Back to school...

Many people are starting school again in the next few weeks.

My question: What is your first class you're taking when you return to school this semester?

My first day, my first and only class is History 353;

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HIS 353 ​- J: Postwar Japan

This course provides an in-depth look at post World War II Japanese society, culture, and political-economy. We will take up a number of debates on topics such as the postwar "miracle," technocracy vs. democracy, mass consumer culture, Japanese youth, postwar feminism, US-Japan relations, and war memory.

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Nihon ^___~;;;;

My first class is on Tuesday at 8:00 AM, and it's General Methods Secondary, which is a class about lessons for secondary classrooms that coincides with my TA placement at a high school. I learn methods in the class, and then apply them in a real classroom.

And directly after it, I have a class on Shakespeare.

That's really cool, Clo! I took a class where I prepared elementary and secondary lesson plans, and then you taught them out to a group of your classmates. It was really fun, we never had any tests, minimal essay writing, and I got an A! It was all hands-on work. Best class I ever took. It wasn't even a methods class either, it was Children's Psychology class for people going into teaching. We had to apply points of children's psychology within the lesson plans, of course, which was the very best way to learn it.

My first class is Western Civilization II: 1650 - Present (Western Civilization I covered everything prior). It is from 10:10 - 11:00am on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. It is the first Friday course I have had since I started school. The first day we talked about the syllabus, the second day we talked about the Defenestration of Prague (the second one), and today we discussed Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. Both of these took place before 1650 but it is history so you kind of have to learn about them before the other things. We also talked about legos, since a Defenestration of Prague lego set exists and that is how you know something is important.

My other classes are Introduction to Statistics, Humanities: From Medieval to Modern (which ties into my History class somewhat) and Geology. I'm also taking a course in Human Geography but decided to drop it because I cannot stand the teacher. I will be replacing it with History of Islamic Civilizations, which starts September 14th and is a ten week class meeting on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

I guess I'll mention that my other classes, which are on Tuesday and Thursdays (my T-Ths are like a marathon of classes non-stop, splendid...), are...

EGL 320: Literature of Hiroshima and Vietnam
EGL 204: Literary Analysis and Argumentation (fun...)
AST 102: Introduction to Astronomy (This is going to be the best class ever. So psyched that I get out of taking a labbed science)
WRT 102: Writing (Extremely lame. Easy A, but jesus christ, I already tested out of this in my last university, why can't my current university accept that?)

Oh, my other classes are:

• EDU 461: Methods English. Similar to my other Methods class, except this is about specifically ELA lesson plans and literacy in middle school and high school. Also goes with my TA.
• ENG 420: History of the English Novel I. I get to read a bunch of old British novels, RIGHT-O CHAPS. I'm actually very excited for this class, because I love the professor and I've only ever taken Victorian Poetry and early British poetry classes with him, so I'm excited to do a novel class with the man.
• ENG 490: English Senior Seminar. I'm supposed to take everything I learned in all my English classes and apply it to the wonderful world of careers, or something.

And that makes five classes!

And two jobs.



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EGL 320: Literature of Hiroshima and Vietnam

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Oh, I hope you read Hershey's Hiroshima! I loved that book. It was so interesting.

Yeah, that's on my reading list. Glad to hear it's good! I have a huge stack of books from that class alone to read. Lots of Kenzaburo Oe. Between that and my Japanese History course I have over 20 books I need to read this semester. XD

I've started reading some of the books so far. I'm reading The Crazy Iris right now. Hiroshima literature is gorgeous, but so, so, so disturbing. But isn't that part of beauty?

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AST 102: Introduction to Astronomy (This is going to be the best class ever. So psyched that I get out of taking a labbed science)

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I was going to drop my Geology class and take this until I met my Geology teacher. I ended up talking to him for about 45 minutes or so after class on the first day and he's a really likable guy.

I just finished my first week.

~*allie's life*~
Thermal Systems and Design (3hrs)
Creative Project I - Solar Boat (2 hrs)
Professional Engineering Practices (1hr)
Intro to Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (3hrs, grad level class!)
Honors research (no credit hours, but a lot of work, and it will follow along with Intro to MEMS)
Intro to Linguistics (3 hrs)
University Physics III (3hrs, plus lab, 1 hr)

and tutoring/grading for Mechanics of Fluids.

lucky ducks

enjoy school while it lasts~

Cellular and molecular biology of infectious diseases. :aimkiss:

I'm in the middle of finishing up my dissertation for my Master's degree. The topic is the strategic situation of the Byzantine Empire and the means the empire used to survive for so long. After that is done (Which is now less than a week away, tops) I will be done with university for some time, which saddens me, but there it is. :(

Well, I'm still in high school. xD My first class when I come back is Chemistry. Should be easy. Really easy.

