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What do you guys pick as electives for your STEM degrees?

I have 12 CP's to put towards electives this year, and I don't know what I want to do.

>> No.5592382

maths

>> No.5592383

Get a minor in something that interests you or goes well with your major

>> No.5592385

economics/finance

>> No.5592384

||>>5592382||
||>>5592382||
||>>5592382||
this

dont be a fucking pussy and DO MORE MATHEMATICS

>> No.5592388

||>>5592379||
Do they have to be STEM courses outside of your field?

If not and you are a dork take foreign language. I doubled in math/French and enjoyed both.

>> No.5592391

||>>5592388||
Nope. Can be literally any 1000 level course in the entire university.

I was thinking about picking up arabic or spanish. French would be good too but I'm already partially fluent in it so it wouldn't be needed too much.

>> No.5592409

>>5592379
Philosophy of technology.

Watch plebeian alpha studies idiots complain about induction as if it's something unique to science.

>> No.5592578

bump

>> No.5592590

Learn a language

>> No.5592592

>>5592590
I don't think I can learn a language with only 2 classes.

>> No.5592603

>>5592379

Applied maths

>> No.5592608

>>5592603
I struggled with calculus. I don't think I'm good at math.

>> No.5592610

>>5592379

I had a 1.5 semesters of an intense writing course on the "great books" list.

Another 1.5 semesters of a foreign language -- the only way passing out of it was writing essay exams and an interview with a native speaker

I also had a 2 semester requirements of courses not-related to my major:

Add on that art, history, and ethnic studies

Mind you, these are all general education REQUIREMENTS to graduate

and you have the reason why I'm taking 5 years for a bachelor's degree

>> No.5592612

>>5592610
fuck, I messed that up. It's not 1.5 semesters it was 3 semesters

also when i said 2 semester i meant 4...

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5592644

>I have 12 CP's

>> No.5592652

What kind of shit tier ghetto college do you go to where you can pick modules unrelated to you subject?

>> No.5592662

>>5592652
you sound like a faggot

>> No.5592664

I realize Chem was too little so I added a double major with Applied Math

I wish I had done pure math instead, the majority of the upper level applied math courses are really dull and not that interesting

>> No.5592674

What kind of shit tier ghetto college do you go to where you can pick modules unrelated to you subject?

>> No.5592684

>>5592662
You sound like an retard

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>>5592652
>he goes to a pleb tier school that doesn't allow him to choose extracurriculars

>> No.5592690

>>5592686
>Confirmed for americlap

Your first two years of uni are what most countries do in high school

>> No.5592691

I'm just going to throw on more EE courses

>> No.5592694

>>5592690
I'm no americlap. In my country we learn more in high school than americlaps ever learn in undergrad. Stay pleb.

>> No.5592934

A lot of math classes which typically math students take. Helps with the other classes.

>> No.5592948

>>5592690
Is that why 15% of the students at my university are from foreign countries and my former roommate from the premier school in France said classes there were a total joke that nobody took seriously compared to over here?

>> No.5593332

Other STEM courses.

I'm a physics major, but I've already earned math and CS minor. I also have taken courses in economics and cognitive science. With any luck, I'll earn an econ minor before I graduate as well.

>> No.5593418

I used my electives in Differential Calc II (extremely hard would not do again), and over-credits into a slavic language.

From all angles it was totally worth, since a lot of the electives are "that's cool and all but not really useful" tier for after-college work.

I would advice any engineering major to go into language or arts. It balances you out and you get to ">" about the plebs when you're there.

>> No.5593437

>>5592948
lol shut up your tryhard is showing

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5593452

>>5593418
>Differential Calc II (extremely hard would not do again),

>> No.5593459

I didn't have time for electives because I panicked my junior year and realized my major wasn't what I actually wanted to do.

The core courses for my two majors are the electives for the other major.

>> No.5593486

>>5592948

>Responding seriously to obvious yuropoor trolls

>> No.5593507

Biochemistry major spent basically all my electives on getting a double major in math.

>> No.5593519

>>5592592

Yes you can. First two classes for a Latin alphabet language should be enough to teach you everything except filling in your vocabulary and you can do that on your own.

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5593815

try some philosophy or african american studies.


thats where the REAL money is.

>> No.5593833

>>5592948
Your burgers are showing

>> No.5593851

>>5592948
What school was your roommate from?

>> No.5593864

>>5592694
the majority of the world's top 50 universities are in the US
please reconcile this fact, this empirical fact which stings with the cold severity of truth, with your post

>> No.5593896

Math or history.

>> No.5593917

philosophy.

logic, rationality, metaphysics.

>> No.5593933

As a math major, I refuse to take more than two math classes per semester. Any more, and what I learn in one ends up taking the place of something I didn't learn well in another.

I usually just take electives in whatever interests me. I'm currently taking an elective on the sociology of contemporary East Asia (incredibly interesting, especially through the eyes of a westerner), metaphysics, and microeconomics.

>> No.5593935

>top 50 universities

but not for you

>> No.5594093

I'm trying to take as many different courses as I can. It's the main reason I'm in CS. Lots of electives.

>> No.5594106

I have a Comms degree in Journalism, studied Terrorism/Int. politics.

Now im going to start Biology, so i would advise you match it something specialized you can use with your major.

>> No.5594157

Depends on what your major is. If it's something with engineering, I recommend German or Chinese.

>> No.5594193

>>5592379
I had a choice between two math courses, but I decided to take both. I plan on taking psychology for a LA requirement, but sociology and econ are popular too. Also, as long as they don't have to be liberal arts or humanities, just take classes from another major you were considering. For example, biochem here, but I plan on taking inorganic and quantum for fun

>> No.5594215

More maths, obviously. All other classes are beating around the bush. How about go for knowledge.

>> No.5594257

>>5594093
>I'm in CS.

I'm so sorry

>> No.5594273

Chemistry and biology double major. The available curricula hasn't been too interesting during my final year, so I've dabbled a bit in the BME department. It's fun.

>> No.5594313

>>5593452

You do know that he was probably talking about an upper level calc course and not calc 2, right?

>> No.5594315

I don't get any electives besides gen eds and 1 technical one. (ChemE)

Kind of sucks, I really wanted to take language classes for fun but can't fit it in due to time and how many damn classes this BS requires.

>> No.5594344

>>5594315
If you're taking language, it's best learn by yourself. In my experience, at least. What I learned in three years of high school Spanish, you could easily teach yourself in less than a month. Maybe two weeks. I swear, none of those people would even be able to hold a conversation with a native toddler about where to find a toilet.

It kind of reminds me of how it took months to get to conditional statements in my Programming I class, or how I completed the entirety (three months) of my Web Design coursework in one night.

>> No.5594399

>>5594344

I'd do a tougher language like Latin, Arabic, or Chinese that would benefit more from having a class. It's still the fact that I don't have time to devote to get anywhere far in it.