<p>Hey, if there's any Pomona students lurking on this message board, I've got a quick question for you all:</p>
<p>I'm visiting Pomona's campus in March, and I was visiting if there's any classes / professors I should be sure to sit in on? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>Well, what kind of classes are you most interested in? (science, math, english, ect...) That will probably help match you up with some classes and good professors.</p>
<p>Oh gosh... I'm kind of interested in everything, really. Math, computer science, music, philosophy, English, anthropology, seriously, whatever. I've got no clue what I want to major in.</p>
<p>So really, I'm just interested in anything that a Pomona student thinks is interesting.</p>
<p>I'd appreciate a response to this question too...
When I visited the person in the admissions office wasn't too helpful- she gave me a book and so I picked a US Gov class because I was in AP US Gov at the time and thought it would be interesting. The lady at the desk said that class would be fine. I went to it, and it turned out to be an intro class, and it was incredibly boring. At least two kids were full out sleeping, and the prof was lecturing the whole time, and the students did not seem particularly engaged. It was pretty disappointing, I wish someone had been there to point me to a more interesting class that is more indicative of Pomona's classes (I sure hope that one was different than most...).</p>
<p>So if I return for another visit, I'd like to have ideas for classes to visit.</p>
<p>I'd suggest you visit Pomona's website and search on "Wig Awards." "The Wig Distinguished Professor awards [are] for excellence in teaching, by a vote of students at the College. The awards recognize exceptional teaching, concern for students and service to the College and community. The recipients of the Wig Awards are elected by the junior and senior classes and then confirmed by a committee of trustees, faculty and students."</p>
<p>So, each of these professors are highly regarded by the students. One professor whose class I really enjoyed attending during Family Weekend was Sam Yamas-h-i-ta from the history department. His Asian Traditions class was fascinating.</p>
<p>ratemyprofessors is your best friend.</p>
<p>I sat in on a Japanese class, and I thought it was fun. :) I'm not sure you'd be interested in Japanese, but I'd advise you to sit in on a language class.</p>
<p>Sam Yama****a's Asian Traditions is a very good choice. Other cool classes include Miguel Tinker-Salas's Latin America before the Conquest, Kathleen Fitzpatrick's Writing Machines (about e-lit and blogs), any geology class with Bob Gaines, any religion class with Jerry Irish, Politics with David Menefee-Libey, anything with David Foster Wallace, of course, the Bible as Literature with Meg Worley, and anything you possibly can find with Ken Wolf, who is not only the most fascinating teacher I've ever had, but is also a dead ringer for Hugh Laurie.</p>
<p>Well, they don't much like poor Prof Y's last name here, but if you just ask to sit in on Asian Traditions, that should get you the right man.</p>