Do the actual classes you take in college matter?

bssurly
Sun, 07 May 2017 18:58:46 +0000

I’m planning on going to law school or grad school. Obviously I have to fulfill my major’s requirements as well as distribution requirements, but would grad/law schools care what actual courses I take to fulfill those requirements? For example, I have to take a required writing seminar this fall. But there’s a lot of different options to fulfill that, like there’s traditional classic literature courses but there are also some pretty unique ones like analyzing the appeal of reality television, or learning about the representation of minorities in pop culture.

I want to take one of those unique courses to fulfill my writing requirement, but I’m wondering if grad/law schools would look down upon that? Is it okay to take fun courses like that throughout college if they’re available and work with my requirements/schedule, or should I pick more traditionally academic courses? Thank you