<p>Asian American Studies 20A - Dong
Geography 20 - Acker
Sociology 3AC
Music 27 - Foglesong
Ethnic Studies 21AC - Brown</p>
<p>Any info on how these courses are at FPF (i.e., difficulty, workload, interest)? My major is Pre-business, so would any of these particular courses help?</p>
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<li>I was looking at Geography 20 since it sounded interesting, but I read somewhere that the final was like 65% of your grade D: Is that true?</li>
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<p>the final is worth 65% but its graded generously. I struggled through the course and ended up with an A.</p>
<p>Would you suggest I take it?</p>
<p>take sociology 3AC. Haytin is bomb!</p>
<p>Yup, I’ve decided to take Sociology, but I don’t know what else to take for my second breadth! I can’t take Geography b/c of schedule conflicts, so I can only put it down as an alternate.</p>
<p>I heard music 27 was pretty hard. My roommate plays piano [~13 years] and guitar [~3 years] and was first chair clarinet in high school and he did not enjoy that class. It was more of a history of music class.</p>
<p>I would suggest taking geography 20 just because it was an informative class. Plus, Prof Acker was very approachable and willing to help you if you’re struggling.</p>
<p>Would Geography > Sociology? I only can fit one in my schedule</p>
<p>definitely if you want to learn. Soc 3AC last semester (took with Haytin @ FPF) was a waste of time. Learned nothing.</p>
<p>So basically,
Geo: difficult, learn
Soc: easy/boring, don’t learn
?</p>
<p>Any other good breadth’s you’d suggest?</p>
<p>ESPM 50AC is pretty popular because its easy and somewhat interesting.</p>
<p>Yeah, I was thinking that, but I heard that the prof made the course harder after hearing it was so easy.</p>
<p>I got a C+ on my first paper for sociology. Then I got an A- in the class.</p>
<p>How did you pull off an A- when you got a C+ on your first paper? Did you change your writing style or was it just not weighed as much on your grade?</p>
<p>It was only worth 15%. I suppose I did well on the final and the term paper, but I never saw it so it’s only a guess.</p>
<p>Would you consider the class easy? How was the material?</p>
<p>The material is inherently interesting. The thing is that Haytin goes off-topic a lot in class and never really makes his point and the class ends up being confusing instead. But, if you follow up with the readings and make an effort to learn on your own then, yes, it’s very interesting. I really enjoyed the class for the first few weeks until the readings overwhelmed me and I stopped reading.</p>
<p>The class is actually pretty easy. I got a C+ because that was my first college paper written and I kind of just messed around. Plus, your final is a take-home final so you can collaborate with your friends and what-not. There’s no pressure but just make sure you write well.</p>
<p>D: My writing isn’t the best, plus the English courses at my school are a joke. Does English R1A help you write better college papers? Or is Rhetoric better? How much reading do you normally get?</p>
<p>Right, I was in a similar situation to you. My writing wasn’t that great either when I entered college. But, the English R1A - R1B series really does improve your writing if you are serious about the class. When I took R1B, I never thought I would see the light of day again. But, it vastly improved my writing skills and helped me transition from high school writing to college writing. I personally highly recommend taking your R&C courses first because it will help you a lot later in any type of writing-based class. Oh, and English and Rhetoric are both pretty intense. The only difference is that English analyzes literature while Rhetoric analyzes the writing strategies of other texts. They say that Rhetoric is better for law/business type of writing, but I think you will be a great writer either way if you can make it out of the class with a high grade.</p>
<p>As for the readings, we had to read about 80-150 pages per week from the reader. This seems like a lot but humanities/social science type of classes usually require around the same amount of reading. Also that you have to remember there’s no “real” homework anymore like in high school so it’s not really that much work if you think about it that way.</p>
<p>collegebound111 - If you’re writing isn’t the best, I would recommend College Writing R1A. It’s super intensive (6 units) but could really get your writing into shape. I never took AP Lit/Lang in high school so my writing skills were ehhh. This class really helped although I wanted to cry most of the time. In the long run, it’s worth it.</p>