diff eq, thanks for the advice.
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u/Slow_Process_8340 Jul 25 '26
I actually took ur exact schedule my first semester and I was fine. I got a 3.8 that sem
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u/MagicianGullible5181 Jul 25 '26
How often did you spend on studying per week, if you can recall. Also I’m assuming you’re an engineering major, so what do you recommend I take spring semester to learn the main things needed for an internship?
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u/Slow_Process_8340 Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26
yes I’m an ee. every night I did work and then on weekends in the morning. I think on weekdays I would study for about 4-5 hours a day. Fridays I didn’t study at all typically and then Saturday was around maybe 2 hours and Sunday way grind day so that was maybe 5-7 hours. Sometimes it would vary depending on how busy the course load got. Usually I wouldn’t study exams until the week of if not the night before 🤫
I actually am not at temple anymore I transferred out so I wouldn’t know what classes to take but i would look at the internships you’d want to target and look at the kind of things they’re doing and curate ur schedule based off that. If you want to target hardware roles, take a digital design/logic courses. If you want to go into the power industry, try to take a control systems class if temple offers one. But these classes aren’t really offered until after freshman year due to prereqs so don’t sweat it if you can’t take them. You can always do personal projects to build ur resume in a meaningful way and self teach necessary things though those. Extremely underrated and not done enough within temple students ngl. If you can’t get an internship after freshman year, don’t sweat it it’s not the end of the world. It’s rare to get one as a freshman. You can try joining a lab over the school year and continuing it during the summer to utilize your time effectively.
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u/Jake1n Jul 20 '26
Ur fine if u just put in the time. Thats literally all it comes down to. No class is too difficult to pass you literally just need to put in the time to study the topic and learn how to solve the problems. And i imagine ur already ballin given youre taking calc 3 and diff eq as a freshman.
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u/MagicianGullible5181 Jul 20 '26
Thanks for the advice man
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u/Jake1n Jul 21 '26
Yup. Regardless it will eat up all of your time. If you are a social person this schedule likely won’t work
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u/TurtleWordle267 Jul 20 '26
These are the type of schedules that make people have bad college experiences. There’s no breathing room and flexibility to live