The most overhyped class at BYU. People only think it’s “hard” because they’re

Apr 6, 2025
10:24:44am

BaseCoug Contributor

Used to thinking they’re owed A’s just for turning stuff in like they did in High School and it’s usually one of the first real college classes they take.

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I never had to take American Heritage. What was the class about?

LSUcougar92

Apr 6, 10:11am

A history and government class. Mostly government.

grapevine

Apr 6, 10:12am

I took it Fall ‘86. At that time it was a lot of economics mixed with political

OU Cougar

Apr 6, 10:12am

That doesn’t sound bad at all. I wonder about the curriculum, but sounds like

LSUcougar92

Apr 6, 10:16am

I liked it. It's just disliked because it's typically the welcome to college difficulty class when everyone

CSoul

Apr 6, 10:21am

I took American Heritage and Politial Science 110 at the same time.

HuskerFan2

Apr 6, 10:22am

U.S. history, mingled with scripture.

Yukon

Apr 6, 10:13am

You exposed me for not paying attention to Bednar because I started laughing

LSUcougar92

Apr 6, 10:14am

Talking to girls mostly

Cougrrrs Roll

Apr 6, 10:17am

A class I wish was mandatory for all high school students before they vote

Cougarclaw

Apr 6, 10:18am

My high school required Civics

Warner

Apr 6, 10:19am

It seems like it isn't very well rounded

LSUcougar92

Apr 6, 11:59am

I took it my first semester. Never realized it was a big deal.

Madam Pattirini

Apr 6, 10:19am

Might be the only class at a large higher ed institution anywhere that teaches

Iman23

Apr 6, 10:24am

Thats what I'm picking up on.

LSUcougar92

Apr 6, 11:58am

I believe this is explicitly or implicitly part of the reason for creating it

RoboKayne

Apr 6, 4:01pm

I’m actually very curious how they discussed certain aspects of history & civics

LSUcougar92

Apr 6, 4:12pm

Oh, I can give you what I remember after 20 years or so just off the top of my

RoboKayne

Apr 6, 8:58pm

Explicitly. Frank Fox as he was retiring from BYU wrote an op-ed about the need

Iman23

Apr 6, 6:53pm

Yeah, that sounds right. I vaguely remember one of the lectures talking about

RoboKayne

Apr 6, 8:29pm

The most overhyped class at BYU. People only think it’s “hard” because they’re

BaseCoug

Apr 6, 10:24am

And you're in a "classroom" of hundreds

HuskerFan2

Apr 6, 10:29am

Agree. I think it is a bit of a surprise. I remember some short answer questions

RoboKayne

Apr 6, 4:07pm

No idea. Took it from the salt lake center. Easiest A I ever had 😂. This backfi

ColonelMustard

Apr 6, 11:44am

I got lucky - I planned to test out of the class and thought it was pass/fail…

texaskevin

Apr 6, 12:13pm

I got an A it was so easy

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