How to do bird courses the right way
Learn something and get an easy A ... NO BRAINER
Bird courses are a cheat code.
If you didn’t already know, a bird course is a class in which the material is particularly easy, coupled with a professor who is known for routinely giving students high grades.
Not everyone is afforded the opportunity to tap into the power of bird courses, depending on how strict their schedule is. But I highly suggest those who can, to do so, and there are a few reasons why.
Let me preface this rant by saying that college costs a lot of money. And that most people would not want to piss money down the drain by spending $4,000 on a course about wine making. Or the history of rock and roll. Or the economics of sport.
However, for those who are so academically inclined, think of the mental capacity you will free up by worrying less about one or two bird courses rather than loading up on challenging and rigorous ones.
The first concern is making sure the bird course you take is somewhat of interest towards you. For instance, I’m a business major, but have found intro psychology, french, business communications and a few other bird courses interesting.
I did however stay away from the bird courses other people found interesting. Like intro computer science, animal biology, and mythology. Remember, you are the one stuck in this course, not them.
Another point of contention is how many birds to take. In my original program, I only had 8 elective credits in 5 years of study, and by getting a professional accredidation as well I had no room for birds.
But once I switched programs, I was done with pushing myself in school, and just wanted to have an easy senior year so I could work a full-time job too. I took mental health literacy, rec and leisure, and some other bs. It worked out extremely well.
There’s even a website I discovered that tracks bird courses:
https://birdcourses.com/
Use that or whatever website your school uses to log student reviews about courses.
My last point I’d like to highlight, is that your GPA matters. I mean, it matters as much as you would like to think it does.
If your job/field/program cares about your grades, then GPAs can help boost that.
In my experience, employers haven’t cared if I snuck in a little financial literacy 101, toxicology, or natural disasters class. Yeah, if my entire transcript consisted of these kinds of classes and I was trying to go into engineering, it might look a little dicey. But a few here and there, and they won’t even bat an eye.
I’ll wrap up by summarizing what we now know about bird courses:
a good bird course is one that you are remotely interested in, has a track record of giving out good marks, and requires little to no work
a few bird classes to boost your gpa won’t hurt, but too many could raise red flags
ask some fellow students about what to take, or do some research. THERE IS NOTHING WORSE THAN TAKING A HARD CLASS YOU THOUGHT WOULD BE SUPER EASY
The interest has to somewhat be there and you need to make sure you can sit through class, or at least skip it without getting in trouble. If it has 20% participation or attendance you better collect those free marks
Bird courses inherently are not worth the price of tuition, but the freedom and stress relief they give you is priceless
That’s about it. By no means am I condoning you taking the easy way out, but why not lighten your load a bit and learn something new in a fun environment?
But please, get that A+. If you don’t then you are just a lazy piece of…
Cheers
ak