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Have registration this week? These classes and professors are a favorite for students

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DTH Photo Illustration. Registration for fall courses will begin this week.

Every year, The Daily Tar Heel puts out a survey asking students for the highlights of fall registration. As registration times begin this week, read more about what UNC students think are the best classes, professors and more.

The class that is worth the 8 a.m.

  1. PSYC 260: Social Psychology
  2. DRAM 116: Perspectives in the Theatre
  3. MEJO 252: Audio Journalism


The LFIT class that provides the best workout

  1. Exercise and Conditioning


The LFIT class for those who won’t like to workout

  1. Walking
  2. Aerobics
  3. Yoga


The most engaging history course

  1. HIST 362: Baseball and American History


The easiest science with a lab to fulfill PX credit for non-science majors

  1. GEOL 101: Planet Earth
  2. ASTR 101: Descriptive Astronomy


The life-changing class you would recommend to all students

  1. EDUC 181: Introduction to Human Development and Family Studies
  2. DRAM 120: Play Analysis


The professor that you would recommend to all students

  1. MEJO: Gary Kayye
  2. PSYC: Jeannie Loeb

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The professor that inspired you to change your major

  1. MEJO: Susan King
  2. Pat Davison


The professor that best supports minority students

  1. MEJO: Chad Heartwood
  2. EDUC: Alison LaGarry


The professor of color that has had a large impact on your UNC experience

  1. MEJO: Valerie Fields
  2. DRAM: Kathy Williams


The VP credit for the artistically impaired

  1. CMPL 144: Engaging Film and Media


The VP course that enhanced your artistic ability the most

  1. DRAM 150: Beginning Acting for the Major
  2. ARTS 105: Photography I


The first-year seminar that helped your transition into UNC the most

  1. ENGL 89


The QI/QR course for those who don’t like math

  1. MATH 118: Aspects of Modern Mathematics
  2. POLI 209: Analyzing Public Opinion


The most challenging class taken at UNC

  1. ECON 101: Introduction to Economics


The most eye-opening class taken at UNC

  1. SOCI 122: Race and Ethnicity
  2. PWAD 574: War and Culture


The best 1 credit course to fulfill your ours requirement

  1. EDUC 101: First Year Thriving


The class you would recommend to fill a last-minute schedule spot

  1. EDUC 181: Introduction to Human Development and Family Studies
  2. WGST 101: Introduction to Women Studies


The class you would recommend for a first-year

  1. PSYC 101: General Psychology
  2. EDUC 101: First Year Thriving


The class you should wait to take in your senior year

  1. MEJO 340: Media Law


The best professor who teaches English 105

  1. Guillermo Rodríguez
  2. Marc Cohen


The class that gave you the best hands-on experience

  1. MEJO 489: Photojournalism, Lighting, and Business Techniques


The class that prepared you most for your internship

  1. MEJO 332: Public Relations Writing
  2. STOR 320: Introduction to Data Science


The class you recommend for people in your major/department

  1. POLI 411: Civil Liberties Under The Constitution


The class that lasts more than 2 hours and is worth it

  1. COMM 537: Master Screenwriting
  2. EDUC 325: Introduction to Counseling and Coaching


The class with the heaviest workload

  1. ECON 101: Introduction to Economics
  2. BIOL 252: Fundamentals of Human Anatomy and Physiology


The class that made you a better writer

  1. ENGL 105: Composition and Rhetoric
  2. MEJO 153: Writing and Reporting


The best course to fulfill the US credit

  1. WGST 101: Introduction to Women Studies
  2. RELI 140: Religion in America


The best course to fulfill the WB credit

  1. RELI 180: Introduction to Islamic Civilization
  2. HIST 226: History of Rome


The best course to fulfill the PH credit

  1. PHIL 160: Virtue, Value, and Happiness
  2. MEJO 141: Media Ethics


The best course taken outside of your major

  1. HIST 383: Big Time College Sports and the Rights of Athletes
  2. HIST 362: Baseball and American History
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