Is it a good idea to do 2 gen ed courses over the summer after first year? (2 Viewers)

[UNSWStudent]

I am in my first year of CompSci and I am thinking about doing two gen ed courses in the summer after first year.

This would mean that I can do 3 subjects per semester in 3rd year, giving me more time to work projects, do an internship/part-time work or whatever else.

Is there anything wrong with doing this? What are some disadvantages to doing this that I am overlooking?

 

[Squar3root]

Nothing wrong with doing that

my plan is to do one gen ed this summer and another one next summer

 

[UNSWStudent]

What are you thinking of doing?
The only interesting summer subject I found so far is ECON1101. I need to find one more subject.

 

[D94]

That's fine, but prioritise finding work experience for the summer over doing a course. I think you might be limited to doing only 1 summer term course per summer.

 

[UNSWStudent]

That's fine, but prioritise finding work experience for the summer over doing a course. I think you might be limited to doing only 1 summer term course per summer.

I thought I can do two but if I can only do one then I can do a super easy course so I don't have to attend lectures and so I can still do work experience at the same time.

 

[Renaaa]

PHYS1160 ftw!! Easy grades, little commitment There are others as well (where the course finishes within a 3 days and easy assessments).

I did my 2 gen eds over summer too. Completely manageable and got 90+ for both of them

Also volunteered extensively during that holiday, went overseas and had fun!

 

[UNSWStudent]

PHYS1160 ftw!! Easy grades, little commitment There are others as well (where the course finishes within a 3 days and easy assessments).

I did my 2 gen eds over summer too. Completely manageable and got 90+ for both of them

Also volunteered extensively during that holiday, went overseas and had fun!

Thank you very much for the info. What's the second subject you did?

 

[Renaaa]

GENY0003 (Academic Skills writing): Generally easy course, 1 week at uni, 15% class participation. if you aren't a huge fan of Alice in wonderland, maybe not the course for you

Friends did:
SciFi (Forgot the exact course code): Easy course, watch movies and small quiz after, 1 week at uni, pretty fun! (But early nov-dec)
Ways of reasoning: Easy course again, 1 week of uni (1st week), mainly essays
Global finance (online): Relatively easy, think it's 1-2 hours a week of work, completely online