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Suggestions for college electives?
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So here is the deal I transfered to a state converted community college and they are having problems getting my offcial transcript. Its a few days before class starts and I am not signed up for any classes. Not only that since they have me listed as non degree seeking student it wont let me take anything that requires ENC or Math 
So I have to resort to taking all my electives at once then my final cores next term..
Do you guys know any that would be easy? All the ones that I want to take such as computer repair, web design, electronic repair only count towards an AS not an AA.
I was thinking about taking Intro Religion, New Test, Old Test but I have to weigh what I want to take against what will get me through college quickly and smoothly as possible.
So I have to resort to taking all my electives at once then my final cores next term..
Do you guys know any that would be easy? All the ones that I want to take such as computer repair, web design, electronic repair only count towards an AS not an AA.
I was thinking about taking Intro Religion, New Test, Old Test but I have to weigh what I want to take against what will get me through college quickly and smoothly as possible.
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I had to take one from my college, and it was worth it.
I assume it was intro? What was the course work like?
For one thing I know how to use those programs beyond what the class is going to teach. Also, I want to take the Microsoft office certs but they dont count as electives. They only count as certs...
History but I cant take the one thats require ENC because my account is messed up.
Don't be a judgmental prick, he asked for suggestions for electives, not your opinion on his choice of major.
As for recommendations for electives, go for whatever seems interesting. Intro classes of any kind are good, such as the aforementioned religion idea, or philosophy. Since you're a history major, if you have any interest in something more computer or life-science based, maybe take an intro programming or even intro chemistry/biology/whatever class.
Or, if you generally enjoy literature, English lit classes are great because you don't have to do some prerequisite class to get into more specifically-themed classes, like shakespeare, or modernist poetry, or romantic-period literature, etc. Or if think you have some neat ideas, creative writing is usually not graded too harshly as long as you produce something with effort behind it.
At my school, art (history or creative) and music electives are generally popular too, so check those out.
You know like,
A->B
B->C
Therefore:
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Probably the most interesting subject I studied in college. I ended up majoring in philosophy just to take the more advanced logic courses.
Also, if you've ever played Sudoku and found it fun, it's the same sort of brain process, I always had a blast when doing my homework, it was like filling in a puzzle.
With that out of the way, there are a few humanities-esque subject areas that may be useful.
As noted, philosophy courses can be great. They cover everything from logic to religion (not to imply that those are opposites on a broad spectrum; philosophers loves them some metaphysics which is inherently linked with the concept of religion). If there's an intro to philosophy course I'd recommend that - if nothing else you'll get to learn some unique history through an assortment of philosophers from a variety of locales (probably mostly Greek, Chinese and French).
Political science courses can also be very interesting. Politics shares a close link with history, so it should be relatively easy to find something useful. I don't think there's usually an 'intro to poli-sci' class around, unfortunately, so you'll likely end up with a more specific topic.
Foreign languages can also work exceptionally well. Aside from breaking out a potentially useful skill for the future, you'll likely end up learning about the history of whichever major country (or countries) speak the language. This works much better if you have a background in a language and test into a higher level where they can focus on more than just teaching pronunciation and vocabulary.
Having linked the previous three subject areas with history, why not throw in Geography as well? A decent portion of geography deals with modern history (the parts concerned with demographics and culture, anyway). Tends to be sprinkled with some geology, too.
English classes, depending on availability can also net some basic introductions to valuable skills like creative writing or technical writing (...I'm sure you could link history in there too if you wanted to learn about etymologies or something).
Geography courses can be very useful and complementary to history stuff. I did one in first-year called 'world regions', which looked at a different part of the globe each week and covered some basic concepts that define each one (environmental and political quirks, stuff like that). It was cool.
I'd maybe recommend an intro environmental science course, too, but YMMV depending on the content. Both will probably at least have a decent field trip :P
I'll second any sort of tech writing course. Communication skills are important, and also look very good on the resume.
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I was going to say business or marketing or econ. Take something that could apply to any career.
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I hate this college... I waited in a 3 hour line everyday for 3 days and I still cant sign up for anything.
Did you speak to your counselor? I know that most colleges will not let you enroll in any classes without the magic code the counselor gives you to prove you talked with them.
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I had the same problem as well, and this was in a program where you had to lease mandatory macbooks.
Is film studies offered for you? That was a fun class, at times.
If you're good at math i'd take statistics, or research methodology. Both are hella handy in the workforce. At least here.
That does sound like a good one. I am about to go up to campus again and see if they can fix this mess... arg wtf..
The advisor always tries to pressure me into doing student gov and what not.
Pretty hard to recommend electives without knowing what your school offers. I guess history classes are out of the question then.
You can take just about anything you want to that doesn't have pre-reqs. Typically my better marks came in the things I was INTERESTED in. Things I wanted to expand my knowledge of.
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