<p>What are some easy and hard classes at CMU?</p>
<p>Depends. What’s your major? I could recommend some difficult CS courses, but if you’re in like Econ or Spanish or something that’s not really going to be relevant.</p>
<p>All I can say is my D was considering doubling in CIT and Physics…but after taking Physic II while a freshman- she was happy to have survived and never took another Physics class. Physics- hard.
I’ve also heard that all the ECE weeders are no picnic either and same for Concepts of Math and Great Ideas in CS (251) and most math classes.
For all respect to the HSS students on CC-- I’ve heard from many students that the HSS classes they’ve taken are easy As without even showing up for class. Who knows if that is really true…but I think by comparison, they are easier-- most are only 9 units not 10-12 like other lab or studio courses.</p>
<p>DOn’t confuse “easy/hard” materials with “large/small” workload. Not the same at all. right? e.g.Studio Art classes have a huge work load-- but are they “hard” – only if you lack creativity-- but they don’t challenge you the way a physics or math class would. But they will require all-nighters like other majors.</p>
<p>Looking back at my undergrad transcript I took five humanities classes (Intro to Econ, Interp & Argument, Intro Philosophy, Technical Writing, and History of Urban American Life) and got As in 3 out of five of them, though the B I got in Econ was due to one incredibly stupid mistake I made on the final which dropped my grade from a mid-A to a high B.</p>
<p>I thought my humanities classes tended to be a bit easier, though it all really depends on the professor. I think a lot of reason why technical students find humanities classes be an easier A is they’re used to putting in considerable hours of slamming your head against the desk trying to get an answer, but in those classes it’s usually easy to find the answer and the hard part is figuring out how to put it into words.</p>
<p>I think it depends more on the professor than the course . . .</p>