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summercomfort) wrote2002-09-23 05:37 pm
summercomfort) wrote2002-09-23 05:37 pm
Placement Tests, too many cool classes, gray areas
Well, Spanish placement test wasn't that bad.... 9:00 in the morning, but I can deal with that... thank heavens that they mostly tested on input and not output...
And then went to divisional master's meeting, where the heads of each division (humanities, social sciences, science, civilization) introduced their divisions and the core courses. So far all the history-people have been really boring, but the anthropology/PoliSci people have been very interesting. Social Science is probably where I'm going, but I can't decide between the 3 quarter core of "Power, Identity, Resistance" which takes a pretty political analysis to the core literature, or "Self, Culture, Society" which takes a social/anthropology direction. I'm probably going to focus on the cultural aspect, but I do want a working knowledge of the political aspect. So the question is, take the culture core and take some poli-sci supplement later, or take the power core and take mostly culture stuff afterward? I'm interested in PoliSci, but I'm pretty sure that everyone I meet there are highly involved with American politics, which I have a strong desire not to be. (not to mention my lack of eloquence...) So perhaps it's better to take the Power, because that's still pretty general. hmmm... maybe I should look at concentration requirements...
Then, in order to teach us about "liberty, diversity, and civility", they staged a mock trial about whether the university should intervene with a speaker that will incite hatred and recruit members (Matthew Hale of World Church of the Creator). It's really a discretion issue. Lots of gray matter flowing around.
And then went to divisional master's meeting, where the heads of each division (humanities, social sciences, science, civilization) introduced their divisions and the core courses. So far all the history-people have been really boring, but the anthropology/PoliSci people have been very interesting. Social Science is probably where I'm going, but I can't decide between the 3 quarter core of "Power, Identity, Resistance" which takes a pretty political analysis to the core literature, or "Self, Culture, Society" which takes a social/anthropology direction. I'm probably going to focus on the cultural aspect, but I do want a working knowledge of the political aspect. So the question is, take the culture core and take some poli-sci supplement later, or take the power core and take mostly culture stuff afterward? I'm interested in PoliSci, but I'm pretty sure that everyone I meet there are highly involved with American politics, which I have a strong desire not to be. (not to mention my lack of eloquence...) So perhaps it's better to take the Power, because that's still pretty general. hmmm... maybe I should look at concentration requirements...
Then, in order to teach us about "liberty, diversity, and civility", they staged a mock trial about whether the university should intervene with a speaker that will incite hatred and recruit members (Matthew Hale of World Church of the Creator). It's really a discretion issue. Lots of gray matter flowing around.