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re: Hardest and most interesting class you took in college
Posted on 1/12/22 at 1:46 pm to Walking the Earth
Posted on 1/12/22 at 1:46 pm to Walking the Earth
You have a list of technical electives that you can pick from.
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Posted on 1/12/22 at 1:48 pm to Pedro
Hardest: physics (I didn’t take this at LSU)
Most interesting: Balkan history (Roider) or history of modern China (Zanasi). Maribel Dietz was also great to take any class from.
Most interesting: Balkan history (Roider) or history of modern China (Zanasi). Maribel Dietz was also great to take any class from.
Posted on 1/12/22 at 2:35 pm to Boring
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You can’t be bored listening to those guys. I had a Japanese History professor who had a neurological condition and was absolutely impossible to understand or follow - the material was also difficult because keeping Kamigawa and Nobugawa and 100 variations thereof straight was a pain in the arse.
I took a class from him on ancient Japanese history. I thought I would be learning about samurai but it was the era way before that. He had really bad Parkinson’s. It was sad. But that class was very dry. The pizza girl (featured on Anderson cooper) was in that class and would sit at the very front reading a newspaper. She would also throw a fit if she couldn’t get her seat. She was definitely on the spectrum.
Posted on 1/12/22 at 2:52 pm to Tiger in Austin
Oh crap. It was Kinney for Circuits I and the first digital class. Dr Porter taught Signal and Systems. Sorry. I was there in 84-88.
Posted on 1/12/22 at 3:00 pm to Walking the Earth
I thought it was dynamics, not thermo. You had to take Dynamics or Pascal for a non-EE engineering course (along with Statics because of course, that was easy). It was like the "Business-Circuits" that non-EE's had to take, like my ME buddies.
Posted on 1/12/22 at 3:02 pm to Pedro
I thought I was taking an "easy" elective when I signed up for an Oceanography course.. barely got a C
Posted on 1/12/22 at 3:05 pm to Pedro
History of the spanish language. We had to write a paper in what would be the equivalent of old English and pivoting throughout the paper on how it evolved. So you were writing in both old Spanish which was closer to Latin and modern day Spanish. Was fascinating but switching between them in paper was confusing AF.
Posted on 1/12/22 at 3:44 pm to Pedro
Undergrad (LSU)
Hardest Due to Boredom: Biology 1002. It was an 8 AM gen-ed class about plant biology. The professor designed it to weed out pre-med students. We spent 6 weeks learning every minute detail about photosynthesis, and another 5 weeks learning about fungi. I hated studying for those tests. I felt sometimes like she designed the course material to be as boring as possible.
Hardest Due to Subject Matter: Believe it or not, African-American History, taught by Dr. Kodi Roberts. He knew many people took it thinking it would be an easy A, and he wanted to weed those students out right away. And he did. He forbade us to use laptops (this was around 5 years ago, so not common practice) and lectured non-stop for 80 minutes. My hand was dying after writing six or so full pages of detailed notes every lecture. Great professor, but I had to work really hard for that A. It was a 2000-level class, but ended up being harder than any 4000-level or graduate class I took at LSU.
Most Interesting: Louisiana History/Politics & Southern Politics, taught by T. Wayne Parent. Best lecturer I’ve seen at LSU. Super nice and funny guy, along with a genius-level understanding of the subject matter. All his lectures had damn near 100% attendance. He also brought in incredible guest speakers like Edwin Edwards, Bobby Jindal, Mike Foster, and John Kennedy. I’m thankful I got Wayne just a few years before he retired.
Honorable Mentions: Intro to Western Civilization, taught by Dr. James Hardy. Another incredible lecturer. His brain was an encyclopedia of history, and every lecture was like a story. He’s in his late 80s now and mostly blind, but he’s still teaching at LSU, the last time I checked.
Intro to Constitutional Law, by Dr. James Stoner. This was a 4000-level elective, more designed for pre-law students, but I took it as a History major. Really interesting class that explored how our Founding Fathers formed the US Constitution. We read the Magna Carta, the Articles of Confederation, and the Federalist Papers, before exploring a detailed history of the Constitution. That class really improved my understanding of American history and government. Excellent professor.
LSU has a lot of great history professors, in my experience.
Graduate School (LSU)
Hardest: Intro to Grad School
It wasn’t hard, but it was incredibly boring for me. We learned skills that are useful for people who want to be career academics, but it was tedious for people like me who were just there to get our Master’s and move on with life. The class covered the philosophy of good research methods and how to write grants, etc.
Most Interesting: 7000-level Extreme Weather Events class, taught by Dr. Barry Keim. Fun and interesting class. We focused on hurricanes and heavy rain patterns, and multiple classes were canceled due to hurricanes (2020). We took a trip to Lake Charles in the aftermath of Laura. Jay Grimes also came as a guest speaker.
