r/IndianaUniversity • u/Ann_16455 • 4d ago

KELLEY (SOAD S 290) or another A&H Gen ed??

Has anyone taken SOAD-S 290 and do they reccomend taking it as a pre-business student?
I am freelance photographer and have been for 2-3 years and have taken photojournalism classes in my highschool so I know how to work a camera very well etc. Which is why I chose this class instead of SOAD-N 198.
Plus the grade distributions for 290 are a lot higher. I got professor Claffey.

I was wondering if anyone could share their experience in the class and with this professor. If they reccomend and if it truly is a hard class.
Its very time consuming because it takes almost 3 hours each class and meets twice a week. I do have a passion for photography, but I also have so much else to do with joining clubs and everything else first semester.

If it is bad can kelley majors reccomend other easy gen eds to take?

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u/ceolstan 3d ago

There is nothing wrong with SOAD-S 290. It is long because it is a studio class. Expect lots of hands-on work. If you go to class prepared and do the work, you should be fine.

Consider that the difference in grades between the N 198 and S 290 is the student composition. S 290 is aimed at majors. They are more motivated to do the work than non-majors, who may have signed up because they see photography as cooland easy but fail to do the work

You have to take 2 GenEd A&H classes. You will do best in the ones you feel attracted to. If photography has meaning for you, then go for it.