This weekend was my scheduled time to register for Summer and Fall classes for “da college”.
Because I forgot most of my maths in the twenty-plus years between high school and college, I have to take yet another quarter of the Algebras over the Summer before I can start in on the Calculus this Fall.
I’ll be done with my English requirement in a few weeks, which means that I can begin to take some of my other, more interesting, “Specific Requirements” towards my Associate in Science degree. Case in point:
PHILOSOPHY 106 – Introduction to Logic
Introduces students to the quantitative techniques used in symbolic logic, including both propositional and predicate logic. Topics may include recognizing arguments, translating from a natural to a formal language, validity of arguments, logical implication, equivalency, and consistency. Satisfies a natural science requirement or, under certain conditions, the quantitative component of the basic skills requirement for AA degree. Formerly PHIL 120.
Sounds like a fun Summer Quarter to me!
Since folks seemed to enjoy it when I posted my Geography essays up, this will definitely be another class that I’ll post my essays from after the end of the quarter. Which is good, because y’all aren’t ever going to see the crap I’m having to write for my English 101 course. They bore me to death to write and I don’t want the leftosphere crying for me to be brought up on human rights violations for posting them. My apologies.
As for Fall Quarter, I had a number of choices for my non-Mathematics class. They included:
Anthropology 100 – Survey of Anthropology
Provides a basic understanding of the four subfields of anthropology: Physical anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, and socio-cultural anthropology. Units of study include evolution, culture, human biological and cultural origins, primate behavior, pre-history, language acquisition, and cultural development.
I would really like to take that one (and maybe more) sometime in the future, however, it is a “Social Science” credit and my current degree plan doesn’t require another one of those.
Then there were
English 165 – Introduction to the Myths of the World
English 183 – Literary Approaches to Mystery/Detective Fiction
English 185 – Literary Approaches to the Bible
English 187 – Paradise and Hell as Literary Concepts
Any one of those sounds like fun to me. But again, they’re in the wrong column.
My main problem here is that I plan on transferring to a Washington four year college (probably the University of Washington) and by Dept. of Public Instruction regulations they all require proficiency in a foreign language. Now, I took two years of German in high school, but that was, again, two decades ago and I currently have the same skills as JFK did in June of 1963. So I have to use my two remaining Humanities/English/Social Science credits for foreign language.
And then I have another problem: The college doesn’t offer any languages I am interested in. I want either Latin, Greek, Italian or Russian. They offer Spanish, French, German, Japanese and Chinese. So, I’m going to wait to talk to my “Official Adviser” when he comes back from getting his Ph.D at the beginning of Fall Quarter and we’ll mull over some options.
The other class I had in mind was
Political Science 200 – Introduction to Law
Introduces legal system through an examination of several substantive areas that interest both business and non-business students. Covers constitutional law, contracts, torts, product liability, and criminal law. Uses business environment perspective, but also considers general social context within which these laws have emerged. Discusses structure of American legal system and investigates sources of law for that system.
Now that is a class I could dig into over a quarter, though I may not come back out the other side with anything other than the want of a law degree (which, as I explained to Mrs. David at Boomershoot, would be a “Bad Thing”).
The online version of this course is also supposed to be taught by a “Michelle Malkin”. Hence my question last week. As of today, I am sure that it is not the Mrs. Malkin we all know, but how cool would it be if it were?
So, in order to fill up another of my “Specific Requirements” (aka: Science Req’s), I chose
Environmental Science 204 – Natural Science and the Environment
Investigates the interaction of physical and biological systems in the environment. Examines the scientific principles which are involved in modern environmental problems and issues. Scientific topics could include energy, climate, soils, water, animal studies, local plants, and the dynamics of plants and animal populations and the communities they form. For students wishing to obtain a broad picture of human activities and their relationship to basic processes of ecosystems.
Yes! Another eco-weenie class where they stuff Glowball Warmening down my throat and I vomit up frustrating essays for them to read! I had an Epic Win last quarter, and in Fall Quarter I’ll be going for a gold medal made out of drowned polar bears!
Wish me luck!
For years I’ve made do in the kitchen with my Hibben throwing knives (right). With their thick blade they’re more than a bit unsuited for fine slicing. Yet I persisted. Why? No, it’s not because aikido dude used ’em in the battleship galley in that movie. I got my knives years before that showed up in theaters.
