Most boring class you ever took in college

Jekyll · Sep 30, 2010

Almost all of them. ****** professors can make even interesting subjects boring. Protip kids, if someone tells you to go to community college, ******* kill them.

ComboOrgan · Sep 30, 2010

Originally Posted by MasterOfReality

I think (in my industry anyway) that the universities should allow industry to design the bachelor degrees. Get real engineers and site based people an opportunity to have a say, rather than a bunch of academics who wear cardigans and jackets with shoulder patches determine the program.

I recall some collegues who went to different universities had to study social science subjects so they could develope a sense of social justice and responsibility.

To me thats just a form of brain washing from the generally left wing intelligentsia at our universities, not to mention a waste of money by studying something which has zero benefit career wise.

Save that for trade school.

This idea that academic engineers are out-of-touch is silly. I'd much rather have a curriculum designed by active academic researchers, than by industry folk with their narrow-foci.

celery · Sep 30, 2010

Originally Posted by MasterOfReality

I think (in my industry anyway) that the universities should allow industry to design the bachelor degrees. Get real engineers and site based people an opportunity to have a say, rather than a bunch of academics who wear cardigans and jackets with shoulder patches determine the program.

I recall some collegues who went to different universities had to study social science subjects so they could develope a sense of social justice and responsibility.

To me thats just a form of brain washing from the generally left wing intelligentsia at our universities, not to mention a waste of money by studying something which has zero benefit career wise.

ELBOW PATCHES MOTHERFUCKER!

SField · Sep 30, 2010

doctoral bibliography..... good ******* god. bibliography was also horrible at the masters level.

Hayato · Sep 30, 2010

Archeology - Supernaturalism

This asshole managed to make the most interesting sounding subject, the most boring, pretentious and unimportant class of all time. He was this really old professor with a horrible attitude, and basically took any sort of fun or levity out of an explorations course. We get it, India believes in spirits, calm down.

Thank god my other explorations class was natural disasters taught by a visiting professor that worked for the USGS. We basically got to learn about everything that could **** up the human race (meteor impact, super volcanoes, earthquakes, fires, tidal waves, etc.) Probably the most fun and interesting class I took that had nothing to do with my major.

runner-guy · Sep 30, 2010

Originally Posted by Plestor

The group theory, basic graph theory and combintorics stuff isn't too bad tho...

As for mine

a) Organic 1 ...
b) some crap stats course I need to do as part of my program despite already having done more advanced stats

+1 for Organic Chemistry. That class sucked.

cross22 · Sep 30, 2010

Ethics class of MBA. Even the prof routinely fell sleep during his own lecture.

Jvlivs · Sep 30, 2010

Originally Posted by Jekyll

Almost all of them. ****** professors can make even interesting subjects boring.

+1

mrhills0146 · Sep 30, 2010

Originally Posted by CrazyJew

See, this is why I really hate university sometimes... so many of these "foundation" classes are useless and a waste of memory and brain power. They should be there for people who are going to use it, like people actually majoring in mathematics. Why the hell do I need to know about all the rules of existential universal statements or how to prove A or B valid ten different ways, or ridiculously long and frustrating differential equations that are too cryptic to be of any use in a normal career setting?

IMO there's just not enough "real" classes in college. I'd much rather learn about how mortgages work, how to build a computer, how to build a house or fix plumbing, etc. on the side of what I'm doing in computer science.

So what you are after is training, not education. There is nothing inherently wrong with that, as long as you understand the difference.

You won't use the majority of what you learned in college in your career. Depending on the career you choose, you may not use ANY of your academic coursework.

An undergraduate degree is not job training. You are in university to learn to think and to show that you can start a task and complete it.

dave333 · Sep 30, 2010

I thought this neuroscience/psych class I would be taking would be interesting since it was about how the mind could be creative.

boy I was ******* wrong. there is more bullshit in that class than...I don't even know. It hurts my ears listening to people speak in that class.

Piobaire · Sep 30, 2010

Fixed securities.

zjpj83 · Sep 30, 2010

Early Medieval History

imschatz · Sep 30, 2010

Every semester has a boring class .. and I don't think I could pick one that was the most boring.

I took a course in my final year of undergrad on Differential Calculus, that was simple formula manipulation. So ya .. 4 years of undergrad, a dozen or so math classes .. and I'm spending my nights memorizing formula's.

So far my graduate Macroeconomics is incredibly boring. My Micro/Econometrics courses are doing 10-15 pages of notes on completely new material per lecture .. while my Macro class is still covering material I did in Undergrad. Serious waste of time.

Milpool · Sep 30, 2010

Originally Posted by CrazyJew

See, this is why I really hate university sometimes... so many of these "foundation" classes are useless and a waste of memory and brain power. They should be there for people who are going to use it, like people actually majoring in mathematics. Why the hell do I need to know about all the rules of existential universal statements or how to prove A or B valid ten different ways, or ridiculously long and frustrating differential equations that are too cryptic to be of any use in a normal career setting?

IMO there's just not enough "real" classes in college. I'd much rather learn about how mortgages work, how to build a computer, how to build a house or fix plumbing, etc. on the side of what I'm doing in computer science.

It is strange. . . you can never really predict what is going to be useful. A friend of mine codes tax software. He says it is about the laziest coding possible, and thus he promptly forgot just about everything he learned about math.

I'm not a programmer, but I code up my own **** a lot and I use TONS of **** like discrete to get work done. I studied math as an undergrad, and I wish I had a better understanding of math every damn day.

Brosef · Sep 30, 2010

Physical Chemistry, most definitely...Professor was very, very old, had to stop talking to catch his breath all the time but was one of the nicest persons ever. There were no TAs in the class and he corrected ALL the exams (150) himself and left notes in each and every one of them. Class was pretty difficult, not really related to my major (the only thing I remember and use to this day from that class is the Gibbs free energy concept, which is pretty basic), boring as hell and hard to follow due to the prof. Oh, and the exams were a pain ********** too.

Most boring class you ever took in college

Distinguished Member

Senior Member

Distinguished Member

Distinguished Member

Well-Known Member

Senior Member

Distinguished Member

Member

Well-Known Member

Senior Member

Not left of center?

Distinguished Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

FEATURED PRODUCTS

Similar threads

Featured Sponsor

Yes, I have a signature fragrance I wear every day

Yes, I have a signature fragrance but I don't wear it daily

No, I have several fragrances and rotate through them

I don't wear fragrance

Forum Sponsors

Forum statistics

FOLLOW STYLEFORUM ON: