And so the new semester has started! Well, not really. I have a two week Jan term class, then about a week’s break, THEN the new semester will start. But I thought I’d make some predictions for the coming months, which I’ll revisit in May when I’m finished. By the end of this semester, unless I fail something, I’ll have finished ALL of my core requirements, so I can use the next two years to focus on my major and my other random interests.
Class #1: 8:00-9:05am Modern Topics in Mathematics (M-W-F)
Ah, yes. A three-day-a-week math class at 8am. This should be fun. I haven’t taken a math class since I was a junior in high school. That’s almost three years ago. And I haven’t been particularly good at math since I was about 12. Expectation: this is going to be painful.
Class #2: 11:45am-12:50pm Studies in Poetry (M-W-F)
Thankfully I have a couple hours break, but this class doesn’t look to be that much more fun than the dreaded 8am math. Ellen had this professor last semester and hated him, and I’m pretty sure he was the pretentious writing professor I met the first time I visited campus. Plus, if this class is anything like the studies in fiction class I took last year (with a professor that I LOVED), this is going to be painful. I haven’t had to write an essay in a while, and I haven’t been looking forward to it. Last semester spoiled me with superhero short stories and zombie plays.
Class #3: 2:15-3:20pm Finance for Daily Decisions (M-W-F) (1/2 semester)
I took this class for a couple of reasons. First, it’s only two credits (meaning it only lasts until March), and it rounds out my 18 credits for this semester. Second, it looks to be useful, since I’m terrible with finance. This class doesn’t look fun, or even interesting, but it’s something that I ought to take, seeing as I’m gonna be out on my own in two years. Excuse me while I go hyperventilate.
Class #4: 9:40-11:15am Creative Nonfiction (T-TH)
This is my only creative writing class this semester, which makes me sad. The professor, I believe, is my adviser, and I really like her and her writing style, so no concerns there. However, I’ve heard stories from other people who have taken this class about having to go observe groups of people and write about other people’s experiences, and that makes me edgy. I don’t like talking to strangers, especially when it’s for an assignment, and this sounds an awful lot like journalism, which is a writing style that I’m uncomfortable with. But I just have to suck it up, unfortunately. I don’t want to go into this class with a negative attitude, but it’s making it hard.
Class #5: 1:00-3:20pm The Artist Book (T-TH)
For my final class, I’m rounding out the unfun schedule with some art. This class finishes off a “focal study” (some BS core requirement thing that I don’t understand), but it also looks really interesting. To be honest, I don’t really know anything about this class, but it’s art, and I’m generally pretty decent at that.
So there you have it! My spring 2012 semester classes and expectations. What are your classes/expectations? I’d love to hear about them!
