# Fall Semester, Anyone? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 29, 2007, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-semester-anyone/417331 "2007-08-29T04:59:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_in_second_hand_clothing)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-semester-anyone/417331/21 "2007-08-29T21:01:58Z")
Yet another illustration course Cinema 4D Vertebrate Anatomy and lab Evolution I’m a senior, this is my fifth year, but my eighth semester. I took last semester off to do an internship. ---
**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-semester-anyone/417331/22 "2007-08-29T22:01:19Z")
[QUOTE=Boscibo] Can’t you guys look at past class schedules to see what is offered and when? My adviser made me sit down and plan out _exactly_ what I need to take to graduate based on past class schedules. I guess at my university it doesn’t vary that much (although a class will be canceled if enrollment is low). [/QUOTE] Well, at my university, specifically because it is smaller, classes are canceled a lot. My wife was here for 4.5 years, and they never offered one of the classes she needed. They also did not plan on offering it for at least another year. I am down to needing exactly a few classes, but have situations that are difficult. I know French, but had to take Spanish because I need Composition class and it is only offered fall of every other year. French and Composition are at the same time. Now, in the spring, I need another Spanish and a Shakespeare. They may be offered at the exact same time and I will have to stay through summer. My adviser is not a lot of help, but the department head has somewhat taken my adviser’s role, and he has helped, but there are some things that will be a small gamble anyways depending on how many people sign up at what time. Brendon ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-semester-anyone/417331/23 "2007-08-30T01:18:44Z")
History of Political Thought I Politics of Developing Countries Politics of War Spanish Civilization and Culture Political Parties and Elections in America. I’m a junior, if that makes any difference. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-semester-anyone/417331/24 "2007-08-30T01:31:47Z")
Senior, music composition. -Conducting (second semester; the intro class was last spring) -Vocal Techniques (the class is half voice majors and half not, so I get to feel like a n00b) -Musicianship V (in which I try to remember how to take dictation and sing intervals before I apply to grad schools - I took Musicianship IV as a freshman, so it’s been a while) -Culture and Civilization of Spain (the last Spanish class I need for my minor - my last Spanish class was the spring of my sophomore year, and since then I’ve been doing bucketloads of French, so I’m inevitably going to be confused) -Performance (includes all my lessons and ensembles, as well as a million other things we don’t get enough credit for) -Honors (my honors thesis in music, which is about French composers and will therefore contribute to my being confused in Spanish class) On paper it doesn’t look so bad, but I’m already a little overwhelmed and it’s only the third day of classes. It’s a lot more independent work than I’m used to, and I have to get better at time management (i.e. not spending all evening on the SDMB). ---
**Author:** ![pprgrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f6c823/32.png) [@pprgrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pprgrl)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-semester-anyone/417331/25 "2007-08-30T01:40:27Z")
Senior, BA in English Mothers and Daughters in Lit. and Film World Lit. I Queer Rhetoric The Modern Novel ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-semester-anyone/417331/26 "2007-08-30T01:43:15Z")
I’m taking 16 hours: Entrep. and Small Business Management Into to geo. sciences I- because I still need a damn 1 hour lab science Business Statistics- I took Statistics when I was a Bio major but it doesn’t carry over International Business Organizational Behavior ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-semester-anyone/417331/27 "2007-08-30T01:54:44Z")
I transferred schools this year, after 3 years at another and changing my major within the last year. So I have to go back and take some ‘freshman-ish’ classes I didn’t have to take for the old major or just plain skipped out on. General Biology General Biology Lab (3.5 hours every Tuesday…uggh) Psychological Statistics Comparitive Politics Biological Psychology (sooooo interesting but not going to be too easy) And I totally have a crush on my biopsych professor. He’s so geeky-cute _and_ dresses well. ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-semester-anyone/417331/28 "2007-08-30T02:00:21Z")
Still in graduate school, just one class this semester. Renaissance Literature. And I found a fellow student to car-pool with most of the way, so I don’t have to drive 200 miles every Tuesday night all alone, only 160 miles. I’m also teaching two classes at the local junior college. Intro to English Comp (writing college papers.) I love it! ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-semester-anyone/417331/29 "2007-08-30T02:04:15Z")
Taking a light load this year, as I’m almost done: ME 304 - Advanced engineering analysis (this course is nothing but hard-ass differential equations…it will kick my ass) PHYS 195 - Biological physics. Shouldn’t be too hard, since I know a good amount of the physics and biology already. I will probably end up taking some thesis credit too, once I get my research topic all sorted out. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-semester-anyone/417331/30 "2007-08-30T02:05:10Z")
