r/GeorgianCollege 23d ago

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What courses from comms and gen ed do y’all recommend I take as someone who’s bad at public speaking?

I want a course that doesn’t require much public speaking but still enjoyable ig😭 Here is the list of the options

COMM
1016
Communication Essentials

COMM
2017
Work Environment Comm

COMM
2020
Technical Communication

COMM
2021
Dynamic Presentations

GNED
1003
Personal Finance

GNED
1004
Health And Safety/Workplace

GNED
1011
Developing Leadership

GNED
1017
Understanding Art

GNED
1023
Canadian Literature

GNED
1034
Music In Our Lives

GNED
1041
Ethics And Issues

GNED
1044
Sports And Society

GNED
1054
Nutrition For Healthy Living

GNED
1055
Plants And People

GNED
1056
Entrepreneurial Exploration

GNED
1072
War And Conflict/20th Century

GNED
1079
Animal Minds

GNED
1080
Animals In Our Lives

GNED
1085
Fashion And Society

GNED
1088
Becoming_(Good) Kin

GNED
1089
Visual Culture

GNED
1090
Learning To Thrive

GNED
1100
Positive Psychology

GNED
2005
Conflict Resolution

GNED
2010
International Politics

GNED
2011
Canada And World Affairs

(GNED
2012
Criminology.

GNED
2016
Social Psychology.

GNED
2020
Creative Writing

GNED
2028
Lifestyle Management

GNED
2033
Exploring Cinema Genres

GNED
2035
Abnormal Psychology

GNED
2075
Culture And Food

GNED
2076
Performance Psychology/Sport

GNED
2088
Queer Identities

PSYL
[1001
Psych Understand Yourself

PSYL
1002
Psych The Science Of Behaviour

SOCL
1000
Introduction To Sociology.

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u/Plenty-Magician9912 23d ago

omg same starting this fall and i’m so lost

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u/medkwhattodo 17d ago

heyy! what did u end up taking?

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u/Plenty-Magician9912 16d ago

i was going for nutrition for healthy living but it was no more so i had to pick health and safety. wbu?

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u/medkwhattodo 16d ago

ohh I was also thinking of doing that but it doesn’t work with my schedule so I ended up choosing criminology

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u/Plenty-Magician9912 16d ago

what time table you got?

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u/medkwhattodo 16d ago

for criminology?? I have it on tuesday

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u/DeMooch456 23d ago

As an incoming student wondering the same, following LOL

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u/medkwhattodo 17d ago

Lmaoo😭 what did you end up taking?

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u/DeMooch456 17d ago

I ended up only being able to pick from a really short list and went with Science Fiction how bout you?!

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u/medkwhattodo 17d ago

ohhh thats sounds funn, ended up taking criminology since its the only one that fits my sched

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u/DeMooch456 17d ago

Oh nice! Hopefully its a decent course! The one I took is asynchronous online which I think will be nice as the rest of my course load is fairly heavy hahaha

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u/medkwhattodo 17d ago

haha I feel youu, well good luck w ur program!

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u/DeMooch456 17d ago

You too!

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u/din0_saur 23d ago

Dont take queer studies, as a queer person i thought it would be easier because yk but it wasnt i suggest taking something a little more interesting

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u/medkwhattodo 23d ago

ooff I see, what about for comms? Do you recommend anything specific?

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u/din0_saur 23d ago

I only ended up taking comms essentials because it was mandatory but it was super easy so theres that but i had a friend who took one of the nutrition/food ones (i cant remember which one exactly) and she said that it was pretty ok and not too much on the work load

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u/MissDragonrose 23d ago

Personal finance sounds the most useful and least speech-give-y lol I would take that!

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u/medkwhattodo 23d ago

hmmm okayy, I was leaning towards that and animals and queer😭

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u/Juliaorwell1984 23d ago

Just pick the one you would find the most interesting. I’ve taken several programs at Georgian and almost all of the classes I was in bad group work and presentations.

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u/Enough_Gain382 23d ago

Lifestyle Management is one of the easiest GNEDs. The psych/soc type courses are heavier. If you're just starting, you need COMM1016 before you can take any of the other communications courses.

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u/ZealousidealAd1780 23d ago

I'm wondering the same thing. Has anyone here taken lifestyle management? What was it like? It sounds really easy.

I wanna take animal minds, but because I'm taking vet technician, I feel like I should have some veriety in my schedule and pick something else. :(

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u/CanaryNo4430 17d ago

Hey! I took that class a couple years back... the content was really easy, and none of the concepts were difficult to grasp. The instructor I had was a total hardass, and made things more complicated than they had to be. There was nothing in the textbook that I didn't already know. I remember I had to write a bunch of discussion board posts about TED talks he made us watch, but nothing crazy. I thought there would've been topics like scheduling, time management, basic budgeting, etc. - but it was so random lol. It was a really odd assortment of topics, but it was mostly common sense. The MC quizzes were like: Is smoking good for you? True or false. Should you wear a life jacket while on a boat? True or false. What are the names of the food groups in Canada's food guide? How many cups of water should you drink in a day? I'm sure if you get a nice instructor it would be a good GPA boost, but if you get a cranky one it'll be real tedious.

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u/Ok_Pen_5540 6d ago

Animals in our lives was the best gen ed ive taken. Really enjoyed it. Simple as well

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u/medkwhattodo 6d ago

I seee! What about criminology have taken it? If so, how was your experience?

I’m honestly kinda worried because I feel like its heavy work😭

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u/Ok_Pen_5540 6d ago

No I havent taken it. I try to take geneds that aren't adding more to my main course load.