Easiest Classes at UVA

This might have been significantly more helpful if I had posted this when people were signing up for classes, but oh well, there’s always next semester…for some of us.  I believe I have enough validity to write about this subject because how I view class scheduling.

Some people take classes they’re interested in.  Some people take the easy way out.  I’m the latter, and have taken quite a selection of gut classes in my time here.  (“Gut” means easy)  Some people would rather get a B and feel as if they’ve really learned something, I’d rather have an A and not know anything about the class a month later.  I don’t believe what you learn in class is that applicable later.  A college diploma means that graduate is trainable and how you get that diploma isn’t too important.  If you can pass college level classes, it tells a company you can be trained to operate in the real world.  So here are the five easiest classes I took at UVA:

1         COMM 180 – Introduction to Business – Taught by Robert Kemp, who has a billion stories about China, Japan, drinking with colleagues, and so forth and so on.  The tests are similar to a vocabulary test, and are all multiple choice.  He’ll convince you you’ll need to get the Wall Street Journal.  Don’t.  Resist it just like when you’ll tell your mechanic you just want an oil change and not every fluid imaginable in your car changed.

2         ASTR 121 – Sky and Solar System – I took this class without buying the book.  I only took notes when the professor wrote it on the board (Best advice “ratemyprofessor.com” has ever given me).  The tests are fairly easy, especially if you like math and science.  Make sure you go to the outdoor lab where you will find the coolest laser pointer known to man.

3         COMM 331 – Commercial Law -- Don’t waste your time buying the book.  Just come to class and pay attention to the examples, most of them involve drinking anyway.  The tests are open note, but not like science open note where the answer isn’t in your notes.  In this class, all your answers are in your notes, so just print off the notes before the test, and use common sense.

4         DRAM 208 – History of the Circus – Most entertaining gut class ever.  You’ll quickly realize this class is really easy when 4 defense starters on the football team walk in the first day.  We watched 30 minutes of video clips minimum per class.  I got free tickets to the circus in Richmond, and we had clowns give a performance in class.  It’s just too entertaining.  It meets some historical study requirement, and you only have 2 tests to take, and no papers.

5         EVSC 101 – Introduction to Environmental Science – Tom Smith is a boss.  He literally wore exactly what I would wear to class.  Jeans and a full zip black hoodie.  I didn’t buy the book, just ran through the Powerpoints before the test.  It’s a very skippable class.

Fun fact: none of these classes met on a Friday, so if you research hard enough on class scheduling you can have your cake and eat it too.