Freshman year, fall semester
- Calculus I: Even professors don't want to have class at 2:30 on Fridays
- Computer Science: Knowing your way around a computer program will pay off greatly...eventually
- French I: I probably learned more English grammar by taking French than I did taking English
- Literature: Always be asking yourself of the implications of something
- Religious Studies: Anything can be sacred to anyone
Freshman year, spring semester- Calculus II: There's value in skipping a 2:30 Friday class when it's gorgeous outside
- Developmental Psychology: Professors will believe you if you lie about a doctor's appointment to avoid death in Shark Attack
- French II: I'm probably never going to speak French again
- History: Theodore Roosevelt was a badass
- Philosophy: Nothing is absolute, not even that
Sophomore year, fall semester
- Calculus III: It's not about memorizing material, it's about knowing where in the book to go to understand it
- Intro to Music: Reading sheet music is a necessary evil that must be practiced often
- Language of Math: Be cautious of the use of words such as 'every' and 'never'
- Public Speaking: The more prepared you are, the less scary public speaking is
- Stats for Psych: It's worth spending even 30 seconds of your day reflecting
Sophomore year, spring semester
- Discrete Math: Night classes that are 2.5 hours long are not a good idea
- Intro to Sociology: You'll run into a professor who you know will grade generously, but remember that that's only if you do the work
- Linear Algebra: Graphing calculators become useful for the first time since 10th grade when you need to do matrix multiplication
- Music/Psychology Seminar: Everything is music
- Research Methods in Psychology: Not getting significant results does not mean your work was not significant
Junior year, fall semester
- Abstract Algebra I: Some professors will hold enough review sessions to leave you wondering how they have a family
- Ethics: Be aware not only of the role society plays in your life, but the role you play in society
- Physics I: Go to review sessions. There will be people who know more than you, and people who know less than you. Both groups can make you feel better
- Social Psychology: The more social psychology studies you know, the more you'll be able to manipulate others without them knowing about it
- Real Analysis I: Those who think Calculus is hard should consider themselves lucky they never had to prove it
Junior year, spring semester
- Abstract Algebra II: Class after lunch is way harder to get excited for in the spring
- Music Theory: Sometimes, rules are not meant to be broken
- Physics II: There actually are classes in which you'll never need to know anything about it later in life
- Real Analysis II: Take the hardest class in your major; it only gets easier from there
- That time I taught Baseball Statistics: You learn best when you interact with others who share your passions
Senior year, fall semester
- Combinatorics: A class is far more enjoyable when it's the professor's favorite area of study
- Gender & Sexuality: No one gets to speak on behalf of an entire race, gender, sex, ethnicity, population, or group. Support them, but don't speak for all of them
- Psychology Capstone: If life-hacking were a college class, it would be taught under psychology. Everything is psychology
- Sport Psychology: We would be much better instructors if we told people what to do instead of what not to do
- Theories of Learning: Punishment stops behavior; reinforcement changes it
Senior year, spring semester
- Abnormal Psychology: Not caring how well you do sometimes gets you just as far as caring does
- Cognitive Psychology: Take enough upper-level psychology courses and you'll think of something every week out of school you once learned
- Math Thesis: Sometimes, the bare minimum is perfectly fine
- Sabermetrics Directed Study: Knowing your way around a computer program will pay off greatly...eventually
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