Need an easy class at Iowa State

WIB

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Anyone have a class you've taken fairly recently that was pretty damn easy? I need something in US Diversity, Humanities, Global Perspectives, or social science. The rest of my classes next semester will be fairly difficult so i'm looking for something with minimal effort.
 

Gunnerclone

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There's a thread on this I believe with quite a few posts in it. might want to check that one out. Not flaming on you it will just help you faster.
 

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What, you think this is North Carolina? :cool:
 

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Introduction to Music Listening was a good one. There was some intro Theatre class I took also that was a breeze. I suggest finding something that actually interests you, as opposed to taking something just because it's easy. Some interesting but also fairly easy electives I took were Astronomy and World Religion.
 

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US Religions is good.

That human sexuality class was always popular.

Think there is some kind of wine/beer tasting class but IDK if that has enough credits/fits the right parameters.
 

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Introduction to Music Listening was a good one. There was some intro Theatre class I took also that was a breeze. I suggest finding something that actually interests you, as opposed to taking something just because it's easy. Some interesting but also fairly easy electives I took were Astronomy and World Religion.


All this, but especially the bolded part.

Intro to music was pretty cool, though. I learned a lot of things and retained quite a bit of information. I also recommend a sport (golf, volleyball, racquetball) just because it's an easy way to meet people and expand your social circle. I took a meteorology class that I put little effort into and breezed through.
 

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US Religions is good.

That human sexuality class was always popular.

Think there is some kind of wine/beer tasting class but IDK if that has enough credits/fits the right parameters.

Very popular but hard to get into. I wasn't able to get into it until my senior year...but then again it had absolutely nothing to do with my major. I just wanted to be in the sex class.

 

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Very popular but hard to get into. I wasn't able to get into it until my senior year...but then again it had absolutely nothing to do with my major. I just wanted to be in the sex class.

I got in Freshman year. Really helped me out a lot. I did a lot of homework for that class.

Mostly just research though...
 

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Music 102

This! It's hard not to get an A in this class unless they've drastically changed it since I took it over 10 years ago. All you have to do is just show up to lecture and you already get a passing grade just for that. Pay attention in class and go to all your required number of music events (there were weekly organ performances I think that were an easy hour to just sit through) and you should have no problem getting an A with minimal effort needed.

I don't know if they still offer it but Music 104 was an awesome class and another easy one but you had to take 102 first. It was the history of rock and roll, what else is better than spending a lecture talking about groups such as The Beatles or The Eagles and even some of the more modern day groups as well.

PE classes are easy but I doubt they count for any of your requirements though. They are usually only 1 credit though and are pass/fail but showing up twice a week to basically play a game or do fundamental drills for that sport and have no homework to go with it was an easy way to tack on a few more elective credit hours.
 

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There are no shortcuts in life. You/your parents pay good money for school already. I suggest finding a more challenging class.
 

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There are no shortcuts in life. You/your parents pay good money for school already. I suggest finding a more challenging class.
He said he's already taking other tough classes. How about you lighten up, Francis. It's okay to take it easy in life every once in awhile.
 

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Human Sexuality online. Couldn't have been any easier for a US Diversity.

I also enjoyed Russian Film Study and the Literature of Shakespeare classes. Those fulfill global perspective.
 

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Don't know the name of the course but there was a Political Science class on world politics that wasn't too hard. Guessing there are probably some other flavors of Political Science course like US politics or something that could meet your requirements. There were also 2 different US History classes too, one on early US History and 1 on late to current US History. Anthropology 101 wasn't too bad, some call Geology 101 "rocks for jocks" but apparently I took the section that they jocks didn't take and it was a graduate professor teaching his first undergrad course in quite some time so yeah that class wasn't as easy as most said it was...
 

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