Spring Classes

Decide the path of my academic career!

  • MWF (yes) or TR (no) schedule

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • (MWF) Physical Chemistry 2 [CHM322](yes) or Intro to Algorithms [CIS 550](no)

    Votes: 1 14.3%
  • (MWF) Climate Change [EVS 530](yes) or Methods of Applied Math [MTH 525](no)

    Votes: 1 14.3%
  • (MWF) Reading and Telling Stories [ENG 241](yes) or Programming with Matlab [ESC 152](no)

    Votes: 4 57.1%
  • (TR) Intro to Algorithms[CIS 550](yes) or Engineering Statistics [ESC 310](no)

    Votes: 4 57.1%
  • (TR) Programming Systems [CIS 340](yes) or Comparitive Programing Languages [CIS524](no)

    Votes: 2 28.6%
  • (TR) Optical Materials [PHY 580](yes) or Statics [ESC 201](no) or CompProgLang[CIS524](no)

    Votes: 2 28.6%
  • (TR) Statics(yes) over OpticMats(no) or CompProgLang(no)

    Votes: 1 14.3%
  • (TR) CompProgLang(yes) over OpticMats(no) or Statics(no)

    Votes: 1 14.3%

  • Total voters
    7
  • Poll closed .

SternenklarenRitter

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I am having some (a lot) decision paralysis over which classes to take next semester. Monday Wednesday Friday classes also include 'intro to sociology [SOC 101]'. Tuesday Thursday classes also include 'Machines and Consciousness [PHL 450]'. Comparative Programming languages[CIS 524] has two sections on TR. Please also give me some feedback about what you think I should take. There aren't any classes listed that I am not interested in, so its a low stakes decision.
edit: there seems to be a strong 'low pick' bias right now, so do note that each box is a yes or no question.
 
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Oh, if you're leaning towards structures and machines then do statics with engineering. If you want to understand the world, do physics for physics majors 101.
 

SternenklarenRitter

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And yet you choose such horrid topics
social sciences are vastly superior
There is a philosophe class, a sociology class, and an English class in there too. Overall, I think I usually take a fairly balanced spread of classes between liberal arts and sciences.
Oh, if you're leaning towards structures and machines then do statics with engineering. If you want to understand the world, do physics for physics majors 101.
I haven't taken any engineering [ESC] classes yet, but I've advanced a fair amount in physics.
Also, most people seem to be picking only one or two boxes, so do note that every option is a yes/no question.
 
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Empress_Omnii

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There is a philosophe class, a sociology class, and an English class in there too. Overall, I think I usually take a fairly balanced spread of classes between liberal arts and sciences.
Well my next semester for uni is... not spread.
1 psychology
2 philosophy
1 feminism and gender studies
1 social science

And my plan for following semester is even worse in that regard...
3 psychology
1 English
1 either philosophy or sociology
Not sure between Contemporary Ethical Theories or Sociology of Ethics (though the latter is mandatory)
 

SternenklarenRitter

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So it looks like people really want me to take the Tuesday Thursday schedule instead of the Monday Wednesday Friday schedule, with 7/7 voting TR. While I suspect voters kind of missed the point of the multiple boxes, considering the average score across each category should be near 50% for a coinflip, but is actually a fairly unlikely 25% of votes (a total 63 binary options picked would have a 0.0058% chance naturally of rolling 16 or less yes votes). ...You're right I don't need the statistics class. Anyway it looks like people are telling me to take a TR schedule with [CIS 550] [PHL450] [CIS524] and [PHY 580] (even though 2 out of seven votes with at least three abstains for that last time slot is an even sketchier victory for optical materials than that old fart in Cameroon earned).
 
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