10 Courses You Should Be Taking this Spring
Shopping week is over, but when reading assignments get boring, you might want to check out some of the passionate (and perhaps hyperbolic) prose in Harvard’s Q Guide. Here are some of the comments that stand out, ranked in ascending order by score.
Q: 4.25
ENGLISH 178x: “The American Novel: Dreiser to the Present”
"TAKE THIS CLASS…. Fisher is amazing, rockstar, GOD. You don’t know anything about literature until you’ve listened to this man speak."
"I wish that Professor Fisher could read to me every night before I go to bed."
ENGLISH 179x: "Bedtime Stories with Phil Fisher?"
Q: 4.39
ENG-SCI 50: “Introduction to Electrical Engineering”
"Resistance is futile."
Resistance? As in engineering? Get it? (Full disclosure: My science-y friend had to explain this pun to me.)
Q: 4.51
CHEM 20: “Organic Chemistry”
"…if you don’t let it take over your life, you’re doing it wrong. Good luck, you’ll need it."
Retreats back into humanities corner with a novel.
Q: 4.68
ENGLISH 170a: “High and Low in Postwar America”
"I would recommend any class taught by Prof. Menand. This class is taught by Prof. Menand."
Well, that’s settled.
Q: 4.70
ANTHRO 1080: “North American Archeology: Lost Tribes and Ancient Capitals of North America”
"Ever thrown a spear at a buffalo? Want to? This class is for you."
Is that...legal?
Q: 4.71
E-PSCI 56: “Geobiology and the History of Life”
"Dinosaurs! Fossil-hunting excursions! Uncovering the secrets of the history of life!...SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!"
Okay! Awesome! WE’LL SHOP IT!
Q: 4.82
FRSEMR21w: “Research at the Harvard Forest: Global Change Ecology-Forests, Ecosystem Function, the Future”
"THIS IS THE GREATEST CLASS YOU CAN TAKE AT HARVARD…. IT TEACHES YOU EVERYTHING you’ll ever want to know about the forest.… IT’S GREATTTTTTT. Also, more boys should take this seminar. There was a lack of boys."
Because Harvard students have now resorted to scouring for dates in the forest.
Q: 4.89
ENGLISH Capr: “Poetry: Workshop”
"If you have an opportunity to take this course you must do so! Or I will break your legs!"
Haha! All right!... Please don’t break my legs!
Q: 4.90
HIST80a: “Roman Imperialism”
"Prof. Dench is such a wonderful person, teacher and scholar. You just want to sit there and listen to her."
Sit there and listen to the professor? In a seminar? Unheard of!
Q: 5.00
ENGLISH Calr: “Dramatic Screenwriting II: Workshop”
"Danny Rubin is a Boss."
With a capital B. Too bad he’s not teaching this anymore.