The Long Road

03/12/2004 Archived Entry: "mine"

This is what my schedule looks like for next term. Here's a rundown of courses.

CS 448: Introduction to Database Management
One of the two required courses for my "Information Systems" option. It sounds like a bit of an easy course for some reason. I'm probably never going to be able to make the 8:30 session so I'm taking the 10:30 class instead, assuming that this is one of those courses where you can just go to which ever session you want. That also gives me 4 straight hours of classes on Wednesday and lots of running across campus.

CS 486: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Because AI is one of the coolest applications of CS and it'd be useful for, you know, games! I really like my late Tuesday/Thursday plus this is the only class I have!

MSCI 211: Organizational Behaviour
An interesting sounding "psychology in the workplace" course. Need it as one of the 10 electives for my option.

PMATH 360: Geometry
The last math course I'll ever need to take! It was either choosing between this or CO 380: Mathematical Discovery and Invention, which Mike insists I take. But Pmath fits into my schedule better and the course description says "Note: This course will be of interest to all math students." Can't pass that up! I wonder what the "lab" component of the course is all about.

ECON 344: Marketing: Principles of Marketing and Consumer Economics
The econ courses I REALLY want to take, "Political Economy 1: Microeconomics", "Political Economy 2: Macroeconomics", and "Introduction to International Economics" are all not offered in the summer. So 344 cuz marketing is cool in how you can appeal to specific types of people and it should be easy cuz Malleck is teaching it.

WEIGHTS/JOGGING/KARATE
Not giving up exercise, I'll do shorter jogs and/or weight sets on busy days or skip one day a week if things get hectic but I plan on keeping it going. I plan on stopping karate June-ish after I (hopefully) get my orange belt.

Replies: 12 comments

I'm taking International Trade this summer too...too bad you can't take it at Carleton. As for other ECON classes, anything with the word MONETARY in the course name is usually pretty interesting and easy.

Posted by Doug @ 03/12/2004 06:11 PM EST

Sounds like you actually put some thought into what courses you wanted other than, "interesting CS", "easy other course"
:)
looks good though, I also plan on taking the 10:30 Databases if I can, otherwise we can attend the 8:30 together with a pot of coffee.

Posted by sbdep @ 03/12/2004 07:55 PM EST

Why stop at orange... I mean there are nicer colors like black!

Posted by Hyperion @ 03/12/2004 08:28 PM EST

Well, I've been taking courses for the Information System option this whole time. Hence all the econ classes. The fact that the option takes 2 4th year CSs kinda limits what I can take though. I wanted that CS course where you write essays.

I'm stopping at orange only temporarily, school kicks into high gear I don't want to devote that much time to karate. I'll pick it back up next school term.

Posted by Rayne @ 03/12/2004 11:35 PM EST

Intro to A.I.! Sounds like cool stuff!!

Posted by dAN @ 03/13/2004 12:07 PM EST

Alison and I will sell you a soft copy (pdf) of the MSCI 211 textbook for $73 =D

Posted by Dennis @ 03/13/2004 11:47 PM EST

Your schedule is full of gaps, terrible planning...your program hates you. All my classes fit perfectly together and I get fridays off. Good planning? I certainly think so. Heh. Definitely helps when you have 8 math courses left to take and 4 of them are required, 3 come from a list of 4 to pick from, and the other is the easiest course you could think of. I guarantee CO 380 will be easier than pmath 360. I mean come on...mathematical discovery and invention!

Posted by Mike @ 03/14/2004 02:20 AM EST

Maybe I'll see you in AI...

Posted by ian @ 03/14/2004 07:31 AM EST

organizatonal behaviour sounds interesting?

*snickers*

*rereads above statement*

*snickers again*

although, it's probably not as bad when you just have to take it once, instead of taking it 3 or 4 times under different names ... and from different perspectives

and how does marketing become an economics course ... the only time i remember using economics in marketing was for pricing .. and that was just a theoretical discussion ...

Posted by melpie @ 03/15/2004 09:36 AM EST

I took MSCI 211 a year or two ago.

O.B. is about learning lots of behavioural theories, and applying them in various essays, presentations, and the like.

If you know Maslow's Hierarchy, or any other motivational theories, you are on the right track.

To the credit of the course, they certainly provided interesting examples and ideas to work with. Our main project was on the organizational challenges for the Apollo 13 incident. We got to watch the movie as reference.

Posted by Ian @ 03/15/2004 10:44 AM EST

i also find it funny that uw calls their o.b. (not the tampons) course management science, when management science as a subject is no longer really ... studied .. and o.b. is a descendant of the original management science ...

but really, when it comes down to it, there are only two words you need to know for o.b., rayne:

balanced and scorecard

(apparently it solves ALL problems)

Posted by melpie @ 03/15/2004 04:12 PM EST

Dennis: Will the used book store take it and sell it for 80% afterwards?

Mike: It could be not easy if you have to actually do some of those 100 problems. Whereas Geometry: "ooh, circles! ooh squares!"

Mel: I remember you complaining before about how courses shouldn't fall into the econ label. I think anything at all business-y falls into the econ at UW =)

Posted by Rayne @ 03/16/2004 06:59 PM EST