I've used the search engine, and while I have found a lot on "easy" I didn't find many threads on all around great classes. Sometimes you miss some good classes that you otherwise wouldn't find without looking everywhere. And other times it's just though word of mouth. So if anyone could suggest great "must attend before graduating" classes or "best teacher at NCSU" ideas that'd be great.

1/4/2007 9:15:26 AM

Any history that Kimler teaches or any math that Hong teaches.

1/4/2007 9:26:14 AM

STS 322 would be one of those.
I'm taking it this semester, and I'm really excited. I've heard a lot of good things about it.

1/4/2007 10:51:13 AM

PS201 with Solari. Loved that class. This guy is awesome

1/4/2007 1:08:25 PM

if you want a really entertaining class take something in political science with steven greene...he's very liberal and makes sure everyone knows it but he makes class really fun and keeps it light

1/4/2007 1:30:33 PM

history of landscape architecture, lar 444, with fernando magallanes

1/4/2007 8:34:41 PM

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"Any history that Kimler teaches"

Wholeheartedly agreed.

1/4/2007 9:14:24 PM

ENG whatever with BATEMAN

remember that name, one of the top 5 profs. @ NCSU... and i'm only saying "top 5" b/c i'm sure there are 3 others i haven't met

1/4/2007 10:50:55 PM

chemistry with sandberg
lit with smith-mckoy

1/4/2007 10:54:22 PM

btt

1/14/2007 10:30:40 AM

IDS 201 with tavakoli. It's Environmental Ethics but he's a buffoon which makes the class fun.

1/14/2007 10:49:10 AM

any english w/ dr. halpern

1/14/2007 10:49:29 AM

heh, I have ENG 221 with him this semester.

1/14/2007 10:51:56 AM

Dr Packman - for any greek or latin thing, but shes great with mythology (grk 310) specifically
Dr Jesseph - for any philosophy, but for ancient philosophy (phi 300) he's best since its his focused area of study
Dr Hunt - for any english class, I had him for a shakespeare class (eng 209) and really enjoyed it.

Those were my top 3 favorite classes & professors at state.

Also I'd recommend Dr Parker for any history class, he really knows what he's doing. And Dr Sack propensity to be loud and unlimited hate for the library staff can make his history classes interesting. DeTreville is also a good history professor I hear. And Dr Kellner for any english class wouldn't be too bad either. Hinton & Bykova are also good philosophy professors.

1/14/2007 12:03:42 PM

Bakalov for math

1/14/2007 1:50:34 PM

mds322...took it spring 06
ids 201- took it fall 05
mea 101- took it fall 04
acc 210- some woman in her 40's forget her name- easy ass class if u do the simple work assigned
afs 241
ec 205- hyman(come on someone give this guy props, i came into class with old school michael jackson playing once)
ch 101- brown...had this guy freshman year fall semester(fall 03)- guy is OFF THE WALL sometimes, cool character

thats all i can think of at the moment

1/14/2007 3:04:03 PM

Fitzpatrick for any Anthropology course. had him for Prehistory and Island Archaeology, really good speaker and the classes he teaches are always great.

1/14/2007 8:10:45 PM

^^hyman can be a very entertaining lecturer

bus 225 (personal finance) is one of the most useful classes you can take. its all real life material about insurance, investments, retirement, etc etc

and sloan is a great professor

1/14/2007 8:21:29 PM

Pretty much anything that starts with MAE is a GGGRRRREEEEAAAATTT class and everyone should take it. Just about all the profs are totally AWSOME too.

1/14/2007 9:45:59 PM

I have a liberal republican transsexual prof for America Gov't. Shaping up to be an interesting class

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1/14/2007 10:06:05 PM

a kitsune is like a japanese mythical nine-tailed fox or something

1/15/2007 2:21:44 AM

Lasher for Assembly
Kaltofen for Math

1/15/2007 9:36:03 AM

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"any english w/ dr. halpern"

1/15/2007 11:23:05 AM

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"liberal republican transsexual prof for America Gov't"

uhm...

1/15/2007 12:41:16 PM

My top English professors have been Wall, Hester and Bateman. If you're into Shakespeare, Hester is the one to take a class with. For English Renaissance literature Wall is awesome (if EEBO doesn't make you want to kill yourself). If you're interested in freelance writing at all, Wilton Barnhardt is the man to take a class with. He's worked in the industry for a long time and has great insights about what it's like.

I'm not sure if Allaire (psychology) and Goodman (philosophy) are still teaching here, but both of them were awesome lecturers and made three hour classes more than bearable - entertaining, even.

1/15/2007 1:32:25 PM

Kolbas and Bilbro

1/15/2007 9:08:58 PM

GC 420 w/ Crow

Best class i have taken at NCSU, not anywhere near my major either. Took as an elective... wish I could take it again.

