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favorite unusual course at BYU
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:10 pm
by Portia
What was your favorite class you took at BYU that isn't offered many other places?
I love BYU's commitment to both the widely-spoken and relatively obscure languages. I'm really glad I got the opportunity to take introductory Romanian.
Re: favorite unusual course at BYU
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:23 pm
by Cindy
Yep, I took Swahili, and it was fantastic.
Re: favorite unusual course at BYU
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:29 pm
by M.O.D.A.Q.
Dinosaurs is the greatest class that can possibly be taken.
Re: favorite unusual course at BYU
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:30 pm
by Whistler
I'm sure that other colleges offer bookbinding but I enjoyed it. I took an honors class on classical music in pop culture that was fun.
Re: favorite unusual course at BYU
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:49 pm
by Tally M.
Whistler wrote:I'm sure that other colleges offer bookbinding but I enjoyed it. I took an honors class on classical music in pop culture that was fun.
Did you take it with Dr. Howard?
Re: favorite unusual course at BYU
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 4:23 pm
by Yarjka
Tally M. wrote:Whistler wrote:I'm sure that other colleges offer bookbinding but I enjoyed it. I took an honors class on classical music in pop culture that was fun.
Did you take it with Dr. Howard?
Yes. (source: I was in the same class)
Re: favorite unusual course at BYU
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 5:24 pm
by Katya
If I have to pick one, it would be Welsh, but I also liked bookbinding.
Re: favorite unusual course at BYU
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 5:25 pm
by Katya
And now that I think about it, Welsh is where I met Melyngoch, who remains a good friend to this day, and bookbinding is the reason I got to write for the Board, so I guess those two classes has quite an impact on my life.
Re: favorite unusual course at BYU
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 5:36 pm
by Tally M.
Yarjka wrote:Tally M. wrote:Whistler wrote:I'm sure that other colleges offer bookbinding but I enjoyed it. I took an honors class on classical music in pop culture that was fun.
Did you take it with Dr. Howard?
Yes. (source: I was in the same class)
He's seriously one of my favorite professors--I met him while taking a class on that same topic at Summerfest
Re: favorite unusual course at BYU
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 9:00 pm
by Whistler
Tally M. wrote:
He's seriously one of my favorite professors--I met him while taking a class on that same topic at Summerfest
Sometimes when I got bored of our textbook (I had him for Music 201 and 202 - history of music), I would imagine him reading it to me, because I love his accent! XD
Re: favorite unusual course at BYU
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 9:56 pm
by Portia
This thread makes me happy. Folk dance was another class I took on a whim (a good friend begged me to take it or else it would have be cancelled), which then turned into a passion and a slot on a folk dance team.
Re: favorite unusual course at BYU
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 12:08 am
by Violet
I took bookbinding and wildlife biology. Actually, all of the honors classes I took were pretty great with the exception of the American Heritage one, and even that was probably better than taking American Heritage.
Re: favorite unusual course at BYU
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 12:22 am
by Portia
One of my college bf's favorite class was wilderness writing. He took a geology field trip class, too. And science fiction writing. How did he manage it?
Re: favorite unusual course at BYU
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 8:03 am
by Tally M.
Whistler wrote:Tally M. wrote:
He's seriously one of my favorite professors--I met him while taking a class on that same topic at Summerfest
Sometimes when I got bored of our textbook (I had him for Music 201 and 202 - history of music), I would imagine him reading it to me, because I love his accent! XD
I had him for Music 201, which I did because he's great to listen to, but he's not an easy teacher...