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Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on August 01, 2006 01:12 PM:
 
Thought it would be interesting to see what classes we were all taking.

I'm taking 12 hours this fall, wanted to take 15 but my husband was afraid that would be too many for me to take on so soon after chemo, so we compromised on 12.

They are:

Cultural Anthropology 101 - major requirement, all Arts and Humanities majors must take one course in foreign languages or cultures.

Reading, Writing, and Research for Literature - an English major requirement, it must be taken before you register for upper level English classes

Introductory Linguistics - major requirement

Language and Culture - a second linguistics course that fulfills my lingusitics requirements for the major.

Sounds like fun, no? (my husband looked at it and commented that he'd rather stick needles in his eye than take this schedule, but then he's a math head.)
 
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on August 01, 2006 01:18 PM:
 
Are you taking them during the day, when your kids are at school, or at night?

-pH
 
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on August 01, 2006 01:19 PM:
 
Ooh that does look like fun! I need to finalize mine this week.
 
Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on August 01, 2006 01:20 PM:
 
CLASS Credit Hours
BADM 611 Information Technology/Information Systems 2
BADM 612 Managerial and Team Skills 3
BADM 613 Business Strategic Environment 3
SEMESTER 1 TOTAL 8
 
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on August 01, 2006 01:25 PM:
 
pH, during the day. I was able to get them all on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and my last class of the day ends at 2:00, so I'll be home before they get home from the bus. Works out great. And Tuesdays and Thursdays I don't have anywhere to go so that leaves me those days to study and write papers and such.

I know I won't get that lucky again, it just happened I could find four classes I needed back to back on MWF.
 
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on August 01, 2006 01:25 PM:
 
I love it when you do these threads, Belle! I really enjoy seeing all the interesting classes people are going to take. Here's mine for the fall:

Vocal Pedagogy
Choral Practicum
Form and Analysis (of music)
Vocal Technique
Adolescent Development
Multicultural Education

I'm in the heart of my major (Secondary Choral Music Education) right now. [Big Grin] I've finished all my GE courses and my minor, so now it's all focus until I'm done. After Fall and Winter semesters, I just have student teaching left! The end is in sight!
 
Posted by theamazeeaz (Member # 6970) on August 01, 2006 01:25 PM:
 
Modern Physics
Modern Abstract Algebra
General Relativity
Intro to Video Production
 
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on August 01, 2006 01:28 PM:
 
And I would rather stick needles in my eye than take theamazeeaz's schedule. [Razz]

hansenj, good for you! I'm just about done with my GE requirements, after this cultural anthropolgy class I'll only need a science with a lab (I did take two semesters of biology in my first try at college, but they won't count the second one because it was an anatomy course and that's too specific for the general science requirement) and one more general course in the humanities. Then it will be nothing but English courses for my major and electives - I'm not required to have a minor.
 
Posted by Angiomorphism (Member # 8184) on August 01, 2006 01:36 PM:
 
Technology and Society 306: The Culture of Technology. Technological practices and approaches are studied as cultural activities in the contexts of beliefs, philosophies, values and social structures both past and present.

Inquiry Topic: Environmental Education 306: Environmental crisis will be explored as a crisis of western culture's inability to live in a harmonious relationship with the earth. Intentional communities will be a focus with a residential field experience. (this is the one I'm anticipating the most)

Advanced French Grammar 206: Review of grammar, oral and written practice, and introduction to literary analysis. (total bird course.. haha)

Nucleic Acid Structure and Function 203: Fundamental concepts and experimental methods in studying both DNA and RNA. Nature of genetic information and its storage. Molecular basis of replication, transcription and translation

Protein Structure and Enzyme Function 203: Fundamental concepts and experimental methods in studying structures of proteins, including membrane proteins. Nature of enzyme catalysis. Introduction to enzyme kinetics and mechanism.

Physical Chemistry 203: Physical chemistry as applied to life and environmental sciences.

Intermediate Logic 303: Selected topics in the study of formal languages and their interpretations, metalogic, and the philosophy of logic.
 
Posted by HollowEarth (Member # 2586) on August 01, 2006 01:42 PM:
 
CHEM 791 SPECTROSCOPY

or possibly a solid state physics course, I'm not sure yet. Probably teaching freshman chemistry as well, possibly recitations instead of labs this time.
 
Posted by Coccinelle (Member # 5832) on August 01, 2006 01:42 PM:
 
5233- Communication in Marriage & Family
6663- Leadership & Staff Development
6903- Multivariate Statistics

Plus I'm GA'ing for two courses-
5221- Seminar in Family Studies
5833- Family Economics

It's going to be a fun semester [Smile]
 
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on August 01, 2006 01:48 PM:
 
Edu 121 Child and Adolecent Growth and Development
Bio 211 General Microbiology
Edu 101 Introduction to teaching
Psy 101 Intro to Psychology
 
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on August 01, 2006 02:23 PM:
 
PHIL135. Existentialism.
ECON115. Aggregate Economic Theory.
ECON126. Economics and Law.
ECON135. Gender Issues in the Developed World.
MUSC140. University Orchestra.

And I'll probably start my thesis. It might be a critique of emotivism.
 
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on August 01, 2006 02:37 PM:
 

Should be a fun semester (if ridiculously busy) [Smile]
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on August 01, 2006 02:53 PM:
 
quote:
Originally posted by hansenj:
After Fall and Winter semesters . . .

Wait. You're on a semester system, but you have Fall and Winter? Not Spring?
 
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on August 01, 2006 02:57 PM:
 
PLSC: 3300 Intro to Public Administration
Geog 3630: Intro to Geographical Systems
PLSC: 3500: Internation Relations of the Middle East

10 credits: The hard part is figuring out how to get both me and my wife to and from work.
 
