Must take classes

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<p>Hello, I just finished my freshman year. With all the AP credits the college accepted and the extra class I took, I am more than prepare to graduate on time. At this point I fulfilled pretty much all the non-major electives. So I am thinking about using this opportunity to feed my intellectual curiosity! Can you guys suggest some ‘must take’ classes for me? I am an EE major so I probably won’t be interested in more hard science. I took AP econ and int. macro and I have to say these two classes have changed my perception of the world forever. I heard art history is another must. I am also thinking about music theory.</p>

<p>It would be great if you can attach a reason to your suggestion. Hopefully this thread will help me and people in similar situation as I.</p>

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<p>Was one of your AP’s Psychology? I would take some sort of General Psych course if not. However I find the stuff very interesting and enjoy relating the things I learn in the class to everyday life.</p>

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<p>I would take something totally out there and unrelated to your major, even if it sounds like a pointless class (like beginning acting or a Harry Potter class).
Then again, you could be more practical and take some sort of personal finance thing, which would be really useful.</p>

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<p>I did not take AP Psych. Although I am very interested in Psychology, in fact at one point thinking about majoring in it, from the reaction for my friends, intro to Psych was “one of the most boring class” they have taken. As much as I like reading Psychology articles online, the topics covered in lower division classes belongs to the common sense category and labs are too tedious and involve in too many uncontrolled outside variables for them to be believable. I feel that intro to Psych, at least at my school, is just a class to introduce the methods used for studying rather than to spark interest. I think I will just learn that outside of class.</p>

<p>Just to throw out my 2 cents. Computer science is probably one of most useful and inspiring class I have taken. Even at the intro level, it teaches how to computer “thinks” and how we can take advantage of it. Loops are data structures are just the icing on the cake for non-science majors. With the high dependance of technology in our lives I find it hard to believe it is not a requirement course for every major.</p>

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<p>Take a Philosophy course, such as an introductory course or ethics course. It’s the most fundamental of all college topics and no undergraduate education would be complete without it.</p>

<p>If you like Psychology, try abnormal psychology. You’ll learn about different psychological disorders. It might spark your interest in a minor or give you a new perspective on the people in your life.</p>

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<p>Take music theory. If you’ve never learned any music theory before you’ll learn a LOT. Music has lots if complicated rules and math that people don’t know about.</p>

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<p>You can probably take some upper level psych classes without taking intro classes.</p>

<p>I’d look into art history classes, a logic class, ethics. Some world politics classes. </p>

<p>I’d also try some of the PE classes your school offers. They can be a fun way to learn a new skill (and an easy 1 credit A).</p>