Enrollment for fall 2016 is coming up soon. Are you prepared?
Almost certainly not.
If you’re like most Badgers, you’ll take one of two paths. The first option is you’ll forget about preparing your schedule until the night before, and compile some clumsy mess of intro courses you suspect might fulfill some stray gen-ed credit. Option two is everything you’re interested in will fill up before your enrollment time and you’ll end up becoming a naval sciences major just so you have something to do next semester.
While life on a nuclear submarine sounds dazzling, we’re pretty sure the U.S. Navy doesn’t have enough submarines to house every Badger that didn’t get into the Spanish lecture they needed.
To help you get a leg up on the competition this semester, we’ve compiled a highlight list of the most tempting classes from the newly-released fall 2016 course catalog.
Hopefully at least one of these will still have a spot when you’re enrolling.
First Semester Ojibwe
Fall 2016 will be the first time this class has been taught at University of Wisconsin for a decade. While it might not be the most utilitarian course for every major, it’s a wonderful contribution toward language revitalization.
Drunk History: Alcohol in the World
Fingers crossed that this class is as great as it sounds. While we don’t have any details beyond the title, we’re assuming the midterm is doing shots with your professor and watching documentaries.
Even if it turns out differently, you can at least excuse your hangover as extracurricular research every Friday morning.
The Biology and Appreciation of Companion Animals
Appreciating animals? Easy A. You don’t have to think about the biology part until later. Right now, all you need to know is that there will probably be a slideshow with a bunch of Golden Retrievers on it.
Virtual Reality
The future is here, and it’s worth exactly three credits. Slap on an Oculus Rift and spend your semester exploring the forefront of interactive video technology. No word on what the midterm will be like, but it’ll probably involve getting through a VR experience without vomiting.
Television Genres: Superhero TV & Cultural Power
You can finally earn recognition for binge-watching Jessica Jones. This class examines superhero shows from cultural, political and societal perspectives, which is almost guaranteed to sap every last drop of fun from them.
Financial Life Skills for Undergraduates
Did you know you can have more than three digits in a bank account? We didn’t either, but we’re guessing this class has the secrets to make that happen. It will likely include important lessons like “Ubering to class is unsustainable” or “no, you’re drunk, don’t buy a hammock off of Amazon.”
