A thread for those who go to college
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Film & Digital Media major. I find I don't really have strong hatred or love for specific topics so much as hatred or love for teachers. I've had awful classes in subjects I thought I adored (Electronics, Television Culture & Society) and amazing classes in subjects that sounded like jokes (Experimental Utopias in California, History of Digital Media).
There are also a lot of subjects where I'd say I'm interested in theory/design but less interested in research/work. For example, I've taken classes like Bioengineering and Film Theory that have very interesting concepts involved but are really boring to read through and do assignments for.
At the moment I'm aiming most towards game design (literally design, not programming or art; might have to start in tabletop) as an ideal profession. None of it feels "work-y" to me, even when you have to do repeated playtest iterations and tweaking.
There are also a lot of subjects where I'd say I'm interested in theory/design but less interested in research/work. For example, I've taken classes like Bioengineering and Film Theory that have very interesting concepts involved but are really boring to read through and do assignments for.
At the moment I'm aiming most towards game design (literally design, not programming or art; might have to start in tabletop) as an ideal profession. None of it feels "work-y" to me, even when you have to do repeated playtest iterations and tweaking.
Terminology explanation for Non-Americans:
College is a term for an institution of higher education that grants degrees to students according to what their major(s) and or minor(s) are. Your Major is your focused area of study, your minor is a lesser focus on an area of study.
In America, a University is a higher educational institution that contains multiple Colleges. I got to Illinois Wesleyan University (it's not actually a Wesleyan Methodist university, that's just the name it had when it started and they kept the name "Wesleyan" after becoming secular around the turn of the century), and my university has the College of Fine Arts and the College of Liberal Arts.
OT: I'm an English Literature major, and I guess I hate fulfilling my lab science gen-ed requirements.
College is a term for an institution of higher education that grants degrees to students according to what their major(s) and or minor(s) are. Your Major is your focused area of study, your minor is a lesser focus on an area of study.
In America, a University is a higher educational institution that contains multiple Colleges. I got to Illinois Wesleyan University (it's not actually a Wesleyan Methodist university, that's just the name it had when it started and they kept the name "Wesleyan" after becoming secular around the turn of the century), and my university has the College of Fine Arts and the College of Liberal Arts.
OT: I'm an English Literature major, and I guess I hate fulfilling my lab science gen-ed requirements.
LOL! me too, Chemistry test. Also a Intro to Genetics test. Studied all i can for them, now escaping the stress on the escapist.ma55ter_fett said:
I'm a communication and political science double major, and I'm planning on doing an honours thesis in the former about war-themed video games and militarization of audiences.
There are subjects that I don't like, so I don't study them. In sum, university is great.
There are subjects that I don't like, so I don't study them. In sum, university is great.
I'm an English major, and I'm pissed that I'm forced to take college level math courses. The fact is, after high school, heck maybe even jr. high, you've learned all the math you'll need to know for any reason barring a math or science-based career. They're wasting my time and money with this, but I have to do it anyway. It sucks.
I am a General Studies major (I pretty much get 3 minors, and yes this is a 4 year degree). My 3 seperate intents are History, Geology and Aviation Logistics. Every class I take I'm actually really interested in, so I guess I'm pretty darn lucky.
EDIT: I should say that I'm a college junior at this point, and I've finished all of those shitty req'd classes, so from here on out it's only electives, 3000 and 4000 level courses in my Major.
EDIT: I should say that I'm a college junior at this point, and I've finished all of those shitty req'd classes, so from here on out it's only electives, 3000 and 4000 level courses in my Major.
Oh god.DragonsAteMyMarbles said:
I used to be doing a Biochemistry and Biological Chemistry course. Physical Chemistry is what killed it for me (I hadn't done Maths since GCSE, and it wasn't on the uni requirements [they ditched it to get enough applicants to run the course]). Organic was tricky-but-understandable, and I found Inorganic to be a total breeze. All the genetics stuff was quite fun too, but the Biology was basically A-level cell stuff so was way too easy.
Nowadays I'm studying Classical Literature and Civilisation.
So loads of Greek/Roman history, Latin, Greek lyric poetry, Epics, Greek/Roman civil life, cities/town planning...
Biggest bug? The topic so-called "Cities" and another called "Greece and the Greeks". We just had some assessment essays for the first semester and didn't have a clue how we were supposed to approach the essay questions. They were a major headache.
But yeah, part of the world with "Universities" where you go straight onto an Honours course (Bachelor's Degree if I complete these 3 years). The American system confuses me; since we tend to refer to a place you go to between 16/17 and 17/18 to get A-levels, in a "bridge" between school and university (that and you need at least A-levels to get a relatively OK job).
Back then I took Biology, Chemistry, Classical Civilisation, History.
I am an exercise science major, going for a MA in kinesiology. I hate math. im not real bad at it, but I hate it.