What's lined up for you this semester?

noodles · **Posted:** Sat Nov 08, 2008 5:31 am

traptunderice wrote:

noodles wrote:

alright so next semester i have:
logic and critical thinking
symbollic logic 2
the good life
special topics in literature: post-colonial perspectives
creative writing: fiction 2

stoked! never done 5 classes before though so i might drop the intro logic course or the good life. pretty happy since i've decide on more definite goals for education stuff: major in Philosophy, major or minor in English, then hopefully go to law school and make rich.

What is "the good life"?

Five classes shouldn't be a big deal if the classes aren't too intensive. Double majors suck but the minor should be tolerable. I wanted to minor/major in English but I couldn't tolerate the amount of Shakespeare and Victorian writers in the courses I were required to take.

i think it'll be looking at different philosophical views of what a good life is. i don't mind Shakespeare and stuff; i think the thing that might make me reconsider my English idea is that i dont find analysis to be a good mindframe for absorbing literature. i'll trying to get around that by focusing on the issues in a book i enjoy discussing (philosophical/political/cultural issues rather than taking apart characters)

traptunderice · **Posted:** Sat Nov 08, 2008 6:10 am

So it will probably cover the Stoics, Aristotle, Epicureans, maybe existentialism and maybe Nietzsche. Sounds good to me.

Take a course on Critical Theory. Breaking down characters and settings sucks but looking for deeper meaning through different perspectives is really fucking cool.

Azrael · **Posted:** Sat Dec 20, 2008 3:38 am

1st trimester:
Human Resource Management
Management seminar
Financial Statement Analysis - sounds mind-numbingly boring, but by taking this one course i can get two concentrations in my master's degree. sounds like a fair deal.
2nd trimester:
Competitive Strategy
Research Methods for Management - statistics with a fancy name. the teacher is a fucking psycho.

full-semester courses:
Analysis of Industry and Competition
Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital - sounds great, i'm considering a career in private equity/venture capital so this looks like it's right up my alley.

also, i ask for your advice on an issue:
1. i need credits and want to take a "thematic block" (seminar in fancy wording) in something. two choices:
Africa vs. Brazil, China & Other Emerging Markets (ABC)

Quote:

This thematic block is designed to raise awareness that interactions between globalization and governance (G&G) may be positive or negative, depending on national and regional responses to rising global interdependence. When the
understanding of the economic, social and political forces that affect
these interactions lacks empirical evidence, policy cannot be solely
knowledge-based. Issues of measurement and policy must
therefore be addressed in order to ascertain whether Africa is an
example of a negative G&G interaction and how G&G interact in
emerging markets like Brazil, China or India, let alone in the industrial democracies of the OECD. Apart from the discussion of
different policy prescriptions, there is the almost entirely unexplored terrain of “how to make things happen”:
how do we identify, negotiate and cooperate with different
constituencies in control of such critical variables as political power,
spiritual influence, cultural prestige or bureaucratic entrenchment?

the course is taught by this guy:
MACEDO, Jorge Braga de
BSc. in Law (Universidade de
Lisboa); M.A. in International
Relations (Yale University); M.A. in
Economics (Yale University); Ph.D. in
Economics (Yale University)
holy shit :ph34r:

or "Arts & Management":

Quote:

This thematic block is meant to accomplish several things. At one level, it serves as an introduction to the Art(s) of Management, examining management and organization from both a fine arts and craft-arts perspective. It asks “what does it mean to be an organizational artist?”, looks at some of the ways art, culture, and the humanities are interfacing with today’s business world, and finally, explores how one might go about managing organizations in today’s creative economies. With this, the
course is designed to help you rethink and re-formulate what you
already know about management, organization, and work. Through
using multiple arts-based lenses, exercises, cases, and projects, we will explore what it means to think through problems and make
decisions in artfully skilled ways.

sounds like it'll be either totally eye-opening or a massive crock of shit.

Orion · **Posted:** Sat Dec 20, 2008 8:59 pm

Damn, that's a lot of degrees.

I have one semester left in college. I'm getting a double major in History and Political Science.

Only taking 13 hours. :dio:

Modern America
British History 1600-Present
Art History (not excited, professor is an ass)
Contemporary Philosophy
Senior Seminar (stupid 1 hour class)

Anywho, looking forward to the Modern America class and my British History professor kicks ass so that should be good as well. My only problem is that, while I love both of my majors, they give you no direction. I'm not sure what I want to do with my degrees. So many options.

