It's slowly dawning on me. I'm going to return to university in a few years. I feel a little panicked inside. There are math classes I have to take when I get there but before that I have to prepare for those math courses. I have to refresh my math knowledge which has been idle since I graduated in mid-2000. I retained only a little. The classes I may take include statistics, pre-calculus, calculus and maybe physics. (I did not take any of those courses as a student). The prerequisite to statistics is intermediate algebra (a class I did take before). That is the class I need to refresh myself on. I registered as a student at the local community college and of course, because of budget cuts in California, there are less courses on offer and all those courses are now filled. I need to take the class in a physical space but that is no longer an option. Now I'm researching online courses. Also contemplating textbooks. Should I buy one from the school? Should I borrow an older version from the library? Of course, if I do this I will need to get super motivated to stick to the work. Even when I was in college, my mind would wander as I studied.
I don't know when I will go back for sure but my intention is by at least the 2014-15 academic year. Still more research left to do.
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Monday, August 06, 2012
american studies
throughout my graduate school research of schools in europe, i came across an interesting program of study: american studies. it's so odd, from an american perspective, to see it being offered. (in the u.s., a select number of schools also offer american studies which i was completely unaware of...)
today as i was looking into the university of utrecht i came across their american studies masters program. they have a school blog as well as a blog of one of the students. most of the students who contribute to the school's blog have had an internship in the u.s. in different sectors. it's interesting to see what career paths these students are pursuing as the first question that came to mind was what kind of career does one go into with a degree in american studies? for american students with a u.s. history degree it was always thought that there were only a few career paths: politics and academia. these european students, however, seem to have figured it out and are going into all these different areas that i would have never thought of.
reading the one blog that belongs to one of their most recent graduates, i learned what students of an american studies major call themselves (or at least this girl considers herself): an americanist.
today as i was looking into the university of utrecht i came across their american studies masters program. they have a school blog as well as a blog of one of the students. most of the students who contribute to the school's blog have had an internship in the u.s. in different sectors. it's interesting to see what career paths these students are pursuing as the first question that came to mind was what kind of career does one go into with a degree in american studies? for american students with a u.s. history degree it was always thought that there were only a few career paths: politics and academia. these european students, however, seem to have figured it out and are going into all these different areas that i would have never thought of.
reading the one blog that belongs to one of their most recent graduates, i learned what students of an american studies major call themselves (or at least this girl considers herself): an americanist.
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