Hi I was just wondering which of the two is easiest. Im not sure if indo requires a lot of reading? Thanks for any help

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Megan

hey there, I heard that Pop Music 2II3 can be easier if you don't like doing a lot of reading since Indo 2G03 requires a lot more. you should pick music

I know i'm going to get flamed for being an asshole engineer here, but i am genuinely flabbergasted that those are actual real courses that you pay money for

Its an elective batch, humanities> soc sci> eng

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Megan

Originally Posted by adaptation

I know i'm going to get flamed for being an asshole engineer here, but i am genuinely flabbergasted that those are actual real courses that you pay money for

The titles make them sound like "useless" courses, but if you're a Music/Theatre & Film major or an Anthropology major, they're actually great and informative courses. Honestly, I remember taking Math courses in high school and thinking "when will I possibly need this information in real life?". I just thought that by this time, people your age would be a little more open-minded and realize that University's a diverse place for all types of people who choose different career paths in life. I genuinely pity people who still don't understand this. Perhaps if you were to step out of your Math and Science world, take a few elective courses and meet different kinds of people, you'd understand why such courses like "Pop Music", "Indo European myths", and "Philosophy of Love" (I remember being made fun of for taking this course) exist. Plus, even if it doesn't help career-wise, taking a course in the Humanities or Social Sciences is just interesting and will give you world knowledge. The things you learn in these courses are things you can converse with people about and come off as a well-rounded person. Let's be real, you can't really have an interesting conversation about Engineering with people outside the faculty (believe me, my Engineering friends have tried).

Take music if Simon Wood is teaching it. It's amazing.

Originally Posted by SweetyTweety

The titles make them sound like "useless" courses, but if you're a Music/Theatre & Film major or an Anthropology major, they're actually great and informative courses. Honestly, I remember taking Math courses in high school and thinking "when will I possibly need this information in real life?". I just thought that by this time, people your age would be a little more open-minded and realize that University's a diverse place for all types of people who choose different career paths in life. I genuinely pity people who still don't understand this. Perhaps if you were to step out of your Math and Science world, take a few elective courses and meet different kinds of people, you'd understand why such courses like "Pop Music", "Indo European myths", and "Philosophy of Love" (I remember being made fun of for taking this course) exist. Plus, even if it doesn't help career-wise, taking a course in the Humanities or Social Sciences is just interesting and will give you world knowledge. The things you learn in these courses are things you can converse with people about and come off as a well-rounded person. Let's be real, you can't really have an interesting conversation about Engineering with people outside the faculty (believe me, my Engineering friends have tried).

My quarrel was the paying money part. I could probably get by from reading a few wikipedia entries and a few documentaries on "Pop Music" or "Indo European myths". I could attempt to try the same with calculus or thermodynamics, but i guarantee you its harder to do that to reach the same level of understanding.

I'm not talking about a course like your "Philosophy of Love", that sounds like a discussion based class where you would benefit in sitting in the classroom, absorbing information, and critically analyzing abstractions. Something like Pop Music or a mythology class sounds incredibly knowledge based and superficial, no critical discussions, no point in being in class when you can memorize that information from a wikipedia entry. Then again, i am judging a class by its name. So you tell me, are the discussions involved in "Pop Music" as abstract and eye-opening as the "Philosophy of Love"?

I most certainly can and have had interesting discussions about science or engineering (more so science, i'm in a science & engineering program) to friends, strangers, people in bars, you name it. You can explain the beauty and the intricacies of being human to me, and from the discussion I will leave with a broader appreciation of what it is to be human. I can explain to you the beauty and the intricacies of the natural world and under appreciated phenomena of the universe, and you will leave juxtaposed feeling totally insignificant and messianic in awe of the universe we live in.

Hey I took both, they're both pretty easy if you can memorize well, there's no tricky questions on either tests.

But pop music would be easier, you have to read 5 myth compilation books for Anthro 2G03 so it can take a lot of time. Also there are 4 midterms for the myths class but only 2 for pop music.

Don't know about the "pop music" course, but you might be forced to listen to a lot of annoying stuff.

The mythology course covers a lot of information that any educated person should acquire. Look for a course outline on-line. You should find Colarusso to be an entertaining lecturer, with lots of anecdotes and witty remarks. The organization of the course is pretty standardized from year to year, with five sections and an immediate test on each section. The tests are open-book, mostly on scan sheets, and might even get repeated from year to year.

http://www.anthropology.mcma ster.c...all%202013.pdf