Whether you are looking for some courses to add to your credits, or just want to try something different, there are some easy college classes that you can look for at your college. These courses may not be professional-level certifications, but they can help you in either your personal or professional life, depending on the course you choose. Some of them give you credit simply for showing up, while others might require a bit more work, but chances are you won’t be able to fail. Take a look below, and think about which would be best for you, your life and your career.
Physical Education Courses
Pretty much all colleges will offer some sort of choice in physical education courses. Not only are they often easy to pass, but they can actually benefit you health wise, and even in your studies. It has been proven time and time again that increased physical activity helps increase both focus and memory, and also energy levels. Typically, these classes just require you to show up and participate:
- Kickboxing
- Aerobics
- Physical Education
Arts Courses
There are usually quite a few options here too. Sculpture, painting, and sometimes even vocal or simple film and photography classes are available. During most of these courses, professors will grade you based on the effort you put into your projects as opposed to the actual final product. Although it will require more effort, if say, photography is something you are interested in as a hobby, and then you can learn some new techniques. If you have always wanted to try your hand at painting, here’s a good opportunity to start. Usually, you need to work on smaller projects throughout the semester, and then turn in a final one using your new skills in the end. Here`s a few interesting art classes you can take:
- Sculpture
- Paining
- Photography
- Introduction to Film
- Sketching
- Introduction to Animation
Home Economics
Home Economics isn`t regularly taught in most high schools any more, so many colleges are now offering it as an elective, renamed as Family and Consumer Sciences. There are many different sorts of Home Economics classes you can take, though there are general courses as well, like you would have taken in high school. Some programs also offer Home Economics as part of their course material. For example, Nutrition courses, Human Development and Financial courses tend to.
Home Economics courses go over basics everyone should know or become more familiar with, so they can be very helpful not only in your career, but your personal life as well. These lessons can include budgeting, time management, organizing, cooking and even decorating. There are different types of Home Economics courses you can take as well, that can be fun, useful and a welcome distraction during your school year:
- Meal Planning
- Financial Management (Individual and/or family)
- Family Relationships
- Interior Design
- Basic Cooking
Personal Organization
If you would like to get an extra certification under your belt, then Personal Organization could be an interesting class to take. There are introduction courses, smaller courses pertaining to simply organizing your home, or full-on certification courses to use as a career. Personal Organization usually involves learning how to be more organized with clutter and in the home. Career courses can also teach you about starting your own personal organization business, which involves helping clients organize their homes.
Introduction to classes
‘Introduction to’ classes can be found for almost any subject, including all of the above listed. The great thing about introductory courses is that they really require only basic knowledge of a subject to pass. Even your basic Phys Ed class is available in many schools, alongside introductory classes for everything from financial classes and business, right up to astrophysics. Most people tend to think of these courses as introduction to simple subjects, but there are really so many options to see. So besides just getting an easy credit, they are also a great way to explore different areas of study when you feel you might need a change. Here are just a few neat introductory classes you can find in many colleges:
- Introduction to Statistics
- Introduction to Law
- Introduction to Psychology
- Introduction to Computer Science
No matter what course you choose to fill your list with, there is one piece of knowledge passed down by many past students that you should take into consideration. Don’t take a course just because it’s easy. While you are in college, it’s time to experiment and find out what you really want to do with your life. While you may be majoring in Design, why not try out that Introduction to Computer Science course and see if you like it, or if it could be of value to your design career? You never know what you might discover about yourself, your career, and your interests.
