What's your favorite class you took in college?

[Modelworks]

Public Speaking
Was taught by a blind professor but he was damn good at his job.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Chinese 352 - Women & Gender in Chinese Literature

Film Art 2XX - Film in the Fifties


I was an accounting/business major.

 

[Kirby]

Intro to PolySci. We spent the first week or so doing basic vocab and that shit, but the professor got bored so we discussed how events (past and modern) had an effect on democracy and freedom.

Another interesting class was an advanced english class. We talked about humanity and what makes a person human by looking at literature. Really cool stuff, but we had to write a few papers.

The easiest class was my first C++ class, I had done all of it in high school.

 

[TecHNooB]

Signals and Systems puts A LOT of things into perspective.
Microprocessors and Assembly is my current fave.. easy and we get to build cool shit.

 

[boomhower]

Probably Logic, very interesting class.

 

[judasmachine]

It's funny as it had nothing to do with what I was majoring in, but it was History of the US I and II. The same prof for both classes, and he was awesome.

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: zebano
Fencing was awesome, but number theory takes the cake.

Sailing was cool. Number theory, yeah, I aced that one too. I always did well in logical theorem based math classes. Number theory is like one huge fun game. Play by the rules (know the rules) and everything follows....


This thread is making me want to go back to school! :Q

 

[Kanalua]

Outside Major: History of the Church (LDS) to 1844.

Inside Major: National Security and Intelligence (taught by former staffer on Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and CIA Assistant Director).

 

[sactoking]

Racketball- Taught by the head football coach. Was fun talking about the games with him and watching him draw up plays for the upcoming gameplan.
Metal shop- Welding. Enough said.
Personal Finance- Liked it so much I'm trying to get an adjunct professor position to teach it when I graduate with my Masters.

 

[KeithTalent]

Probably Microeconomics in first year because the professor was such a nut. The class was always packed because everyone wanted to hear what he'd say.

Least favourite were differential and integral calc. I hated both of those classes so much, just thinking about them gets me all riled up and irritated. If I never see another differential or integral equation, it will be too soon!

KT

 

[Crono]

Philosophy. I got some real quality sleep in that morning class.

 

[Linflas]

Kind of a toss up between stratigraphy and field geology.

 

[Red Irish]

Scholastic philosophy

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Plants and Man
http://www.botany.wisc.edu/courses/botany_240/

that doesn't have anything to do with this does it?

Late reply:

Maybe a little :shiftyeyes;

 

[cherrytwist]

Sculpture I-IV

 

[Bibble]

I took a class on the Middle East that was truly enlightening. I also had a lot of fun in logic and constitutional law. I also took two alternative style classes: radio writing (basically produced the newscast for our university's radio station), and psychology of leadership (had to do one interview of some professor and then do a project which we had no intention of getting funding for and promptly threw in the trash after receiving an A in the class).

However, I anticipate a class I am signed up for next Fall will be my best class. Part of a new Politics, Philosophy, and Economics program at my school, it is called the Limits of Liberal Democracy. We go over classical literature on democracy first (Solon, Quintus Cicero, Thucydides, etc), then move to modern political theory (Federalist papers, some other stuff I've read before), and finally stuff from more recent years (e.g. Fahreed Zakaria). I'm really excited and expect it to be nothing short of fabulous.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Honors Women in American History. I was the only male and only one of two people to get As in the class.

Physical Geography. How I know human-caused climate change is complete bullshit!

Speech/Forensics. Talking for grades, LAWL!

Philosophy. Babbling in circles for grades.

Religion. Differentiating one episode of mass stupidity from the next.

Honors Literature: Fiction. Read 10 books and conference-called the author for an hour after each one. TC Boyle is a trip!

 

[Lummex]

Russian Revolution
Creative Writing
Cognitive Psych
Women's Literature

 

[Kyteland]

Combinatorial Game Theory. The mathematical analysis of games including, but not limited to, hackenbush.

 

[JasonSix78]

Expository Writing.

