Liberal Education requirement
Sometimes it might be overwhelming if you have to take higher level of classes in English when you are not well adapted to the classroom environment in the states. Especially when it comes to biology and philosophy.
The are certain requirements that you might find it hard. for example, ethic and civic responsibility and literature. Not every body likes same subject. So the best way to fulfill this requirement is to figure out a way that is easy and time saving. What i mean by time saving is, you can fulfill few other requirements just by taking a single course. All it takes is to pay attention to the requirement details that it actually have.
In my freshman year, i took Principles of Microeconomics. It got rid of my social science and international perspective requirements. Isn't that awesome? There are tones of other classes that does like this or even better!
Go to http://onestop.umn.edu/onestop/Registration/Additional_Registration_Information/Registering_for_Courses/Liberal_Education_Requirements.html for more info