1/16/2007 2:00:01 PM

chukwu lolz

1/16/2007 6:56:29 PM

PS 201 with Lucky Imade

mindy sopher is a good one

Brandon Wooten

Dana Lasher



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1/16/2007 11:57:34 PM

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"GC 420 w/ Crow"

fun class, definitely my most enjoyable class in college, crow is a great guy, very personable with some good stories

1/17/2007 1:07:06 AM

Badminton. it is a skill that you can use forever.

1/19/2007 11:24:00 PM

Bowling with Ginny ftw

1/20/2007 3:13:21 AM

EC 302 (Intermediate Macroecon) with McElroy - He makes the material somehow pretty engaging and extremely relevant to the real world. I'd wholeheartedly recommend it to any (motivated) non-majors interested in "the bigger picture". Most enlightening class I've had at State, and ultimately the sole class that moved me to switch majors.

http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/reg_records/crs_cat/EC.html#EC302

If you need 202 (Intro Macro) as a degree req (eg. BUS majors), consider taking 302 instead. It might require a little more work, but you'll come out with so much more in the end.

1/25/2007 6:21:48 PM

Dr. Craig for anything in economics. Probably the best teacher I had at State.

1/25/2007 6:30:04 PM

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"I have a liberal republican transsexual prof for America Gov't. Shaping up to be an interesting class"

1/25/2007 7:12:27 PM

bus 225- personal finance

I think everyone should take it before they graduate, very informative

1/25/2007 8:21:28 PM

Viniotis for anything networking

1/25/2007 10:50:12 PM

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"ec 2005-hyman"

1/25/2007 11:34:51 PM

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"EC 302 (Intermediate Macroecon) with McElroy"

that post was sooooooooooooooo wrong in my opinion

thats probably in the top 5 of my list of worst classes/teachers

1/27/2007 3:47:53 PM

every time i click this thread, my eye pulls down to this post

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"PS201 with Solari. Loved that class. This guy is awesome"

and i always think for a moment,

"when did Solinari start teaching Poly Sci?"

1/27/2007 5:12:40 PM

ECE 301 Signals and Systems.

1/27/2007 5:18:11 PM

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"ENG whatever with BATEMAN"

the class is ENG 288, Fiction Writing, and I agree it is one of the best classes I've ever taken. You have to write 3 short stories of 2,000 words or more. The first month or so of class is Bateman talking about fiction, the 2nd half is reading and discussing the stories that students wrote.

ENG 288 may well be the only class at NCSU where I had perfect attendance. Plus Bateman's grade distribution is like half A's half B's.

Also I recommend PEH 213, Human Sexuality, with Ousley. You'll definitely learn some stuff in that class.

1/28/2007 10:08:57 AM

i recommend Lily Philips - she's a relatively new professor to the university - but she's easily one of my favorites in the Eng dept.

Steven Greene is easily the best professor i've had in college - just an all-around awesome dude.

Also, I really enjoyed my class with Lisk - for intro to creative writing - the guy is kind of ancient, but it adds to his appeal. He's a very honest and funny guy.

1/28/2007 4:52:18 PM

His name is Hester

2/1/2007 10:34:45 PM

sts 322 earnshaw

2/2/2007 4:40:09 AM

Anything with Griggs (math mostly) but also offered a math of sports class which was awesome.

He also takes time to talk about NCSU Basketball because he takes stats for them during the games

2/2/2007 10:35:47 AM

Brown for Chem 101, he was incredible energetic.........which made it funny

Huggard for BUS225 (doesn't teach it anymore)..........just plain ole funny

Perry for PS305 (doesn't teach it anymore).........down to earth and lively

Greene for PS***..........funny and lively

Dana Lasher is sarcastic as hell..........and thus funny as hell

2/2/2007 7:17:26 PM

tony moyer, asian history up to 1800. nice, funny guy, easy class

2/4/2007 2:32:27 PM

stephen schanz is one of the best professors i've had at state. he teaches bus 305 (legal and regulatory env.) he gives examples all the time from his personal experiences from being a lawyer and they're great.

2/4/2007 4:48:02 PM

Ha, I helped her with a public policy survey a few years back. Yes, she used to be a guy. I had no idea she was a republican, ha.

She's a huge Arsenal fan tho. Fuck that noise.

Best classes:

World Population and Food (MDS 323) with Patterson
Any history class with Caddell (US) or Charlie Carlton (UK) (Carlton's semi-retired, tho)
PS 201 with Cobb (but if you are of the belief that CNN is brainwashing us into being LIEberals, you won't like it. He'll blow your argument up pretty quickly)


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2/4/2007 5:18:33 PM