<p>Hey,</p>
<p>Which HASS-D classes are the easiest and most hands on? I prefer classes where instruction is extremely visual and rely much much much much less on auditory.</p>
<p>I don’t know if it’s one of the easiest (I never took it), but I would expect 4.301 (Introduction to the Visual Arts - known jokingly among some of my friends as “hack for credit” because the public-art final projects are often mistaken for hacks by passers-by) to be very visual, because, well, it’s a Visual Arts class.</p>
<p>Well, I guess I am planning to take it, but it’s not CI-H. I want to be able to take a HASS-D and CI-H class to fulfill the CI-H requirement. Know any class like that is both HASS-D + CI-H?</p>
<p>If not, then, maybe something similar to what I asked for?</p>
<p>This is CI-H, but not HASS-D – my husband loved 21W.785 (Communicating with Web-Based Media), known as the “design a website” class. And, to say the least, my husband is not a big HASS fan. So: easy, yes. Visual, yes. HASS-D, no.</p>
<p>aww, danggit. I wish there’s a HASS-D + CI-H class that’s more towards visual students instead of relying on auditory skills, since it seems that the majority of HASS-D + CI-H classes are geared towards class discussion, which I epic fail in.</p>
<p>What gives you the impression that HASS classes are discussion-style? The ones I’ve been in have all been just lectures, like my GIRs. I’m sure that’s not true for all of them, but for many it is. (FYI, the two HASSes I’ve taken are 24.900, which is a HASS-D CI-H, and 14.01, which is neither a HASS-D nor a CI-H.)</p>
<p>well, if they all were lecture based, did the professors write a lot of stuff on the boards? otherwise, I don’t think I’ll be able to handle with listening only and no visuals to help me along with…or I’ll have to study from the book as I did in high school in order to catch up with the classes.</p>
<p>and how is 24.900???</p>
<p>A fair amount of HASS-D’s are discussion-based - 24.900 and 14.01 aren’t. 21H.104 is, and 21A.100 is from what I’ve heard.</p>
<p>24.900 is complicated. NEVER take it in the spring. The fall is tricky, because there are 2 good fall profs and one prof that’s rated worse than the spring prof - and it so happens that’s the prof teaching it this fall. I wouldn’t take it this year >.<</p>
<p>Generally speaking, most professors who lecture either write on the board or give Powerpoint presentations.</p>
<p>I took 24.900 in the spring and loved it. From what I heard, the prof wasn’t as great as the one in the fall, but she wasn’t <em>bad</em> by any means…</p>
<p>Well, that’s certainly at odds with [url=<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/mit-2012/552687-hass-d-lotery-professor-norvin-richards.html?highlight=24.900]this[/url”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/mit-2012/552687-hass-d-lotery-professor-norvin-richards.html?highlight=24.900]this[/url</a>]! :P</p>
<p>whoa, serious opinion difference here! </p>
<p>LauraN, did you have Flynn? </p>
<p>And if I want 24.900, then is Richards teaching 24.900 this fall? I’m actually planning to take one HASS-D + CI-H this fall for the CI-H requirement, so I can take other courses this spring (because of the credit limit, I can’t take 5 classes if I want to)</p>
<p>wait, nvm. it seems like someone named D. Steridae is teaching it this fall and Flynn this spring.</p>
<p>Okay, I’m curious about 24.900 too. Is the professor really that bad this fall? I want to major in 9/24, and so I would love to take 24.900 this fall so I can take 9.00 in the spring.</p>
<p>I have experience with high school teachers being called bad, but one in particular turned out to be the best teacher I’ve ever had.</p>
<p>If worse comes to worse, i’ll take 21M.011, but I’d like to at least give 24.900 a shot.</p>
<p>How doable/recommended is it to attend both 24.900 and 21M.011 and just add/drop whichever I like best? I don’t think I’d have trouble with the workload for the first couple of weeks since I am very very experienced with music</p>
<p>It’s always fine to attend more classes than you want to complete and adjust your schedule by Add Date. The first few weeks aren’t usually so intense in terms of work.</p>
<p>You can check out course 24 subject evaluations for yourself [url=<a href=“https://web.mit.edu/acadinfo/sse/courses/course24.html]here[/url”>https://web.mit.edu/acadinfo/sse/courses/course24.html]here[/url</a>] (certificates required), but remember to take them with a grain of salt – they’re just student evaluations, and everybody assigns ratings differently.</p>
<p>I had Flynn, and I really did not care for her teaching style, but if I could go back, I’d still take the class that semester.</p>
<p>Looking at the course recommendations (for those of you who can’t see them), Steridae scored an overall 4.2/7. Norvin Richards scored a 6.5/7. Flynn most recently scored a 5.0/7. And Pesetsky scored a 6.3/7. I’ve heard a lot of people complain a lot about Flynn, and I know that the way she teaches the class is very different (a lot more focused on rote and memorization than Richards’ method of conceptual overview and introduction to the topic, from what I saw).</p>
<p>21M.011 is a cakewalk. Previous exposure to/experience with music is not required at all, so even those who have neither can do fine in the course.</p>
<p>I read somewhere that a level III language class can count towards the HASS-D requirement. Is this true? Also, would it still count if I were to take globalization+level I language as well, or would they be considered under the same category? I want to learn a new language at MIT, and it would be convenient if both the level I class and the level III one were to count towards the requirement.</p>
<p>Yes, it’s termed the “HASS-D Language Option” and is “category-less.” It’s applied only to level III or level IV courses, and even then, you don’t get it for both levels. Therefore, a level I language class will not fulfill any of your 3 HASS-Ds. Globalization and level III, however, would count toward two HASS-Ds.</p>
<p>which HASS-D courses have great professors? well organized class? </p>
<p>hows course 21W.747 Rhetoric and course 11.002J Making Public Policy and course 21F.076 Globalization: the Good, the Bad … </p>
<p>any input would be much appreciated :)</p>