Kathleen's Classes for Spring Quarter

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My classes for next quarter (starting March 30th):

TSMIN 314  Twentieth-Century Revolutions (5 credits)
An interdisciplinary look at four major 20th-century revolutions: Russia, China, Cuba, and Nicaragua. Begins with political theories of revolution, then discusses the historical process which accomplished each of the four revolutions, and ends with

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UVM has a weird system, which was nothing like the McGill system in terms of 1XX, 2XX, etc. At McGill, 2XX was freshman level, 3XX was intermediate, and 4XX was senior. You could get into any class as long as you had the prereqs. I never was able to figure out UVM's system, honestly...

At UWT, we have quarters, which you usually take three of in a year. Each class is worth 5 credits, and you meet for 4 hours and 10 minutes a week (2 classes per week at 1 hour 5 minutes each, M/W or T/Th, usually. If it's a Friday class it's just 4 hours on Friday). For my 3 credit course, we meet for 2.5 hours once a week. Just like anywhere else, <12 credits a quarter is part time, 12-15 credits is full time, and >15 is extra (I think those are federal/national standards). So you're basically forced to take three 5-credit courses each quarter, unless you can do an internship or independent study for 2-3 credits, or manage to find a 3-credit course

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Oh, the other thing that's important to know: The cost at UWT is the same for a range of 10-18 credits. Which is why I might take the 3 credit course even though it won't help me towards my degree (I already have all of my electives, since nothing transferred over useful--I only need gen. ed. reqs and stuff required for my major/minor now).

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Yeah, I emailed the prof and he said it was designed for non-science students, which I'm happy about.