Programmable Logic Controllers. Yep, that’s it, just the one. I’m seriously intimidated by the schedules posted so far. Sure, I work sixty hours a week and I’m a single parent of a teen, but it’s not like I’m the only one with a real life to fit in around school. Y’all are impressive! ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-semester-anyone/417331/31 "2007-08-30T02:08:06Z")
I’m cramming the last 3 of my nursing prerequisites in in one semester. While working full time. It’s probably foolish, but I need to get done. And, silly me, I never took these when I was actually IN college getting my BA in psychology. Organic Chem I (I just need to pass with a C or higher, O Gods of Orgo.) Intro to Sociology Healthcare Ethics ---
**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-semester-anyone/417331/32 "2007-08-30T02:18:40Z")
Going light this semester: Database Management I Unix Software Engineering Flash Authoring ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-semester-anyone/417331/33 "2007-08-30T02:19:04Z")
Freshman. General Physics (with lab) General Chemistry Linear Algebra Vector Geometry Intro to Problem Solving Engineering Education Every class but Problem Solving is either annoying or incredibly boring. Hopefully I’ll have better luck later on… ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-semester-anyone/417331/34 "2007-08-30T02:26:23Z")
[QUOTE=XWalrus2] Physics 2213 - Introduction to Modern Physics Physics 3021 - Stellar Astrophysics Math 2403 - Differential Equations Computer Science 1371 - Computing for Engineers (even though I’m not planning to be an engineer, this is required for some reason.) Psychology 2230 - Abnormal Psychology I’m in for an interesting semester, I think. [/QUOTE] I hate this school with a passion. I got pissed off at never learning anything no matter how hard I tried and being told just to accept it. Sure, I got A’s and B’s with a curve.. but who cares when you don’t really know what just happened? Of course, I stopped going to 1371 cause they were all, in my opinion, self righteous assholes, which resulted in my first ever D or whatever, but other than that I honestly tried. Bad school. Good luck. And now? Photography II Metal Sculpting Intro to Drawing Intro to Media Studies Italian I Stagecraft: Costume and Makeup WUAG Practicum, which is like working for WREK only more official. I’m muuuuuch happier. Every single teacher so far is better than any I had at the school above, minus my Photography and Jazz teachers who were brilliant and highly recommended. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-semester-anyone/417331/35 "2007-08-30T02:50:57Z")
I’m starting over… trying to get some knowledge up to date to get into a Mechanical Engineering program (for the Aeronautical concentration). I start classes on Tuesday… I still haven’t really registered for any, though, because no one seems able to tell me what classes I am or am not allowed to take to meet my goals (it’s a giant pain in the ass to try and get a BEng when you already have a BSc!) If I get into the classes one person suggested today, I will take: Calculus I (accelerated… the two cal classes together cover the 2 semesters from my college and a third uni-level class) Linear Algebra Dynamics of Simple Systems (Physics) Experimental Physics I Tomorrow, I monopolize a faculty advisor and get them to sort out my classes for me! ---
**Author:** ![Juliette\_Culture\_Junkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5fc32e/32.png) [@Juliette\_Culture\_Junkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juliette_Culture_Junkie)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-semester-anyone/417331/36 "2007-08-30T03:53:44Z")
Human Paleontology Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology Women in world Perspective Music: Cross-Cultural Survey Intro Geography Philosophy: Ethics Third and hopefully last year. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-semester-anyone/417331/37 "2007-08-30T04:29:23Z")
3 semesters left for my civil engineering degree. Fluids mechanics-way behind in taking this. geotechnical engineering water resourse management concrete structures I and then some class for students on probation. This is my first semester at U of I after flunking out 2 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-semester-anyone/417331/38 "2007-08-30T04:50:24Z")
3rd year of vet school, first quarter: Junior doctoring Principles of Operative Surgery and Anesthesia Junior Clinical skills Ophthamology neurology orthopedics small animal medicine 1 large animal medicine 2 Avian anatomy and pathology exotic animal medicine Food Animal Herd health. I’m so far in debt for school, I have to finish the vet degree and get a job as a vet or I’ll bankrupt us. I am not looking forward to September 10th, and I’m terrified of senior year. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-semester-anyone/417331/39 "2007-08-30T15:29:13Z")
Boring final semester here. I’m taking: Intro to Philosophy (required) American Government (required) Chem Lit (required) Beginning Swimming (required) And fun classes! Intro to Photography Theatre Practicum Piano for Non-Majors ---
**Author:** ![hawksgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed655f/32.png) [@hawksgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawksgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-semester-anyone/417331/40 "2007-08-30T15:40:05Z")
I’ve got Literature of the Americas (finishing my minor!) Collective Behavior Social Movements Sociology of Social Welfare Winter and Spring quarters will be better. For spring (my last quarter), I’m taking Tractor Driving! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-semester-anyone/417331.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-semester-anyone/417331.md?page=3)