| so, its friday, and i just finished my last class of the week =)
yes, hard as it is to believe, i've survived my first week of classes =O
i guess i should say something about it COGS100 [Introduction to Cognitive Science]
as expected, cogs is one of my more interesting classes.. it basically deals with putting together psych, compsci, philosophy, linguistics, neurosci and artificial intelligence.. we have two profs, no TAs that i know of yet, probably because its such a small department.. but yeah, its good in that there shouldn't be any big essays and writing that i have to do.. which is actually something i really dread for some reason -___-" ENGL110 [Introduction to the Study of Literature in English]
interesting as this course has potential to be, it sucks. period. my 'prof' is actually an 'instructor' who's doing her PhD and was a TA for the past three years.. not that there's anything wrong with that, she's just a really nervous, and it shows.. she starts the class early and just reads off her lecture notes -___- ... basically, not a class i look forward to attending FILM110 [Film, Culture and Communication]
i'm still really disappointed that there are no photography courses offered, but film is the next best thing =P.. my prof is a typical 'artist', but in a cool way =P.. he wears purple ties, has bits of graying hair and just looks really eccentric =) we watched our first movie, PSYCHO, which was... good =P .. i guess it'll take me a while to get used to the whole course in general because i'm so accustomed to looking at art with a photographic eye, but it should be fun =) ..OH and i forgot to mention, my TA is really cute =) LING100 [Introduction to Linguistics]
linguistics was the course i chose over drama.. not regretting it yet, so lets hope it stays that way.. i love my prof - Hitay, lets us call her by her first name =P .. again, very grateful that there are no essays to be done, and it looks like an interesting course.. however, the scheduling of this class kinda sucks.. its always set at a time when i've either just come from lunch, or three other lectures.. and so i always find myself dozing off -___-" .. i should get the coffee ready.. =P PSYC100 [Principles of Psychology]
and finally, my crazy choice of a major - well technically its not a major yet, and to be perfectly honest, it probably won't be my major after first year -__-.. there are 2 lectures of 450 people, and another 'superpsyc' course at night with about 900 people.. and of all these people, only the top 200 make it to second year -_________-".. my class alone has 3 coordinators, 6 profs, and 12 TAs, so yeah, a little intimidating =| .. but nonetheless i'm looking forward to it, and all fingers crossed ***** SO, there you have it.. my schedule right now is pretty awesome, i'm averaging about 13 hours of lectures a week.. and minus tutorials, tuesday, thursday and friday i only have one class =D.. the workload is okay for now, ie: i'm not slacking yet.. but i have a feeling that once the reading piles up and gets increasingly boring i'll stop being such a keener =P
but yeah, thats basically it..
hello university =) |
