Finally, I Know What I Will Do In College

[Midshipman]

Do any of you know how much of a pain it is to apply to college, develop a degree plan and look for housing while you are living in Europe, and preparing to go further east on deployment?

Well, after two months of basically working my butt off over the phone and email, I have a degree plan. So, I want to know what you think. My major is history, and I am minoring in PoliSci. Granted, I am on course to be a pilot


Foundation Courses:
3: Survey Of American History To 1865
4: Survey of American History Since 1865
1: Foundations Of Western Civilization

Upper Class Courses:
116: History Of Christianity
127: Conspiracy Theories and Conspiracies In American History And Culture
168: Latin America Since Independence

Electives:
209: Alexander The Great And The Hellenistic World
334: Germany In The Twentieth Century
364: The Period Of THe American Revolution, 1760-1789

Seminar Thesis/Block:
287: Undergraduate Seminar In American History
342: Age of Jefferson

Minor:
POLSC 11 3cr Introduction To Political Science
POLSC 151 3cr Politics And The Military
POLSC 303 3cr Politics And War
POLSC 353 3cr Germany And European Security
POLSC 356 3cr Post Communist Europe

Basic Skils:
ENGLISH 20 3cr Exposition And Argumentation

General Education A:
MATH 80 5cr Analytical Geometry And Calculus I
MATH 175 5cr Calculus II
PHYSCS 175 5cr University Physics
PHYSCS 176 5cr University Physics

General Education B:
SOCIOL 1 3cr Introduction To Sociology
SOCIOL 160 3cr Social Basis Of War And Peace

General Education C:
GEOG 1 3cr Regions And Nations Of The World I
GEOG 2 3cr Regions And Nations Of The World II
ECONOM 4 3cr Principles Of Microeconomics

General Education D:
RELST 1 3cr Introduction To Religion
RELST 246 3cr Revelation And Apocalyptic Literature
CLHUM 60 3cr Classical Mythology
ARHA 222 3cr Ancient Technology

Naval Science Courses (Required):
MANGMT 202 3cr Fundamentals Of Management
NAVY 248 3cr Leadership And Ethics

[Jon Miller]

wow

you are very well planned out

you know that there will not be any conflicts?

you know that is what you want to do? (you won't ge sidetracked with physics or anythign?)

Jon Miller

[Midshipman]

Actually, I dont know if there will be conflicts. The program I am in requires that I have a full plan done before I go to college.

And the Physics is required, along with calc.

[Jon Miller]

that is good

I think Physics and Calc should be required for every major

Jon Miller

[MRT144]

except communications...how else would college athletes get through college?

[Zkribbler]

BTW, Midshipman--of course you know where to come with any questions on history or poli sci.

[H Tower]

yes, poly has a wide variety of historical and political philosophies

[Kropotkin]

As I don't know that much about the american system and what you have in mind but considering your mix of history and polsci witch is not that far away from what I've read shouldn't it be better with a Principles Of Macroeconomics instead of microeconomics? I think it would suit better with the rest.

[Midshipman]

You have to take Micro to get to Macro, and I will only sit through one economics course.

[DaShi]

You are so doomed.

[David Floyd]

I think Physics and Calc should be required for every major

Why? Those subjects are patently useless for the majority of liberal arts majors.

[Dinner]

But then again liberal arts majors are patently useless to most employers.

[TCO]

Taking Macro without understanding micro first is liable to be very dangerous. You will think you know econ...but be clueless about the fundamentals. Will be good enough to post silly arguments on Poly and that's about it.

[TCO]

Originally posted by David Floyd


Why? Those subjects are patently useless for the majority of liberal arts majors.

Actually I sorta agree with you Floyd. But let me post some counter-arguments.

1. They are difficult and will stretch your brain.

2. They are the fundamentals of technical subjects...and so set you up if you ever move to anything technical, being a manager at Ford or the like.

3. They teach logical problem-solving skills.

4. You need to know that stuff as a submarine officer.

(I would add in freshman chem as well.)

[Kropotkin]

Originally posted by GP
Taking Macro without understanding micro first is liable to be very dangerous. [...] Will be good enough to post silly arguments on Poly and that's about it.

Yeah right! Like you need to read macro economics to do that.