Gotta agree.
My second time around, I enrolled in a few econ classes, and they opened my eyes tremendously. Now I'm working on a grad degree.
Gotta agree.
My second time around, I enrolled in a few econ classes, and they opened my eyes tremendously. Now I'm working on a grad degree.
Anubis
No Lifer
Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
Hmm ....
Astrophysics and Particle Physics would have been interesting ...
I think I would have a much stronger understanding of the universe ...
Also, maybe some more economics courses so that when I disagree with the figureheads on TV, then I would have more credibility
unless you take the upper lvl courses the only thing you would have a stronger understanding of is calculus
GagHalfrunt
Lifer
- Apr 19, 2001
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Philosophy might be cool of you get the right professor, but it can be a nightmare if you don't. I took it expecting some intelligent debate. Instead I got a prof who worshiped some truly ignorant and easily disputed opinions and would not listen to debate. It was like taking math from a guy who is sure that 1+1 = 3 and would not even listen to the possibility that it might equal two. I had to grit my teeth and just read-remember-regurgitate. That was the only way to pass the class.
everything
1 or 2 more languages
a few history classes
geography classes
advanced writing classes
if i had time, i would enroll in school on the side
1 or 2 more languages
a few history classes
geography classes
advanced writing classes
if i had time, i would enroll in school on the side
Squisher
Lifer
- Aug 17, 2000
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I really liked social psychology. Learning just how fucked up in the head that we really are when put into a social setting was just too cool. Besides, how can you not like something whose whole premise is to fuck with people. It's like the Candid Camera or Punked of science.
I agree completely. Sociology is just the statistics of psychology multiplied over numerous people and tempered by political science. I detest sociology.
BoomerD
No Lifer
- Feb 26, 2006
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When I was forced by my voc-rehab program to go back to school, (community college) I had no intention of ever transferring to a 4-year school, so I only took the classes I needed to meet the Community College's degree requirements.
Now, I've been having so dammed much fun in school, I'm actually considering going on for a Bachelor's Degree...but I'd have to basically start as a beginnng Freshman since so few of my classes will transfer... :facepalm;
I would've liked to take more physics courses (specifically more QM and solid state). Berkeley has two upper-div QM courses (137A, 137B) and two solid state courses (141A, 141B) and I only got through 137A out of those. There were just too many interesting EE courses to take instead, so I never got around to the others.
IHateMyJob2004
Lifer
- Sep 29, 2004
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comp sci instead of electrical engineering degree would have been nice
<= software engineer as a career
I also wish I took more finance stuff. A triple major comp sci/EE/fiannce something or the other if I could do it over.
<= software engineer as a career
I also wish I took more finance stuff. A triple major comp sci/EE/fiannce something or the other if I could do it over.
Jeff7
Lifer
- Jan 4, 2001
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Discredited philosophy? How?
I was in two philosophy classes; quite interesting stuff. If I had no aspirations of having a job that pays better than Walmart, or of doing anything truly productive with my life, I'd be a philosophy major.
Kind of like mental masturbation. It's fun and you can make a lot of noise, but it doesn't really get anything done in the end, and it can make a mess of things.
I took World History 010 in my freshman year, and Econ 002 the next semester (don't remember if it was micro or macro; I think it was macro). History was rather uninteresting, but the information is kind of nifty, some of it. Stuff I never really thought about - for instance how important something simple like water was to the formation of cities.
Econ was one of the easiest gen-ed courses I've ever taken. The average on the final was a 61% though; I got somewhere in the high 80s, following a rigorous 12-minute study session the night before.
Also, the Econ class was taught by a fine-lookin' Ph.D. red-head, a far cry from the 40-60 year-old men who teach my engineering classes, which are also 100% male. I might miss Econ if it wasn't so damn boring and simplistic.
I do find myself wondering if engineering was the right choice. So much of the classwork just involves mind-numbingly tedious homework, and equation after equation. Find the right equation, plug in the numbers, get an answer, and figure out if it's reasonable. I've wondered if I should have gone into particle physics, or something that would get me working on a nuclear fusion reactor, but I really don't have any clue what a normal work day would entail, or what the job market would be like.
I've seen things.......and......done things I'm not proud of, thanks to that class.Originally posted by: Jschmuck2
Do yourselves a favor and take a theatre class, nerds
*sitting in corner, rocking back and forth, sucking on thumb now*
IHateMyJob2004
Lifer
- Sep 29, 2004
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Also, I wish that a class based on "The Pickup Artist" was available. I would have been the man!
Taken Greek and Modern philosophy, not that logic/proofs crap that humanities majors squeeze by for their phil. requirement. I took the real thing with philosophy majors and it was amazing.
As for engineering classes, I wish I got around to take some more EE stuff especialyl with fabrication. There was a microfab class I didn't take, but probably would've been nice. Additionally, some chemical engineering and/or manufacturing engineering classes would better prep me for the industry. I did cram in a manufacturing class in the end after my summer internship, but I would've liked to learn more.
Statistics - I finally started to understand statistics in my fourth semester of it and by then I had completed the requirements and it was time to graduate.
Finance - Real world application to math and computer science where serious money can be earned.
Computer Networking - What good is a computer science degree without a course in networking? Maybe this is why I work with databases ...
I would add micro/macro economics but I took those.
One of the more fascinating classes that I took outside of my major was the Philosophy of Religion.
Finance - Real world application to math and computer science where serious money can be earned.
Computer Networking - What good is a computer science degree without a course in networking? Maybe this is why I work with databases ...
I would add micro/macro economics but I took those.
One of the more fascinating classes that I took outside of my major was the Philosophy of Religion.
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