School Schedule
I've met all the class requirements I need for graduation in my programs except for a GIS course I'm taking in the Spring. I have to be full time to get financial aid, so I chose a few other classes that sounded interesting. Full time is 12 credits and most classes are 3. However, I also need a single credit of senior portfolio as a capstone for my anthropology major; thus, I'm at 13 credits.
Well, I was at 13 credits. I'd been playing with the idea of swapping one of the academic classes out for two single credit HESM (Health, Exercise, and Sports Management) classes. It would reduce the amount of work I have to do this semester on top of the research and preparation for my conferences in April. So tonight, I swapped Gender and Society (which does sound really interesting, but which I suspect I'd be happier just doing the readings from if I really want to) for two HESM classes.
I thought *really* hard about taking scuba diving. I've always wanted to learn to scuba dive. I feel like it's about as close to unaided flight as a human being can get. But I don't know how much swimming skill is a prerequisite, and I can't swim for shit. Plus, I'm vain, but I'm worried about frequent indoor pool use damaging my hair.
So instead, I first enrolled in Pilates and Fitness Yoga (one class). I've been feeling like stretching would be good for me, so I'm going to learn how to do that and more. Second, appropriately for my state of mind lately, I enrolled in Relaxation. The description states:
The purpose of this course is to provide the student with the necessary knowledge and the ability to recognize stressors and their effects on one’s life, as well as the implementation of various relaxation techniques. Relaxation techniques including deep breathing, meditation, imagery and progressive relaxation are among those covered in the course.
That sounds pretty good.
And even better, that removes my only Friday class except for senior portfolio, whose time and date are subject to change at our first meeting anyway.
(In case you're interested, the other classes I'm going to be in are:
*Advanced GIS Applications (this completes my GIS certificate)
*Geography in Land Use Planning (very applicable to my future study)
*Historiography and Historians, because what's not to like about meta-analysis of history and historical perspective? This is a 300 level class and may be a lot of work, but I'm excited about it and I really like the professor.
Well, I was at 13 credits. I'd been playing with the idea of swapping one of the academic classes out for two single credit HESM (Health, Exercise, and Sports Management) classes. It would reduce the amount of work I have to do this semester on top of the research and preparation for my conferences in April. So tonight, I swapped Gender and Society (which does sound really interesting, but which I suspect I'd be happier just doing the readings from if I really want to) for two HESM classes.
I thought *really* hard about taking scuba diving. I've always wanted to learn to scuba dive. I feel like it's about as close to unaided flight as a human being can get. But I don't know how much swimming skill is a prerequisite, and I can't swim for shit. Plus, I'm vain, but I'm worried about frequent indoor pool use damaging my hair.
So instead, I first enrolled in Pilates and Fitness Yoga (one class). I've been feeling like stretching would be good for me, so I'm going to learn how to do that and more. Second, appropriately for my state of mind lately, I enrolled in Relaxation. The description states:
The purpose of this course is to provide the student with the necessary knowledge and the ability to recognize stressors and their effects on one’s life, as well as the implementation of various relaxation techniques. Relaxation techniques including deep breathing, meditation, imagery and progressive relaxation are among those covered in the course.
That sounds pretty good.
And even better, that removes my only Friday class except for senior portfolio, whose time and date are subject to change at our first meeting anyway.
(In case you're interested, the other classes I'm going to be in are:
*Advanced GIS Applications (this completes my GIS certificate)
*Geography in Land Use Planning (very applicable to my future study)
*Historiography and Historians, because what's not to like about meta-analysis of history and historical perspective? This is a 300 level class and may be a lot of work, but I'm excited about it and I really like the professor.