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I am supposed to be reading about Primate Ecology, but instead I've been spending obscene amounts of time facebooking. I'm seriously embarrassed by how much time I just spent going through profiles of people I barely know. I feel like a dirty peeping Tom, spying through people's virtual-windows as they go about thier facebook lives unawares.
And Winter 07' schedule of classes is finally up, so I decided to go through that and think about what classes I want to take next quarter.
I am probably going to e-mail my Osteo Prof. (Chelsey) in a few because she's awesome and is totally willing to help me figure out a plan to get into Grad School. It's weird to think of classes in terms of professors, but Chelsey has said multiple times that she can't stress enough how important connection within the dept. are. So Not only should I be taking relevant/interesting classes, but I should also be looking into the professors themselves-- thinking about letters of reccomendation and future projects.
My tentative plan so far is to take an intensive summer Archeo Survey and Excavation practical and lab class. Even though I'm not planning on going into Archeology, the excavation and lab skills, in addition to the certification I'll recieve for working on site and in the lab will look great on my application.
After senior year, I'll take a year "off" after I graduate and build up my grad school resume. I'll probably stay near UCSC because I'll have strong connections with the dept. by then (hopefully) and can either tag along on someone else's research, or even do my own. I'll also work full time to earn some money for Grad School, because my parents? Not going to be happy about any of my professional choices.
There are only four schools whom offer a PhD in PHys./Forensic Anthropology:
University of Tennessee and University of Florida have the biggest programs... and I'm talking about only a FEW students a year. UCSC, the school I'm currently attending, excepts a Grad student only EVERY OTHER YEAR. I'm serious. It's that selective. I've heard next to nothing about the fourth, except that it's in Alburqurque. Or possibly Michigan.
I don't know which one I'd rather go to, and until I know what I want to study or specialize in, I won't be choosing yet.
But back to the near-future: I have a tentaitive list of classes I might want to take, but until I tlak with Chelsey I can't make any definite choices.
Anthropology of Religion: It's a Cultural Anth. Class and so not my area of future expertise, but every anth major has to take at least one class in the other three disciplines of Anth: Theory, Ethnographical, and Sociocultural. Plus I've always found the past history and "evolution" of religion fascinating. And I took a similar class two years ago on the same general topic, so I can always refer back to my work in that class ^_-
Photography and Anthropology lecture and lab: Again, this one falls under Sociocultural. Don't know much about it except that we'll be studying the anthropology of images, from woodcutting to the world wide web. Sounds interesting, but extra incentive for taking this class will be if I actually get to take and develop my own photos.
Osteology of Mammals, birds, and fish: Just like it sounds. I'll be learning how to identify the bones of mammals, birds, and fish. I didn't take the prereq. Zooarcheology, but I've spoken with the professor and she said she'd give me permission to take the course if I do well in Human Skeletal (which I'm taking right now and ROCKING).
African Diaspora in the Americas: Falls under Ethnography. We'll study the history and movement of slavery, of religion, and of past and current racism. The appeal for me is in studying the evolution of religion from Africa to the America's, and of slavery and it's far reaching reprocussions. Plus, I need an enthography course under my belt.
Human Health/Nutrition: This is actually a biology course and not anthropology, but we'll be studying nutrition's affect on the body, which includes all living tissue. And physical Anthropology is at heart a hard science. Plus, I have some tentative ideas for post-bachelors and pre-grad work that may involve studying the affects of nutrition (or lack there-of) on bone. So depending on what this class will actually focus on, we'll see.
The only class I'm (mostly) sure about is the Osteology course. Everything else is up for grabs (And I obviously can't take ALL of them, as much as I'd like to). Another sure thing is that I'll be taking a 2 credit independent study lab -- which is just a glorified way of saying i'll be a lab assistant aka. slave. But it means I'll get (mostly) free range over all the labs, can work on any project I'd like, and in the process build up muscle from having to carry and move around shelves and boxes for several hours a week. Plus I'll get some sort of certification for lab safety, which is something else I can add to my Grad. school App.
