<p>southpas, I was trying to be polite before and not directly point out your ignorance and blatantly incorrect statements, but clearly anything except direct statements are lost on you.</p>
<p>So here it is – you do not know what you’re talking about. The sad thing is, the info that shows you’re clueless is right there online for everyone to see. A few years ago people might have had to take your word until they could call the college and get a catalog, but not anymore. If you are really a student at ucsb, you are one of the most uninformed ones walking around. </p>
<p>Since you obviously don’t understand what to look for in the catalog to identify a restricted course, let me enlighten you. The catalog will say (this is an actual example from the catalog) “Prerequisites: Computer Science 20, 40 and 60; PSTAT 120 or ECE 139; open to computer science, computer engineering, and electrical engineering majors only.” Read carefully, you will observe wordage like this is NOT present before History and Poli Sci courses.</p>
<p>The link to the poli-sci web page is <a href=“http://www.catalog.ucsb.edu/2008cat/depts/polsci.htm#PoliSciCourses[/url]”>http://www.catalog.ucsb.edu/2008cat/depts/polsci.htm#PoliSciCourses</a> Not a single class says “restricted to majors only”. About the only one that even mentions this is 104 “Introduction to Research” that says it is designed for majors. Many require a lower-division class as a prerequisite, no biggie; and you can ask the prof to waive it (in advance of signing up, of course). So if “Pretty much all of the poli sci classes are major only” care to show some proof or are we just supposed to take your anonymous word for it? I’m giving links to official ucsb pages; you’re just spouting nonsense and made-up percentages.</p>
<p>The online catalog for the History dept is at <a href=“http://www.catalog.ucsb.edu/2008cat/depts/hist.htm#UpperDivision[/url]”>http://www.catalog.ucsb.edu/2008cat/depts/hist.htm#UpperDivision</a> More of these classes have prequisites, but NONE that I see require being a history major. Care to show one that does?</p>
<p>p.s. you aren’t uninformed enough to think that when the catalog says “upper-division standing” it means that you have to be in the major, are you? It just means that you have enough units to be considered a junior.</p>