College Freshman Schedule okay?

most degree's require around 120 hrs after four years, which breaks down to 15 hrs a semester if you're only going in fall and spring. However since it's your first semester I wouldn't necessarily sweat it. You're better off doing 12 hours your first semester just to see how you handle it. You can always make up the extra hours the next semester if 12 hrs is super easy for you, or during may-mesters and summer terms.

As far as what courses you should take, take what would satisfy most degree plan requirements at your school in case you should ever decide to change your major.

I would go with

Biology 3hrs

Speech 3hrs

Urban Politics-3 hrs

Criminal Justice-3hrs

LLC Public Affairs Colliquim Class-1hrs

I guess throwing in the 1hr class wouldn't be too bad, but definitely don't do more than 13 hrs your first semester.

Also, make sure that the bio class doesn't have a separate lab hour. Also beware of which bio you're signing up for, most universities have two general ones, one about everything on a cellular level, mitosis, meosis, photosynthesis, etc and the other pertains more to anatomy of humans, animals, plants, evolution, biological disorders. They're both easy enough, I got A's in both but found the cell one to be really boring.

There should be someone at school who will help you with choosing your classes. Don't take more than four classes your first year because getting adjusted to college is a big step.

There are generally a list of gen ed requirements that you spend your first year taking. after you figure out what your major is there are specific math classes that you need to take for that major which you will learn about later on.

call your school and ask them if there will be an advisor to help students pick classes at the beginning of the year. i would be very shocked if they said no. if they say that there will be, then don't worry about classes you will figure it out with your advisor during orientation. instead spend your last free summer and relax, have fun, and catch up with friends before you have to part your ways.

Good luck!

Your adviser should help you pick out classes to take. Honestly though your first few years of college are really just a joke. Your classes dont matter much until you get out of general ed and really in depth into your major classes in junior in senior year. My first 2 years of college was just learning how to survive on my own in a brand new world. In college you really learn that the world is not as you thought it was. Freedom in college is different and you will learn more about life outside of class than you will actually attending class. Good luck though and welcome to real life