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First week back

Posted by Ryan on January 28th, 2007.

Well, the first week of classes has come and gone, and tomorrow starts week 2. This past week really flew by; the semester will be over before I know it. All in all it was a pretty good week. Let’s review, shall we?

CSC 110: Programming and Problem solving. This is my first programming class since I took C++ in either 10th or 11th grade. Well, this time I’m learning Java, but the concepts are all the same. From what we’ve learned in class so far, plus what I remember from C++ and have read in the book, I’ve been able to do the first four programming labs outside of class, and they all work correctly. OK, so I had a few bugs at first, but I was able to get them all resolved on my own.

CSC 205: Discrete Mathematics. This seems like it’s going to be more about logic than anything else. One of the prerequisites for this was CSC110, but hey, when your advisor for the major is the department head and he tells you what to sign up for, you just do whatever he says. The fact that I’m starting this program 3 semesters into college puts me behind the rest of my class, and he knows what I’m going to need to take if I want to get the program done on time. Same professor for this as for CSC 110, so I get to see him everyday, which will be useful if I have a question to ask about one class on the day I don’t have it and I can just ask it after the other class.

CJ 243: Investigative Techniques. This seems like a class I will enjoy. The professor teaching it has worked at the state forensics lab for longer than I’ve been alive, and before that, she worked with the guy that started the lab while he taught at a local college. So I think she’s pretty qualified to teach. This is probably the only night class I’m taking that won’t bore me.

MU 130: Understanding Music. I hate stupid core requirements like this one. How will I possible ever use this in a real life situation. I like to listen to music in my free time to help me relax. Not listen to music because I’m being told to. This is going to be a tough night class to pay attention in.

EC 112: Principles of Macroeconomics: I did OK in microeconomics, so this should be ok too. Except it is a night class, and the material can be pretty dry at times. Oh well, at least this one will be relevent, since the economy effects everyone, everyday.

PO 101: Introduction to Political Science. *Sigh*, another boring class that I’m only taking because it solves a core curriculum requirement. I could really care less about politics. On IRC, this person quit message is Politicians and diapers need to be changed often, and for the same reason. Is that ever true…but that is another topic on my never ending “to post” list.

Well, that’s all I wanted to blog about for now. There have been a lot of changes to the way my site is, and I want to post about that when I have finished changing it around and everything is set.



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