I'm 3 days into my 2nd to last semester at CSU-Monterey Bay. It's insane to think in less than a year I'll be done with my undergraduate degree and have a BS in Earth Science Systems and Policy with a concentration in Marine and Coastal Ecology! Course, technically, ESSP is now the new Science and Environmental Policy (SEP).
Anyway, I got my ILP (individual learning plan) signed off. Tomorrow I will have submitted and paid my $40 fee for my application for graduation for the Spring of 2008! I'm excited! And scared! LoL I'll have to join the "real world" then.
Two of the classes I was hoping to take (undergrad classes) look like they won't be offered next Spring (though according to the prof teaching one of them I want, it's supposed to be) and I have to finish a MLO (major (as in my degree) learning outcome) that has been giving me troubles. A lot of it is science application and most of the classes don't really pertain to what I want to do. So it looks like I might be taking Physics I, Capstone II, and 2 grad classes next spring. Unless I can get one of the undergrad classes (probably Conversation Marine Biology) than I'll be taking that, Capstone II, Physics I, and 1 grad class (environmental economics). So we'll see. Either way, I may just die by the end of the semester or something. :P
My water law class is quickly becoming my most boring class that has the potential to also be interesting. The first two days, though, have been dreadful snoozers. We'll see as the semester progresses. Reminds me, I need to read chapter 1 and start on chapter 2. *sigh*
Marine Bio looks to be my best class. I know most of the class and the prof has some pretty neat labs set-up that are either things in the field, going to the aquarium, or staying in the lab. We're actually going out on a boat twice, going snorkeling one day, and going to the aquarium twice! The snorkeling should be interesting since we have to be positively buoyant and we're supposed to be doing some type of transect or something in the water. I'm not sure to be honest. It should just be interesting in general. Lol That happens in two weeks, actually.
212 will be a snooze too. It's basically "food ethics." I'm only taking the class for my speech and ethics requirement, but it has a TON of writing in it. It'll be like my service learning class last semester in the assignment style and set-up, but not the topic. I'm one of a few seniors in the class too. The class is really for sophomores, but there are some juniors too.
Capstone I has started interestingly enough. They've decided to start a "standard capstone" in Spring of 2008 along with the current thesis capstone style. I'm sticking with the thesis capstone for a number of reasons (grad school, my capstone advisor would frown upon me taking the standard route, and my project will be the basis for a peer review paper, I want distinction in my major, etc), but the standard capstone is SO much less work than the thesis one. Most of my friends are taking the standard route, but I'm set on the thesis one. I'll have to take 2 semesters of capstone (I is for writing the formal proposal, II is for the paper). The standard capstone is much less formal. Here's a chart noting the differences.
With that, I'm off to read this chapter for 212 and write-up my 2 page thought piece on it. *groan* At least I don't have any marine bio homework! Though, I probably need to read the book chapter. *sigh*
Welcome back to school...
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