Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
9:00 AM		tha-11a Spingold room 60			tha-11a Spingold room 60
9:30 AM
10:00 AM	amst-114b Brown room 316		amst-114b Brown room 316	amst-114b Brown room 316
10:30 AM
11:00 AM	cosi-21a Abelson-Bass-Yalem room 131		cosi-21a Abelson-Bass-Yalem room 131	cosi-21a Abelson-Bass-Yalem room 131
11:30 AM
12:00 PM	cosi-22a Abelson-Bass-Yalem room 131		cosi-22a Abelson-Bass-Yalem room 131	cosi-22a Abelson-Bass-Yalem room 131
12:30 PM		ger-10a-2 Shiffman room 123
1:00 PM	ger-10a-2 Shiffman room 123		ger-10a-2 Shiffman room 123	ger-10a-2 Shiffman room 123
1:30 PM

AMST 114b – American Individualism

This course looks really great. Prof. Whitfield in a seminar environment looks to be a lot more exciting then Prof. Whitfield in a big lecture class about general American history, which was somewhat boring (and involved lots of dates and such, which I hate).

COSI 21a – Data Structures and Fundamentals of Computing

21 and the accompanying lab 22 is a rite of passage for CS students, of which I am not one, but I do really want to know more about the fundamentals and basics of real programming, so I’m giving it a shot. I hear it’s hard, but that also relates to the professor who teaches it, and this year’s professor seems to be a lot more interested (and competent) in his subject matter then the guy last year.

GER 10a – Beginning German

Prof. Brown is very caring and kind, and is a good native German speaker, but she also goes tremendously quickly. Last year I thought I was doing badly by virtue of not reading enough of the book or doing enough homework, and while that is partially true, now, coming back to the class again, I can see other problems. The class is easier for people who already know other languages, of whom there are several. But the class is problematic because Prof. Brown keeps introducing new words and phrases and such without explaining their meaning or context, and she just expects people to pick them up. While that may work at the summer immersion program she teaches, it is less useful here. Also, the amount of memorization she expects borders on astounding…I need to memorize about 200 words this week. Fun. Well, what choice do I have? I suck at languages, but it is a graduation requirement.

THA 11a – Movement For the Performer

I was really excited about 4a, which was looking to be a superb class about acting and understanding one’s voice and body, but that class was full and I was kicked into 11a instead. Well, this class counts both as a creative arts and a PE, is low stress, and takes me back to my days in the Fullerton College summer program, with the various stretches and such. While some of the stuff we do is gonna be a little weird (wearing masks?), I think this course will probably be a positive experience and a nice change.

THA 41a – Theater Practicum

The loved and dreaded practicum. Theater majors and minors need to do a lot of this class, which is in one respect learning and in another forced labor for the theater department. I’m only staying in if I get into the electrics or scene shops. If that happens, it’ll probably be fun. I’ll need to put in 50 hours in the semester, or about 5 hours a week, but hopefully I’ll get to learn a bit about building and/or electrics, and, again, it’ll be a nice change from the all-reading all-the-time courses I’ve been taking previously.

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In summary, I think that this semester is a nice and interesting change from my previous college experiences. I’m only taking one traditional social sciences class, so I won’t have 5000 pages of reading and 5 pages all due at the same time, as in previous semesters. Instead I’m taking two classes (COSI and GER) that require a lot of sustained work, that I can’t get behind on, and two courses (THA) that let me do something physical and different. In general I’m really looking forward to this semester, except for my trepidations about German and, to a lesser extend, about Computer Science (although I have a lot of friends to help me through it). Well, we shall see how it goes.