<p>Just wondering if anyone has recommendations for interesting elective humanities classes to take.</p>
<p>Names of courses and Professors would be appreciated.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>General Psychology with Professor Carlton James. This guy is freakin’ crazy. He tends to incorporate everything with love, which is why we call him the “love doctor”. He gives some pretty good advice though.</p>
<p>Only problem is that on his tests, he tends to add a lot of questions pertaining to his belief, so it would be something like “IN class, James said . . .” </p>
<p>The only way you could ensure that you get these questions right on the tests is to (1) go to class (2) pay attention when he “hints” that something he says will be on the exam. He will say “this answer will be on the test, so pay attention . . .”. When we have exams coming up, he will tell us what answers to look for in the readings.</p>
<p>He base grades on a curve system with points. So you might get a B on the first exam, but end up with an A as a final grade.</p>
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<p>I liked General Psychology with Professor Musumeci-Szabo. She was a great, engaging, and funny professor. I don’t think she was very obsessed with relating things to one aspect, such as love, but her tests were reasonable and could be aced with a few hours of good studying from the book and her study guide a night or two before.</p>
<p>intro to poetry, professor kusch.</p>
<p>^ I second that. Is that the same thing as Principles of Literary theory 219, because if so take that class with him. It fulfills your second expository writing requirement. You write only 4 papers (a minimum of 5 pages) and he is pretty lenient with his grading (I got a B+ in the class overall). Just as long as you provide clear insight to the poems’ meanings and support your argument. He was such a kind man =)</p>
<p>Oh, and forget psychology with James. He just announced to us yesterday that this will be his last semester at Rutgers. Take the other person that Koto suggested.</p>
<p>How about any good general science classes?</p>
<p>(1) **Planet Earth<a href=“2”>/B</a> **Dinosaurs<a href=“3”>/B</a> If you want to be risky,principles of biology with Sukhdeo (she’s hilarious – highly entertaining for a 9:15am class; gives extra credit pop quizzes; no book; exam based exactly on the notes) :)</p>
<p>Can you recommend a specific poetry class? Any on College Ave?</p>
<p>Any creative writing class is awesome. My roommate recommended me this teacher, but the name has vanished from my mind. If I think about it at any moment, I will definitely post the name on here.</p>
<p>For poetry, principles of literary theory 219 or any poetry class with Kusch like Naoise suggested above. I had class on Livingston so I don’t know about College Avenue (though most English-related courses are taught on College Avenue at Murray Hall since it houses the English department)</p>
<p>would you say principles of lit theory is a good lit elective? I probably won’t be taking it until next spring, but I need a lit elective and I’ve heard that ALL lit classes here are really hard, (but you never know what that means lol some people are just lazy.) I love to read, but my schedule is going to be demanding so I’m worried about that since it will only be an elective for me.</p>
<p>With Kusch? Yes. The class is spent with him discussing poems. He likes people to discuss the poem in class with any comments, but he won’t force you or call on you. I never said a word in class. Whatever I had to say was through my papers =)</p>
<p>You have 4 papers. Like I mentioned above, just as long as you provide him with what he is asking for and you have a strong argument on why you believe in your answer, then you are fine. If you have problems or questions with the paper, he is there to help you after class or at his office hours. </p>
<p>He’s pretty lenient with the paper. There is no specific format. And if you feel like you need an extra two days to work on the paper, he’ll tell you guys that he is willing to accept it for the next class (you just get you paper a class later since he grades according to when he received the paper). He’s a pretty kind old man. I really did like him. He knows his stuff =)</p>
<p>Oh! And by Lit. elective, do you mean for the English major or for the 2nd expository writing requirement? For English majors, it is one of the required core courses.</p>
<p>Thanks, I’ll be sure to remember the prof! The nursing program has a literature elective general ed requirement which is basically any literature class, so I was having some trouble finding a good one haha I already fulfilled expos and the 2nd writing requirement, but I still need a literature class. :-/</p>
<p>MushaboomBlue,</p>
<p>Does the poetry class you’re talking about satisfy the 2nd expository writing requirement?</p>
<p>^ Yep. Principles of Literary Theory (01:350:219). Fulfills the Writing Intensive course requirement after you take expository writing. Less intense than Expos Writing.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Have you taken any of the foreign language classes? My son took the placement test yesterday for Spanish and said it was hard. Some kids just took a look and handed it in - I guess they’ll place them in the intro class. He took it seriously because there is an intermediate language requirement for the Honors program.</p>
<p>I thought it was difficult in the beginning when I took it like 2 years ago, especially that listening comprehension portion. I thought I did bad on the Spanish portion, but then I saw that I was placed into Intermediate Spanish II. That shocked me.</p>
<p>I say that if you have at least 3 to 4 years of high school Spanish under your belt, he probably did well. And if he does demonstrate a lot of Spanish, even if he get 2/3 of the exam correct, he wouldn’t be placed in elementary because they know it will be too easy for him.</p>
<p>The foreign language classes are great here. Different from my high school. When they say that you will only speak that foreign language in class, the teachers are NOT kidding. But they do it at a pace so the students don’t feel behind or lost. </p>
<p>You have to write about four (4) compositions, usually one page in length, maybe a bit higher in the intermediate level. A lot of grammar and speaking exercises. Sometimes you have to recite something for a limited amount of time in front of the class in that language. And we have language labs to assist you. Sometimes you need to go there for a weekly lab assignment for class.</p>
<p>Thanks MushaboomBlue. You are a wealth of information.</p>