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What this semester looks like
Submitted by X-Istence on Thu, 2008-05-15 15:11.This semester I am taking 18 credits worth of classes, that is 6 classes. This is what my schedule current looks like:
CHN101 - Level I Chinese
The first class of Chinese. Yes, Chinese. 中文！ It is going to be a lot of fun. I have wanted to learn an asian language. Chinese seems like a good fit because new products are coming from there all the time, and software engineering and embedded systems are going to be big in the future and they are all going to be manufactured in China.
HUM110 - Korean Language I - Intro to Korean
The first class of Korean, another Asian language. This one is taught by Ryan Clarke, and I wanted to take it since the Korean language intrigued me, and Ryan always spoke highly of it. It has a alphabet with a limited amount of characters, and is not that hard to pick up. Yet another language to add to my belt.
LAW370 - Legal Issues in Technology
Required class, not looking forward to it too much, the stuff that is going to be taught in the class is not entirely relevant to me, and the instructor is not that great either.
MGT310 - Project Management in a Technology Environment
Another required class. This one is going to be okay, it is going to be a lot of teamwork though, and I generally don't enjoy working with other people. Tough it out, I shall. The class has started out pretty boring, hopefully it gets better as we go along.
RBT421 - Robotics Project
In this class we are allowed to build anything we want, and everything we want. As long as it is robotics related, or has some sort of uController on it. I am currently working on a hard drive based clock. More to come on that later.
SCI388 - Special Topics in Science: Near Space
Launching a near space (90,000 ft) weather balloon with payload into near space, to do tests, and get pictures and other cool stuff. This is very much a project based class, and will take up much of my time over the next coming weeks to get started, and to build it. I am really looking forward to this class.
Those are my classes, out of them, CHN101, HUM110, RBT421, and SCI388 are the ones I will enjoy the most. Korean lessons have already started and it is extremely hard already. I am a very visual learner, put something on the board and then put sound with it, and I will remember it. Ryan tends to sit in front of the class and just talk to us in Korean making it harder for me to remember it, but at the same time my brain has been working overtime to process all the new stuff coming in. I feel like I am doing more thinking this way. It frustrates me, but mentally tires me out as well. Chinese has not yet started, officially, but I have also been practising with Ryan, so I have a head start on the rest of the class, which is awesome.
Those are my classes this semester. Now all I need to do is graduate on time, but that is a story for another post, and another day!