Shopping: Day 1

[benjifus]

One of the great opportunities Brown offers is a shopping period when classes start. Having no core requirements for graduation and leaving the registration deadline two weeks into school, we're given a chance to visit and test many courses so that we may create our educations in an informed way. Even so, most Brown students shop minimally: many

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[ellenneithernor]

Let me know what you think of AC161.5; I missed it for the same reason you did (but I'm not taking ED147, I'm pretty sure).

[tobeginagain]

Wow those sound like some amazing classes. Good luck shopping and selecting!

What does 100 level mean? (At my old school, intro classes were 1000 or 2000 level and classes in specific fields were 3000 or 4000. That doesn't seem like how Brown works at all.)

I met loads more people who know you today. My friend Ari was saying that where ever he goes, he can mention me and most likely someone knows me and I said I know someone who does that even better than me - Benj! And everyone around me said, Benj? Kamm? From Philly?
Yay small worlds.

[desh]

It helps that he has a more unusual name than you. Perhaps you should tack a "j" onto the end of your name as well.

[tobeginagain]

Sarahj? Saraj? Sarj? Sraj?
I guess they'd be unique if nothing else.

[benjifus]

indeed an awesomely small world. who are these folks? presumably I know them, too...

As for classes: 1-99 are "primarily for undergrads"; 100-199 are "for undergrads and graduate students"; 200-299 are "primarily for grad students" and 300+ are med school. It's not so clear-cut as intro classes and advanced classes.

[docjekyll]

I took SO103 with Harrington a while back. She is awesome and my advisor for my "Brown will kill me" thesis. The reading is actually not that bad and I found it pretty easy to prepare for class. It is technical but she does an AWESOME job of giving clear and concise lecture notes - which actually caused a problem where half of the class stopped reading all together.

To be honest, you would probably spank the fuck out of it. It is a class where you learn a lot about the theory behind organizations across nations. The Organizations Journal is also a lot of fun if she still assigns it.

[benjifus]

it sounds like you're recommending I advance SO 103 from "very likely" to "yes." Another thing she has going for her is being a woman -- much as I would love for this to not be an issue at all, the face remains that only 2 of my teachers at brown have been women, which seems odd.

[andthenthe]

do you think i could do py133 without taking py1 or 33?

i'm too lazy to take py1

[benjifus]

absolutely. I don't really know many people who take PY 1. I haven't.

[desh]

ED 147 sounds really, really neat.