<p>I'm a current freshman trying to decide which classes to take next semester, and I was wondering if some current jumbos would be able to give me some input on some classes... (I've checked the professor rating sites, and most of these aren't on them)...</p>
<p>English 2:
-Other Worlds
-Art and Social Change
-Road Stories
-Nature and Writing</p>
<p>Archaeology:
-Classical Archaeology</p>
<p>Biology:
-Conservation Biology</p>
<p>Film:
-Intro to Film Studies
-Italian Film, Russian Film, French Cinema</p>
<p>Philosophy:
-Intro to Philosophy
-Intro to Ethics (Denby)
-Western Political Thought</p>
<p>Psychology:
-Intro to Psychology
-Principles of Success and Failure in Leadership</p>
<p>I'd appreciate any help you can offer... Thanks!</p>
<p>Intro to Psych is a big lecture class. It appealed to me last year because I was looking for a class where no one would be taking attendance and I could play sudoku in the back without anyone noticing. The tests were straight out of the textbook anyway. But if you're looking into psych, you should take it (since intros are usually prerequisites).
Also make sure if you want a film course that it's not taught in the language (...unless you're really good, in which case I suppose you could just go for it)</p>
<p>Classical Archae. is a somewhat big class (not Bio 13 big). Took it last year with Prof. Blake, who was a wonderful professor. Was extremely willing to elaborate on certain points, etc. Rather typical workload for an Art History Class. If you're good at memorizing, this class'll be easy as pie. You can also get away with doing Sudoku in this class (one person was even playing Half Life 2, which I found hilarious). The actual course material covered gives you a nice overview of Greek and Roman art/culture/society/history. I'd recommend this class, just because of how much one can learn.</p>
<p>Note: Even though it's crosslisted as an Archaeology class, we didn't discuss archaeology in depth.</p>
<p>Denby isn't teaching Intro to Philosophy this semester (McConnel and Boyden are). Would you recommend those other teachers? Denby is teaching intro to ethics... Would you recommend taking that over Intro to Philosophy, just because of Denby?</p>
<p>Also, for anyone who has taken Intro to Film Studies... Is it worth it? I've heard mixed reviews... Is the class interesting and worth taking, or would I be better off just getting a copy of the syllabus and watching the movies on my own?</p>
<p>Normally you can't go wrong with intro phil profs. they're amazing. they're different in approaches, styles, course materials and so on but my general impression has been that people like their intro phil profs.
if you're looking to take intro phil instead of english 2, then in that case you would have to take either boyden or mcconnel.
if you're not that into philsophy and feel that you're happy taking other classes, go for it. don't take two phils at the same time. not that it's a kill but, you prollly know what i mean. i might just be rambling. it's been a long day.</p>
<p>I believe there was an article in the Boston Globe about Prof. Denby. He sounds like a terrific teacher. Also Road Stories and Conservation Biology sound like interesting courses.</p>
<p>dh, there are always interesting classes; it just depends on what interests you. I mean, I wouldn't be interested in most poly sci courses, but a special topics course on art since 1960? heck yea!
you can check out next semester's courses thru the link below. Tufts</a> University Course Listings</p>
<p>Social psychology with either Sommers or Nathanson.
Plants and Humanity with George Ellmore (absolutely hilarious man that will make plants, for lack of a better phrase, come alive).
History of Japan classes with Gary Leupp.</p>
<p>S. is looking to fulfill an art requirement, and is considering a music course for the spring -- history of or intro to western music, I think. Any suggestions, esp. for those who are not musicians?</p>
<p>careful with Ellmore. He's funny, but you HAVE to go to class and take notes, b/c there's no textbook or even power point presentations online, and the test will have specific questions.</p>
<p>Yes, don't be fooled by Ellmore, he may be hilarious and strange and act like your friend, but his classes are surprisingly tough. (I took Environmental Preservation, a senior seminar for EnvSt students... and I wasn't an EnvSt major... bad move!)</p>
<p>I've heard from several friends that Professor Johnson's Russian Film courses are fantastic. She's a film expert and the class is run in English. All movies are with English subtitles and are supposed to be excellent.</p>
<p>I think that History of Western Music is a good class to take (it's also good to have some general knowledge about music just to be an educated person) to fulfill the arts requirement.</p>