spring semester
16 January 2007 18:15![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
argurotoxosTo say that I'm not looking forward to going back to college is an understatement, but since classes start on Thursday, it's not really something I can procrastinate anymore.
I filled out the online application to change my Japanese major to a double Philosophy-East Asian Studies major yesterday. One of the effects of this is that I will not be taking Japanese this semester.
There are several reasons behind this. Philosophy I've been considering changing to my major for a while now, mainly because I've enjoyed all the philosophy classes I've taken over the past two years and have become more involved in the department over this past semester, so I don't think there's much explaining to do there.
Japanese is primarily because it's been become harder and harder to motivate myself in that class. I don't think it's where I want to go life-wise or career-wise and, after two and a half years with the same professor, I'm tired.
That doesn't mean I'm necessarily giving Japanese up entirely (it will certainly stay in my life, if only because of anime), but I am taking a break. Perhaps I will take Japanese 302 next year with another professor and change my major back; perhaps I will choose to spend my last year focused solely on Philosophy. In any case, it's something I shall have to decide at a later point, and when I have a better understanding of myself.
Thus, this semester will be dedicated to completing my general education requirements, Philosophy, and Alexander. I have some course changes to make on Thursday morning, but I expect my schedule for the semester to look something like this:
[Monday/Wednesday/Friday]
[Tuesday/Thursday]
((* I'm not sure which of these two I'm taking yet.))
[Tuesday only]
[Wednesday only]
I also need to speak to the study abroad office and apply for a passport. The current program I'm eyeing is in Kingston on Hull, England; they have a Philosophy program and are near the sea.
I filled out the online application to change my Japanese major to a double Philosophy-East Asian Studies major yesterday. One of the effects of this is that I will not be taking Japanese this semester.
There are several reasons behind this. Philosophy I've been considering changing to my major for a while now, mainly because I've enjoyed all the philosophy classes I've taken over the past two years and have become more involved in the department over this past semester, so I don't think there's much explaining to do there.
Japanese is primarily because it's been become harder and harder to motivate myself in that class. I don't think it's where I want to go life-wise or career-wise and, after two and a half years with the same professor, I'm tired.
That doesn't mean I'm necessarily giving Japanese up entirely (it will certainly stay in my life, if only because of anime), but I am taking a break. Perhaps I will take Japanese 302 next year with another professor and change my major back; perhaps I will choose to spend my last year focused solely on Philosophy. In any case, it's something I shall have to decide at a later point, and when I have a better understanding of myself.
Thus, this semester will be dedicated to completing my general education requirements, Philosophy, and Alexander. I have some course changes to make on Thursday morning, but I expect my schedule for the semester to look something like this:
[Monday/Wednesday/Friday]
- ACLC 322 Alexander and the Hellenistic Age
(9:20 AM - 10:15) - AHIS 291 Messiah and Messianism
(12:35 - 1:30)
[Tuesday/Thursday]
- APHI 312 17th and 18th Century Philosophy
(10:15 AM - 11:35) - APHI 320 Social and Political Philosophy*
(11:45 - 1:05) - APHI 418 Philosophy of Science*
(1:15 - 2:35)
((* I'm not sure which of these two I'm taking yet.))
[Tuesday only]
- Hollywood and the Jews
(5:45 PM - 8:45)
[Wednesday only]
- APHI 495 Independent Study [Spinoza, Hegel, etc.]
(6:00 PM - 9:00)
I also need to speak to the study abroad office and apply for a passport. The current program I'm eyeing is in Kingston on Hull, England; they have a Philosophy program and are near the sea.
