Course schedule is up!

[jedusor]

Can't take cell biology because it's at the same time as physics. Grr. But I think I came up with a schedule I'm happy with anyway:

Intro to Physics I
Intro to Chemistry I
Brain and Behavior
Human Anatomy
Senior Honors in Psychology

I've completed almost all of my degree requirements, so this is mostly preparation for grad school. I'm going to have to take an art class next spring to satisfy the last Learning Perspective requirement. My biology minor isn't done yet, but Brain and Behavior and Human Anatomy both contribute toward that as well as being good for grad school prep. And the honors will be conducting my thesis experiment and writing it up.

Brain and Behavior used to be called Neuroscience II, while my current Biology of the Brain class was Neuroscience I. Dr. Kennedy had to change the titles because--and I am not kidding here--people didn't know what "neuroscience" was.

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[devjoe.livejournal.com]

Heh, almost completed, and you just started. I know, you did a bunch of courses in community college, but still. Doctor at 23?

Though your situation is different, I'm reminded of a student I went to school with at Rice who came in with over 50 hours of AP credit. He stayed for 3 years and finished with a triple major in wildly different subjects.

As for the overlapping classes, I remember that at Rice too. For a degree at Rice, you had to take 12 hours "distribution" in each area (liberal arts, social science, and hard science/engineering) besides where you were majoring, and furthermore, certain specific courses (called "foundation" courses; since discontinued) were required within the 12 hours. The foundation course in the social sciences was scheduled in the most idiotic way; it was only offered as a single large section Tues/Thurs at 9:30 in the spring - one of the most popular times for classes in many of the science and engineering departments who naturally had to take this class. I ended up taking it as a senior (along with many of my chemical engineering classmates) because of conflicting required courses and pre-requisite courses only offered in this time slot.

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

I'm in no hurry. When I decided to go to Clark, I thought I was entering as a sophomore. Actually, I wanted to enter as a freshman, but I didn't get into any of the colleges that would have let me do that. But this way I only need two years' worth of student loans, so I'm not complaining.

I can understand having just one cell bio class, but offering only one possible time for introductory physics? Penn Valley had its faults as a college, but it always offered several options for introductory courses. :/

[rubrick.livejournal.com]

Out of curiosity, is Learning Perspective a label for some kind of well-roundedness requirement, or are psych students required to learn (visual) perspective for some reason? Or some other explantation that hasn't dawned on me?

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

Well-roundedness. "Learning Perspectives" is what Clark calls the eight basic areas in which every student has to take at least one class. I satisfied most of them accidentally with my bazillion Penn Valley transfer units, but I apparently never got around to taking an art class. I wanted to take graphic design, but it looks like that won't be an option, so I'm thinking the Leonardo da Vinci seminar.

And I think I'm going to have to do that and cell bio this fall, instead of physics and anatomy. Course scheduling is kind of a bitch.