What college courses do u recommend?

hyelakingsfan · Post by **hyelakingsfan** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 10:59 am

I wanted to know what college courses u thought were really good and why. There are many courses but i dont know which ones i should take. Ofcourse GED (math, english, blah blah) but what else? For me i liked marketing because it taught me alot about how to sell something...and i mean alot

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:00 am

Carnegie Mellon.

hyelakingsfan · Post by **hyelakingsfan** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:03 am

Cloud wrote:Carnegie Mellon.

w....t....f???

SME · Post by **SME** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:12 am

hyelakingsfan wrote:
Cloud wrote:Carnegie Mellon.
w....t....f???

LMFAO!!!!! I have no idea, but I just found that funny.

As for college courses, it depends on what you prefer. See, for me, I LOVE science and anything to do with it, so anything related to physics, earth, space, chemistry, biology and even computers are courses that have always caught my attention. I think I've taken almost every science class at the college I just graduated from, say for maybe 9 or so (and I'm really not kidding)!

Stuff like liberal arts and business is not my forte, so they've never interest me. It just all depends on what you like and what you prefer, unless you like to be challenged then take classes all across the board. The one class I did really like was a debate class that I just took for sheer curiosity. Let's just say, don't debate with me face-to-face.

But honestly, it's hard to tell you what to take b/c not everyone is the same...everyone has different preferences.

Ashura · Post by **Ashura** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:18 am

Hi Harry

If you're really interested in Marketing, go to the Admissions Office and asked them for the list to major in Marketing. They'll have an outline of the classes you should take, plus you can cross reference them with other majors you would like because some of the classes can be used toward other majors...should you change your mind down the road. This way you won't be like my friend that had to spend an extra 2 years because she changed her major and had taken a load of classes that didn't count toward her new major. Good luck!

Masako · Post by **Masako** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:43 am

I just took a geology course this past semester... I thought it would be extremely boring, but the professor was awesome and the content really wasn't all that bad. You know, volcanoes and earthquakes and stuff. Plus, it filled the "earth sciences" requirement, and I'd much rather have taken geology than physics (because it killed me in HS).

(/dork)

blueheaven · Post by **blueheaven** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:46 am

I agree. It depends on your interests. Here are a few that I enjoyed...

Anthropology - I took four ANTH courses in college and loved all of them. I took Forensic, Cultural, Study of People in Arid Regions, and Religious. Gives you a great insight into people and their cultures.

Any Class that has film as an adjunct - I've taken Chaos literature and film, Psychology through film, Teen culture and film. All were very fun and made for great discussion.

Geology - One of the few classes that takes you outside of the classroom. Very fun stuff.

Whatever you decide, just keep it within your interests.

buma · Post by **buma** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:57 am

well, if you have chosen a major, you should pretty much have your college life planned for you already - your counselor should be sitting you down and telling you what your choices are. If you haven't made your major yet, I suggest taking your core classes (the boring stuff - or as you call it the 'math, English, blah blah blah' stuff ^_^) so that you have that settled first.

The fun classes usually don't come until later...

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:57 am

How about that. But I don't have it.

crackpot27 · Post by **crackpot27** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:07 pm

It really depends on you, I personally liked the art (this could be because I'm an art major, but...

) and the literature courses. The art I liked because I was able to use a variety of media that I hadn't even touched before, and topics to use for works were left pretty open so I could choose from pretty much anything. The literature coursed were all about reading, which I like to do in my free time, soooo...it was pretty much like play time for me. I liked Business law too, but that was the only course in business I had any interest in

kittens · Post by **kittens** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:28 pm

More math courses

(what else???

)

Maybe computer science courses? They are very useful

Elfstalker · Post by **Elfstalker** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:49 pm

Parasitology was my number one favorite. I find it fascinating how we live amongst all kinds of creatures that have the potential to invade a human and how most of us actually have at least one parasite species that we are not aware of.

Hematology was also very interesting. I didn't know human blood was so complex!

Medical microbiology again was quite fascinating. There's a lot to do with parasites and how the body's immune system reacts and protects (or fails).

Basically anything about infectious diseases piques my interest.

I had to take a general ed class on 'writing' so I opted for business writing. I thought it'd be a joke since writing papers comes easily to me, but I learned a few tricks that have served me well when writing professional letters that I'm sure helped me get into pharmacy school.

And since I'm an anime geek, I took 2 years worth of Japanese. It was an easy A and I learned a lot. It was lots of fun and watching anime gets a bit easier with knowledge.

I wish my school has an Eastern Asia Culture/Religion class; I would so take it.

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:49 pm

Interesting rationalization. What is anime geek I took 2 years worth of Japanese, your job?

Baakay · Post by **Baakay** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:18 pm

I'd agree with most of the suggestions above. I'm not a scientist in any sense of the word, but two of my favorite classes over the years have been astronomy and geology.

Here's the one thing I found to be a wonderful general truth -- this *may* be your only chance to have formal instruction in areas you AREN'T wild about. You can always pick up career-related instruction. Always. And bleeding-edge stuff changes daily, anyway

I was very fortunate in that I had an older student look over my proposed courses before I started college. She suggested that I take a course fondly known as "Bib Lit" -- or The Bible as Literature. I never in a million years would even have considered that one. She knew what a great class it was and what a great professor taught it -- and it was *fabulous.* I learned as much about analyzing literature in that course as I did in any of my other English classes, and almost that much about archaeology, anthropology and half a dozen other things. I liked it so much that I took the follow-up course on the New Testament the next semester.

And I'm a faithful adherent of absolutely no religion whatsoever

I'm not suggesting that particular type of class, of course -- just using it as an example of what a great experience it can be to try at least one thing that you wouldn't normally have picked.

Hmm... marketing. Try a communication and/or speech class?

blueheaven · Post by **blueheaven** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:52 pm

Baakay wrote:I was very fortunate in that I had an older student look over my proposed courses before I started college. She suggested that I take a course fondly known as "Bib Lit" -- or The Bible as Literature. I never in a million years would even have considered that one. She knew what a great class it was and what a great professor taught it -- and it was *fabulous.* I learned as much about analyzing literature in that course as I did in any of my other English classes, and almost that much about archaeology, anthropology and half a dozen other things. I liked it so much that I took the follow-up course on the New Testament the next semester.

And I'm a faithful adherent of absolutely no religion whatsoever

I LOVED that course. We had one called "Sacred Tomes", which covered the Bible, New Testament, Book of Mormon, Koran, and the Tao Te Ching(along with various other Eastern writings). What an awesome class that was. And I am not even remotely religious.