Son is trying to add an elective course or two. Like most freshmen doesn't know what is happening. What profs are too good to miss at UT?
Any general subjects he's interested in? I have a pretty good feel of the government and economics departments.
Interpersonal Communications with Dr. John Daly is pretty good. Yes, you are in a classroom with 300 other people but he is very entertaining and good. I took it like my senior year but I think he caters his material to more freshman/sophomore year type stuff so I think it'd be perfect. I did engineering so I didn't have too much room for electives. Also, weight training is a good one people liked to take. I'm jealous he's a freshman at UT; I feel so old now.
since pretty much everyone has to take US History make sure you get Howard Miller. great professor for such a massive class and a seemingly generic subject.
Please tell me your son asked you for scheduling advice and that you aren't taking it upon yourself to tell him what to take. I know parents pay for their kids education and should have a say picking a school and major but when it gets down to picking classes (profs) etc. that is way too involved. My 2 cents as a recent college student. Tell him to look up EDP 310 - individualized learning skills. He may want to save it until he has a tough semester and needs an easy A.
Probably too involved. He will do what he wants and my say will have little weight. You never know. Economics and government are fine.
Yea...sign him up for the Pascal Programming 101 weed-out course! Do they still have that there? That class was not easy. On the contrary, it sucked balls!
www.pickaprof.com DEFINETLY worth the price Gives you grade breakdowns of every class as well as reviews from students of pretty much every Prof
Not really a good professor for now...but Perry is great in Constitutional Interpretation. A lot of reading, but the class is fun. He doesn't really lecture. He basically runs an open discussion about a court case. Which ever side the majority of the class chooses, he generally will defend the other way.
Hamermesh is top notch. He specializes in labor economics, as does Trejo who is also a great teacher. Hamermesh teaches a few seminar type classes I know, in addition to the labor economics courses and intro microeconomics. I'm yet to come across a bad government department teacher (though I've heard several exist). Tulis is outstanding for constitutional structure - his classes are small and discussion based, but if your son is looking for an easy class, he's not it. I highly recommend Alan Kessler, who teaches topics on international relations and foreign policy- far and away the best lecturer I've had, and about the most unslanted political preference you'll find. His classes fill up quickly. Joe Joe - I've heard amazing things about Perry. I'm taking his Civil Liberties class in London. I would recommend your son get a pickaprof account. (Edit: Apparently I'm not the first ) It's hard for anyone on this board to really make recommendations at this point because some teachers will be away on leave, or their classes will be at times conflicting with what he's already taking. You have to take everything on there with a grain of salt, but if a teacher gets a lot of reviews one way or the other, it's usually a pretty good indication. The other caveat, most of the outstanding professors come in high demand, so there classes are full at this point (with registration closed). It would have been easier to get them before or during the initial registration process.
Eh still not as good as pickaprof Pickaprof is pretty much a standard amongst UT students when looking for a website about classes and professors More reviews about professors on pickaprof I can't find some of my professors on ratemyprofessors.com
Professor Daly taught the Managing People and Leading Organizations Course for the EMBA's this past semester in Dallas. He's an awesome lecturer. If his quizzes are anything like our tests were, be sure to have some time to really memorize EVERYTHING. His 100+ slides can be a doozy, although I'm sure it'll be better spaced throughout a standard semester.
Solomon teaches what is supposed to be a life-changing Existentialism class. I always heard he was awesome.
