Most of these class if done right have more value than any thing in a ________studies course. Take “Oh, Look, a Chicken!”. Many people here could learn something about writing while distracted. If you read post they lose track. Many schools have tracks to run on. My college had squirrels in the trees. Hey look a red car.
I compare these to what I actually *took* in first year.
Physics 120-121 6 credits.
Required course. Honours applied Physics. No longer offered, but it used to be provided.
Chemistry 120-121 6 credits
Science Elective. Honours Chemistry. No longer offered.
Mathematics 120-121 6 credits
Required course. Calculus I and II, Differentiation and Integration.
Astronomy 101-102 6 credits
Science Elective. Survey course in Astronomy. Not a prerequisite for anything and no prerequisites required.
History + Philosophy of Science HIST 184/PHI 130 6 credits.
Elective. Joint course offered by History Dean and a philosophy professor. We covered important books in the history of science, some of them rather obscure.
Reading lists:
Marquis de Condorcet, Darwin, Copernicus, Galileo, Francis + Roger Bacon. Descartes.
If you haven’t read it already, read, “the New Atlantis”.
Which course of study do you prefer?