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My school requires that I take certain classes to get into the Business school. I've tested out of a few of the standard requirements (Calc, English, History), and I'm registered for Econ and Political Science, so I basically have two spots for any classes that interest me.

What classes did you enjoy most at your college? I'm a freshman so some of the upper level and more specific courses won't be available to me, but I'm open to any suggestion you guys might have.

Also, has anyone taken a Philosophy class and what did you think of it?

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Any Psych course will be full of chicks, anthropology and archaeology are both pretty cool to do. I have heard that philosophy classes rock from more than one person

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Sociology classes are interesting and relatively easy. Check out these.

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I took an intro to philosophy. It basically was an overview of the famous philosophers and their views on how the world worked. It sucked. If you are going to take a philosophy class, take one that is not an intro and one that is more about logic. I'm not a fan of philosophy though.

I had Oceans and Atmospheres, and Astronomy. They were interesting in their own way. I also had a Forensic Biology class, which was awesome.

That was probably all I had that really interested me other than required classes.

Do you have any that you are looking at that you can't decide?

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Spanish is always an easy A+.

**Disclaimer**

I was born in Argentina, am fluent in Spanish, and don't look Spanish, so they let me take a beginner's class. Results may vary.

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Phil is cool, depending on the prof

Psych is definitely the easiest class you'll ever take

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Philosophy will depend on the instructor and what, exactly, the class is about. Same goes for sociology--I loved my high school sociology class, but the one I got in college was only okay.

Psychology is a good bet if you're looking for an easy class, that's usually fairly enjoyable.

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Take a specific philo class without prereqs. For example, I took one on the ethics of death penalty, abortion, pornography, etc. and it was pretty ballin'.

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Intro pysch at my school is one of the hardest classes (wrt grades, not content) I've taken. It had a brutal curve, and the only way to do better than the other students in the class was study more, as it was just a bunch of memorization about which each old psychologist discovered.

I would avoid 101 intro classes if you can. Try to find a mid level class with few prereqs. At least at my school, the intro classes are normally curved the worst, with the intention of "weeding people out" of a given major (this obv doesn't always hold, and depends on the department).

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Most schools probably do not have wicked curves like yours does, so your advice, while well-taken, may not be relevant to most people.