What classes are you taking this semester reddit?

So I've been browsing reddit for a while now and I've noticed that quite a few people here are in college. Which got me to thinking, with all the universities all over the world there's got to be some interesting classes you guys are taking.

tl;dr What classes are you taking?

Here's me:

University: Texas A&M University

Major:General Studies

Classes: Intro to Equine (Horse) Care, The Big Bang Theory and Black Holes, Advanced Computing, Kinesiology: Self Defense, Kinesiology: Intermediate Tennis, Intro to Psychology, Student Learning Center: Career Awareness

Yeah, lot's of odd classes. Mostly easy GPA boosters because I still don't know what I want to major in.

What about you reddit?

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log1k•

Right now I'm in my 6th semester of 3D animation (post grad - 3rd year technically)

Today in class we got to play around in a mocap suit. Yeah. Those suits that people use to record animation for movies and games.

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Basically, there are 16 cameras in the room. 12 mounted in the rafters, and 4 on the ground we setup before hand. The actor puts on the suit, we configure the program to track the sensors on the body and away we go.

The actor we had (small asian guy from my class) has no shame. He was doing anything and everything people were throwing at him. He did a ton of moves from street fighter from high flying kicks off a chair to a shryuken (sp?). He also did Chun li's victory dance (jumping up and down clapping her hands and then blowing a kiss) Also, the model we've been using lately for recorded animation is marcus from gears of war... should be interesting to see that animation on marcus hah.

edit: I know there were a lot more pictures and videos taken, if I can get a hold of them I'll post here.

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kimberlygoly•

Masters courses: Social Entrepreneurship, Global Health Development, and Sustainibility

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CodeblankOP•

7hr classes? Wow.

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Lenabean•

Yeah, I should get 2 Bachelors degrees because I spend so much time in class. But all of that still only equals out to 15 credit hours a semester.

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CodeblankOP•

Baha, that sucks. I'm taking 15 too. I have a friend who managed to squeeze 16 hours into only Tuesday and Thursday classes. I was hard pressed to just get Fridays off.

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aaronisreal•

Finishing up Gen. Ed. at a local community college:

Geology & Dinosaurs, Creative Writing in Fiction, Algebra I (for probably like the 4th time in my life, ugh)

I'm probably going to major in Literature, transferring to a University this Fall.

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rckid13•

I just got my degree in the mail. I'm still sitting in my college town trying to sublease my apartment and trying to find a job.

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CodeblankOP•

Oh the joy's of subleasing. What's your degree in?

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Batgirl10•

I am so excited about this semester, I am a business/journalism student but I registered so late this semester that there weren't any classes available that actually suit my degree. My classes are as follows:Death & the meaning of life, Graphic novels as literature, World civilization and Individuals and society. The earliest I have to be to class is 11:30. Easiest and best semester EVER! It also excites me because I get to learn about random fun stuff that can get my creative juices flowing and inspire my writing.

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spongypancakes•

Organic Chemistry II
Physics for Life Science Majors II
Speech 101

I'm in the middle of my English 102 class that I'm taking for winter intersession. I'm taking it now so I could lighten the load for spring semester which consists of all the classes I just listed. :|

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CellarDorre•

Math 053, Creative Writing: Fiction and Nonfiction, Introduction to the Solar System, and Introduction to Deep Space Astronomy.

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CodeblankOP•

You don't happen to go to SHSU do you?

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beatle9•

Nope.

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deathofregret•

music appreciation, business law and chemistry for embalming.

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beaverbeliever05•

I'm finishing up an environmental science degree. My classes this quarter are: Natural resource economics and policy Statistics Principles of fisheries and wildlife conservation Minerals, energy, water, and the environment

Exciting stuff, I know.

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celtoid•

University: NDSU Major: Statistics Minor: Computer Science Classes: Survival Analysis, Pre-Actuarial, and Social Implications of Computing. Should be my last semester

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Tinned_Tuna•

I'm doing a Mathematics with Computer science degree:

  • Analysis I
  • Groups & Rings
  • Logic Programming and Artificial Intelligence
  • Lexical and Syntax Analysis of Programming Languages
  • Networks and Distributed Systems
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mcn00ber•

M.S. Education - just turned in my thesis last semester, and am now finishing up my winter course (Families, Schools and Communities).

Afterward, I'll be onto my last 2 courses in the spring - Art (yay, learning how to teach kids to paint and draw and sculpt... by painting, drawing, and sculpting) and Professionalism & Ethics.

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RogerMexico•

I'm working on a PhD in Mechanical Engineering at UF.

I'm taking:

  • Robot Geometry II
  • Control System Theory
  • Principles of Engineering Analyses II
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fapflopfail•

Northeastern University

History

Spy Wars: Covert Ops in WWII Colonial and Revolutionary America American Cultural History Portuguese

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hunkacheese•

University: of Massachusetts

Major: Psych

Classes: Medical Ethics, Western Thought After 1600, Chem, Intro to Sociology, and Spanish 240

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