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What College Courses Did You Love And/or Recommend Everyone Take?
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Here is a quick list:

  1. Macroeconomics - Why?  It is probably the single best course to give you a general understanding of the economy, and as a result, public policy, both foreign and domestic.  The reason why Turkey's economy is going into a tailspin makes perfect sense when you understand macroeconomics.
  2. Statistics 101 - Why?  It is probably the most important math topic you can learn, after pre-algebra.  It is especially useful now, during this pandemic, so that you can have a better understanding of the efficacy of vaccines and/treatments.  In any stats 101 course you are going to cover the basics of probability, which is essential to making good decisions when there is uncertainty.  Think about it this way, when was the last time that you have ever used or even seen a trigonometry related problem?  When was the last time you heard a statistic quoted and wanted to understand what it meant?
  3. A programming/CS course for non-CS majors - Why? Everyone should at least give programming a shot, to see if you like it. I selected the programming course for non-majors as a first course because oftentimes the CS-101 course for majors is a weed out course, made to be unnecessarily difficult and providing little practical value.  It has gotten better over the years, though. An exception to the CS for non-majors rule is Harvard's CS50.  It is a course for CS majors and it is still the best intro to computer science and programming that I have ever seen in my 20+ years of coding.
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