<p>So I just did an internal transfer to CALS, and I'm trying to graduate early, and calculated from 55 credits minus the biology courses I've taken/will definitely be taking I need approximately 12 more CALS credits, so about 4 courses, or 3 courses with several throwaway 1/2 credit mini courses. What are some good courses? The courses that I could think of off the top of my head are dsoc 101, which I hear is easy and fulfills a distribution requirement (i need 2 more distributions for humanities - already have 2 done thanks to language), as well as a written or oral communications course. What are some of the better written/oral communications courses exactly? Other courses I can think of are cognitive psych (under info sciences) and sociology of health and ethnic minorities. How are these courses? Are there any other courses that would be considered both easy and fun (I'll admit it'd be nice to have a break and have an easy course, but at least have it be fun too!)? I hear food sciences courses can be fun - isn't there one where you make your own ice cream flavor? Lastly, I know biology and society is a major at CALS, and they have quite a few interesting course offerings. However, I cannot find anything that states BSOC counts as CALS credit, and it is conspicuously absent from the list of departments that do count - what's up with this? Thanks!</p>
<p>Sociology of Health and Ethnic Minorities is a fantastic class. Hopefully Prof. Parra still teaches it. She’s a great woman.</p>
<p>BSOC classes are actually counted as endowed credits…so they wouldn’t count toward the 55 CALS credits. Some of the BSOC classes count toward the distribution requirements.</p>
<p>You should also look at EAS 120. When I took it, it was called Earthquake!. I think it’s now called Earthquakes and Other Natural Disasters…or something like that. If Prof. Brown teaches it, it will be a very fun class.</p>
<p>Yeah “Earthquake!” is still taught by Dr. Brown. It’s fun and a very easy A/A- although he now curves to a B- and gives pop quizes so from personal experience it would be in your interest to go to class. And the class is packed with varsity athletes and greeks so staying a deviation or two above the mean isn’t asking much.</p>
<p>He curved to a B- when I took it in '06…it’s still very easy to do well.</p>
<p>the wines (and vines?) class! people always seem to forget that enology is also CALS major, meaning that CALS also has a version of the famed wines class.</p>