Posted by Jhai (Member # 5633) on August 01, 2006 03:04 PM:
 
Oooh - I'd gladly take your schedule, Celaeno (makes sense since we have the same majors). Mine's way math-y this semester, which I'm not so hot about.

Econ 290. Economics of Education: This is an audit course, so I just have to show up to class, and sometimes do the readings.

Econ 450. Econometrics: This course will introduce students to the skills used in empirical research including, but not limited to, data collection, hypothesis testing, model specification, regression analysis, violations of regression assumptions and corrections, dummy variables, time series analysis, limited dependent variable models, and panel models.

Econ 490. Advanced Microeconomics: This is an independent study course - I think we'll be using a graduate text.

Math 441. Probability/Statistics I: Probability, sample spaces and events, discrete and continuous random variables, density and their distributions, including the binomial, Poisson and normal.

Phil 309. Advanced Logic: Techniques of proof in sentential logic, predicate calculus and predicate calculus with identity. Introduction of metalogical issues of consistency, completeness and Godel incompleteness. Topics in philosophical logic such as modal, tense and epistemic logics.

Phil 439. Senior Seminar: We're focusing on four main topics in the course - Socrates' life & death, Hume on religion, Singer (modern ethicist), and moral epistemology.

I'm also TAing a first-year seminar entitled "Ethics and Leadership in Film." It's going to be a full semester.
 
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on August 01, 2006 03:07 PM:
 
Jhai, let's swap. I'd LOVE that senior seminar.
 
Posted by Jhai (Member # 5633) on August 01, 2006 03:11 PM:
 
The professor is awesome too - I could have either gone philosophy or math for my second major, but I ended up philosophy when I heard he was teaching the seminar.

He gave the prospective class a list of ten subjects, and told us to pick four of them (and rank them). By eyeballing the lists we gave him (in a very scientific manner, I'm told), he came up with these topics. I'm not so excited about Hume (altho I love philosophy of religion), but the other topics should be really exciting - in a geeky philosophy way.
 
Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on August 01, 2006 03:19 PM:
 
For my last fall semester, my schedule looks like this:

HIST4359 - Modern China
HIST3328 - History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine
CRWT4354 - Writing for Television
LIT3312 - Honors: Media Narratives
ATEC2383 - 2D Traditional Animation
 
Posted by Edgehopper (Member # 1716) on August 01, 2006 03:39 PM:
 
theamazeeaz's schedule looks fun to me [Smile] At law school, now that I get to pick my classes...

Patent Law I
Property
Trademarks
Income Taxation
 
Posted by Jhai (Member # 5633) on August 01, 2006 03:39 PM:
 
It's interesting to look at the schedules and guess majors
Belle, hansenj, Celaeno, and Edgehopper I already know yours...

Jay - business school, with a specialization in IT?

theamazeeaz - physics, with a minor (or major) in math?

Angiomorphism - biochem or chem?

HollowEarth - grad student in chem?

Coccinelle - grad student in sociology or family studies?

breyerchic04 - education major, perhaps specializing in the sciences?

fugu - from the thesis, I guess it's infomatics, but I would have had no clue otherwise. (And I'm sorry about the analysis - ouch!)

BlackBlade - IR or public policy?

pfresh - history or media/writing?
 
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on August 01, 2006 03:41 PM:
 
History of Cosmology
History of Science Revolutions I
History of Ancient Egypt I
Politics: Global Governance
English: Contemporary Drama
 
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on August 01, 2006 03:42 PM:
 
I'm taking..... oh yeah, I graduated [Frown]
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on August 01, 2006 03:47 PM:
 
Most people are happy to have achieved that goal, Myr. And if they wish a return to student life (and a continued escape from the Real World [Wink] ), that's what grad school is for. [Big Grin]
 
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on August 01, 2006 03:50 PM:
 
I definitely would like to go to grad school (once I have the funds and experience saved up)... but I really, really will miss the electives you can take just because you are interested in the subject matter. I'm a really huge dork and like taking classes and learning... I would dearly love to take those Ancient Egypt and Cosmology courses of Teshi's [Smile]
 
Posted by Eldrad (Member # 8578) on August 01, 2006 03:58 PM:
 
Semester #5 starts in three weeks for me, and with it...

Math 381, Topology
Math 451, Real Analysis
Math 491a, Honors Teaching Practicum (just tutoring [Smile] )
French 431, Advanced Civilization Studies
History 210, U.S. Military History
Linguistics 311
 
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on August 01, 2006 03:59 PM:
 
quote:
Originally posted by MyrddinFyre:
I'm taking..... oh yeah, I graduated [Frown]

[Wave]

-pH
 
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on August 01, 2006 04:02 PM:
 
I'm jealous of all you people taking 15 and 18 hour loads, I wish I could take more. [Frown] I'm enjoying school, but I also want to finish and it seems like it's taking soooo long.

And speaking of school, I'm not quite done with the summer semester, I have a final in American Lit in about 3 hours. I suppose I should commence to reviewing the material. [Frown] (I have been studying, and I feel pretty confident about it. I made an A on the midterm, a B plus on the first paper and an A on the second paper so I should be okay.)
 
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on August 01, 2006 04:04 PM:
 
I'm that way too, Myr. I love random courses.

They (the Cosmology and Scientific Revolutions courses) are history of science courses, when I discovered them in the course booklet, I knew I just had to take them.

And of course, the Ancient Egypt is just awesome.

The semester after this I'm taking Ancient Egypt II, Scientific Revolutions II and Science Fiction.
 
Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on August 01, 2006 04:04 PM:
 
quote:
Originally posted by Jhai:
pfresh - history or media/writing?

Right on the first guess (although I could see why you'd guess the second).
 
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on August 01, 2006 04:15 PM:
 
Yep, Informatics with a cognate in Economics (also, minors in Economics and Math). And I like analysis [Razz] [Wink] .
 
Posted by Jhai (Member # 5633) on August 01, 2006 04:19 PM:
 
You say that now.... wait until you're crying over Riemann integrals.
 
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on August 01, 2006 04:29 PM:
 
I was a math major for two years at another school, I've actually seen most of the stuff they'll cover in this analysis class, I just didn't have any credit for it and needed something to have enough credits at my current school for a math minor (very useful for my possible grad schools) [Smile] .
 
Posted by Kelly (Member # 9576) on August 01, 2006 04:47 PM:
 
Educational Intervention Services 324 - American Sign Language I

Ethnic Studies 303 - Race, Representation, and Culture

Political Science 110 - American Government

Social Work 110 - Introduction to Social Work

Spanish 201

15 hours in all [Smile]
 
Posted by Rappin' Ronnie Reagan (Member # 5626) on August 01, 2006 05:20 PM:
 
Anthropology 312 Appalachian Culture
Anthropology 361 Historical Archaeology
Anthropology 412 Folklore in Anthropology
English 254 Themes in Literature -- "J.R.R. Tolkein: Creating Middle Earth"
Geography 441 Urban Geography of the United States
 
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on August 01, 2006 05:36 PM:
 
Education but not sciences at all. Just getting them over at the community college before I transfer to a bigger state school. Likely I'm minoring (specializing) in English as a Second Language.


RRR's schedule looks fun too.
 
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on August 01, 2006 05:37 PM:
 
This is what it currently is, I'm looking to make some changes, though.
History 152- US History from 1877.
Political Science 222- Women, Politics, and Public Policy
Political Science 372- Indiana Government and Politics
Statistics 513- Statistical Quality Control
Spanish 202- Spanish

I'm thinking about switching the Indiana Government and Politics course to a Senior Seminar on Public Polling. Of course, the class is full, and I'm not a senior. Also of concern is that next semester will be my first semester as a club officer, my first semester working, and my first semester taking an upper-level statistics course, so I'm not sure I want to kill myself with a senior seminar.
 
Posted by cygnus (Member # 9613) on August 01, 2006 05:55 PM:
 
ENS 348 - Marching Band
MATH 425 - Intro to Probability
MECHENG 320 - Fluid Mechanics
MECHENG 350 - Design and Manufacturing II
MECHENG 382 - MEchanical Behavior of Materials

16 credits in all
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on August 01, 2006 06:17 PM:
 
quote:
Originally posted by MyrddinFyre:
I really, really will miss the electives you can take just because you are interested in the subject matter. I'm a really huge dork and like taking classes and learning...


 
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on August 01, 2006 06:28 PM:
 
[Wave] pH

RRrrRRRRR, I'm going to steal your schedule.

Haha, rivka... my dad is a professor. I guess it's in my blood [Big Grin] If I get my MLA, I would probably become one, too. In the meantime, those random lectures will be seeing a lot of me. A professor of mine also has a lecture series which I plan to keep up with. I'll just miss all the interaction with your classmates and professors!
 
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on August 01, 2006 06:32 PM:
 
Hey, can I play? I'll give it a new spin and post what I'll be teaching this semester :-)

- Portuguese Literature I (Medieval Literature)
- Portuguese Literature II (the works of Luis Vaz the Camões - Lyric and Epic: "Os Lusíadas")

- Creative Writting I
- Creative Writting II
- Children Literature III (Poetry for kids, basically)
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on August 01, 2006 06:41 PM:
 
quote:
Originally posted by MyrddinFyre:
A professor of mine also has a lecture series which I plan to keep up with. I'll just miss all the interaction with your classmates and professors!

I'll bet you there will be faces you recognize. (Besides the professor, of course.)

I did that sort of thing for several years after I graduated, and it was great. These days the classes/lectures I attend are not affiliated with anyone from my college days, but you still get the camaraderie with the other regulars.
 
Posted by Earendil18 (Member # 3180) on August 01, 2006 08:02 PM:
 
EMAF = (Electronic Media & Film)

EMAF 110 - Intro to Electronic Media Production

EMAF 214 - Filmic Arts & The Humanities

EMAF 221 - Narrative Writing For the Filmic Arts


I'm scared, anxious, and excited... [Angst] [Eek!] [The Wave]

All at the same time!
 
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on August 01, 2006 08:04 PM:
 
Nothing!

Nothing I tell you! [Party]
 
Posted by theamazeeaz (Member # 6970) on August 01, 2006 08:06 PM:
 
quote:
Originally posted by Jhai:
It's interesting to look at the schedules and guess majors
Belle, hansenj, Celaeno, and Edgehopper I already know yours...

theamazeeaz - physics, with a minor (or major) in math?

Math and Astrophysics double major.
 
Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on August 01, 2006 08:18 PM:
 
CS210 - Algorithms (your basic sophmore level algorithms course)
PY210 - Modern Physics (Gateway course to the physics major, relativity, intro to quantum and classical mechanics)
MUSOMETHINGOROTHER - Orchestra (miss playing my viola with an orchestra)
SSP100 - Colonization of Space Scribner Seminar (I'm the peer mentor for this freshman seminar class, which means I get to take it again... it was my favorite class from last year)
IDSOMETHINGOROTHER - Peer Mentor Seminar (Required for all peer mentors. Probably gonna be bull.)

