2.15.2006
Top Five Courses that Should Not be Core or Offered at Redeemer. Period.
- Theatre 103: Introduction to Theatre - Even theatre majors describe this course as useless! Most students at Redeemer are not studying theatre and therefore they don't care how plays were put on in ancient Greece or the factors behind Sybmolism, Expressionism, Futurism, Comedie del' Artie and whatever crazyiness such people came up with back in the day. Im a business and political science major; theatre is a waste of my time.
- Physical Education 101: Introduction to Physical Education - Students should have been taught this in high school already. Not only does this offer nothing to students, most students lie on their lab reports, and professors fail to connect the course to the respective majors by focussing on stress management and work ethic.
- Business 251: Information Technology - Not exactly a core course, but core for a business major. It is a great course to introduce people to technology...LIKE TEN YEARS AGO! These days kids learn how to use Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint and Word in high school! I understand that the course was groundbreaking ten years ago but really the information is outdated. Change the course or throw it out!
- Religion 101 - I don't think people should be forced to take a course that tells the story of the Bible, I learnt the story in my Christian high school and catechism classes. I can see if a student did not go to a Christian high school or goes to a church with weak doctrine, but really, it's not necessary for people like me.
- Religion 251: Reformation Theology - Just like Religion 101, Reformational Theology is my 13 years of Christian school and 6 years of Catechism all over again. I understand all concepts of predestination, the Trinity, the sinfulness of man, and Calvin; unless students come from a non-Reformed church, they will know it all already. Plus the class intentionally avoids any real topics of contention between people at Redeemer, such as, infant baptism, etc.
- Music 101 - This course is pure ridiculousness; not only does it have the work load of a 4th year course, complete with 14 page paper and killer exams, the information learnt is nice but completely a waste of time considering people's majors. Once again, if the student is a music major the course has merit, otherwise it has none.
- Physical Education: Fundamentals of...Anything - I don't understand how people can get a quarter course credit for playing sports; period. Really? fundamentals of soccer? I'm pretty sure most PED majors already understand how to play soccer, basketball, football, hockey, dance, or whatever they are. I should get a quarter credit for doing homework or hanging out with my friends if this is the case!
- Social Work Minor - according to people in the field, the Social Work minor is completely useless to take at Redeemer as employers in the field require that social workers have a Bachelor Degree in Social Work; Redeemer does not offer this.
Oops, that was about three more than five. Oh well. I find it ironic how a university which drills it in our heads that we are to be stewards of God's creation, or to be wise with our resources, that we waste both time and money on the above such courses.
:: posted by craig, 10:10
5 Comments:
hey Craig... yea i agree with all those courses.. but you dont' necessarily need a BSW to be practicing as a social worker... u can get jobs without it but you can just get better ones if you have a Bachelors... "
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Oh yea and I wanted to thank you again for the directions for the bus, i haven't gotten on it yet.. but I pray that everything goes fine.. thanks again... i really aprpeciate it.. ahve a great reading break..
je consens, music 101... just thinking about it makes me cringe.
Totally agree for most of it. Although I think that Art 101 should be on there too.
Hi Craig:
As a graduate ('03) of the Redeemer Business Honours program myself, I have to concur with your thoughts on a lot of these courses. Having said that, there are students who benefit immensely from any or all of the courses mentioned above. i.e. Business 251 - great GPA booster for us, invaluable knowledge for people who didn't grow up with a computer in the home, or for some of our exchange students. i.e. Religion 101 - we have a chance to challenge certain profs on things stated on class while others who didn't have the privilege of Christian education can learn a lot when people participate in discussions.
I think the liberal arts approach to learning (focussing on one things while learning a little bit about other disciplines) is to be expected at Redeemer, especially when they advertise the school as such!
As a graduate ('03) of the Redeemer Business Honours program myself, I have to concur with your thoughts on a lot of these courses. Having said that, there are students who benefit immensely from any or all of the courses mentioned above. i.e. Business 251 - great GPA booster for us, invaluable knowledge for people who didn't grow up with a computer in the home, or for some of our exchange students. i.e. Religion 101 - we have a chance to challenge certain profs on things stated on class while others who didn't have the privilege of Christian education can learn a lot when people participate in discussions.
I think the liberal arts approach to learning (focussing on one things while learning a little bit about other disciplines) is to be expected at Redeemer, especially when they advertise the school as such!
I do admit that some of the courses do have merit; maybe not for me, but for others. I'm not trying to say that all of these courses are useless, but I don't think some of them should be forced on everyone. I appreciate your comment though.