Transference of history and culture. It's totally gonna suck.

My first class of Junior year is Art of Editing on Tuesday at 9:00 AM. Not excited about my first class being so early in the morning, but meh. I'm very excited about this class because it's taught by a very renown editor who has since retired from editing and is now trying to ease his way out of the business by teaching at a university. We'll probably be learning a lot about the theory of editing more so than the technological aspects.

ML93 Sociology and Criminology: Critical Criminology explores the background to, and recent developments in, criminology, social justice and human rights. It considers the causes and contexts for crime, deviance and disorder in society within Britain, Ireland, Europe and across the world, examining how the law is constructed, enforced and administered. The modern world is complex and changing rapidly. The Sociology course will provide you with a thorough grounding in sociological theory and methods, allowing you to investigate social, cultural and political change in British, European and what have been called 'Third World' societies. You will have a wide choice allowing you to specialise in many different aspects of the contemporary social world: from popular protest to sport; global tourism to child labour; youth dance culture to racism and gender inequalities; from poverty to contemporary film, to the Peace Process in Northern Ireland.

Dunno yet; we don't get our timetables until the first day back.

Intro to Database Systems, Linux and Windows (yeah, I know... ), Intro to Greek and Roman History and Intro to Ancient and Medieval Europe.

Basically, my comp sci courses are going to be a snooze fest. The gen eds should be reasonably interesting and easy enough, since they're freshman level. I'll be working in between some of my courses, but I'll only have one class on Friday with the whole afternoon being to myself. So, that's pretty cool.

That's cool, Stu! I'm half hoping that my hours at work will get cut down so I don't work on Fridays, but I kind of don't because I want the money. XD If I get my full schedule, I'll be working from 1-6 on MWF, since I only have that one class in the morning.

I kind of want to leave myself some time so I can join some clubs, but I guess working is probably more important.

My first class is on Monday, and it's Phonetics, Phonology and Morphology. I''ve just started studying English at uni, and it's going to be my first day of school in like three years. It's going to be interesting to say the least xD

This past week has been all about meeting all my new class mates, lots of freshman intro stuff and LOTS of drinking pretty much non-stop. I can't really wrap my head around the fact that I have to do homework tomorrow.

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Intro to Greek and Roman History and Intro to Ancient and Medieval Europe.

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I hope you have really good teachers for these. The biggest problem with History courses is the teachers are usually bad. I've gotten pretty lucky so far in that all of my teachers have been pretty wonderful. One of them explained the lecture by pretending to be a Transformer.

I already started and I'm finding it hard to care and actually try this semester. Feels like I've been going to school forever and it's not really helping me do nothing, but feel lazy and like a free loader.

I am taking 2 online classes this semester (Hopefully. they started on the 24th but the university cashier and I had a battle. Monday is the last possible day to register and hopefully my registration will go through, then! It'll be late, but better late than never!) Gender and Communication and Crime & Delinquency.

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SOCI 123: Crime and Delinquency

This course is an introduction to the sociological study of crime. This course concentrates on the social facts of crime, such as the criminal justice system and the structure of economic inequality, as well as social processes, such as the development of criminal identities through interactions with criminals. We also discuss the environments in which people are embedded, with particular attention to the disruptive settings of the American urban underclass. Finally, we discuss several important sociological theories concerning crime and their implications for public policy.
Required Textbook

• Barkan, Criminology: A Sociological Understanding, 4th edition, 2008

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COMM 224: Introduction to Gender and Communication

Gender is both personal and social. It is personal because each of us is a gendered person whose thoughts, feelings, actions, goals, and experiences reflect and enact the gender identity that we individually adopt. Gender is also social, because the meanings of masculinity and femininity are socially constructed, reproduced, and changed. In this class we will explore both the personal and social dimensions of gender, communication, and culture, and how all three interact in our lives. We will also examine how culture sculpts gender and communication; how gender shapes communication and culture; and how communication creates, reproduces, sustains, and sometimes challenges and changes the meaning of gender and, with that, cultural structures and practices.
Required Textbook

Wood, Julia T. (2010). Gendered Lives: Gender, Communication and Culture, 9th edition, ISBN 978-0495794165. Do not buy earlier editions.