I'm taking it easy this semester cause last semester nearly killed me. My schedual looked like this:

CS376 - Computer Graphics (senior topics course in OpenGL and graphics algorithms)
CS318 - Intro to Computer Org (assembly and circuits)
PY208 - General Phyisics II (intro to electricity)
EN105H - Honors English: Writing on Demand (essay writing course, fulfilled english requirement)
GE251 - Exploration of the Solar System (astrogeology class)

AAAAAAAANNNNNNNNDDDDDD Dead. So that's why this semester's schedual is nearly empty.
 
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on August 01, 2006 08:20 PM:
 
Ok, I'll just go ahead and steal Earendil18's schedule too. *decided to live vicariously through students*
 
Posted by Mathematician (Member # 9586) on August 01, 2006 08:25 PM:
 
You guys are lucky. I take a preliminary examination late August which determines 3 of my 4 classes. The 4th will be a mathematical physics course probably, though I may take an advanced diffderential geometry course (especially if Calabi teaches it. I'm excited about taking a course under the partial discoverer of the Calabi-Yau spaces of string theory).

(I'm a math ph.d student with a B.S., M.S. in math, and a B.S. in physics. Further, I did my master's project in something called symplectic geometry. Basically, I derived the laws of physics in the language of manifolds.)

Either way, my courses will probably be:

More Real Analysis,
More Algebra
More topology (algebraic?)
More Manifolds (hopefully?)
 
Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on August 01, 2006 08:31 PM:
 
I'm still working on finalizing mine. I need a language and I can't decide on which language to pick. I'm a history major. Any suggestions?
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on August 01, 2006 08:34 PM:
 
For a history major? French or German.

Mathematician, have you ever used a Reed-Simon textbook?
 
Posted by Angiomorphism (Member # 8184) on August 02, 2006 04:46 PM:
 
quote:
Originally posted by Jhai:
It's interesting to look at the schedules and guess majors

Angiomorphism - biochem or chem?

I'm actually in a program called "Arts and Science". It's a small liberal arts based program (only takes 60 students a year) at McMaster U (in Canada). I have a certain number of required courses that I need to finish at the end of my 4 years in order to obtain my B. Arts&Sci, but I also have alot of options in terms of electives, so I'm doing a double major in biochemistry. That's why I get to take fun courses like Technology and Society, Environmental Education, Informal Logic, Western Thought, etc., while also doing my required courses for biochem.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMaster_Arts_and_Science
 
Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on August 02, 2006 05:09 PM:
 
I think a foreign language for a history major really depends on what area he's interested in. French or German would come in handy for European history, but they would be near worthless for a good deal of Asian history.
 
Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on August 02, 2006 05:21 PM:
 
I am up to 18 hours this semester

Music Theory III

Music Theory Lab III

Private Strings-2 lessons a week and a group class

Orchestra

String Ensemble

Jazz Combo-for fun and to increase the gigs I can take

Arts Perspective-a three-part class with introductions to music, theatre/dance, and art

World Music Cultures-a required class for music majors, looks
interesting though

American Government-a required class at my school
 
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on August 02, 2006 05:23 PM:
 
I just discovered that History of Christianity is being offered for the first time in my tenure here. I might have to up myself to 18 credit hours and take it.

Anyone have any advice?
 
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on August 02, 2006 06:06 PM:
 
I always overload, and if it's too much to handle, I drop a class or two.

I started the last quarter with 29 hours and ended it with 24.

I like to sample classes before I commit. Could you do that?
 
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on August 02, 2006 06:11 PM:
 
blacwolve, could you drop Political Science 372- Indiana Government and Politics and take the christian history but pick up the indiana government later?
 
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on August 02, 2006 07:03 PM:
 
No, I have to take all of the classes currently on my schedule, I could switch Pol 372 for another upper level Pol class or Sts 513 for another upper level Stat class, but other than that I don't have any choice.
 
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on August 02, 2006 07:20 PM:
 
Aww. I'd say hope that you can take the history of christianity another semester.
 
Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on August 02, 2006 07:31 PM:
 
Don't push yourself to 18 credits. It's not worth it. Trust me, it's not worth it.
 
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on August 02, 2006 07:33 PM:
 
It's worth it for some people. I always work better under stress, so I do my best work when I'm overloaded. With an easy schedule I get bored and slack off.
 
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on August 02, 2006 11:26 PM:
 
18 credits can be very doable, but always be willing to drop one of your classes. Why not sign up for the 18 credits? If you can do it, you gain, if you have to drop, you're still okay.
 
Posted by AvidReader (Member # 6007) on August 03, 2006 07:27 AM:
 
In my never ending quest to get my GPA back up to a 3.0 so I can be a meterology major, I'm taking Intro to Astronomy. I'm hoping to get a new hobby out of it.

If only the community college I'm at would offer physics in the evenings, I could replace that D with an A and really bump it back up. If worst comes to worst, I can always apply to FSU as a math major, take the meterology classes, and change majors after my GPA goes up. After all, I want to work for another five years to get some bills paid off and some cash in the bank.
 
Posted by GForce (Member # 9584) on August 03, 2006 08:11 AM:
 
Environmental Chemistry

Molecular Cell Biology Lab

Ecology

Senior Chemistry Seminar

Calculus I
 
Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on August 03, 2006 08:53 AM:
 
Hey AvidReader, I'm going to FSU. I'll be heading up there sometime around the weekend of the 19th. We oughta hang out sometime.
 
Posted by theamazeeaz (Member # 6970) on August 03, 2006 07:32 PM:
 
Astro's fun. The cold weather can be rather obnoxious if your school does any sort of lab work.
 
