<p>As I am trying to decide what classes to take to fulfill requirements, I am overwhelmed by the variety and amount of classes offered.
Is there a class that you absolutely loved and would recommend incoming freshmen to take?</p>
<p>THats a real good thread u started Margsala.
I truly wish some current students at Carolina would suggest us about campus life and academic courses.</p>
<p>educ 441!</p>
<p>education class for non-majors. it's seriously amazing. the professor (gerald unks) is probably the best teacher i've ever had in my life! very entertaining and informative. it's a class that you can honestly, honestly use for the rest of your life.</p>
<p>AND! no class work throughout the year (only tutoring OR watching six movies and writing a 1 page paper on each OR reading 2 books and writing a 3 page paper on each.</p>
<p>the final at the end of the year is immense, but the class is definitely well worth it.</p>
<p>it meets mondays or tuesdays from 6-9. so don't take it if you don't like night classes. i found it easier to do it that way, though.</p>
<p>yeah the class itself is easy because of virtually no exams, but the exam is known to be a killer... and filled with a vast amount of info. So in essence, if you don't keep up with your work throughout the semester in the class (which in a class like this it is very easy to get lazy)... you won't be very happy with yourself when exam time rolls around...</p>
<p>And freshmen generally don't get first dibs on this class... it's usually by your junior year</p>
<p>I'd suggest sticking with your English classes (like English 101 and 102 if you don't place out) or another English class. Try to get your BS classes out of the way. Generally, freshmen don't have much luck in getting all of their first choice classes because they register last. And it also depends on which CTOPS session you go to. If I were you I'd attend the first CTOPS session if at all possible, even if you are out of state.</p>
<p>Econ 101, it fills a ton of pre-req requirements, and i found it to be very interesting. Just don't take it with Turschie (or however you spell his name)</p>
<p>What's wrong with him?</p>
<p>I heard the same thing about that econ teacher when I went to Connect Carolina. I can't remember why he was so bad though. Isn't there a website or something that you can log on to and see the students' ratings of the professors before you take their classes?</p>
<p>Turschie is apparently brilliant, but he grades so unfairly its ridiculous. There are much better econ teachers you can get. I reccomend Burns.</p>
<p>Turchi has toned down quite a bit, and I would actually recommend him. My friend took it his first semester at Carolina and he got an A-. He's not even an econ major... he's a broadcast major. In general, most freshmen, unless the have a niche for practical application to daily life activities involving the same supply and demand graph, will have to suck it up and get a C or B- in Econ. The class is not about memorization, it's about understanding. I was not ready for econ my first year of college... I found it overwhelming, especially with a couple other classes that required a lot of outside reading (like poli sci). I had Byrns for econ, which everyone supposedly says he's great... but honestly, I couldn't stand aplia online assignments and all the extra resources he supposedly offered... because once again, it was too much information to digest and if you fall behind... yeah...and weekly quizzes that killed me.</p>
<p>I had Salemi for econ my first semester, he wasn't hard but the man can be a jerk, I would recomend him if he's teaching next semester.</p>
<p>Turchi is actually an awesome teacher. People always say to avoid him though, simply because he is very hard. He will probably make you work harder than any class you've ever taken, but you will come away with an awesome understanding of the subject. If you really want to learn econ, and are willing to put in the time, I'd definitely recommend him.</p>