<p>In general, the more subjective the grading, the lower the likelihood that you're going to fail the class. It was mentioned here that classes that rely on big projects and big papers that are graded at the whim of a TA are bad because your grade is subjective. Well, on the bright side (if you want to call it that), as long as you actually do those projects and papers, you're pretty much guaranteed to pass the class. Maybe you won't pass the class with a great grade, but as long as you do all the work, you will pass. This is a far cry from majors like math or economics, in which you either understand the material or you don't. If you understand the material, great, you're going to get a good grade. If you don't, then you're going to flunk out. It doesn't matter if you put in a lot of effort and it doesn't matter if you do all the work. If you don't understand the material, you will get an F, simple as that.</p>
<p>As a sidenote, this is why you rarely see football or basketball players majoring in math or economics. Many of those players aren't really majoring in any subject, rather, they're "majoring in eligibility' - doing whatever it takes to stay eligible to play. Let's face it - a lot of these athletes couldn't care less about academics, they think they're going to make it into the pros, so all they want out of classes that will let them stay eligible to play without much effort on their part. Rarely do they do that by taking a bunch of math or economics classes.</p>