Interesting/Useful College Classes?

[TimothyRags]

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[DoctorJDO]

the professor has a lot to do with it. you could pick an interesting course that becomes less interesting because of an awful professor, or take a less interesting class that becomes more interesting because of a good professor. keep that in mind

 

[Dianyla]

I've really been enjoying a biomedical ethics class offered by my school's philosophy department. Also, you'd be surprised how relevant medieval literature is to the politics and social power structures today. 🙂

Also, if you don't know any/enough Spanish, take some.

 

[gravitywave]

the professor has a lot to do with it. you could pick an interesting course that becomes less interesting because of an awful professor, or take a less interesting class that becomes more interesting because of a good professor. keep that in mind

This. put your ear to the ground on campus and see what the courses are that everyone talks about as being really quality. the professor has much much much more to do with this than the actual subject matter. I took a geology course for an elective my junior year and to this day it influences how I see the world.

also, myedu and ratemyprof can be great resources, but the best advice will come from people you know.

 

[HW51Revisited]

I've really been enjoying a biomedical ethics class offered by my school's philosophy department. Also, you'd be surprised how relevant medieval literature is to the politics and social power structures today. 🙂

Also, if you don't know any/enough Spanish, take some.

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I'm taking Biomedical Ethics and it's full of extremely valuable info.

 

[Barcu]

I've really been enjoying a biomedical ethics class offered by my school's philosophy department. Also, you'd be surprised how relevant medieval literature is to the politics and social power structures today. 🙂

Also, if you don't know any/enough Spanish, take some.

Ethics is good, and a class that I've heard med schools like to see. Ditto with Spanish.

Take something that interests you. This is your last chance to take classes like this, since med school does not quite have a breadth of electives like undergrad does.

My most interesting class was primate behavior. It was also quite relevant to the cynic in all of us to explain our own behaviors.🙂

 

[startswithb]

I recommend sociology. It's incredibly valuable.

 

[Negrodamus]

It looks like I am going to have a humanities/social science elective in the spring. Any suggestions? (fun courses you've taken in the past, think would be useful to take, etc)

Also, I would like to note that I've been looking through my registrar's course listing, reading reviews, taking note of my interests, yada yada. Cheers to preemptively staving off the less-than-helpful "just take what you are interested in" posts. 😀

I took biomedical ethics last semester and it might be a good class if you are interested in Ethics and don't mind reading and talking about abortion and death every class period. The class didn't change my beliefs very much, however, it did spark a plenty of lively discussions.

 

[ILikeDrugs]

Take abnormal psych, bro. 👍 It'll be good for. You'll come out with a better understanding of mental pathologies and won't be one of those typical fools that just calls people "crazy". 🙄 I took that because I was a psych major. The fun humanties/social science classes for me were anthropology classes. I ate up native cultures classes such as native american and mesoamerican (inca, mayan, aztec) classes. Archeology classes also turned me on. If you want to keep it medically related, I believe most anthropology departments offer a medical anthropology course. 👍