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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 12:40 pm
by Dooby
ThadFilms wrote:I was told to take the Life Guard elective thing. I never did. Dude told me he learned more about the female body in that class then his years in med school.... basically, the requirement was to show up in "swim clothes".... dunno' if it's still around... and sadly, I never ended up taking it.
DO NOT TAKE ANY INTRODUCTORY FILM CLASSES.
They are all made ridiculously hard just to weed out the "easy grade" crowd. Granted, advanced film classes are a piece of cake. Even if you see a "Film History I" required line for a "Film History II" class, go talk to the professor, and tell him how much you love Post World War II European Film, or somesuch... I did, but in my case it was actually true, and the class was a blast.
Only requirements were that you showed up engaged in the discussion (even if you were an idiot), wrote a paper and took the final. I learned more in that class than pretty much every other film class I took. ANd I took that first semester of my freshman year.
Other film history II classes I took, but you absolutely couldn't get into without taking film history I.... the cinema of sex and violence, and the horror film.
Hahaha.
My senior year, I said, "I think I will take Accounting I." All the business guys in my fraternity said I was nuts. I said I thought I could handle it; I am good at math. They all took Film History I. I warned them that it was harder than you think. Needless to say, they got low B's; I got an A.
Oh, and if they still offer "Art of Listening," take that.
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 3:25 pm
by CalallenStang
SMUtrojanFAN wrote:CalallenStang wrote:SMUtrojanFAN wrote:Does Gosney still teach that ridiculous intro to EE course?
Yes. Interesting class, and EXCEPTIONALLY easy.
I still can't believe that one of the assignments was to color a barcode.
I still can't believe all the tests were open book, open note, and all the test questions came directly from things he had written in the book. No studying required...could do the tests in 15 minutes and get a 100, plus extra credit which usually wasn't much harder than the regular questions.
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 3:55 pm
by regis
Music: The Art of Listening is easy if you know how to count and know what the instruments sound like.
Logic is pretty easy.
And I agree with no film classes. If you think you're just going to watch movies, you're wrong. My prof seemed irked that a bunch of footballers took it as such and proceeded to make it really hard.
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 4:10 pm
by EastStang
Humanities II self paced. Didn't have to study or go to class every week. 2 one hour seminars for the semester and a couple of tests where you got to take the same test over and over until you passed it. When I told my friends about it, they all transferred into it. Business writing was kind of a joke as well. And a Gen. Bus. course, Business under uncertainty, was an easy A.
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 4:13 pm
by abezontar
Property
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 4:17 pm
by jtstang
abezontar wrote:Property
Awesome. Explain the rule against perpetuities again, with emphasis on the identification of the appropriate life in being. I never understood that stuff.
Re: easiest class at smu
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 5:58 pm
by PonyKai
jkflamebo wrote:department, class #, and professor would be appreciated. need an elective. thoughts?
Oceanography with Prof. Walther in the Dedman Life Sciences Building.
Screenwriting with Prof. Ian something out of Umphrey Lee.
Easily two of the easiest classes ever.
Scuba Diving.
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:02 pm
by Peruna88
ThadFilms wrote:DO NOT TAKE ANY INTRODUCTORY FILM CLASSES.
World War II on Film with the late great G. William Jones was an outstanding intro level film class. Loved every minute of it.
I remember Intro to Public Speaking being very simple too - as long as you don't mind public speaking.
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:35 pm
by expony18
abezontar wrote:Property
DET?
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:58 pm
by J.T.supporta
that dude from Walker Texas Ranger use to teach the art of acting or some easy [deleted] theatre course a few years back
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 3:20 am
by Stallion
In my day we had American History thru Film with William Jones. Showed up on Monday Nite and watched Classics like Giant, Its a Wonderful Life and Sunset Boulevard and related it to History.
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 10:11 am
by ponyboy
For me it was Kim Corbet's "Evolution of Jazz"
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 1:00 pm
by Peruna_Ate_My_Rolex
ponyboy wrote:For me it was Kim Corbet's "Evolution of Jazz"
I'll second this one as well.
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:20 pm
by SMUtrojanFAN
J.T.supporta wrote:that dude from Walker Texas Ranger use to teach the art of acting or some easy [deleted] theatre course a few years back
Clarence Gilyard. Super easy class, except it was at 8AM. Half the class were football players, the other half were pikes. He was pretty cool though. I think he was the guy in Top Gun who replaces Goose after he dies.
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 3:08 pm
by J.T.supporta
SMUtrojanFAN wrote:J.T.supporta wrote:that dude from Walker Texas Ranger use to teach the art of acting or some easy [deleted] theatre course a few years back
Clarence Gilyard. Super easy class, except it was at 8AM. Half the class were football players, the other half were pikes. He was pretty cool though. I think he was the guy in Top Gun who replaces Goose after he dies.
yes thats the guy. i think he only taught there for that one year, or one semester but by far the easiest class ever