Posted by Gwen (Member # 9551) on August 05, 2006 01:56 PM:
 
Calculus 3
Second-semester Spanish
Some biology course or other (I have to take two lab science courses to get my associate's, and the physics teacher apparently isn't nice, so I went with a class that seems like it covers exactly the same stuff my high school biology class did)
Comparative religions

And they all fit degree requirements, which is good, except the Spanish doesn't but I've always wanted to take a foreign language. The Latin teacher died last year and ASL wasn't available last semester, so I'm just going to be a boring Arizona student and take the language so many people speak anyway...
 
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on August 06, 2006 12:03 AM:
 
quote:
quote:Originally posted by hansenj:
After Fall and Winter semesters . . .

Wait. You're on a semester system, but you have Fall and Winter? Not Spring?

oops! I haven't been back to Hatrack in a few days, so I missed your question, rivka. BYU calls the two big semesters of the year fall and winter because instead of having just one summer semester, they break it up into two terms, spring and summer. Winter semester ends toward the end of April. We don't have a spring break like most colleges.
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on August 06, 2006 03:30 AM:
 
Ouch. Are the spring and summer semesters required? Does this mean that most students graduate in less than four years, or do they just increase the graduation requirements?

[edit: The BYU website indicates the answers are no, it can, and no. [Wink] ]
 
Posted by Pelegius (Member # 7868) on August 06, 2006 03:08 PM:
 
I am not a college student, but:

Algebra II
Biology I
U.S. History A.P.
English Comp. A.P.
Latin IV Vergil
British and Irish Literature
I am unhappy that I can't fit in Ancient Greek.
 
Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on August 06, 2006 03:17 PM:
 
I’m going for an MBA. Since my bachelor’s is in Computer Engineering I figure a grad school IT degree would not be much fun, plus this gives me a way to be more well rounded in my education. Plus I hope it’ll open some doors for me afterwards
 
Posted by Cabra (Member # 9581) on August 06, 2006 03:22 PM:
 
I decided I needed a nice little cool off quarter after taking some absurd classes Freshman year

FMS 001 - Intro to Film Studies
GER 001 - Elementary German
MUS 003A - Intro Music Theory
ENL 005P - Writing: Poetry
 
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on August 06, 2006 04:43 PM:
 
quote:
Originally posted by Jay:
I’m going for an MBA. Since my bachelor’s is in Computer Engineering I figure a grad school IT degree would not be much fun, plus this gives me a way to be more well rounded in my education. Plus I hope it’ll open some doors for me afterwards

Yay! We can be MBA bff. [Razz]

-pH
 
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on August 06, 2006 08:04 PM:
 
rivka, way to answer your own questions because I'm slow to answer. [Big Grin] Most students don't stay for spring and summer. We go from about 30,000 students to just 12,000.
 
Posted by Irami Osei-Frimpong (Member # 2229) on August 06, 2006 08:11 PM:
 
quote:
I’m going for an MBA. Since my bachelor’s is in Computer Engineering I figure a grad school IT degree would not be much fun, plus this gives me a way to be more well rounded in my education.
We may not be slowly supplanting a business education for the liberal arts, officially or unofficially, but if we were, I'm not sure how it would look.
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on August 06, 2006 08:17 PM:
 
quote:
rivka, way to answer your own questions because I'm slow to answer. [Big Grin]
Newlyweds get special dispensation. [Wink]
quote:
Most students don't stay for spring and summer. We go from about 30,000 students to just 12,000.
That many? Wow, between 1/3 and 1/2! Especially considering that the odd schedule means you must not get many summer visitors from other colleges.
 
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on August 06, 2006 08:21 PM:
 
We don't get many visitors from other colleges, but BYU campus is home to thousands of visitors for LDS youth camps (EFY), sports camps, Women's Conference, and Education Week (for adults) in the summer. Stays pretty crowded that way.
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on August 06, 2006 08:22 PM:
 
Gotcha. Makes sense.
 
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on August 06, 2006 10:41 PM:
 
I'm taking:

CHM 233: Organic chemistry (first semester...no lab, thank goodness!)
BME 413: Biomedical Instrumentation
BME 423: Biomedical Instrumentation Lab
BME 417: Capstone Design I
BME 492: Honors Directed Study (Honors Thesis)

Total of 14 credits. Hopefully it won't be too bad. Most of my classes are on Tuesday/Thursday, so I have Wednesday and Friday off!
 
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on August 06, 2006 11:34 PM:
 
I'm going to be having class Monday-Thursday, from 6pm to 9pm, I think. I don't have advising for a couple of weeks, though. But they said I'm not allowed to take more than 12 hours. [Mad]

-pH
 
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on August 07, 2006 07:51 AM:
 
pH: in most grad programs they advise one take 9 [Razz] .
 
Posted by Edgehopper (Member # 1716) on August 07, 2006 10:49 AM:
 
Is anyone else here in law school? Anyone? Bueller?
 
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on August 07, 2006 11:53 AM:
 
quote:
Originally posted by fugu13:
pH: in most grad programs they advise one take 9 [Razz] .

You see, this is why I'm going to do two programs at the same time. I mean, what else am I going to do with my time?

-pH
 
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on August 07, 2006 12:42 PM:
 
Got my room assignments for three of my four classes and so far - three different buildings.

Oh well, I need the exercise? Oh, and found out my research class, the professor can assign whatever topics he likes and it varies from semester to semester. The section of this course that I'm NOT taking is doing Shakespeare, particularly Twelfth Night and The Tempest. Grrr. [Mad] I would LOVE to do that.

I don't know what my section is going to do but it doesn't bode well - the professor's area of interest is American Lit - particularly Melville and Hawthorne. :shudder:

Edit: one would think an English major could spell "twelfth."
 
Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on August 07, 2006 03:46 PM:
 
Shigosei, I think you're majoring in what I'll be majoring in.

Registration window hasn't opened for me yet.

BUT! I know where I'll be roomed!

--j_k
 
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on August 07, 2006 06:03 PM:
 
Belle- Could you transfer to a different section with a different Professor? Here at Purdue you can transfer into different sections of the same class as long as there is a space open, you just have to get up really early on the first day of class and go in to change it.
 
Posted by AvidReader (Member # 6007) on August 07, 2006 07:38 PM:
 
Dr Strangelove, I hope you like Tally. We can't drive for crap and everyone is always rushing like they're more important than anyone else on the road, but it's a fun little town.

I've got Tricon that weekend (Ulek, the Gran March, and the Yeomanry offering mods together in the RPGA) so I'll be a burnt out little geek. My email's in my profile. Drop me a line when you get settled in.
 
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on August 07, 2006 08:15 PM:
 
JK, you're going to be doing bioengineering or something like it? Which school?
 
Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on August 07, 2006 09:54 PM:
 
Biomedical engineering, at Rensselaer Polytechnic.

--j_k
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on August 08, 2006 12:49 AM:
 
So which of you am I supposed to call Dr. Klein?
 
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on August 08, 2006 12:03 PM:
 
I could transfer but the other section is on Tues-Thurs, and my other classes are MWF. I don't want to drive to the campus for two days a week for just one class, plus I will be having so many doctor's appts. coming up with my oncologist I like having one or two days open per week to take care of that. So I'm stuck. It's okay, there are worse things.
 
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on August 08, 2006 12:11 PM:
 
What I think I'll be taking:

Independent and Corporate Entrepreneurship (although I might be waived out of that)
Managerial Communication
New Product Development and Marketing
Advanced Financial Management

I don't want to take another finance class! [Mad]

I figured this out, by the way, through the very scientific process of going through the course catalogue and seeing what MBA classes are offered in the fall.

-pH
 
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on August 08, 2006 12:57 PM:
 
. . . I don't know about MBA finance, but I like finance economics . . .
 
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on August 08, 2006 10:48 PM:
 
If I pass my quals this September and everything else goes as planned, here are my courses:

Fall
Old English I
Latin Palaeography I
Philosophy of the Mind in the Middle Ages

Spring
Codicology
Latin Palaeography II
Vernacular Text Editing

If I do not pass my quals, you can add Intro to Mediaeval Latin, scratch my two Palaeography courses, and add two other as-yet undetermined replacements.

I'm really rather bitter that there are no mediaeval philosophy and theology courses offered, save the one. I was really keen to do such courses as Aquinas; Medieval Philosophy; Topics in Medieval Philosophy; Late Medival Philosophy (especially that one); Thomistic Epistemology; Themes in Medival Philosophy. None of them are offered, and this is infuriating, since it's my field of study.
 
Posted by Tinros (Member # 8328) on August 09, 2006 12:04 AM:
 
Here's my first ever college schedule(gulp).

Arts College Survey- 1 cred. hour

French 104.03- 5 Cred. Hours

Math 152(like the second half of calculus, but it might be changed to Math 161, since 161 is advanced/accelerated mathematics. I actually tested out of all of my math requirements for my major, and my French requirements, but since I MIGHT get a double degree in either French or Math(to teach) they ut me in both. I'm definately minoring in French though.)- 5 cred. hours

Music 204.03- University Symphonic Band(the best band for woodwind principles, and I'm on flute.)- 1 cred. hour

Music 221- the second level of Music theory- I tested out of the first. 3 cred. hours

Music 261.01- the first level of group piano. I'll probably be testing out of the first three levels, as I've taken piano for nine years, longer than my principle instrument. The tests for this are held September 19, the day before classes start. You can't take individual piano lessons until you finish the first six levels of group piano, and you can only test out of the first three. Kinda frustrating, as the first three levels' requirements are really, really easy, but I'll survive. 1 cred. hour

Music 294A- Aural training and sightsinging. 2 cred. hours

And as soon as I actually get to the college, I talk to the flute instructor in person to schedule lessons, which will add another 2 credit hours to my schedule, bringing the total to 20. Yes, 20. THe other music majors will hear me on that one. ^.^ At some point, I'm also going to have to take Music Technology(boooooring, I already know that stuff...), but not now. They had to make room for French and Math. I also have to take English, but I'm gonna wait til summer for that, when I'm taking transfer credits at Wright State. I have to come home for summer, since OSU doesn't offer summer music lessons, so I'm coming back and taking from my old teacher while taking classes at nearby Wright State. Yay. I'll probably take Psych H100 then too, since that's a requirement for education majors.

On a really, really funny side note: In the Ohio State book of studies, course "Music 666" is Marching Band techniques. My dad took one look and said, "It's the course from hell!" ANd any other marching band geeks like me will understand that yes, that really would be a course from hell.

Wow, that was my longest post in a while. Enjoy.
 
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on August 09, 2006 01:37 AM:
 
Good luck in college, Tinros! When do you start? Will you be living at home, on campus, or getting your own place?
 
Posted by HollowEarth (Member # 2586) on August 09, 2006 01:49 AM:
 
I realize that here at hatrack, we're all gifted super geniuses with bulging foreheads and such, but I am suprized that Ohio state will let a first semester freshman take 20 credits. Music major or not.
 
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on August 09, 2006 02:10 AM:
 
Supergenius doesn't really mean you can handle a large courseload, and vice versa. Some people are better at managing their time. Also, not all credits are created equal--some of the "three credit" classes at ASU will take up several hours per week; others, if you show up to lecture most of the time, you'll be fine. And sometimes, you don't even have to go to lecture...
 
