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bloodblech
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 Posted: 08/06/03 - 19:21 Post subject: What is a really fun elective to take in college?
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Ive got 3 classes signed up for fall semester and need a good idea for a really fun and easy elective to take. Any people have any past experiences in a college elective class you found really enjoyable?
thanks
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Finigan
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Posted: 08/06/03 - 19:23 Post subject:
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Advanced Metaphysics
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Faerdal
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Posted: 08/06/03 - 19:24 Post subject:
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sociology (with a good professor this is an awesome subject)
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Akronn
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Posted: 08/06/03 - 19:31 Post subject:
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My favorite elective was anthropology. Environmental psych is really interesting too, but often that's a 300+ level class and you'll need a 100 level one first.
It all depends on what you plan on majoring in, though.
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Jinu
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Posted: 08/06/03 - 19:34 Post subject:
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Photography is worth taking.
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Overon
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Posted: 08/06/03 - 19:44 Post subject:
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nuclear and quantum physics
hah
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goatface
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Posted: 08/06/03 - 19:57 Post subject:
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Geology, so you can carry a pick around ...
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bloodblech
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Posted: 08/06/03 - 20:09 Post subject:
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i think im going to take bowling
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Luturb
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Posted: 08/06/03 - 20:45 Post subject:
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My brother took pottery and loved it. He's a little bit of a hippy though. My sociology class sucked ass but I took a class called "social issues in technology" that was very fun. It's all about the professor. I always liked literature and history classes as a change from all of my math/engineering classes, but a lot of people really hate that kind of thing.
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Andur Ravenblade
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Posted: 08/06/03 - 20:56 Post subject:
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UoDelware offers Rock and Roll History as an elective. Pretty kick ass course, get to learn about stuff like how it evolved (all the way back to africa), to things like early rhythm and blues, to floyd and the beatles. Also the main project for the class is to go see a concert and report on it (type of music, where it would've evolved from, stuff of that nature). Thankfully Greenday was in town during this, and I got to cover them (Great, great concert btw).
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Banzai
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Posted: 08/06/03 - 20:59 Post subject:
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If you want to get laid and go to some sick parties take theater arts.
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WheresNWS
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Posted: 08/06/03 - 21:05 Post subject:
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| Banzai wrote: | | If you want to get laid and go to some sick parties take theater arts. |
If you want gay anal ****, that is.
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tryn
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Posted: 08/06/03 - 21:44 Post subject:
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well here's my suggestions
we have a class on the beatles, bob marley, che guevara, 60's art and music, a black panther class. all sound fun as hell to me.
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Akronn
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Posted: 08/06/03 - 22:44 Post subject:
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| goatface wrote: | | Geology, so you can carry a pick around ... |
See, that's really cool. I wound up taking 7-8 geo classes though so technically I minored in it (although I never declared a minor or anything)
Geo 101
Groundwater Hydrology
Oceanography
Hazardous Waste Mgt
Field Methods (class and vacation all in one, yay!)
Remote Sensing
Sedimentology
Stable Isotopes and Past Environments
All good stuff!
I don't understand why'd you go to college to study movies or rock 'n roll 
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compusmack
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Posted: 08/06/03 - 22:45 Post subject:
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My last year in school i took Compiler design and Advanced Operating Systems for my engineering electives. I highly recommend 
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Clevinger
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Posted: 08/07/03 - 00:42 Post subject:
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history of rock music
photography
psychology
sociology
nutrition
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Paden
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Posted: 08/07/03 - 00:53 Post subject:
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| Banzai wrote: | | If you want to get laid and go to some sick parties take theater arts. |
Depresst gothic girls who wear only black!
kinda kinky!
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Thuphir
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Posted: 08/07/03 - 00:54 Post subject:
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Just ask some dumb sorority b***h what classes she is taking, gauranteed you won't have any working/thinking to do in those.
And, you'll know where the highest concentration of attractive females is likely to be  I think Clev has an idea of this as well, from that list.
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Posted: 08/07/03 - 01:04 Post subject:
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World Mythology was fun. The teacher was WAY WAY into it. I think that had a lot to do with it.
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Banzai
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Posted: 08/07/03 - 01:15 Post subject:
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| WheresNWS wrote: | | Banzai wrote: | | If you want to get laid and go to some sick parties take theater arts. |
If you want gay anal ****, that is. |
Yes there are a lot of gays in theater but you are looking at it all wrong.
Think HOT chicks, less compitition.
And they are all touchy feely and you get to kiss them as part of class work if you pick the right scenes.
I'm telling you, I speak from experiance, theater is a gold mine.
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principessa
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Posted: 08/07/03 - 06:34 Post subject:
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I loved Mythology, Civil War and Reconstruction, C++ and Data Structures (yes, those were electives for me since my major was Psych :p)..Psychology of Literature was great, too....
Years before I started college (I started when my son did:)), I took Metalworking and Flower Arranging...don't laugh, either!...
The metalworking class was actually jewelry making, using precious metals....for me, silver. Was a bit expensive, but that was because the tools that I bought for it were from MAC tools (they came to my ex's shop every week, was easy enough to just buy them from them).
I learned a TON in that class, and my final project was a silver bracelet with cabochons of moonstones....
Flower arranging has proven very useful over the years, both for creating stuff for my own home as well as for other people.
Ok, so maybe that isn't for you LOL, but that's just my experience 
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Kaladam
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Posted: 08/07/03 - 06:44 Post subject:
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Banzai isn't kidding. There are a SHITLOAD of hot chicks in theatre, surrounded by all gay men. Imagine how much they want some. You will be a god to those chicks.
Plus they do throw crazy parties. Emerson (acting college) is about a mile down the street from me and they always throw some crazy ass parties.
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Tamrissa
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Posted: 08/07/03 - 06:53 Post subject:
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take cosmetology /nod
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Paco
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Posted: 08/07/03 - 06:54 Post subject:
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The Art of Drinking Socially, or Cultivation: Houses and your plants.
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TrueParadox
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Posted: 08/07/03 - 07:14 Post subject:
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Try Art Department, figure drawing is usually nice... lots of hard up for cash students sign up to model NAKIE! If your teacher is like mine, he will only hire the yummy ones. If your teacher is female... hehehehehe.... hope you like to draw teh c**k!
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Maldek
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Posted: 08/07/03 - 09:58 Post subject:
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| Kaladam wrote: | | Plus they do throw crazy parties. Emerson (acting college) is about a mile down the street from me and they always throw some crazy ass parties. |
Emerson is a goldmine of sl00ts
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Rennol
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Posted: 08/07/03 - 10:02 Post subject:
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Philosophy
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