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I am currently entering my senior year as an accounting major with a minor in math. So far, I have taken nothing but required classes and I now have to take two electives before I can graduate in the spring. The classes have to be in a department other than my major or minor, so I can't take any business or math classes. They can be any other classes, such as a general education class that I haven't already taken and was wondering if anyone has any suggestions?
I have a pretty heavy course load this last year and as bad as it sounds, I would like a class where I can pretty much just show up and get an A.
Have you thought of any humanities? Sciences? Englishes?
I don't know where you go to school or what country you are in, but at my college I took a humanities during a particularly rough semester, (Anatomy & Physiology, Microbiology, Chemistry, College Algebra). It had very little homework and what there was, was very simple.
Make an appointment with your advisor if all else fails.
Have you taken an intro to psych or an intro to philosophy? What about a computer class? An English class like short stories? What about a music class? Piano lessons? (I took piano lessons for two semesters, it was fun). Maybe a Health Education, Phy Ed type class?
My religion class had a TON of homework... you must have been lucky, J_9!
I'd shoot for a computer class, as that will give you something to add to your resume. Depending on your school you can take a class in Access or FrontPage, which are good programs to have basic knowledge of. The two I took of that sort were easy, but it helps if you have a good understanding of computers to begin with.
I also agree with a sociology or psychology course; those are usually pretty interesting, and most of the work will probably be in the form of group discussions. Philosophy is really interesting, but the one I took had lots of reading required, so not so good for a light load!
I once took a class called "Travel and Tourism" which covered all the tourist destinations in the Western Hemisphere - I love to travel so it was really, really interesting. I also took yoga Look for something that fits in with your interests, and you won't mind the work.
J_9, mine had weekly discussion questions, a chapter a week to read (usually 50+ pgs), bi-weekly quizzes, articles in current media (had to read and post response), mini-paper, midterm and final! You got off easy!
Appreciation of walking? That's even more hippy than my yoga class!
An appreciation class is a good idea, though, especially if there is a subject you are really interested in.
Thanks everyone for the quick reply. I have narrowed my selection down to the following: Intro Anthropology, World Geography, American Goverment, or Intro to Sociology. All of the above classes are from a group of humanities/social science classes that are required to graduate. I have already taken economics, psychology, art, and those are the remaining ones. Most of the classes have about 100 freshmen who tend to show up to class about once every two or three weeks. By simply showing up to class every day, it should not be to hard to earn a good grade.
I am leaning towards anthropology because I have heard that the professor has a chimpanzee that she works with and has taught to use sign language. She brings the chimp by class a few times a semester and I think that would be neat to see. Apparently as long as you praise the chimp and don't call it a monkey she will give you a good grade.
Anthropology sounds interesting, especially if you get to play with a monkey, er, chimp! Glad to hear you've narrowed your selection - I don't think you could go wrong with any of those classes!
Look for something that fits in with your interests, and you won't mind the work.
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