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re: Which Liberal Arts degree do you feel is the hardest at LSU?
Posted on 10/9/15 at 1:55 pm to Superior Pariah
Posted on 10/9/15 at 1:55 pm to Superior Pariah
I imagine Studio Art would be nearly impossible if you didn't have some actual talent. Kind of like walking on to the football team when you run a 7 flat 40.
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Posted on 10/9/15 at 2:04 pm to SabiDojo
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art history
Yeah mine wasn't bad either. The hard ones are the actual art classes where you have to create stuff.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 2:04 pm to Old Money
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My history major was only hard because teachers are very subjective. What's an A to one is a C to another
I didn't major in history, but I totally agree with you.
I graduated in English. I'm not great at much (and definitely not proud of much), but if there is one thing I am good at, it is writing. Always had the top peer-reviewed papers in high school, tested out very high out of the first however many English courses at LSU, was making A's in all of my upper level English courses, and I was paid to write all of the articles on the Electrical and Computer Engineering website/magazine..
.. But I had this one history professor who would give me C's on papers -- not based on incorrect content -- but for disliking my writing style. She'd cross out words and write a synonym instead, and then she'd take points off. It was the most insane thing. Took everything in me not to take massive stacks of straight A papers from all of my English courses I had taken at LSU up to that point.
I was so mad.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 2:08 pm to Old Money
Evidently I had the only music appreciation teacher in the history of LSU that made the class hard. It ended up being one of the hardest classes (memory wise) that I took. Most people in the class made a C, D, or F on all of the tests. Nobody had A's. Final grades were not even curved
I went into the class wanting to learn to like different styles of music that I hadn't heard before, and I came out of it hating everything
I went into the class wanting to learn to like different styles of music that I hadn't heard before, and I came out of it hating everything
Posted on 10/9/15 at 2:15 pm to ManBearTiger
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I was going to say this as well.
The University system is broken because:
1) On the students' part they still approach college as an institution of higher learning, not as job training.
Which is fine if the same students still made up colleges. For students from well to do backgrounds that will find a place regardless of what they study, and need college as a "finishing" school, they can and perhaps should go to school for a classical education and social refinement, rather than job training.
Others can't do that, and hence, have to approach it differently. But, I don't want to discount the value of an educated populace apart from job training. For those who can afford to study the history of Prussian legislative politics, by all means, do so. You just can't then complain that nobody wants to hire you.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 2:17 pm to Hammertime
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Evidently I had the only music appreciation teacher in the history of LSU that made the class hard. It ended up being one of the hardest classes (memory wise) that I took. Most people in the class made a C, D, or F on all of the tests. Nobody had A's. Final grades were not even curved
I wouldn't say my music appreciation class was hard, but there was a lot of information. It was mostly lecture instead of listening to music. And he took roll, so you had to actually show up. If you took good notes, it was an easy A, but you did have to spend some time studying to do well.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 2:22 pm to Jim Rockford
It was ridiculous man. We basically had to learn the life and times of 90 different composers, memorize the different types of beats, paces, and ups and downs in songs, be able to say who wrote something after listening to a 10 second clip, and read sheet music
The class could've been broken into three semesters, and I'd bet it would be hard for a music major
The class could've been broken into three semesters, and I'd bet it would be hard for a music major
Posted on 10/9/15 at 2:29 pm to ILikeLSUToo
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I've yet to meet any who willingly acknowledge their shortcomings in that area.
Hi I'm Smash, nice to meet you. I've embarrassed myself numerous times by misspelling words in mass emails. not a good feeling.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 2:48 pm to Hammertime
Music appreciation was pretty hard for me as well. I made a C. I took it my first semester of college, which may have been part of it.
I took a few different Jazz courses, one being History of Jazz. Fun as hell, but I'd ace the written tests and bomb the listening. Now, I listen to a lot of Jazz, but I didn't back then and I thought all of it sounded the same and had a hard time remembering who played what when it came down to the tests.
I took a few different Jazz courses, one being History of Jazz. Fun as hell, but I'd ace the written tests and bomb the listening. Now, I listen to a lot of Jazz, but I didn't back then and I thought all of it sounded the same and had a hard time remembering who played what when it came down to the tests.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 3:01 pm to SabiDojo
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You don't go to college to get a job. You go to college to become educated.
I hope your joking, because it made me laugh.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 5:01 pm to lsucoonass
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I had a terrible trig professor that showed up late for each class after the midterm. He wrote one problem on the board and asked if there were any questions then walked out.
I never saw him after that.
If you substitute "father" for "trig professor" and "problem" for "allowance", this post becomes very sad.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 5:17 pm to TakeAGander
I hope you're joking.
He's 100% correct.
College isn't job training. It's a general education along with exposure to a particular speciality. But your major doesn't determine your career.
Historically speaking an education from a university was about becoming cultured and proving you were of a higher class than others in society.
He's 100% correct.
College isn't job training. It's a general education along with exposure to a particular speciality. But your major doesn't determine your career.
Historically speaking an education from a university was about becoming cultured and proving you were of a higher class than others in society.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 5:24 pm to SabiDojo
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I imagine Philosophy.
Why?
Posted on 10/9/15 at 5:46 pm to StringedInstruments
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I don't really know myself
That seems to be the sub-context in every liberal arts class.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 5:48 pm to SabiDojo
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I imagine Philosophy.
THIS
I took once class instead of having to take Calculus and I guarantee you it was just as hard, if not harder.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 6:00 pm to Superior Pariah
I made English hard by scheduling Independent Studies and then crashing Graduate Classes as my studies. I ate that stuff up.
College was fun.
College was fun.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 6:03 pm to PiscesTiger
quote:Yep. It's a requirement to take Philosophy for Electrical Engineering at LSU. Hated that class so much I switched majors. Grading was way too subjective. The only plus was we got to watch South Park clips in class.
THIS
I took once class instead of having to take Calculus and I guarantee you it was just as hard, if not harder.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 6:06 pm to Tingle
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Yep. It's a requirement to take Philosophy for Electrical Engineering at LSU. Hated that class so much I switched majors. Grading was way too subjective. The only plus was we got to watch South Park clips in class.
If you dropped out of Electrical Engineering because of a philosophy class, then just go delete yourself.
Actually, I'm just going to call bullshite.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 6:14 pm to DrSteveBrule
quote:Switched to mechanical and didn't look back. I'm a math person, not a philosopher.
If you dropped out of Electrical Engineering because of a philosophy class, then just go delete yourself.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 6:24 pm to DrSteveBrule
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