<p>I’m sorry if this is a lame question. There’s a class I want to take on human sexuality at my college, but I know my parents wouldn’t be pleased if I took it. </p>
<p>If the name does show up, is it possible to register for another class, drop it, and use the refunded money for the class I want to take?</p>
<p>Not in my experience. My credit card statement just says the name of my school and the amount charged.</p>
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<p>I don’t see why the course names would show up. The bill isn’t paying for ‘the course’ as such…it’s simply paying for the overall bill to the school.</p>
<p>Tell your parents to get over it. Human sexuality is at the very core of what it means to be a human. It is literally the basis of human life on this planet. If I had parents like that, I would probably go out of my way to make sure that they knew I was taking the class.</p>
<p>Yes, curt, that’s great advice when it seems like the parents are footing the bill.</p>
<p>The course name will show up on your transcript, however.</p>
<p>Do your parents not have access to your grades and course registrations? We told our kids that as long as we were paying, that was a non-negotiable requirement. </p>
<p>Course names don’t show up on the credit card bill, but that’s not how I know what classes my kids are taking. </p>
<p>Do you know for certain that your parents would be difficult about this? I realize I don’t know your parents, but I do know that my own daughter has imputed to her mother and me a lot of ideas and opinions that we do not actually hold.</p>
<p>I highly doubt the name of the course would show up on the bill, but you should be able to check your bill online to see what it lists. Even if your school charges by the credit, they will likely just show the amount of units (if that), rather than the titles of the actual courses.</p>
<p>I fail to see why, regardless of who’s paying, it would matter what classes you’re taking? Is that honestly how you want to remember your college experience? “I really wanted to take a human sexuality class, but my parents wouldn’t allow it.”</p>
<p>^ Much better than “I took this human sexuality class, my parents freaked out and stopped paying for school, and I had to drop out.” </p>
<p>I think students should take whatever classes they please. My concentration is in sexual health so I obviously think it’s vital for people to understand human sexuality. However, I don’t think it’s smart to p*** off the people paying for your education.</p>
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<p>I fail to see why, “I’m going to spend tens or hundreds of thousands of your dollars on college, Mom & Dad, but you don’t deserve any input into how I do it” is an acceptable alternative. </p>
<p>FWIW, I do think the OP should be able to take this class, but I object strenuously to any young person’s assertion that the only appropriate role for parents is to write checks that often equal or surpass a year’s earnings.</p>
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<p>I think it is.</p>
<p>They are footing the bill…for an EDUCATION. Part of that education may entail learning a little something about what it means to be a member of the species H. sapiens. Part of that is inevitably going to involve sexuality. If they’re footing the bill for an education…shouldn’t that education be the best education that you can get?</p>
<p>If it’s something that you want to learn about, you have every right in the world to. Even if your parents are footing the bill. Did your parents pick your major for you? Do they tell you which math class you are allowed to take? </p>
<p>I rather doubt it. They likely realize that you know more about your educational goals than they do.</p>
<p>Comfortablycurt, unfortunately some people do have to major in what the parents want or the parents will not pay for college. It is not the usual course of events for parents to micromanage course choice but it can happen. If OP knows the parents would object then it is just smart to keep your courses to yourself and get through college without unnecessary strife.</p>
<p>Is this a required course or a course that can be used to meet a core requirement? If so then you should try talk to explain to your parents why this is important and how it fits into your college major.</p>
<p>It seems clear that you want to hide this from them. At some point they will find out. Is it really worth the damage you will do to your relationship with them. If a course like this bothers them, I can only imagine how they will feel about deceit.</p>
<p>Your best option is to be an adult and discuss it with them. Otherwise do self study. There are plenty of resources to learn this without taking a formal course.</p>
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<p>I don’t want to advocate lying to your parents (because I’m really not), but they won’t necessarily find out. My parents never knew what classes I took in college, unless I specifically told them, and if the OP can hide this class from their parents now, then they very well be able to hide it from them for the long haul.</p>
<p>If they don’t find out for a while, it’s probably not going to matter. I only think it’d matter if they found out <em>before</em> the class started and they did indeed get mad.</p>
<p>If all else fails, tell them it’s fulfilling some humanities requirement.</p>