Fingon · **Joined:** Sun Mar 20, 2005 3:11 pm **Posts:** 3207

Archaeology and Art of the Classical World: the Greek world
Introduction to philosophy
History of the Early-Modern Age
History of the Modern Age
Initiation to History: practicum

traptunderice · **Posted:** Sat Dec 20, 2008 10:45 pm

My schedule got fucked up by a class getting canceled and me getting 'administratively dropped' since I wasn't a major or minor in the program. It now looks like this:

Introduction to Critical Theory
Introduction to Philosophy: Belief and Knowledge
Introduction to Philosophy: Mind and Will
Introduction to Women's Studies
Social Change
Race in Modern Society

So I now plan on minoring in Women's Studies. Feminism is really cool when it isn't about burning bras or being dikes. For example, explaining how make up suppresses women by having them self-regulate themselves to fit someone else's criteria or how it is just another false need to spend money on.

Seinfeld26 · **Posted:** Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:25 pm

Intro To Operating Systems and Frontiers Of Computing. Also might be flying to Redmond, WA in the early-Spring for a second interview with Microsoft. WOOT!

Seinfeld26 · **Posted:** Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:28 pm

Azrael wrote:

the course is taught by this guy:
MACEDO, Jorge Braga de
BSc. in Law (Universidade de
Lisboa); M.A. in International
Relations (Yale University); M.A. in
Economics (Yale University); Ph.D. in
Economics (Yale University)
holy shit :ph34r:

Trust me, get into the whole college professor culture and you'll see that such a CV is actually pretty common.

Mike · **Posted:** Thu Dec 25, 2008 2:22 am

I've decided to go to school for what I've always wanted to do which is teach. I just haven't decided if it's going to be special education or elementary education. I'm transferring to East Carolina University after this year. Here's my Spring semester courses:

REL-110 World Religions
HIS-121 Western Civilization I
ENG-232 American Literature II
ANT-240 Archaeology
MAT-121 Algebra/Trigonometry

Azrael · **Posted:** Thu Dec 25, 2008 4:21 am

Seinfeld26 wrote:

Azrael wrote:

the course is taught by this guy:
MACEDO, Jorge Braga de
BSc. in Law (Universidade de
Lisboa); M.A. in International
Relations (Yale University); M.A. in
Economics (Yale University); Ph.D. in
Economics (Yale University)
holy shit :ph34r:

Trust me, get into the whole college professor culture and you'll see that such a CV is actually pretty common.

oh yeah and he was also Minister of Finance in the early 90's.

and Raven, weren't you studying computer science or something? jsut how many fields have you worked and/or studied in?

Legacy Of The Night · **Posted:** Thu Dec 25, 2008 4:54 am

English II Honors
College Algebra
Guitar Ensemble
Class Piano II
Music Theory II
Sight Singing/Ear Training II
Electric Bass II

Mike · **Posted:** Thu Dec 25, 2008 5:00 am

Azrael wrote:

Seinfeld26 wrote:

Azrael wrote:

the course is taught by this guy:
MACEDO, Jorge Braga de
BSc. in Law (Universidade de
Lisboa); M.A. in International
Relations (Yale University); M.A. in
Economics (Yale University); Ph.D. in
Economics (Yale University)
holy shit :ph34r:

Trust me, get into the whole college professor culture and you'll see that such a CV is actually pretty common.

oh yeah and he was also Minister of Finance in the early 90's.

and Raven, weren't you studying computer science or something? jsut how many fields have you worked and/or studied in?

Yes I was. I attempted some networking classes last semester and it didn't go so well for me. So, I went and spoke to an adviser, we looked over everything I had completed so far, and (after the Spring semester) I'm only a few classes away from completing my two year. I've been working in education since 2000 and I thought that was the path I would stay on. However my wife and I figured that it would be better to go for the quick two year degree to get me out working in a fairly good profession (networking). Well, I'm sticking with what I originally wanted to study. I realize I have a couple of years to go but it's what I want to do. :wink:

traptunderice · **Posted:** Thu Dec 25, 2008 5:27 am

Azrael wrote:

Seinfeld26 wrote:

Azrael wrote:

the course is taught by this guy:
MACEDO, Jorge Braga de
BSc. in Law (Universidade de
Lisboa); M.A. in International
Relations (Yale University); M.A. in
Economics (Yale University); Ph.D. in
Economics (Yale University)
holy shit :ph34r:

Trust me, get into the whole college professor culture and you'll see that such a CV is actually pretty common.

oh yeah and he was also Minister of Finance in the early 90's.

and Raven, weren't you studying computer science or something? jsut how many fields have you worked and/or studied in?

