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Psychology 1703, “Human Sexuality,” must be the only class where a TF could start off her first section by asking, "So, who had sex last night?" and actually get a show of hands. (Nevermind, this is Harvard. Who are we kidding?) Formerly taught by Adams House Senior Tutor Michael Rodriguez, the class purports to cover everything from anatomy to politics. So, you might you might have to suffer those discussions about gender as a social construction and whether porn contributes to rape. But you'll also get to study stuff like the stages...
...brain gets cranky about the whole “new language thing” after you’re 12 years old. So you fought the bounds of your species and lost? Whatevs. Now that you’ve taken this course, you can psychologically lull your Chinese TF into upping your grade. That’s what the course is all about anyway, right...
...birth rates and mortality rates. (Viva Professor Peter T. Ellison, death to snotty TFs 1 through 6). Ellison walks you through Excel, making the twenty-page country reports manageable, and he drops the lowest of your three quiz grades. But it doesn’t really matter when your TF manages to mark everyone down to a C. The class should add an extra problem set asking a couple of interesting demographic questions: How many students are enrolled in the course? And how many attend lecture? Like most demographic stats, the disparity is shocking. The availability of lecture videos hits...
...though its content may be semi-suitable for the big screen, the lectures are less than scintillating. Once known as “Gutmosphere,” the course’s formerly stratospheric grade inflation has, tragically, returned to earth. To avoid plummeting yourself, weasel your way into TF Winston Tao’s section—he’s known for being friendly and a good explainer.If you embrace grade deflation, icy cold showers, and iTunes, Science A-49, “The Physics of Music and Sound,” is a good, if tough, Core...
...things. While the classes are often too broad to allow for any kind of in-depth study (“That’s outside the scope of the course” is an ‘answer’ you’ll come to expect from your TF), the subject matter is often fascinating enough to serve as a jumping-off point to further exploration in the sciences. Unlike some Cores (ahem, Moral Reasoning) where every offering is basically the same course with 10 different names, each Science B touches on a different topic, from the anatomy...