Who here went to University?

[Max King of the Wild]

Mr Khan said:

Akvod said:

Mr Khan said:

Akvod said:
Graduated. It was a waste of money. Or rather, most of the classes were worthless. You're really just paying for access and networking, so focus most of your time on that.

I find that the people who think that way aren't taking an open mind.

Did i think that being required to take three philosophy and three theology classes before i graduated would be anything short of a train wreck? No, but i'm glad as hell that i took those classes.

Is it worth thousands of dollars? Especially 6 of them (ironic that you say "open minded" when you've taken so many courses in the same field)? Not for me.

Out of curiosity, can you list out the course names of those classes?

Philosophy:

lvl 1: The Human Person, this is the only one that was rather meh, the only thing i liked long-term was that we also disussed logic

lvl 2: Moral Philosophy, helped me really define how i look at the world, between the viewpoints of Aristotle, Immanuel Kant, and John Stuart Mill

lvl 3: Uses and Abuses of Jesus in Modernity, took a look at many different (but still western) philosophical traditions and how they interpreted Jesus. Not relevant, but very interesting (the professor was this patently awesome old guy, which helped)

Theology:

lvl 1: Intro to Christian Social Ethics, being taught in a Catholic Jesuit University (although not by a jesuit), showed some interesting insight into Catholic ethics, mainly that, outside of the gay and abortion stuff, it's a pretty progressive religion (highlighting a basis for environmentalism and socialism, for two)

lvl 2: Japanese Religions, this was fun because it was a very diverse course, at once a line on Buddhism, Shinto, lesser religions like Tenrikyo and Soka Gakkai, and basically a Japanese history course all in one.

lvl 3: Origins of Law in the Bible, this was also a course on Ancient Near Eastern law, and really helped to defog some of the weirdness of the Old Testament's more legalistic tendencies, including clarifying who the Old Testament was addressing (free adult Jewish men), which always serves as useful fuel against modern bible-thumpers.

What school did you go to? I'm going to Marquette and have to take 3 of each also. That's why I'm minoring in philosophy because 3 other classes transfered over from the community college