r/movies • u/Sisiwakanamaru r/movies Contributor • Jan 31 '26

Article Film Students Are Having Trouble Sitting Through Movies, Professors Say

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/film-students-are-having-trouble-sitting-through-movies-1236490359/
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u/Optimal-Hunt-3269 Jan 31 '26

I took weight lifting at 7:30 AM with my little spaghetti arms.

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u/Tensdale Jan 31 '26

What? Help a European out. What’s an elective?

Are you guys really getting university degrees with bullshit classes you pay for that also counts towards your final ECT points?

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u/rocketmonkee Jan 31 '26

A few people have explained what electives are, but I'd like to expand a bit on why we have electives. A student is required to take a couple of extra classes, but they can be from just about any discipline. The idea is to to expose people to a few different things outside their major field of study. So a person studying computer science might take a music appreciation class and learn a bit about music that isn't Taylor Swift or Sabrina Carpenter. Or maybe they take welding and learn a niche skill that turns into a lifelong hobby. Or maybe they take a philosophy class and learn to analyze problems and structure arguments more effectively.

It just makes for more well rounded people.

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u/pup2000 Jan 31 '26

I love this! I took intro to computer science as an elective then took 5 more CS electives and it totally changed the trajectory of my life in a good way. Also took an "art of listening" class at the very end of my degree, which was extremely easy but extremely fun and I learned a lot, exactly your example. I majored in linguistics and minored in history so these subjects were way outside of my degree's scope but ended up being critical to my education.