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on August 09, 2006 07:40 AM:
 
I have to really advise you not to take 20 credit hours your first semester. Maybe you can handle it, but if you can't too many people drop out of college or ruin their GPAs because they take too many classes their first semester.
 
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on August 09, 2006 09:12 AM:
 
Tinros: if you do take 20 credits, be very ready to drop one of your classes if the workload seems very hard. There's no stigma associated with it like in high school, just find out what the deadline is for dropping without your grade being converted to failing, and as that approaches take a serious look over your syllabi if you're feeling stressed and ask "can I do this, including to the end of the semester where the work in my courses will increase significantly?"
 
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on August 09, 2006 01:40 PM:
 
I'm going to jump on the "Don't take 20 credits your first semester" bandwagon too. Even with the ability to drop classes, you really don't want to get in over your head. I'm shocked they even let you sign up for so many, at my university 18 is the limit, any higher requires the signature of the dean of your school.
 
Posted by Irami Osei-Frimpong (Member # 2229) on August 09, 2006 02:08 PM:
 
I think that you all are importing too much uniformity on to the term "units." Four units in one class is different from four units in another class which is different from four units at another school.

Aside:

It's this same mentality that worships standardized tests without questioning what we are testing.
 
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on August 09, 2006 03:39 PM:
 
First of all, credits are roughly standardized; while they are only a heuristic, they are a heuristic.

Second, she posted her list of courses. Significant numbers of practice-requiring music courses, a beyond-beginner music theory course, and a language course are all very intensive courses, generally speaking. Obviously her experience could be different, but odds are it won't be.

There is significant incentive for her to err on the side of caution. Many people have bad experiences with college because they overloaded themselves. Taking what is considered a normal courseload, particularly when one has not had the chance to ascertain one's own capabilities at the particular college, is rarely going to be a choice with negative effects.
 
Posted by Tinros (Member # 8328) on August 11, 2006 04:52 PM:
 
Here's the deal with my course load: I don't have a choice. Those classes(the music ones, anyway) are required for all first semester music majors. It's not really that much TIME per week. only about five hours of classes a day, plus practice and study. so, the music calsses I can't drop without adding a significant chunk of time onto my college time- and I'd really like to graduate in four years. I could drop math or french, but I actually ENJOY both of those, and I'm considering moving to Quebec someday anyway, simply because I'm sick of our country's policies.

I'm a smart person, generally speaking. I'm in the honors program and all. I think I'll be able to handle it. And if I can't... well, I'll be taking those later. But for now... I'll deal.

I move in September 17. I'm looking forward to it.
 
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on August 11, 2006 04:56 PM:
 
quote:
Here's the deal with my course load: I don't have a choice.
quote:
I could drop math or french, but I actually ENJOY both of those,
You do have a choice. [Smile]

It is possible to do anything, and it is possible to do everything, but it is not possible to do everything at once. [Smile]
 
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on August 11, 2006 05:17 PM:
 
The French is the one that probably is going to give you the most course work, and if dropped would leave you at 15 credits.
 
Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on August 11, 2006 05:25 PM:
 
CGS2064 -- Computer Literacy II
HIS3464 -- History of Science
WOH1023 -- Modern World to 1815
HIS4930 -- War/Society During The French Revolution
REL3170 -- Religious Ethics.

I move up to Tallahasse in a week [Smile] . I'm pretty excited. FSU, here I come!
 
Posted by Eisenoxyde (Member # 7289) on August 11, 2006 07:03 PM:
 
I finally got all my classes worked out for the upcomming semester:

EGGN 350 MEL II (Multidisciplinary Engineering Lab)
MACS 348 Advanced Engineering Math
EGGN 351 Fluids I
EGGN 407 Feedback Control Systems
EGGN 411 Computer Aided Engineering
EGGN 491 Senior Design I

total: 17.5 credit hours
 
Posted by HollowEarth (Member # 2586) on October 04, 2006 01:33 PM:
 
So how's it going?
 
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on October 04, 2006 03:03 PM:
 
I love my ed class, the child development not so much. Psych and Micro Bio are good, the bio lab is fun.
 
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on October 04, 2006 03:20 PM:
 
I'm bummed because I found out one of the classes I'm taking won't count toward my major. Annoying, because it's wasted credit - I don't even need it as an elective. I'd drop it, but I still have to pay for it and no sense in not trying to get my money's worth out of it. Besides, I have an A in it so far and it will at least help bring up my GPA.
 
Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on October 04, 2006 04:29 PM:
 
My "War and Society During the French Revolution" class is freaking awesome! The dude is the best professor I've ever had. History of Science, on the other hand, is insufferably boring. And World Civilization to 1815 is stuff I've known since middle school. But overall, its going great [Big Grin] .
 
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on October 04, 2006 04:41 PM:
 
I have 10 classes this semester... that's a ridiculous amount for ANYONE.

*sigh* Such is the life of a music major...
 
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on October 04, 2006 04:52 PM:
 
This semester I'm taking:

Intro to Islamic Civ
Holy War, Crusade, and Jihad
Gender, Sexuality, and the Body in Late Antiquity
Religion and American Democracy
Asian American Urban Experience

And I'm not doing so well right now... I put too many courses with lots of reading together and have slacked on the two "easier" courses, which now makes them hard to catch up on/do well on tests. *headdesk*
 
Posted by JaneX (Member # 2026) on October 04, 2006 09:41 PM:
 
*materializes*

My courses:

Modern American Poetry
17th-Century Poetry
Acting II: Shakespeare and Calderon
Intro to Computer Science

I'm also a TA for Logic 100. And I'm also in a choral ensemble for which I should get credit, but my school is dumb about things like that.

