<p>I thought it would be helpful to have a list of suggested classes, both activity classes and core academic classes. </p>
<p>Activity Classes (1-2 units)
- Social Dance 1, such a fun class, amazing prof, perfect for those with or without rhythm and coordination, great way to meet people too
- Social Dance II
-Social Dance III
- Living Traditions of Swing
-Peer Counseling, this class taught me a lot of useful strategies for listening to friends, sections were really awesome and close-knit by the end of the quarter </p>
<p>Core Academic Classes (3-5 units)
- The Fate of Reason, since you have to take IHUM in the winter/spring you might as well take an interesting class, there are different profs who teach it now, but when I took it, it was a really awesome class for an IHUM
-The Rhetoric of Music in Film, I took this for PWR 2 and was surprised to find that it was quite interesting and I got a lot out of it</p>
<p>seems like a great idea marlgirl!
Core Classes I liked:
-Math 53 (how in the world did I like a math class? beats me but the material was easy to grasp and it was soo much better than Math 51 that I loved it).
-Econ 1a (Fall Quarter Marcelo teaching. Main reason I liked this class? The teacher is Amazing and I just checked next year's schedule he's teaching it Fall Quarter again)
-E20 (Intro to ChemE) this class is really interesting because the teacher is. The class isn't very difficult and the teacher spends most of his time telling us his really interesting stories.</p>
<p>Core Classes:
-Psych 1 (5 units): This is an awesome class that I think everyone should take, no matter what you plan to choose as your major. It's an introductory class, so you will learn a bit about the main branches of psychology and hear about key experiments throughout history. I think that it's important as a member of society to have some awareness of research into why we are the way we are and why we interact with others the way we do. The class is quite grounded in empirically obtained findings; this isn't some weird class where you learn to interpret Rorschach blots. It's really worthwhile. The professors are great, and the TAs put a lot of work into making sections fun (gasp!) and interesting. I recommend taking it in the fall, but any quarter will be a great experience.</p>
<p>Core classes:
Math 52H - You'll like it iff you really like math, but if you do, you'll really like it.
Math 210B/121 - Unfortunately, with Ravi Vakil not teaching it, this probably won't be as good this year.
Physics 105 - As annoying and stressful as it was, I got a lot out of it.</p>
<p>Others:
Fate of Reason
Visions of Mortality (a fall quarter IHUM)
"Band, Sports Activity" (look for it with other activity classes!) ;)</p>
<p>Sly Si, you have to remember that 70% of the reason Physics 105 was annoying and stressful was our TA. Most of the other TAs were much, much better. Debugging circuits was a bit annoying and stressful too (which you will do a lot of in this class), but that was probably only 30% of the problem. I'm still amazed that our final circuit actually worked. </p>
<p>The final project in this class is a moderately complicated circuit. It takes a while to build and debug (mostly debug) but when it works it is the most amazing thing ever. It's totally worth all the effort you put into the project. Oh, and the prof for this class is an incredibly amazing guy who is also a fantastic teacher.</p>
<p>Also, if you're looking for a good intro sem, I liked the two I took. Gay Autobiography and Mathematical Modeling of Politics were both very good. I don't think the latter is offered this year, but hopefully I'm wrong. </p>
<p>If any of you are considering sophomore college (three week program in September for rising sophomores) I strongly recommend The Meaning of Life. Awesome class.</p>
<p>The one I took (Science in the News) was pretty good. Not much work was needed and quite honestly that was the easiest A I ever got. Learned a lot about current issues such as global warming and stem cell research.</p>
<p>My freshman seminar, The Evolutionary Basis of Animal Sexual Behaviors, was the best class I took all year. We learned a lot about ecological research and interpreting scientific reports while studying a fascinating (and often hilarious) topic. The prof was cool and my classmates and I became fast friends (there were only 7 of us). I highly recommend taking a seminar in some topic you find interesting.</p>
<p>I took CS 106A Programming Methodology and liked it a lot, even though I am a humanities major. It teaches you basic java and focuses mostly on games. It's kind of fun to be able to code simple games. I'd recommend it for your applied science GER!</p>
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<p>MorsVenit as I mentioned earlier (check my earlier post) Econ 1a (the first econ class) is great if you take it with Marcelo. I don't know about the other guy that teaches it in winter so I won't say anything about him but Econ 1a during fall quarter is great. He's very clear and tries to really bring real life cases in problem sets and exams. I advise everyone to take it (I mean everyone should have a basic knowledge of economics in my opinion).</p>
<p>Polisci 1, Intro to International Relations with Kenneth Schultz was great! One of my favorite intro classes. He's a very coherent lecturer. We covered the usual realism, liberalism, domestic politics, international political economy, but also units on environmental cooperation, humanitarian intervention, terrorism, etc.</p>