<p>Hey everyone, I’m not sure what the workload at Brown is but does anyone recommend any fun classes that they’re glad they’ve taken but has n’t burdened them with stress.</p>
<p>Hey Donald,</p>
<p>You’ll get lots of this kind of advising once you’re at Brown for orientation - your Meiklejohn advisor will be the best resource for this kind of thing.</p>
<p>I think it is a good idea to take a balanced load and stick to 4 classes until you can assess how you do with the work load.</p>
<p>My daughter didn’t connect with her Meiklejohn at all, so I doubt that was a good source for her. There is a class review site open to Brown students. Quora has some Q&A on Brown classes. F***yeahbrown tumblr discusses some classes.</p>
<p>My daughter took Russian Lit for this reason, though you wouldn’t think it. I’ve heard there is a great popular geology class.</p>
<p>you’re at the wrong school, kiddo</p>
<p>I agree with Napoleon. Opting for easy classes is a waste of an incredible educational opportunity. Take it from someone who’s been there.</p>
<p>Oh, come one. Just because a class is an easy A doesn’t mean it isn’t valuable or you won’t learn a lot. Hazeltine is a favorite prof for a reason. Donald, I know this question has come up here before so if you do a search you might find some suggestions. I’m sure most of the guts offered when I was at Brown have been replaced by new ones. I know Clapping for Credit is long gone (a shame, if you ask me, and I didn’t even take it). </p>
<p>Time out. To say or suggest that Dean Hazeltine is a favorite prof because his class might be an easy A…if it is…does an injustice to the value of his teaching and a disservice to people trying to read these threads for substance. It is also a personal insult.</p>
<p>No class is an easy A 
I learned this</p>
<p>fenway,</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure that fireandrain was making the exact point you’re making. I didn’t take any of engin9, rocks for jocks, or russian lit, and yet Hazeltine is the only professor of those 3 I’ve heard of.</p>
<p>OK. Maybe I misread the post, and sorry if I did. The good Dean Hazeltine is probably the most revered person in the Brown community and he is a prime example of why Brown is unique. This gives an idea:</p>
<p><a href=“Giving | Alumni & Friends | Brown University”>http://giving.brown.edu/features/barrett_hazeltine</a></p>
<p>Give me a break. OP asked " fun classes that they’re glad they’ve taken but hasn’t burdened them with stress." I think that is a valid approach to take in a mix of classes when you are starting out and want to test to waters or as a something to balance heavy load of classes, or even a way to check out a new field or something interesting.</p>
<p>OP - try to get into a first year seminar, any one that sounds interesting</p>
<p>Thanks, I_wanna. Yes, Fenway, you totally misread my comment. I said Hazeltine’s class is valuable and one where you learn a lot. I never took it – he was an institution when I was at Brown, and that was a long time ago. I agree with Threedogs. </p>
<p>Is Rocks for Jocks still around? I’m blanking on the names for all the others we had. </p>
<p>I agree with the FYS suggestion (if one tickles your fancy) simply because if you don’t take it now you won’t get to.</p>
<p>I’m celebrating my 5 year this may so Rocks for Jocks (geo 5 - screw the banner numbering system) may be gone by now, but it was definitely still there when I was.</p>
<p>I don’t know if people would consider TA22 (now called TAPS 0220)to be stressful or not, but it’s definitely a class I wish I had taken.</p>
<p>I don’t see a GEOL500, but there is a 50, called “Mars, Moon, and the Earth.”</p>
<p>Persuasive Communication (TAPS0220) is definitely known to be a well-taught and good course, though I haven’t see it particularly described as easy. I would consider TAPS0330 (Mande Dance and Culture) to be an easy class, though very fun. Many second-semester seniors in that one.</p>
<p>In terms of my second semester of senior year, I’m enjoying Bruce Becker’s EMS course (PHP1520) - one that’s been around for a while, and is still taught by Becker despite his run-in with the police last summer (<a href=“http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20130808-providence-doctor-pleads-not-guilty-to-procuring-alcohol-for-minor-during-party-at-barrington-home.ece”>http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20130808-providence-doctor-pleads-not-guilty-to-procuring-alcohol-for-minor-during-party-at-barrington-home.ece</a>).</p>
<p>The conversion from pre-banner to banner is to add a 0 at the end so Rocks for Jocks would be GEOL0050. I have no idea what the course is/was actually called. I only ever heard it referred to as “Geo 5” or “Rocks for Jocks”</p>