just curious .. which is harder

BP-TheGuy88
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:22:39 +0000

as far as i’m aware, at fordham, there’s three types of meeting schedules where the class will meet either 1x (150mins), 2x(75mins), or 3x(50mins). from my experiencing having to take both liberal arts and business classes at fordham (something most fcrh/lc students dont HAVE to do) the course work is generally the same whether its 3 or 4 credit. and i think you’re right about the business core classes. it probably applies to the core classes more than anything else. makes you wonder how some of these professors ended up getting jobs anyways. BUT on the bright side, the classes for your major (in CBA) tend to have pretty good professors that are very knowledgeable in the field you’re studying in. I’ve heard that from most majors here.

i agree on the rest except the last part you mention. how you view school is entirely up to each individual. i see school as a means to an end. so to me it’s just a degree that says my name and has the prestige of the school to get me a good job. i’ve been fed up with school since i’ve started working. and just want to graduate. maybe i’ll go to grad school if it makes sense for my career but i don’t see that in my radar anytime soon.

i’m going to digress a bit here (though it may help the OP a better to understand how the classes work here). if there were actual courses i were interested in that wouldn’t affect my requirements to graduate, i probably would take them, but that’s not possible at fordham, at least not in CBA since you have the liberal arts core, the business core, and then the major requirements to take (for CBA you MUST have 40 courses before you can graduate, no less). i wish it were a lot more flexible in terms of the classes you can take to graduate. i know it’s a common complaint amongst students here. but i don’t care so much that they make students take 2 theology, 2 history, 3 english, 2 math, etc. it’s the fact that the school tells you which classes you HAVE to take in those subject areas. i’ve found for most of the classes where I got to choose the class I enjoyed much it more. For example, Ancient Roman History which i got to choose for my 2nd history is perhaps THE best liberal arts class I’ve taken here, and on the same spectrum the Western Enlightenment class that I was forced to take had to be the WORST. it would just be nice if they let us choose the classes in the subjects. maybe they’ll change that sometime in the future.