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Best Community College Courses

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SockHaser

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So right now I'm doing Community College course online because I don't really have a car to get to any campus and such. Now, for the future, what would be the best courses to take for an associates degree and be most useful for stuff after that? I'm taking my generals and stuff atm, but after that what should I focus on once those get finished up. I think general business might be useful, but I'm not sure. I like web design, I don't think taking any classes offered will do any good or hold any weight, so I figured business might be the best bet. I don't really know what I want to go into 🙁 Anyone have thoughts?
 
Talk to a councilor. I'm a business major at a local CC too, and its not obvious what you need. Talk to the councilors, thats what they're there for.
 
The best courses to take at a CC is definitely the gen eds. You can take all those boring ass things at a CC, but make sure check to see which classes will transfer to whatever university you may wanna go to if thats your thing. Youll probably figure out what you like doing the gen eds, but if not you can always keep taking classes. You can fit a lot of random classes in 2 semesters.
 
Take as much math as you can. The student/teacher ratio is much better at CC and most of the teachers actually care if you understand it unlike the Uni.
 
MagnusTheBrewer said:
Take as much math as you can. The student/teacher ratio is much better at CC and most of the teachers actually care if you understand it unlike the Uni.
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Yeah, I'm trying this. My later math teachers in HS sucked, (they took well over a month to grade my assignment) so I am just finishing up intermediate algebra only.
 
Take whatever you're interested in. College is about education, and education is about enrichment and fulfillment. If you're ONLY there to jump hoops or fit job molds, then follow what others have said. All the general eds, math or other difficult courses, etc. Take as much as you can, because it will save you big time when you transfer (if you do).
 
What are your life goals? Are you a person who pursues work/money or leisure/lifestyle first to reach happiness? What are your skills? What are your favorite courses of study? Where do you live? Do you want to relocate? How old are you?

Answering a few of those questions will help us give you good input.
 
PrinceofWands said:
Take whatever you're interested in. College is about education, and education is about enrichment and fulfillment. If you're ONLY there to jump hoops or fit job molds, then follow what others have said. All the general eds, math or other difficult courses, etc. Take as much as you can, because it will save you big time when you transfer (if you do).
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Maybe that was true in the past. People can't afford to take just what they are interested in with tuition cost skyrocketing and students going into further debt for their education. CC is better than a Uni in that regard, but he still may transfer to a uni down the line.
 
MagnusTheBrewer said:
Take as much math as you can. The student/teacher ratio is much better at CC and most of the teachers actually care if you understand it unlike the Uni.
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This times a million. If you have to take physics or chemistry, i highly recommend taking it at a CC with 30 people than at a uni with 190+ people
 
venkman said:
Maybe that was true in the past. People can't afford to take just what they are interested in with tuition cost skyrocketing and students going into further debt for their education. CC is better than a Uni in that regard, but he still may transfer to a uni down the line.
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At a lot of CCs you can.

CC in California is $26 per credit.

I pay $56 in Texas.
 
venkman said:
Maybe that was true in the past. People can't afford to take just what they are interested in with tuition cost skyrocketing and students going into further debt for their education. CC is better than a Uni in that regard, but he still may transfer to a uni down the line.
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It's never been more important. Costs are high, but not that high. Just stay away from private schools or spendier areas. 90% of people won't get anything more from Harvard than they do from a community college, at least in terms of knowledge.

Education is about education. Until we get back to that nothing is going to get better.
 
Ignore the AA requirements and focus on classes that transfer into the local University.

You should have enough credits to get accepted at 1.5 to 2yrs of CC. The CC will have a worksheet on on what you plan on majoring in and what courses you should take and that transfer to the U.
 
Take all the Calc classes and Calc Based Physics
That iss what I did...
Then transfer to regular university....
 
Thanks for all the answers, I'm almost 18 (as in tomorrow) atm if it matters. I do kind of suck at math, so I'm not sure how far I will get with that. My CC doesn't offer any physics courses though which is really annoying. I will probably just focus on math courses for now to see if I can actually get to calculus 😛
 
Math, chemistry, biology, statistics, then maybe the intro courses for computer science, economics, or whatever you think you might major in
 
Luckily I've always been decent at writing, HS teachers all said I wrote at a college level and I haven't had any trouble with it thus far. Also, what are the intro courses for economics? I took Macroeconomics Principles, but that along with Microeconomic Principles is all my school offers.
 
SockHaser said:
Luckily I've always been decent at writing, HS teachers all said I wrote at a college level and I haven't had any trouble with it thus far. Also, what are the intro courses for economics? I took Macroeconomics Principles, but that along with Microeconomic Principles is all my school offers.
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Those are the intro courses for economics. Required by some schools for gen end, and by all schools for a lot of majors. Plus just good courses to take, a good foundation for decision-making for the rest of your life.
 
Not sure where the OP lives, but the local community college has a fabulous math department that includes calculus and introductory physics.

(with my math skillz, it'd take me 10 years to complete the progression to that point...IF I could ever get that far)

They offer a wide variety of classes that meet the necessary transfer requirements for many of the schools in the the UC and CSU systems.
 
rcpratt said:
Anthropology.
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It's certainly helpful for gaining perspective and more interesting than history (to me) but, not a requirement for most degrees. I'm a long term hobbyist of cultural anthropology and recommend learning as much about it as you can. However, for me, observation and self study at the library are more valuable than course study.
 
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