~Jane~

*vanishes*
 
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on October 04, 2006 09:44 PM:
 
MGT_-B605-051 Managerial Communication
MGT_-B725-051 Leadership Dynamics
MKT_-B735-051 New Product Development/Marketing
BA__-B893-051 Doing Business in Latin America (which means I go abroad during winter break!)

-pH
 
Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on October 04, 2006 10:20 PM:
 
Oy, I'd forgotten about this thread:

Calc II
Introduction to Engineering Analysis (Most schools call it Statics, I'm told)
Physics I
Minds and Machines (Essentially a philosophy class geared toward math/science nerdy types)
Engineering Graphics and CAD

--j_k
 
Posted by Mathematician (Member # 9586) on October 04, 2006 10:56 PM:
 
It took me forever to get a finalized schedule:

I passed the entrance exam (and placed out of analysis), so:


Algebra
Geometry
Algebraic Geometry
Quantum Field Theory

This kind of sets my next semester:
(more) Algebra
Algebraic Topology
Algebraic Geometry #2
String Theory

(I'm really excited!)
 
Posted by Shanna (Member # 7900) on October 05, 2006 12:52 AM:
 
I forgot about this thread. I was another late finalizer.

Senior Colloquium - Documentary Film
Basic Problems of Philosophy - Chuck Palahniuk
Science Seminar III - Math and the Mona Lisa
Directed Study - Shakespeare's Tragedies
Thesis

12 hours. The minimum for a full-time student but all upper-level classes so I'm pretty busy.

The Chuck Palahniuk class started out fun. Who doesn't love "Fight Club?" But all books are pretty much the same so far with just different character names.

Shakespeare is nice because we're reading the plays outloud. And its a small class with only five people enrolled (one auditing) so we dicuss alot during those four hours.

Sci Sem is same ole, same ole. The book we're reading has some pretty obvious flaws so we spend more time trying to make sense of the author's point than really digging into the bigger themes.

And Thesis is just alot of outside work, though right now I'm meeting with my advisor once a week so things are going well. He's a philosophy professor who shares a focus in religion so he's so much help when it comes to having someone to bounce ideas off of.
 
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on October 05, 2006 12:57 AM:
 
They don't let me take more than 12 hours. But Leadership is mostly online, writing papers and whatnot. I'm really liking my schedule, and I'm really liking my assistantship, too. It feels really good to be doing work and knowing that it's actually going toward something, that it's actually going to help somebody get a shot at their dream. I hope they hire me as a full-time counselor when I finish. The pay would be REALLY nice for a 22-year-old kid, and the work is just so interesting.

-pH
 
Posted by Shanna (Member # 7900) on October 05, 2006 01:05 AM:
 
No more than 12? Are you in grad school? I forget.
 
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on October 05, 2006 01:11 AM:
 
Alright, I know you've all been waiting. If you think Tinros is crazy. geet reaady.


Music 101 Advanced theory (Seniors)
Music 122 String Quartets of Haydn and Mozart (musicology/theory)
music 102 Beginning Conducting

Psychology 1 I am the only senior, so it seems, in a class of 500

performance stuff:

Guitar Ensemble
Advanced Study- Guitar
Rennaissance Consort (I'm directing [Big Grin] ) I started this group
University Chorus
Early Music Ensemble (Voice)

I really wanted to audition for chamber singers too... maybe next quarter.

If I did register for all these units, it would be ohh 24 units. But I don't register for half the performance stuff- no need
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on October 05, 2006 01:31 AM:
 
quote:
Originally posted by Mathematician:
Algebra
Geometry
Algebraic Geometry

. . .
(more) Algebra
Algebraic Topology
Algebraic Geometry #2

I'm sensing a theme . . .
 
Posted by Mr.Funny (Member # 4467) on October 05, 2006 01:56 AM:
 
I'm enrolled in a grand total of one class:

Math 254 - Vector Calculus I

Yay for taking college classes in high school!
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on October 05, 2006 01:58 AM:
 
You would so love Caltech. [Big Grin]
 
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on October 05, 2006 02:00 AM:
 
quote:
Originally posted by Shanna:
No more than 12? Are you in grad school? I forget.

Yeah, I'm in an MBA program. I took at least 18 hours a semester pretty much all through undergrad (except for summer classes, where they only let you take 12 at a time as well). It's kind of a weird change to me. And all my classes are at night. I mean, I took a lot of night classes in undergrad because there were a lot that were only offered at night, but to have NO day classes whatsoever...is weird.

-pH
 
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on October 05, 2006 02:05 AM:
 
Orincoro --

I didn't know you were a music major! You think THAT'S crazy? Check this out:

* Music 277 Chamber Singers
* French 202A Intermediate French II
* Music 191 Italian Diction
* Music 223A Musicianship III
* Music 283 Performing Opera
* Music PNOD Piano Lessons
* Music 1 Recital Attendance
* Anthropology 290C Sex and Desire in India
* Music 213A Theory III
* Music VOCC Voice Lessons

Yeah.
 
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on October 07, 2006 04:10 AM:
 
Sounds like my junior schedule Raia. You are a third semester music major? Where are you right now in the repertoire/compositional style studies? I am going to assume you are covering Bach suites lately, and maybe some rococo stuff? Haydn?

In that quarter of my junior year i took

music theory
musicianship
keyboarding C (bach chorales all day everyday)
Music Histroy- 20th century
English 123- upper div- British lit.
Advanced Guitar study
Guitar Ensemble
University Chorus

We don't get units for attending concerts, but if you don't go, everyone knows who you are. I go.
 


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