2007-01-16 07:36:22據點兵長鴨仔

選科如意不如意

由費城搬到波士頓快一個月,生活總算安頓好,新學校(Salem State College)的事宜亦弄妥了,接著就是選科。

選科確是一大難題。首先,在諸多限制的情況下,要選出和其他學府相對應的學科,將來才可把這些學分轉往其他學府。然後,要選優質教授的班。最後,還要選時間和地點,兩節課堂之間只有十至十五分鐘,所以上課地點不能夠天南地北,當然時間也不可有矛盾。

可幸的是,由於我主修數學的關係,基本限制來得比其他學生少。除了數學之外,只有英文作文一、二和世界歷史文明一、二是硬性要選讀的學科(所有學生都要選讀)。經過詳細慎重的考慮後,在符合種種條件因素下,選出新學期將修讀以下學科:

Mathematics - Calculus I (Major Requirement)
Philosophy - Principles Of Logic (Free Elective)
History - History World Civilization II (General Requirement)
English - Composition I (General Requirement)

其實結果不太如意,原因是像我這些轉校生,都是等其他學生完成選科程序後,才輪到我選......好教授的班要不是滿額,就是取消,心理學如是,歷史學也如是,剩下的班都只是質素一般的教授。除此,經濟學的班又和其他班在時間上有衝突;更不敢貿然選讀政治科學。最後唯有選讀質素普通的哲學和歷史學班。

在我而言,能夠來到波士頓這裡讀大學已經很幸運,所以無論選科如意不如意,我對新學期仍然充滿期望和信心。

後話:數學教授名字叫Kenny Ching(程Sir!?),應該是華裔人吧,不知道懂不懂廣東話呢?
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(悄悄話) 2007-01-18 11:50:13
handsome jeff 2007-01-16 11:44:23

first time to leave msg here! just read about you hesitate when choosing to study political science or not. If i didnt take a wrong guess, things are not as difficult as you imagine if it is a introduction course only: i took the intro to political science in sem 1 in HKU SPACE, and the things I studied are about demorcracy, electoral system, political executieve (e.g. presidential and parliamentary system), etc. It aims at providing you a basic concept of politics, and they are not really difficult put you put your heart on them. Just check out if the course contents are the same as what I have mentioned. If it is, I strongly recommend you to take it in the next sem as I believe you could handle it well since you have the ciritcal thinking that it is asking for! trust me! goodluck, jeff tam tsun hei