Favorite or most useful class ever?

[YTNUKLR]

What is the most useful or favorite post-high school class you ever took? Trying to figure out my schedule, got an open spot...

Also-was it the subject, or the teacher?

[emcon5]

Sere.

[TerryH]

Most useful? Hands down.... typing. Who'd of thought it would come in so handy 15 years later when computers became personal and affordable. My friend and I took the class in 1973 because the girls outnumbered us 15:1.

Most fun... Auto Shop, Photography, Science



Edit: oops.. Missed the post HS. These were HS classes.

[rick-l]

Advanced Engineering Mathematics I and II. It took math concepts and showed how they applied in areas I would not normally be exposed.

[Tobra]

Astronomy with Maurice Stewart. He was the only guy in the science dept who only had a master's degree. He was doing his thesis at Princeton and lost everything in a fire. Definitely the professor.

I also had him for Physics, which was pretty good too. Interesting man, very bright bulb. I turned him on to the Exploratorium in San Francisco. I took Physics, from a guy who learned Physics from Einstein, how cool is that?

[jim72911t]

Took a manufacturing management class a number of years ago. Aside from the usual management theories, the instructor taught me 3 things that I remember to this day, which may or may not be true:

1. When walking to the restroom, always carry some paperwork. This makes it look as if you are busy, and you wont get stopped for idle chit-chat.

2. Learn to golf, as all of the big deals/promotions seem to be made on the golf course. (I still suck at golf)

3. Take a ballroom dancing class, because that's where the women are. (Especially appropriate in an engineering program, not that any of us could have gotten a date )

As to your last question, it was definitely the instructor for me. He was working on his doctorate at the time, and had actual real world experience from working at NASA for a number of years. (Couldn't say that about most of my other instructors, BTW.)

His office was also filled with pics of his restored MGB and several vintage motorcycles. Good guy, and I took every class he taught.

[HardDrive]

A series of classes that focused on Wittgenstein during my undergrad a Michigan State. All taught by Ronald Suter.

This book was quite instructive: http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/698_reg_print.html

[LakeCleElum]

*** Pursuit Instructor ***

[m21sniper]

For me?

Bayonet training.

CQB/MOUT was a close second.

[pwd72s]

Business law...Instructor was a lawyer going through a divorce. It was a very informative class...

[Bill Douglas]

A massage class I did was pretty good... And I was the only guy.

[jyl]

Favorite classes from undergrad:
- An architecture class taught by Chris Alexander (thank goodness it was too late for me to have changed my major to architecture)
- A point-set topology class (I looked it up, the term "point set" now has a broader meaning, back then it was all points on the real number line)
- Beginning German (thanks to a couple class hours a week for one academic quarter, 20 years later I still remember some German - cool)

From grad:
- Evidence (the most relentlessly logical aspect of law, IMO)
- Fundamental security analysis (woo hoo!)

[Jim Richards]

Thermodynamics. Met my future wife there.

[azasadny]

Toss-up between "Statistics" and "Jungle Environment Survival Training (JEST)"...

[Seahawk]

No green ink: Acting class and a speech class.

[cgarr]

Typing first, spellin second.

[Dave L]

In highschool - typing
In college - statistics

[Tishabet]

"Advanced Theory" which was a comp sci course on turing machines, real and theoretical languages, etc. 100% the professor.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

Business law...Instructor was a lawyer going through a divorce. It was a very informative class...

Same here, except mine was taught by a professor with 20 years of legal practice experience. All of his lessons were bolstered by stories from his years of practice, most of them pretty amusing. The curriculum was incredibly practical, I've actually referenced my notes several times since.

Funny that I was an engineering student, but my favorite classes were for my business management minor. Of course the business classes were taught by professors with masters degrees that taught in their spare time, these people had real jobs as well. Law teacher was a lawyer, finance teacher was a CFP, etc. Engineering, on the other hand, was taught by a bunch of professional students that never left college. Those that can't, teach.

[ChemMan]

Most useful would be organic chem I and II since I teach orgo now. Most enjoyable would be computational problem solving in physiology. Small class for Michigan State and taught by Dr Thomas Adams. Great instructor and a very nice person. I also had a summer class, physiology and hygiene of the eye, taught by Dr Richard Ball. I went in not have a great interest in the eye but Dr Ball taught a class full of humor and information. I learned a lot and enjoyed it tremendously.