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Help deciding which class I should boss as an elective

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Desabrais
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alright fuck so i need one elective for my bachelor of engineering. i'm thinking of taking it next semester because the way my schedule works i have 3 eng classes max right now unless i fail my spring class which i wont. having an extra class thats not eng is the shit because it's nice to actually have classes with females in it and be able to relax a bit in school.

anyways, with my current schedule i can only take 3 possible electives that i know for sure will transfer schools when i do after my 2nd year. i figured you guys would have some opinions or maybe have taken a similar class because i can't decide. i want something that won't be boring as fuck hopefully.

class descriptions:
philosophy: knowledge and existence
This course provides an introduction to philosophy through the discussion of selected topics such as: skepticism, perception, personal identity, free will and determinism and God.

Introduction to Psychology I: Natural Science
This course introduces the history, methods, and current state of knowledge in selected areas of modern psychological research. A range of content areas will be surveyed, including biological psychology, sensation and perception, learning, memory, cognition, and consciousness.

Introduction to Sociology
This course introduces students to the discipline of Sociology. Sociology is the study of human social life in all its forms. A variety of fields within the discipline, such as social theory, culture, socialization and interaction, inequality, gender, race and racialization, and families will be explored throughout the course.


Thanks duders.
Jun 7 2011 9:50PM
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Desabrais
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Also, the class will effect my GPA so I don't want something super hard that will take away from my work in other classes.
Jun 7 2011 9:51PM
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marsland
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psych is interesting, full of girls, and really easy to understand. id pick that. i took a sociology course and hated it so much, really boring, teacher was terrible, didnt learn anything. havent ever heard anything good about philosophy classes either but i cant say because i havent taken one.
Jun 7 2011 9:53PM
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BMB
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damn. those are all really good.
psych will be the hardest but probably most relevant.
Sociology is cool
Philosophy is also cool, hopefully you won't have to write too much.
Your elective is your oyster my friend
Jun 7 2011 9:55PM
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BlakeLively
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take psych for da ladiezz
Jun 7 2011 9:59PM
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theJones
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psych would be the hardest, but potentially the most interesting.

sociology doesn't interest me, so i wouldn't pick it myself

I could definitely see philosophy being cool
Jun 7 2011 9:59PM
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Desabrais
Posts: 71 - Karma: 14
Yeah I was pretty stoked when I searched through all the possible electives I could take and realized these 3 fit into my schedule instead of some history or jazz music elective.

i've always wanted to take a psych class, but it would probs be the most difficult. yet i feel like it would be engaging, however the others do interest me as well.


thanks for the replies guys
Jun 7 2011 10:03PM
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dreadyboy
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No experience whatsoever, but psychology is what I'd pick.
I'm gonna do management for my technical electives (business, marketing and entrepreneurship)
Jun 7 2011 10:03PM
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Desabrais
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Signed up for psych right now because it's waitlisted already but might switch over to philosopy because it's the only class with a posted professor and she has pretty good reviews. i think sociology would be an easy class, but i want an interesting+engaging one as well and I don't want to run the risk of having a bad prof when both sociology and psych are TBA.
Jun 7 2011 11:18PM
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Funnel
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I'm only in high school, but I took AP psych and that shit was great. One of my favorite classes.
Jun 7 2011 11:21PM
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marsland
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AP was great, then my college class was even easier. both were a joke, i dont know who in their right mind would say that any psych, especially intro psych, is going to be hard.
Jun 8 2011 7:14PM
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skiminnesota
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i personally had psyc ruined for me. the professor was a, no pun intended, psycho bitch.

sociology was far more interesting to me, plus the professor was awesome.
Jun 8 2011 7:33PM
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VT_FLO
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psych is easy as long as you keep up with the readings, sociology intro courses are ALWAYS taught by an overly feminist lesbian. Intro to sociology in a nutshell is: White people suck, white men fucked over the other gender and every other race (except teh AZNS)

I haven't taken a philosophy class yet so I would choose that.
Jun 8 2011 7:35PM
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skiminnesota
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->implying thats not how it is?

o and rich people suck.
Jun 8 2011 7:39PM
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Desabrais
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Think I'm going with philosophy. Thanks for the help guys.
Jun 9 2011 5:00PM
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