You never know what courses you’ll wind up liking the most at college: for smileysabrina, many of the courses she wound up liking the most were in subjects she didn’t expect to be interested in at all! Here are some of the favorite courses she has taken at the University of Southern California.
The History of China
It’s suffice to say that I definitely did not expect to enjoy the History of China very much when I first signed up for it. It fulfilled a graduation requirement and was one of the only options available when I registered for classes. However, the class wound up being incredibly interesting, probably because the professor was a very engaging, lively man whose passion for what he was teaching was so infectious! He chronicled China’s history to us students as though he was telling an epic story, and I still remember of the more memorable anecdotes from the class today even though I took it three semesters ago.
Photography and Writing
I took this class as part of a special honors alternative to the traditional general education system, and found myself fascinated by the subject because it provided an untraditional look at photography. With the advent of smartphones and instant photo-enhancing and sharing devices like Photoshop and Instagram, modern photography is worlds apart from what it used to be like. Back in the day, just taking and viewing an image was quite labor-intensive, as it required the use of film, a darkroom, etc. Such a process is very different form the instant gratification we’re used to getting when we snap a photo using our iPhones today! The perspective the class gave me glimpse into the evolution of photography was, which was why I liked it so much—in addition to the fact that the professor let us experiment with creating our own daguerreotypes as part of the class!
Marketing Fundamentals
This class is one of the few I’ve taken from within my school’s business school, and as such, it was much more focused on teaching us concrete skills and hard facts than a lot of the other, more liberal-artsy classes I’ve taken. The class was really enjoyable for me because I held a marketing internship at the same time as I was taking the class, so I could actually see the practicality of the things I was learning, as I was directly applying them to the tasks I was assigned in my internship.
Comment and let us know what your favorite college classes has been so far!
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