XOX
And Winter 07' schedule of classes is finally up, so I decided to go through that and think about what classes I want to take next quarter.
I am probably going to e-mail my Osteo Prof. (Chelsey) in a few because she's awesome and is totally willing to help me figure out a plan to get into Grad School. It's weird to think of classes in terms of professors, but Chelsey has said multiple times that she can't stress enough how important connection within the dept. are. So Not only should I be taking relevant/interesting classes, but I should also be looking into the professors themselves-- thinking about letters of reccomendation and future projects.
My tentative plan so far is to take an intensive summer Archeo Survey and Excavation practical and lab class. Even though I'm not planning on going into Archeology, the excavation and lab skills, in addition to the certification I'll recieve for working on site and in the lab will look great on my application.
After senior year, I'll take a year "off" after I graduate and build up my grad school resume. I'll probably stay near UCSC because I'll have strong connections with the dept. by then (hopefully) and can either tag along on someone else's research, or even do my own. I'll also work full time to earn some money for Grad School, because my parents? Not going to be happy about any of my professional choices.
There are only four schools whom offer a PhD in PHys./Forensic Anthropology:
University of Tennessee and University of Florida have the biggest programs... and I'm talking about only a FEW students a year. UCSC, the school I'm currently attending, excepts a Grad student only EVERY OTHER YEAR. I'm serious. It's that selective. I've heard next to nothing about the fourth, except that it's in Alburqurque. Or possibly Michigan.
I don't know which one I'd rather go to, and until I know what I want to study or specialize in, I won't be choosing yet.
But back to the near-future: I have a tentaitive list of classes I might want to take, but until I tlak with Chelsey I can't make any definite choices.
Anthropology of Religion: It's a Cultural Anth. Class and so not my area of future expertise, but every anth major has to take at least one class in the other three disciplines of Anth: Theory, Ethnographical, and Sociocultural. Plus I've always found the past history and "evolution" of religion fascinating. And I took a similar class two years ago on the same general topic, so I can always refer back to my work in that class ^_-
Photography and Anthropology lecture and lab: Again, this one falls under Sociocultural. Don't know much about it except that we'll be studying the anthropology of images, from woodcutting to the world wide web. Sounds interesting, but extra incentive for taking this class will be if I actually get to take and develop my own photos.
Osteology of Mammals, birds, and fish: Just like it sounds. I'll be learning how to identify the bones of mammals, birds, and fish. I didn't take the prereq. Zooarcheology, but I've spoken with the professor and she said she'd give me permission to take the course if I do well in Human Skeletal (which I'm taking right now and ROCKING).
African Diaspora in the Americas: Falls under Ethnography. We'll study the history and movement of slavery, of religion, and of past and current racism. The appeal for me is in studying the evolution of religion from Africa to the America's, and of slavery and it's far reaching reprocussions. Plus, I need an enthography course under my belt.
Human Health/Nutrition: This is actually a biology course and not anthropology, but we'll be studying nutrition's affect on the body, which includes all living tissue. And physical Anthropology is at heart a hard science. Plus, I have some tentative ideas for post-bachelors and pre-grad work that may involve studying the affects of nutrition (or lack there-of) on bone. So depending on what this class will actually focus on, we'll see.
The only class I'm (mostly) sure about is the Osteology course. Everything else is up for grabs (And I obviously can't take ALL of them, as much as I'd like to). Another sure thing is that I'll be taking a 2 credit independent study lab -- which is just a glorified way of saying i'll be a lab assistant aka. slave. But it means I'll get (mostly) free range over all the labs, can work on any project I'd like, and in the process build up muscle from having to carry and move around shelves and boxes for several hours a week. Plus I'll get some sort of certification for lab safety, which is something else I can add to my Grad. school App.
XOX