Hardest Due to Boredom: Biology 1002. It was an 8 AM gen-ed class about plant biology. The professor designed it to weed out pre-med students. We spent 6 weeks learning every minute detail about photosynthesis, and another 5 weeks learning about fungi. I hated studying for those tests. I felt sometimes like she designed the course material to be as boring as possible.
Hardest Due to Subject Matter: Believe it or not, African-American History, taught by Dr. Kodi Roberts. He knew many people took it thinking it would be an easy A, and he wanted to weed those students out right away. And he did. He forbade us to use laptops (this was around 5 years ago, so not common practice) and lectured non-stop for 80 minutes. My hand was dying after writing six or so full pages of detailed notes every lecture. Great professor, but I had to work really hard for that A. It was a 2000-level class, but ended up being harder than any 4000-level or graduate class I took at LSU.
Most Interesting: Louisiana History/Politics & Southern Politics, taught by T. Wayne Parent. Best lecturer I’ve seen at LSU. Super nice and funny guy, along with a genius-level understanding of the subject matter. All his lectures had damn near 100% attendance. He also brought in incredible guest speakers like Edwin Edwards, Bobby Jindal, Mike Foster, and John Kennedy. I’m thankful I got Wayne just a few years before he retired.
Honorable Mentions: Intro to Western Civilization, taught by Dr. James Hardy. Another incredible lecturer. His brain was an encyclopedia of history, and every lecture was like a story. He’s in his late 80s now and mostly blind, but he’s still teaching at LSU, the last time I checked.
Intro to Constitutional Law, by Dr. James Stoner. This was a 4000-level elective, more designed for pre-law students, but I took it as a History major. Really interesting class that explored how our Founding Fathers formed the US Constitution. We read the Magna Carta, the Articles of Confederation, and the Federalist Papers, before exploring a detailed history of the Constitution. That class really improved my understanding of American history and government. Excellent professor.
LSU has a lot of great history professors, in my experience.
Graduate School (LSU)
Hardest: Intro to Grad School
It wasn’t hard, but it was incredibly boring for me. We learned skills that are useful for people who want to be career academics, but it was tedious for people like me who were just there to get our Master’s and move on with life. The class covered the philosophy of good research methods and how to write grants, etc.
Most Interesting: 7000-level Extreme Weather Events class, taught by Dr. Barry Keim. Fun and interesting class. We focused on hurricanes and heavy rain patterns, and multiple classes were canceled due to hurricanes (2020). We took a trip to Lake Charles in the aftermath of Laura. Jay Grimes also came as a guest speaker.
Posted on 1/12/22 at 3:55 pm to Michael Stein
Hardest for me was anyhting involving math.. i am all right-brain, and almost no left-brain…. fortunately i didnt have to take many math classes in order to graduate.. BTW it’s a misconception that one needs a STEM degree in order to succeed; i think it’s just as important (if not more so) to have great communication skills and people skills in most occupations and industries.. of course, scratch that if you’re an engineer or CPA or something.
Most Interesting: By far, the most interesting courses i took were in psychology .. they were the only college courses i took where i actually *enjoyed* cracking open the textbooks.. i think my favorite was Abnormal Psychology… to this day, i actiaully like whenever i have to take a Personality Profile assessment when applying for a new job or somehting, i am a weirdo, i know lol
Most Interesting: By far, the most interesting courses i took were in psychology .. they were the only college courses i took where i actually *enjoyed* cracking open the textbooks.. i think my favorite was Abnormal Psychology… to this day, i actiaully like whenever i have to take a Personality Profile assessment when applying for a new job or somehting, i am a weirdo, i know lol
Posted on 1/12/22 at 3:57 pm to VermilionTiger
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Louisiana History
The teacher was pretty entertaining and touched on some good stuff
It also helped that I had the previous semesters tests
Dr. Carleton was great!
Posted on 1/12/22 at 4:00 pm to Jimbeaux
10+ pages on no Dr Tommy Karam 
Posted on 1/12/22 at 4:04 pm to Pedro
It’s been many years since I took the class so I may get something mixed up. The most interesting was Dr Davidson’s Cultural Geography. Great teacher!
Close second was Dr. Carleton. I think he was the guy from Yale. We would bullshite smoking cigarettes before class
Close second was Dr. Carleton. I think he was the guy from Yale. We would bullshite smoking cigarettes before class
This post was edited on 1/12/22 at 4:07 pm
Posted on 1/12/22 at 4:38 pm to Pedro
All these engineering grads in here.
Posted on 1/12/22 at 4:39 pm to Pedro
Most interesting was History of Jazz.
None of my classes stand out as being difficult.
None of my classes stand out as being difficult.
Posted on 1/12/22 at 7:03 pm to UPGDude
I took Materials as elective.
Posted on 1/12/22 at 7:05 pm to UPGDude
I remember taking Pascal I, II and C in addition to Assembly
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