I hate writing but damn was my professor hot....her name was Ms. Cherry. No lie. She was also really laid back and flirty. I wished I would have flunked so I could have taken it again.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Originally posted by: Kyteland
Combinatorial Game Theory. The mathematical analysis of games including, but not limited to, hackenbush.

This statement is full of win.

 

[JDub02]

Logic (philosophy class) - it was easy for me and the professor was a nutcase, but very entertaining
US history (post civil war through the new deal) - the course was interesting. the professor was a jewish guy from brooklyn. i found the accent interesting. he reminded me of michael savage .. except he was socialist.
Archaeology of Egypt - what can i say? i'm fascinated by this stuff. the only problem was that indiana jones wasn't teaching it.

 

[Away]

PSY 2850-3 Psychology of Sexuality (3 + 0)
Prerequisites: PSY 1001 and ENG 1020
Restriction: Students must be age 18 or over in order to register for and take this course.
This course is a survey of human sexual functioning, with the emphasis on psychological components even though an overview of anatomy and physiology is included. A sampling of topics covered: sexual variation and deviation, sexual dysfunction, social-psychological views of liking and loving, sexual identity, legal aspects of sexuality, and erotica and pornography.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

1) Properties of Materials -- Engineering (ENGIN) 45 [3 units]
Course Format: Three hours of lecture per week and three hours of laboratory on alternate weeks.
Prerequisites: Physics 7A.
Description: Application of basic principles of physics and chemistry to the engineering properties of materials. Special emphasis devoted to relation between microstructure and the mechanical properties of metals, concrete, polymers, and ceramics, and the electrical properties of semiconducting materials. Sponsoring Department: Materials Science and Engineering

THE BEST engineering class ever. Omg. Best professor taught it also. EVERY engineer except electrical engineering has to take this. I remember commencement was hilarious because the best professor from our MSE dept went up and he taught this intro class (not every semester) maybe once or twice when I was there and that meant a good number of engineers experienced him. There was a roar of cheers and applause during graduation and the EECS kids looked around and said "Who's Prof _____" I wanted to slap the crap out of those damn EE kids.

or

2) Materials Characterization -- Material Science And Engineering (MAT SCI) 104 [4 units]
Course Format: Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week.
Prerequisites: 102.
Description: Physical and chemical characterization of materials: Diffraction, imaging, and spectroscopy using optical, electron, and X-ray methods for bulk and surface analysis. Measurement of mechanical and physical properties. Project laboratory focusing on mechanical, chemical, electrical, and magnetic properties of materials, and materials characterization. Field trips.

Once again taught by the same professor. I raped the class and my labs were so well written (no they weren't) because I understood the stuff well enough the newby TA kept giving me 97s. LOL. The harsh Nazi TA gave me an 80 but that's nothing compared to my roommate's BS that got low 70s, so I knew I was doing something right. Either way I worked hard and I went to office hours so I knew what I was doing. Combined with the fact that my roommate signed up for the class a year ago just to get the online password and downloaded all the HW solutions meant that we both slacked off (except I actually learned). Thank goodness because I work with XRFs and XRDs now at work and it's good to have knowledge.

Outside my major?

International Relations -- Political Science (POL SCI) 120A [4 units]
Course Format: Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week.
Description: Comparative foreign policy.

Joke. I was a debate guy in high school so I'm not stupid when it comes to IR or the history of IR. Plus I love history/politics and the whole theory just made it really fun being a sciencey/engineer guy. This class was totally different from the 80% Asian population that I experienced in engineering. I took notes like no other on the really cool then-Office 2007 Beta and I was like wow this is the one class where a laptop is useful (engineering classes need diagrams and if you bring a laptop, you end up screwing around anyways) and not detrimental. I thought I was screwed and I opted to study with a group that seemed to be working hard. When I went to the study session, some girl was like "Wow I didn't know China and the US were butting heads." I did a /facepalm and I knew there's no reason to study anymore. Easy A.

 

[jlee]

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