Depends on which Prof you have, and more specifically, which TA you have. The prof of the one Pol-Sci class I have is ok (McBride), but the TA is a total asshole. As a result, I hated Pol-Sci and haven't taken any course from that department since.
No. What you wrote is a basic syllogism whose premises guarantee the truth of the conclusion (i.e. you don't even need to write down the conclusion that "Political Science is easy" in order for it to be true--the truth of that statement is already entailed by the premises).
Think of deductive reasoning as drawing a conclusion from a whole to its parts (as you did with arts and political science, with political science being one part of arts). Conversely, inductive reasoning is when you draw a conclusion about a whole from a part of it: for example, political science--being an arts course--is easy; therefore, all arts courses are easy.
And to actually contribue something to this thread: the difficulty of a course is contingent upon your professor, but if you're just aiming to pass, political science isn't too hard.
Yes, if you are not remotely interested in politics whatsoever, as was I.
I also had Stephen McBride who was such a sleepy prof but very passionate about what he taught. My TA was an ass too and I suffered. But I managed to pull my mark from a D/C- to a B- after the final so it all worked out in the end. Either I aced the final or the class got scaled. Or both.
polysci with an average prof will probably be about the same as all arts courses... not an easy gpa booster, some essays, some short answer, a bunch of useless reading etc...not too bad.
On the other hand, we all know that it'll be much easier than some of the more challenging science courses (organic chem, metabolism, calc 3, physical/analytical chem, etc), so i would go for it.
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Therefore through induction, Poli Sci is easy.
Looks like someone needs to take more arts courses :embarassed:
Think of deductive reasoning as drawing a conclusion from a whole to its parts (as you did with arts and political science, with political science being one part of arts). Conversely, inductive reasoning is when you draw a conclusion about a whole from a part of it: for example, political science--being an arts course--is easy; therefore, all arts courses are easy.
Still don't believe me?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inductive_reasoning
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deductive_reasoning
And to actually contribue something to this thread: the difficulty of a course is contingent upon your professor, but if you're just aiming to pass, political science isn't too hard.
I also had Stephen McBride who was such a sleepy prof but very passionate about what he taught. My TA was an ass too and I suffered. But I managed to pull my mark from a D/C- to a B- after the final so it all worked out in the end. Either I aced the final or the class got scaled. Or both.
If you're interested in current events and politics then it's easy. If you hate history/geography and philosophy don't take it!
Speaking of which, did anyone notice that some of the most vocal CFS supporters are Political Science students?
On the other hand, we all know that it'll be much easier than some of the more challenging science courses (organic chem, metabolism, calc 3, physical/analytical chem, etc), so i would go for it.
pointless: yes.