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need to learn something for
your money).
So, if you’ve ever said, “Gee,
Fd learn a lot more from this
class if 1 wasn’t under so much
pressure, ” here’s your chance.
Do something nice for your
GPR and your sanity. Take our
advice (but not too seriously)
and take one of the “cool j
courses” recommended by At
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Compiled by Marybeth Rohsner Agriculture 101: Modern
Agriculture Systems and
Renewable Natural Resources, •
Okay, Ags, your advisers thing: courses where minimum brothers or sisters, other one credit.
have been hounding you to efforts result in maximum grade students in their major and This class meets only once a
take classes that “expand your points. Usually, “easy A” even through profs. We used all week. Different profs from the
horizons” and “provide a solid classes are considered to be of those word-of-mouth College of Agriculture give a
background to prepare you for uninteresting, unchallenging, research methods, the 1986- brief description of the types of
the challenges of the working and totally without any value in ’87 undergrad catalog, the classes the department offers
world. ” “the real world. ” On the other spring 1987 schedule of classes, and the career opportunities for ;
Cutting through the hand, they supposedly provide and one other source that only ag majors. Okay, it may not
adviserese, we ail know that a time to take naps and provide the seniors and the savvy have sound that interesting, but you
these key phrases translate into a boost to the GPR of just about heard of: the grade distributions can’t judge a class by its title. At j
boring lectures, low grades, everyone, from study nuts in the student counseling center any rate, this class promises to
tedious homework and late trying to make it over the 3.5 in the YMCA building. The make you more aware of what j
nights at the typewriter for you, hump to socialites trying to grade distribution listings show goes into what you eat.
the poor, overworked, burnt- make it off the ScoPro list. how many A’s through F’s each Attendance is important, but j
out student. Of course, the If these classes simply sound instructor gave (uh, we mean according to the grade
undergraduate catalog’s too good to be true, we’ve got assigned) for the sections of distributions, this class may be
beckonings can’t be ignored, good news and bad news. First, each class in previous years. one of the very best bets for an
and everybody has to take their the bad news: they are too Granted, it’s far from being a A. Too bad it’s only a one-credit
share of less-than-fun classes if good to be true. There is no foolproof method, since we course,
they want to graduate before such thing as a 100 percent, randomly chose which year’s
the turn of the century. verifiable easy A at A&M. statistics to base the list on. And Chemistry 106: Chemical
But we at At Ease know what The good news is that there we can’t guarantee that these Perspectives, three credits.
you need. You need a break. are some classes at A&M that classes are a sure-fire answer to Commonly known as
You need to stay in bed until even you 98 percenters should your academic woes. Some “Cowboy Chemistry, ” this class
noon. You need a class without be able to pass if you attend classes that you consider fun, has long been a favorite of
the strain of tests covered with class and put in a few hours interesting and easy might be business majors in search of
mathematical hieroglyphics and every week. You even gain pure torture to your roommate, science electives. You’ll still
40-page term papers that count something useful from each Besides, you never know if leam some of the basics of
for 80 percent of your grade. one. the statistics in the YMCA chemistry without the stress and |
You need a blowoff class, a And the best news is that At building are based on budding strain experienced by the poor
cush class, an easy A. Everyone Ease has compiled a no- Einsteins or a bunch of freshmen in Chem 101 and
has heard of them, and at some nonsense list of these classes so Neanderthals. Chem 102.
point, everyone has considered you can read this issue, pick up Classes with lots of Although students in this
registering for one or two or your phone, and register. prerequisites were eliminated class don’t pull too many F’s,
five. Most people hear about from the list, as were classes about 40 percent made a C or
And no matter what you call these great classes through which, by the judgement of a D.
them, they all amount to same friends, roommates, older wise council of upperclassmen, Continued on page 10
Goppoia s fantasy about a I Burt Lancaster and Kirk I make off with DeVito’s u/ifp I K^ntifnl film
In over your head academically?
Float through next semester in
Cool
Courses