There are some electives take will take up too much of your time that are requirements for other programs such as economics and psychology. I will be recommending social science & humanities electives to take that are way less involving than required first-year classes and show the 5-year average for each class mentioned.
Please note that just because these classes are possible GPA boosters doesn't mean that the content might be interesting to you or that the class won't be a lot of work. With all of that said, let's begin!
1. NURS 180 - Stress and Strategies to Promote Well-Being
5-Year Average: 84%
This is not only great for your GPA but great for your mental and physical well-being as well. This is a wellness class that teaches ways to relieve and manage stress and promotes strategies to improve emotional, physical, and mental health. This will be a very fun class if you are interested in the science behind human well-being!
2. FIST 100 - Introduction to Film Studies
5-Year Average: 74%
This class will be extremely fun if you enjoy analyzing film and media. In each class, you watch and analyze films by inspecting their cinematography, character roles, major themes, and symbolism.
3. CLST 105 - Greek and Roman Mythology
5-Year Average: 73%
CLST 105 is a classical studies class that explores greek and roman mythology. This class includes a project that involves creating a portrait of a mini-god, writing a personal essay or form of creative writing based on the mythology taught in class, and participating in tutorial discussions.
WARNING: While this class can be fun, the content is very mature and can include very sexually violent themes.
4. PHIL 120 - Introduction to Critical Thinking
5-Year Average: 77%
This is a philosophy class that discusses how logic and critical thinking can be used to analyze confusion, arguments, ambiguities, and fallacies. The skills taught in this class will enhance your communication and interpersonal skills.
5. EOSC 114 - The Catastrophic Earth: Natural Disasters
5-Year Average: 73%
This course is an earth and ocean science course that discusses the causes and physical characteristics of natural disasters such as hurricanes and earthquakes. The tests are all multiple choice and do not involve a lot of application questions.
6. GRSJ 101 - Introduction to Social Justice (Gender, Race, Sex and Power)
5-Year Average: 80%
This course is for those interested in social justice issues and the intersectionality between gender, race, and sexuality. This course teaches about different forms of discrimination (racism, sexism, heterosexism), relevant social movements such as feminism, and forms of activism. This course delves into social concepts such as hierarchy and implicit bias.
7. ATSC 113 - Applied Meteorology
5-Year Average: 88%
Historically, this class has one of the highest averages for most electives. The content itself can be very tedious if you are not interested in applied meteorology and the course itself isn't easy because of the large amount of content to memorize.
If you find memorization and multiple-choice easy, this course won't take up a lot of your time. Also, there are many documents you can use from previous years on sites such as CourseHero & StuDocu to help with studying for this class.
8. CRWR 200 - Introduction to Creative Writing
5-Year Average: 78%
If you enjoy personal forms of writing such as short stories, poetry, or screenplay or excelled in high school English, you will enjoy this class. What makes most creative writing courses GPA boosters is that there is a lot of freedom in how you want to convey your thoughts on the prompt. As long as you put in significant effort, have an interpretative message behind your writing, and closely follow the assignment rubric, there is a high chance of success in this class.
9. Language electives. These can be grade boosters if you are already fluent in the language, like Russian, Chinese, or Spanish. etc
If these classes seem uninteresting or bore you, any type of subject you are passionate about outside of your required classes could be a GPA booster as well. Although it is encouraged to select classes that interest and challenge you, you can select any one of these classes or similar ones if you just want to improve your GPA.
These GPA boosters are not necessarily easy A's. You cannot skip classes and expect to do the assignments or exams and end with an A. Most of these courses require a lot of memorization and in-class participation. However, the questions are less application-based than most required classes.
What classes have you guys taken that have been GPA boosters? Let me know in the comments below!
Note: Most pre-biomedical engineering students will not be able to take electives unless they have credits from an AP or IB class that is equivalent to a first-year engineering course.
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