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Second Semester Musings
Jan. 19th, 2011 10:52 amSo, yeah, this is not complete yet, I'll update once I've met all of my professors. Still, going to work on a rundown of them - mostly because I feel like it and this journal should have more than my occasional research and writer's block rants in terms of non-story posts. :)
Construction of Race and Ethnicity: Upper-level sociology class, taken to get me one step closer to finishing my soc minor (yeah, broadcast journalism major plus minors in soc and political science, that might have been a crazy idea...). I wanted Sociology of Religion as I've already taken a soc course on race for one of my core requirements, but it was closed. So there's this instead. It seems like it could be interesting, and I think I like the prof well enough, though I'm reserving final judgment.
Journalism Research: This prof I like. He wore a Magna Carta tie, and when I asked if it was the tie or the history, he informed me that he wears "interesting" ties. Also, he sympathized with having a family name and needing, therefore, to be very specific about one is called to avoid feeling like you're some other family member. (Note to teachers; my aunt is Kathy, I'm Kate. Thank you. Have an nice day.) The class is mostly about research (no, really?) but what I think is going to happen is that we're going to learn about ways to search on the Web that not everyone knows. *evil smile* Is it bad that my mind immediately went to how useful this could be for fic?
American Political System: Babyface! This was my first thought, because my prof looks like he could pass for a student. Reminds me of the one priest we got in my senior year of high school who had us all confused when we first saw him. "Is he a seminary student?" He was about 30 as I recall. Don't know how old the poli sci prof is. This class does a joint fill; it's required for journalism majors and helps me with my poli sci minor. He seems nice enough, though maybe a little scatterbrained. However, he purposely didn't order in our class text to the bookstore because he knows they overcharge and wants us to save money online. I kind of like that attitude. Also, he wore a tie and a suit jacket (with an appropriate shirt) with jeans. Fandom thoughts struck again as I pictured Inception's fanon!Arthur reacting to such a combination.
Design For Journalists: We had a sub for the lab portion this week. She seems nice enough, and with any luck the actual lab instructor will be too. I'm just glad I don't have to worry about group work with this class, unlike Audio/Visual for Journalists (last semester; be glad I wasn't using this as a proper blog then or else there would have been much ranting). Will report back on the lecturer tomorrow and the actual lab instructor next week.
Human Sexuality: I can hear the commentary from over here guys, don't judge me. It was basically the only interesting looking class out of a list for one of the core sections. I have this later today, I'll report back on it tomorrow along with my impressions of the Design lecturer. Again, fandom note; I desperately want to use some things I've seen in various fandoms for this class, especially the Inception Kink Meme. It's a sociology course, it could work...
Construction of Race and Ethnicity: Upper-level sociology class, taken to get me one step closer to finishing my soc minor (yeah, broadcast journalism major plus minors in soc and political science, that might have been a crazy idea...). I wanted Sociology of Religion as I've already taken a soc course on race for one of my core requirements, but it was closed. So there's this instead. It seems like it could be interesting, and I think I like the prof well enough, though I'm reserving final judgment.
Journalism Research: This prof I like. He wore a Magna Carta tie, and when I asked if it was the tie or the history, he informed me that he wears "interesting" ties. Also, he sympathized with having a family name and needing, therefore, to be very specific about one is called to avoid feeling like you're some other family member. (Note to teachers; my aunt is Kathy, I'm Kate. Thank you. Have an nice day.) The class is mostly about research (no, really?) but what I think is going to happen is that we're going to learn about ways to search on the Web that not everyone knows. *evil smile* Is it bad that my mind immediately went to how useful this could be for fic?
American Political System: Babyface! This was my first thought, because my prof looks like he could pass for a student. Reminds me of the one priest we got in my senior year of high school who had us all confused when we first saw him. "Is he a seminary student?" He was about 30 as I recall. Don't know how old the poli sci prof is. This class does a joint fill; it's required for journalism majors and helps me with my poli sci minor. He seems nice enough, though maybe a little scatterbrained. However, he purposely didn't order in our class text to the bookstore because he knows they overcharge and wants us to save money online. I kind of like that attitude. Also, he wore a tie and a suit jacket (with an appropriate shirt) with jeans. Fandom thoughts struck again as I pictured Inception's fanon!Arthur reacting to such a combination.
Design For Journalists: We had a sub for the lab portion this week. She seems nice enough, and with any luck the actual lab instructor will be too. I'm just glad I don't have to worry about group work with this class, unlike Audio/Visual for Journalists (last semester; be glad I wasn't using this as a proper blog then or else there would have been much ranting). Will report back on the lecturer tomorrow and the actual lab instructor next week.
Human Sexuality: I can hear the commentary from over here guys, don't judge me. It was basically the only interesting looking class out of a list for one of the core sections. I have this later today, I'll report back on it tomorrow along with my impressions of the Design lecturer. Again, fandom note; I desperately want to use some things I've seen in various fandoms for this class, especially the Inception Kink Meme. It's a sociology course, it could work...
