Wow...lots of great replies.
Sadavis: I don't know - I think that a certain amount of general knowledge could be quite useful - for example, Psychology can help me understand why someone else is making the decisions that they do so that I can better understand how to relate to them, a study of sciences can help me if I were ever in a judicial position and had to render a verdict on some sort of ethical consideration...The list goes on. Essentially, my thought is that I'll never know when I need a bit of knowledge, and I'll never know if it was useful if I don't know it in the first place. Besides, I suppose it can't hurt. I also suppose that if I were to choose one field to study, my first pick would be law - but I'll be studying that in graduate school, and any pre-study is probably going to be futile. My second pick would be history, but I'm taking 9 hours of college credit in it this semester and have another 30-odd hours to finish before my 3 years are up. As for whether or not it makes me happy, I've found that just about anything in life can make a person happy - it's a matter of how you view it.
Calculusaurus - My original thought was probably one basic book each on Biology, Physics and Chemistry. As for Math, I really should have considered it - I'll definitely add it to the list, both a practical (solving problems) and theoretical set of books. Also, my "3 books" strategy isn't set in stone - I'm perfectly willing to actually do something instead to study that particular field. Also, I'll definitely check out GEB, it looks like an interesting read.
RT Wolf - Thanks for your compliments! I honestly hadn't considered the For Dummies books so much, but I suppose that I should, at least for the bibliography section.
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