I have to agree with the foreign language thing. I think it's best to take something you are already strongly familiar with (if possible).
I took a random gen ed (Italian 100g) and it was so difficult! Especially since it's my first time studying the language. Also there's wayyyy too much grammar/rules for my liking. I wish I took something like design or german (since I did those in hs).
Hi! Welcome to MSO
That means you can only do your gen ed in 2nd sem, is this right?
I remember this post on the 107 piazza at the end of sem one asking about advice on gen eds for 2nd sem. ALOT of people hated phil and there's this one person that talked about design and I was really interested in it (bcs there's no exam).
Here are some screenshots of people's experience from piazza (they're anon)... hopefully this is allowed. There's a little banter but the rest is great advice/personal experience! Otherwise the mods can delete this or something
Also, I couldn't add more than 4 screenshots... so I'll just copy and paste what this person said about this gen ed:
Okay, I swear, if you’re interested in Korean stuff, take it! For me it was really easy, and it doesn’t take too much of your time. Just gotta remember the vocabulary and the tutorials are super fun and engaging. I don’t even think you need to self study because they repeat the same content over and over again for the 3 tutorials you have in a week. The conversation test is probably the most nerve-wrecking part, 12% and 16% separately and the actual test took less than 4 minutes each HAHA it felt like 30 seconds. It’s fun and easy if you’re interested in korean stuff, highly recommend it :///
Hope this helps a bit!