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EDIT: Hey, just wondering... has anyone ever tried renting their books as opposed to buying? I can both of my books for the price of ONE through BookRenter, but I don't want to get burned. What do y'all think?

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Originally Posted by Rye

Yeah, that's on my reading list. Glad to hear it's good! I have a huge stack of books from that class alone to read. Lots of Kenzaburo Oe. Between that and my Japanese History course I have over 20 books I need to read this semester. XD

I've started reading some of the books so far. I'm reading The Crazy Iris right now. Hiroshima literature is gorgeous, but so, so, so disturbing. But isn't that part of beauty?

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Is Kovic's Born on the Fourth of July on your list, as well? That book made me cry. It's more of an after-the-fact memoir, but still immensely important to understanding Vietnam.

For the first time since I was 5, I'm not starting school. It's odd.

Yes, that one is on as well!

The first class I had (last Monday) was Federal Income Tax, which is kinda boring, but I like the professor. My most interesting class is Evidence.

I like my schedule this semester as I don't have classes Wednesday and Friday.

My first class was one of my music courses, Sight Singing and Dictation. It's really not as much singing as I thought it would be, so I'm pretty happy with that. It's a nice class, I like my professor.

I just finished my first week as well. I'm taking Calculus, Technical Writing, Philosophy, and Java II. D:

>>> Back to hell? no thanks..:luca:

history

I'm not in school so no classes for me :D

I had a good first day of school, albeit a sweaty one, because it was like 90 degrees and miserably humid. People liked me in my class and they seem to be hand shakers in this university, which I like because a good handshake is a sign of good character. The professor was disorganized and it made me cranky. Overall, I was happy.

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People liked me in my class and they seem to be hand shakers in this university, which I like because a good handshake is a sign of good character.

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Relevant.

I'm in week, erm, week 6 I think.

CMN228 - The Writer and the Law
CMN130 - Intro to Journalism
CMN260 - Novel Ideas
CMN102 - Communication Theory and Practice

So many classes from the communication field this semester :jess:

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People liked me in my class and they seem to be hand shakers in this university, which I like because a good handshake is a sign of good character.

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They say a good handshake and great smile are two of the top things you need to get ahead in the business world.

The rest of my classes for first semester:

Film & Literature I
Advanced Production I
Advanced Avid Editing
After Effects I

I'm trying out at for a contemporary music spot at WAAPA (Western Australian Acadamy of Performing Arts) in December. It's the hardest music school in Aus to get into though, and it's pretty nerve wracking.

we started six weeks ago and have mid-semester break starting next saturday :p classes:

CMN130 - Intro to Journalism
BUS105 - Marketing Theory & Practice
BUS108 - Intro to Informatics
COR110 - Innovation, Creativity & Entrepreneurship

oddly enough, the two i was most dreading have turned out to be my favourites, and vice versa.

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People liked me in my class and they seem to be hand shakers in this university, which I like because a good handshake is a sign of good character.

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"... first demonstrated his abilities at his high-school graduation ceremony, when, upon shaking his principal's hand, he was immediately promoted to class valedictorian."

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Americans are boors :colbert: Shaking a girl's hand indeed! Absolute lack of respect, manners, and propriety.

@Rubahs: you should talk to Zach about linguistics ^_^

We get told on the day...which is really unhelpful. I think it will be the same as my old timetable, near enough anyway.

why, peegies?

I like to think I have a good handshake. It comes from going to church and they would have some older men standing at the door way to greet everyone as they came in. They always wanted to shake hands. Sometimes we'd have a visiting preacher, and they weren't good at it. Shaking a soft flabby hand half-heartedly is the worst thing.

I hate it when people have a weak handshake, it makes them look weak. That's about as bad as the guys who have a firm shake but take you by surprise around your fingers so you can't give them a proper shake back. I smurfing hate it when they do that.

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Originally Posted by I'm my own MILF

Americans are boors :colbert: Shaking a girl's hand indeed! Absolute lack of respect, manners, and propriety.

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I know, right? Everyone knows you honk the boobies.

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why, peegies?

I like to think I have a good handshake. It comes from going to church and they would have some older men standing at the door way to greet everyone as they came in. They always wanted to shake hands. Sometimes we'd have a visiting preacher, and they weren't good at it. Shaking a soft flabby hand half-heartedly is the worst thing.

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Because I think he would appreciate somebody talking about something related to his major rather than me constantly asking him idiotic grammar questions.

Plus he's asia...Plus I don't think you're bffs

Lucky bastard that started around now, I started school on the 12th.

Started the year with French I.