Recommend some of your favorite college classes to take

[agnitrate]

Here's the deal: I'm finishing up my sohomore year and I have all my general education requirements out of the way. This is good because I'm done with dumbass classes. However, I don't know what else to take in school so it's a double-edged sword really.

I have taken an Introduction to Accounting class at my school and that didn't appeal to me all that much. I have also taken a year's worth of Latin History and I wasn't too happy with the obscure readings, although history is not entirely out of the picture. I'm enrolled in an economics class right now and it's not all that great IMHO.

I am double majoring in Math and Computer Science so my schedule is full of those kinds of classes. Here's what I'm planning on taking so far :

CS352 - Compilers: Principles and Practices - 3 credits
CS381 - Introduction to the Analysis of Algorithms - 3 credits
CS334 - Fundamental of Computer Graphics - 3 credits
MA375 - Introduction to Discrete Mathematics - 3 credits

That gets me 12 credits, the minimum to be a full-time student. I would like to take one more if possible or maybe drop one of the CS to take another. So have at it and recommend some of your favorite classes from school.

-silver

 

[jmcoreymv]

Take some basic digital design classes.

 

[fs5]

a food science/nutrition class

 

[beatle]

This really depends on the professors at your school. For me, some of my favorite classes were Intro to Film, Intro to Communications, and World Regions. They all had great professors and I actually enjoyed going to class.

 

[Stealth1024]

Complex Variables, Linear Systems, Field Theory, Analog Circuit Design, Digital Signal Processing, Software Engineering all cool courses but I'm guessing outside of your area of interest...

I am really enjoying American Politics this quarter and I'm considering Political Science as my liberal arts concentration we shall see.

I'm finishing up my 2nd year as a Computer Engineering major at the moment...

 

[agnitrate]

Originally posted by: jmcoreymv
Take some basic digital design classes.

I am actually enrolled in an ECE class this semester and I just had my last test last night. I really liked learning a lot about it, but I'm not sure I want to take the next step and take a course about Microprocessors / Microcontrollers. It would be very interesting after our last lab was designing a simple computer, but it would be a LOT of work. Not sure I'm cut out for that hardware stuff

-silver

 

[notfred]

Learn spanish or french or something.

 

[Jzero]

Depends on your interest. I found women's studies course so interesting that ended up minoring in it.
Some of my WGST classes:
History of Western Sexuality
Eat/Drink, Man/Woman: History of food and gender relationships
Gendered Technoculture (explores relationships between gender and technology)
Pyschology of Women
Pyschology of Personal Relationships
Global Feminism

All of them were pretty awesome but the top 3 were really good (and very little work!). If your school has similar programs, I recommend them.

I also took
Outdoor Recreation.
3 Credits. 5 activities (Horseback Riding, Paintball, Kayaking, Canoeing, Deep Sea Fishing). $200. Go to all of them and get an 'A.' It's the best 'A' money can buy.

And my last recommendation is:
Documentary Photography
Essentially take yearbook pictures + 2 self-directed documentary projects. Since you are working for the school, they foot the bill for all film and development costs. The down side is you send the pics out so no darkroom work (I guess that's an upside for some, though). Learned a ton about layout.

Good luck!

 

[agnitrate]

Originally posted by: Stealth1024
Complex Variables, Linear Systems, Field Theory, Analog Circuit Design, Digital Signal Processing, Software Engineering   all cool courses but I'm guessing outside of your area of interest...

I am really enjoying American Politics this quarter and I'm considering Political Science as my liberal arts concentration we shall see.

I'm finishing up my 2nd year as a Computer Engineering major at the moment...

I've actually always wondered what Political Science classes are about. Maybe I should take one of those classes to see what all the hub-bub is about. Very cool idea, thanks!

Originally posted by: notfred
Learn spanish or french or something.

I've already taken 7 years of Spanish. Needless to say, I'm done with it heh.

-silver

 

[DaveSimmons]

related:
- Numerical Analysis
- Formal Logic

useful:
- Critical Thinking ("informal logic") -- Philosophy Dept.

if you are interested:
- English literature class(es) (short stories & poetry)
- Non-Western Music

Also, I'd recommend normal "expository" writing classes over tech writing classes even though they are a little more work.

 

[atom]

Philosophy. Even though I think the major is seriously pointless, at least the classes are kinda interesting. Plus it's good padding for your GPA (big plus if you are some kind of academic grant/scholorship) and usually doesn't require much work so it doesn't intefere with your core classes.

Maybe a film class?

 

[eigen]

I would not even think about taking Alogirthm analysis before you have taken Discrete Math. Why not take an EE course or maybe a lower level phys course.

 

[Kyteland]

Depends on your interests.

I took a Military Science class on Mountaineering and Survival, and loved every minute of it.

I also took some classes on Greek and Roman history. Not something everyone is interested in, but I enjoyed it.

I took a class on the geology of the National Park System, and learned a lot about geology.

I also took a Religious Studies class titled "Archeology of the Bible" that was a great class. Friends recommended it to me. It was an intro archeology class that showed digs at sites mentioned in the Bible, as well as showing relations between biblical stories and the ledgends of other cultures in the area. I went in to it dreading that it would be a bible-thumping class, but was the complete opposite. It was a great class.

Ask others at your school what classes they enjoyed, and look at topics that pique your interests.