<p>I'm taking Philosophy at my local CC next year.</p>
<p>Is Philosophy considered an easy course?</p>
<p>Philosophy varies widely from professor to professor. It is certainly a course where you will be forced to think.</p>
<p>^ Agreed. It can be really easy … or really hard. Depends.</p>
<p>Why not go sit in on one of this prof’s lectures this spring?</p>
<p>Agree it varies by course content and by professor. I would suggest you look at the syllabus - how much you will be reading, which philosophers you will be reading - to see how interested you are in the particular course’s content.</p>
<p>To get an idea of whether it will be easy or hard, you can take the quantity and content of the reading into account, as well as what the written requirements of the course are (exams? papers?).</p>
<p>A great philosophy teacher can make it a truly wonderful course. And being conversant with several philosophers is a kind of basic for an educated person.</p>
<p>Discussion at the CC level probably won’t blow your socks off however, if you have sections.</p>
<p>I dropped it in college, it was one of the most boring classes I’ve ever taken. The only other classes I ever dropped were Calculus and Environmental Law.</p>
<p>Depends on the length/amount of papers, the readings and the teacher. If you are taking 101, it may be simplistic.</p>
<p>With the right professor it’ll be mind-opening and you’ll enjoy it so much you won’t care if it’s easy or not. I took an intro philosophy course my freshman year, then Greek Philosophy, then Existentialism, and then the demands of my major made me leave philosophy classes behind. In grad school I managed to sneak in one last philosophy class – Quantifier Logic. Each one of these courses was like a tune-up for my brain.</p>
<p>Well, you see I’m home-schooled, so if the admissions officer looks on the transcript, will they automatically regard it as too easy?</p>
<p>Not necessarily. College admissions will look at the rigor of your coursework taken as a whole. A philosophy class at a cc could be a nice addition. But the more pertinent matter is looking at your transcript overall. Do you have 4 years of English, 3 to 4 years of Math (algebra and above), lab sciences? … etc. </p>
<p>And of course how rigorous those classes need to be depends completely on what colleges you’re planning to apply to. Some expect far more than others.</p>
<p>Give it a shot. It’s good brain food and will impress most AdComms in that it manifests your willingness to take on academic challenges.</p>
<p>Don’t listen to folks who tell you things like, “discussion at the CC level probably won’t blow your socks off”. That is generalization that is no doubt not based on experience. I have worked at a community college for 21 years and I can tell you from actual experience that the quantity and quality of classroom conversation can commonly equal that found at a typical baccalaureate institution. </p>
<p>An intro Philosophy course is going to be quite similar at most colleges, essentially covering the classic history of the development of the discipline, as well as the techniques used when approaching a situation. I too think it is boring, but then I’m a Science and Math-type guy. If you really want a challenge, and show that you can handle rigorous coursework, try Logic. My head still hurts from that class!</p>
<p>Well, would Humanities be better than Philosophy? At least in terms of enjoyment and rigorous coursework?</p>
<p>Depends on how involved you get.</p>
<p>Ethics was the only class I withdrew from - I spent 2 months of every class arguing with the professor because I disagreed so much. He was going to give me a really bad grade and I ended up withdrawing out of frustration.</p>
<p>I took an introductory philosophy class at my local CC that was taught by the head of the honors dept. It was NOT an easy course. We had to write a paper every week.</p>