<p>As son's senior year of college is here I can't help wondering what is the most valuable college class people have taken which helped them in the real world- ie jobs et cetera??</p>
<p>My son is a pol sci/international relations major. Can't help wondering what he should take that last semester besides the required coursework.</p>
<p>I think a basic accounting course would be useful for most people.</p>
<p>This is something I have asked all my children and their friends. Their consensus:</p>
<p>–an accounting class</p>
<p>-- a quantitative analysis class</p>
<p>–a class on public speaking</p>
<p>–a class on negotiations</p>
<p>Also, become proficient on as many platforms as possible. My boys have found being wizards with excel, salesforce, etc has been beneficial.</p>
<p>If not already taken, seems most college graduates would benefit from:</p>
<ul>
<li>Statistics.</li>
<li>Courses in the various social studies subjects like economics, psychology, sociology, etc., since social interactions are integral to most types of employment which are in organizations.</li>
<li>Computer science, if a worthwhile course for non-majors like [CS10</a> Fa13 : BJC (The Beauty and Joy of Computing) | UC Berkeley EECS | Fall 2013](<a href=“http://www-inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cs10/fa13/]CS10”>CS10 : BJC (The Beauty and Joy of Computing) | UC Berkeley EECS | Fall 2013) is offered (typical introductory courses focusing on programming are less useful for non-majors), or a social implications of computing course.</li>
</ul>
<p>Agree on Accounting; most definitely.</p>
<p>Accounting, economics (macro or micro), analytical writing, statistics</p>
<p>Less useful, per se, but important for U.S. citizens to have:
-American History, esp. since 1900
-U.S. Government and Politics
-American Literature</p>
<p>Stats. Writing.</p>
<p>One semester of econ was arguably useful, but two was a waste of god damn time.</p>
<p>Wish I’d taken discrete math.</p>