<p>DRM 101, Design & Resource Management. AKA, how to run a household. I distinctly remember learning that generic brand paper products are not cost-efffective.</p>
<p>I have a BFA and every semester on Thursday night every art major was required to take Visiting Artist Program which we called Art in the Dark. It was what it sounds like; afterward we had very inexpensive beer at the bar on campus. I also took a course in geology, which we called Rocks for Jocks, and astronomy, pass fail, in the planetarium. </p>
<p>A waterskiing class. Had to learn real quick how to ski well to avoid the dreaded alligators. Class would officially end in the early afternoon and then the instructors turned it into an afternoon party with the school’s new Mastercraft.</p>
<p>For our PE requirement, my roommate and I took beginning weight training. We found out later it was a multi level class as there were guys with us who were clearly not beginners. 
Needless to say, it made it easier to maintain good attendance and we were actually in good shape at the end of the semester.</p>
<p>I don’t think this was a fluff class but things we did in it were suspect. In Span 200, our instructor planned a field trip (unofficial, of course) to Tijuana. We were to cross the border on our own and meet at a restaurant where we could practice our Spanish. I don’t think that would be acceptable today.</p>
<p>These don’t necessarily sound “fluffy” but they were:</p>
<p>Economic Decision Making
Production and Inventory Control
Decision Analysis</p>
<p>By and large, these classes were just high school algebra with a few dollar signs added in. </p>
<p>I took Flower Arranging senior year because it sounded fun and easy. It was neither fun nor easy! Ended up taking it pass/fail and barely passed. I’m just not very creative. Each class we would learn a new concept, then pick out flowers and make an arrangement demonstrating the concept. The instructor would then sort the arrangements from best to worst. Guess whose arrangement was consistently at the end?</p>
<p>“History in the Movies” was a blast. My friends and I brought in popcorn and beer (it was an evening class) and watched the films. Sorry to say, the tests were hard and we didn’t do so well…</p>
<p>I think I did it wrong. </p>
<p>Although my college did give me credit for skiing for PE.
They also put me on the school tennis team, which should tell you a lot about the caliber of our tennis program…</p>
<p>I tried to get them to let me design my own major (all the classes I wanted to take) but they rejected my proposal. They also rejected my suggestion that I could read Lord of the Rings for a “winter term” credit. Alas,</p>
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<p>UCSD, SDSU, or USD?</p>
<p>However, in that area, can’t one just cross the street rather than the international border to find a restaurant where one can practice Spanish language skills?</p>
<p>My PE class was Intro to Modern Dance…which was pretty much just showing up in dancewear and doing whatever we felt like doing. I was a nursing major so not much room in my schedule for fluffy stuff. </p>
<p>My kids…S1 Canoeing for PE
S2 …PE Walking …yes, you read that right! Also Story Telling and Geography of Recreation</p>
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<p>Canoeing is not necessarily “fluffy”.
<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-32GneLFjlQ”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-32GneLFjlQ</a>
<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhYoLTvaJ0I”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhYoLTvaJ0I</a></p>
<p>North American Geography. Thursday night 7-10 pm, almost all seniors, great social scene. Still being taught there and I urge S to take it. Actually extremely useful. </p>
<p>PE Classes- We had to take two but I needed one random credit in anything so I took a third. They were the only one credit courses. I did Modern Dance, Golf, and Couple, Square, and Ballroom Dancing. I’ve never met any men who knew any of the dances we learned in the last one so, while very fun, it has served no useful purpose. </p>
<p>I had one Occupational Therapy class that felt like fluff. It was called Tools & Materials and it was basically shop class. We learned how to make a number of adaptive equipment items such as a cutting board for someone with the use of only one arm, a plate support, a climbing bear to use with peds for upper extremity coordination, etc. It was a nice break and a lot of fun since we had it the same term as we had both Gross Anatomy and Human Physiology- both of which were “weed out” courses. It was really nice to sand wood for homework instead of memorizing muscles, nerves, blood vessels, etc. </p>
<p>Film Noir or something similar.</p>
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<p>Walking is not necessarily “fluffy” either.
<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cZcbtCRDqg”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cZcbtCRDqg</a>
The distinction between walking and running is that walking requires at least one foot on the ground at all times (when running, the runner is typically briefly airborne with each step).</p>
<p>I took a one credit summer class on the geography of Canada which was way less fluffy than I wanted. </p>
<p>I posted in that thread that I took “Dinosaurs and Other Failures” for a science credit. I also took “History of the Horror Film,” an upper-level course in the English department that I still remember vividly and enjoyed immensely.</p>
<p>I’m surprised at all the colleges that require PE!</p>
<p>Ballet 101. It was great exercise and kept me from getting “fluffy.” I showed up, wore the appropriate attire and shoes, made a good effort and got a B. Unfortunately, starting en pointe way too young had wrecked my feet and I could no longer dance well. It was still enjoyable - a lot more fun than Statistics I or Corporate Tax.</p>
<p>I did african dance and it was a blast. </p>