Favorite Classes (so far), What has been your best class?

I was thinking that a thread of our favorite classes and why they are our favorite classes might be good.

At the moment (with only one semester of experience) i'd have to go for intro to bioethics with Professor Bok. It is a really interesting class where we go over all sorts of modern day ethical issues associated with medicine and health care. Professor Bok is a really good lecturer, she makes the classes very entertaining and during lectures she welcomes opinions and discussion, which i really like. The readings for the class are also pretty interesting, they are generally different case studies and different people's opinions on how they should have been dealt with.

So, that's mine, what are your favorite classes? (maybe it'll help me pick classes for spring semester too!)

I like this topic a lot ... so I decided to make it Pinned! I can't wait to read everyone's responses, because I can then live vicariously through you all ... since I don't get to enjoy the great classes at Hopkins. I'm stuck in the Admissions Office reading applications.

Good idea for a thread topic!! Like you said, since I only have had one semester here my experience is kind of limited but, so far, my favorite classes have been History of Occidental Civilization: The Medieval World and, surprisingly, Subatomic World. This semester, for me, has been mostly taken up by work for introductory classes that are required for my majors, but these two classes I have never minded doing work for - I always liked history, but Occ Civ has given me a completely different perspective on medieval times {not my favorite time in history to learn about}, and I've always given Physics as my "favorite" science but have really disliked science in general, and Subatomic World has made me really appreciate all the effort that has been made {and is continuing today} to learn more about the smallest, most intricate workings of our world. They're fantastic classes that have actually made me excited to take more classes from those departments.

Next semester, I'm HOPEFULLY taking:
Adv. Intermediate French II
Intro. to Fic. and Poetry II
Renaissance Keywords
Fluid Earth
Contemporary Theatre and Film - An Insider's View {with John Astin! lol But I have a feeling that class will be closed by the time I get to registering}
Freshman Seminar: We Are What We Eat

That's if all scheduling goes as planned {I'm crossing my fingers that it does - my schedule is PERFECT for next year!}. I'm really excited about them!

Introduction to Humanitarian Emergencies.

Don't live near water and you probably will be ok...or be involved in a mass refugee migration.

Shakespeare Then and Now, I took it freshmen year and loved it.

Also, while Microeconomic Theory is really difficult, the professor makes the lecture really interesting. It's kind of shocking home much you are actually able to do in that class.

Also, like Tabitha I think bioethics is really interesting.

Next semester, I hope that Intro to Archeaology will be fascinating.

Aww, my roommate and one of my suitemates (and almost half of my friends, I suppose) are Public Health majors, and I always hear them talking about how their classes make them see something dangerous in the world around them.

Anyway, here are my favorite courses so far over the past three semesters:

* Art in the Age of Augustus
* Elementary Latin (I'm excited that after one semester without Latin [i.e., I couldn't take Intermediate Latin this semester because of course conflicts], I'll return to studying the language next semester in Intermediate Latin!)
* Freshman Seminar: Tuberculosis
* Introduction to Western Classical Music
* The Nervous System (For me, it's a course that's far from easy, but because I love the material it covers, I'd rather take it than take a course that's easier for me, but that doesn't fascinate me as much.)

Origins of Human Sexual Orientation and Variation, taught by Professor Chris Kraft, has got to be up there on my list of classes I love! I registered for the course on the whim, and I am really glad I decided to take this Psychology course. Besides being my only class on Tuesdays, Professor Kraft is really laid back, candid, and he has some of the best stories from the field I've heard! As a practicing psychologist at Hopkins Med., he brings the concepts that we learn in class come to life (plus, we get to watch documentaries titled "You Don't Know Dick" and the like). It's a writing intensive course. It's a lot of work (but def. worth it). It's a great class. Take it!

This post has been edited by JHU_Jermaine on Nov 24 2007, 06:18 PM

Freshman Seminar: On the Road with Professor Leslie is a very interesting class. It's laid back and thought-provoking at the same time. Plus, you gotta love the class when you watch movies like Thelma and Louise, American Graffitti, and Easy Rider, or when the professor organizes a trip to Charles Theater to see Into the Wild during our normal class time. He's a great guy.

...this will sound crazy, but I love orgo. I'm not very good at it (most unfortunately), but it's very interesting and I just like the conceptual side of it all.

....and stay away from testosterone and AK-47s...

Hmm... favorite classes so far would have to be:
* Physfound / Systems Bioengineering - really interesting class that's the core of the BME curriculum. Really like the material, don't like the way its graded though
* Mathematical Economics
* BME Design Team (see my first guest blog post
* Adv. Intermediate French - took it freshman year and was a lot of fun. We watched movies and the news on TV and then would discuss what we had just seen (all in French)

Introduction to Social Psychology: The subject matter was simply amazing. Learning about interpersonal relationships, conditioning, how different people like to be treated, how to recognize different personality types... and that was only about 1 month's worth of subject material i just listed. The instructor was great and really made the subject come alive and applicable to daily life. When all this comes together it truly makes for a great class

Oh Wow, I have taken SO many great classes at Hopkins...

Freshman year my favorite class was Feminist Epistemology with Prof Tumulty, but unfortunately she's teaching at Colgate now!! =(.

Sophomore year I really loved my Writing Sems class with Dixon, but he retired. He is amazing though!!

I also really liked my class on Global Warming--we did intensive research projects on the subject and also read a bunch of books. It was fascinating to do all of the reading and such a relevant/timely topic.

This semester I love my Faulkner Fitzgerald and Hemingway class with Professor Irwin. He is absolutely brilliant and the class is so interesting, but a lot of work.
I also really like my Comparative Freedom Struggles class, (comparing the us civil rights movement to the south african anti-apartheid) the reading is fascinating and it is super interesting to see how these two movements evolved.

Models and Simulations

It's a BME class but I felt like I was finally integrating all those random math and science intro classes I've been taking and was starting to apply it to my major...we were pretty much learning how to model various parts of the human body

While school is probably the last thing you want to thing about right now, I'll ask anyway. What do you guys think are going to be your most interesting classes next semester? (I'm looking for something to replace a Biology class that got canceled).

As for me, I'm thinking about taking Abstract Expression through the Art History Department. (I'm a little bit nervous though...)