What's the best elective you've ever taken at IU?

<p>I'm having problems deciding on my last class. Anyone? ;)</p>

<p>Best = interesting, or best = easy A?</p>

<p>I’m guessing Easy “A”</p>

<p>TEL-T 205 (might be 204), Intro to Media and Society, and PHIL-P 100, Intro to Philosophy were interesting and easy.</p>

<p>If you want to take Intro to Media and Society go for Nichole Martins (great prof).</p>

<p>FOLK-F 101 INTRODUCTION TO FOLKLORE (3 CR) with Foster still has openings and is very easy grading for a freshman COAS [A&H] class. Last fall Foster’s section’s gpa average was 3.62.</p>

<p>Why would best mean an easy A? There are tons of classes like that. I took courses in high school that were easy As and I hated them. Best = Interesting!</p>

<p>^^^I like your attitude, fresh27! </p>

<p>My son really enjoyed MUS-Z 201 HISTORY OF ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC. Not an easy A, but very interesting, especially for music lovers.</p>

<p>As of this morning, the course browser says there is one available seat and 3 waitlisted. Not sure what that means. Might be a class to keep in mind for future semesters.</p>

<p>^ I really wanted to take history of rock and roll but my advisor at orientation said the class was completely full. Oh well! Apparently it’s an extremely popular class and people love it so it’s definitely one to take into consideration for next semester.</p>

<p>I am taking TEL-T 205 though as a poster above mentioned and I’ve also heard good things about it.</p>

<p>Like Always, I’m a bit confused, </p>

<p>How can classes be full when Internationals have not even chosen a single class yet</p>

<p>Folklore is pretty interesting, especially at IU. They have one of the best folklore programs in the country and the best collection of folklore materials in the world. The department at IU publishes the Journal of Folklore Research, which is the #1 folklore journal in the country. They used to publish a journal called Indiana Folklore for about ten years in the sixties and seventies, but they eventually ran out of Indiana stories to research. They offer a course in Indiana folklore. </p>

<p>Intrinsically interesting stuff, like local legends. They had an article about a haunted bridge that is about a mile from where I live. Other funny urban legends like the one about the girl who lost her ring when it fell off her finger and it fell through one of those steel sidewalk covers on a sidewalk. She looked through the sidewalk cover at where the ring landed and saw a rat eat the ring. A few weeks later, she bit into something hard in a hamburger at McDonald’s and it turned out to be her ring . . .</p>

<p>Interesting!</p>

<p>What is the policy of auditing a class such as this?</p>

<p>I don’t think Indiana Folklore is offered very often. Last time was this summer, before that Fall 2006.
[Indiana</a> University Course Browser](<a href=“http://registrar.indiana.edu/~registra/scheduleoclasses/prl/soc4105/FOLK/FOLK-F360.html]Indiana”>http://registrar.indiana.edu/~registra/scheduleoclasses/prl/soc4105/FOLK/FOLK-F360.html)</p>

<p>You can get a used copy Indiana Folklore: A Reader, by Linda Degh, on Amazon for $5-$10 shipping included. It is a collection of some of the best articles from the journal.</p>

<p>Also, IU’s folklore department did the best general work on US folklore, Handbook of American Folklore, and it is also on Amazon for the same price used.</p>

<p>Good stuff so far.</p>

<p>Espionage in the 21st Century is a good one with Coyle. Old retired CIA guy who has some funny and interesting stories.</p>

<p>Has anyone taken COLL-E 103 “A Question of Love?”</p>

<p>Has anyone taken the HPER-R classes? Especially Rock climbing. Do you have to have experience?</p>

<p>I took about four HPER recreational sports classes. I had no experience in any of them. For some of them, the instructor expected you to do well despite lack of experience, coordination, etc., in order to get an A. For most of them, you were graded on effort, written quizzes, and enthusiasm, making them easy A’s and a lot of fun. Fencing was my favorite.</p>