justinbois/caltech_be_typical_schedule

Working document: Caltech BE typical schedule

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Notes from faculty

• More evenly distribute HSS courses
• ChE/BE 163 in sophomore fall and 189 in sophomore spring
• ACM 95 in Junior year

Seems like a lot of electives are specified.

I'm not sure why courses like Bi 122, BE/Bi 106, BE/Bi 103 ab, and Bi/CNS/NB 154 are specified. 122 and 154 over-satisfy the biology requirement if you take Bi/CNS/NB/Psy 150, and overall these seem like a pretty arbitrary selection of electives. I loved BE/Bi 103, but I still feel like this schedule gives the impression of too little freedom. I'm also not sure why you would take ChE 130 if you took BE 196a.

I think that the Freshman year schedule is great, and that's probably the most important part since upperclassman will have more information than Freshman when making their schedule.