My political science professor from last quarter had the same kind of record and he was an ambassador to the EU for Albania or something like that. Not as if Albania is important or anything though.

Seinfeld26 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 25, 2008 2:20 pm

traptunderice wrote:

Azrael wrote:

Seinfeld26 wrote:

Azrael wrote:

the course is taught by this guy:
MACEDO, Jorge Braga de
BSc. in Law (Universidade de
Lisboa); M.A. in International
Relations (Yale University); M.A. in
Economics (Yale University); Ph.D. in
Economics (Yale University)
holy shit :ph34r:

Trust me, get into the whole college professor culture and you'll see that such a CV is actually pretty common.

oh yeah and he was also Minister of Finance in the early 90's.

and Raven, weren't you studying computer science or something? jsut how many fields have you worked and/or studied in?

My political science professor from last quarter had the same kind of record and he was an ambassador to the EU for Albania or something like that. Not as if Albania is important or anything though.

I'm going to be frank: The life of a college professor is basically a lifelong contest to to see who has the most impressive resume and the best research record. Trapt, you want to be a college professor, right? Be prepared for a lot of politics and hurdles. Even if you do get your PhD, if you got it from a school that isn't known for its Philosophy program, good luck finding a decent tenure-track position. Especially if you want to work at a research institution.

The general rule of thumb is that, if you get your PhD at such-and-such school, you usually have to begin your career by working at a school that's ranked a tier lower. So, if you got your PhD at the University of Michigan, you'll probably be working somewhere like Michigan State.

traptunderice · **Posted:** Thu Dec 25, 2008 8:13 pm

I'm hoping to get into the #1 program in the country. :wink:

I have really low hopes anyways in terms of career goals and salaries, hence I'm majoring in philosophy.

Seinfeld26 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 25, 2008 8:30 pm

traptunderice wrote:

I'm hoping to get into the #1 program in the country. :wink:

I have really low hopes anyways in terms of career goals and salaries, hence I'm majoring in philosophy.

You seem to be really passionate about it, though. Which is good, particularly if you want to do a PhD in it.

Caligula_K · **Joined:** Mon Nov 22, 2004 8:56 pm **Posts:** 3561

Seinfeld26 wrote:

traptunderice wrote:

Azrael wrote:

Seinfeld26 wrote:

Azrael wrote:

the course is taught by this guy:
MACEDO, Jorge Braga de
BSc. in Law (Universidade de
Lisboa); M.A. in International
Relations (Yale University); M.A. in
Economics (Yale University); Ph.D. in
Economics (Yale University)
holy shit :ph34r:

Trust me, get into the whole college professor culture and you'll see that such a CV is actually pretty common.

oh yeah and he was also Minister of Finance in the early 90's.

and Raven, weren't you studying computer science or something? jsut how many fields have you worked and/or studied in?

My political science professor from last quarter had the same kind of record and he was an ambassador to the EU for Albania or something like that. Not as if Albania is important or anything though.

I'm going to be frank: The life of a college professor is basically a lifelong contest to to see who has the most impressive resume and the best research record. Trapt, you want to be a college professor, right? Be prepared for a lot of politics and hurdles. Even if you do get your PhD, if you got it from a school that isn't known for its Philosophy program, good luck finding a decent tenure-track position. Especially if you want to work at a research institution.

The general rule of thumb is that, if you get your PhD at such-and-such school, you usually have to begin your career by working at a school that's ranked a tier lower. So, if you got your PhD at the University of Michigan, you'll probably be working somewhere like Michigan State.

It's warnings like these that make me uncertain about going into academia. But me likes them Romans so much...

This term:

Intermediate Latin: The Age of Augustus
Intro to Ancient Greek Part 2
History of the Early Roman Empire
Seminar: Alexander the Great
Terrestrial Planets (my bullshitty, easy pseudo-science class for the semester)

traptunderice · **Posted:** Fri Jan 02, 2009 7:30 pm

Brahm_K wrote:

It's warnings like these that make me uncertain about going into academia. But me likes them Romans so much...

But you're in Canada, so that doesn't apply. :wink:

Really what else could you do with a degree in the Classics besides work at a museum. I doubt there is heated competition for professorships in the Classics. I could be wrong, though.

Azrael · **Posted:** Sat Jan 03, 2009 1:16 am

a seminar on Alexander the Great sounds awesome, much better than the "Africa vs. Brazil, China & Other Emerging Markets" i'll have to take starting on wednesday.

traptunderice · **Posted:** Sat Jan 03, 2009 1:41 am

What exactly are seminars?

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