scheduling woes
Nov. 6th, 2005 02:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
e_clareInstead of writing my Joyce paper on Flaubert's influence in "Clay," I'm looking up classes for next semester. Apparently, I'm finished with my minor and I didn't even know it -- if I make sure I get credit for the Smith film course, I'll be set. The question is, don't I want to take a film class my last semesterr here? I can write stuff for the rest of my life, but when am I really going to get to study movies again?
That said, I also have to decide how many classes to take in addition to the thesis. I figure I can handle three regular classes, maximum -- but I'm also trying to think ahead to finals, and how I'll cope with thesis work AND final papers, all due at about the same time. (Add in the earlier deadline for seniors, and I start to get really worried.)
ENG 302: Nonfiction Writing: Writing Journalistic Narratives for Magazines and Books. Th 1-3:50
Pros: Preparation for future career; haven't taken a "journalism" class since high school; would build a better and larger collection of clips to help with the job search than sporadic gigs with the MHNews ever could.
Cons: Writing intensive -- head might explode; after lunch -- danger of sleep.
ENG 332: Modern Drama. TuTh 11-12:15
Pros: Reading list (Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Shaw, O'Casey, Pirandello, O'Neill, Brecht, Williams, Miller, Beckett, Pinter, Hansberry, Soyinka, Aidoo, Shepard, Fugard, Norman, Wilson, and Parks); useful for thesis; not a seminar (good for short attention spans).
Cons: Finishing all reading for twice-weekly meetings is hard; mixed reviews of professor (Lemly).
ENG 367: British Drama: From the Gothic to the Suffragists. T 1-3:50
Pros: Visiting professor specializes in Wilde/Victorian drama (thesis!); friends are in it.
Cons: Not a huge fan of Victorian literature; after-lunch danger zone; big-ass final paper likely.
FLMST 230: Documentary Film. MW 2:40-3:55
Pros: Love the professor & subject; doesn't meet Tues/Thurs; timeslot is out of sleepy period.
Cons: Don't need it after all; prof gives killer midterms; final exam AND paper likely.
THEAT 350: Principles of Dramaturgy. Th 1-3:50
Pros: Dramaturgs rock and I secretly want to be one; guaranteed to see lots of theater; ties to thesis not difficult to find.
Cons: Another seminar (bad timeslot); out-of-class component (lots of theater) will be time-consuming; projects are likely to get intense.
That list was not so helpful as I'd hoped it would be. Huh.
That said, I also have to decide how many classes to take in addition to the thesis. I figure I can handle three regular classes, maximum -- but I'm also trying to think ahead to finals, and how I'll cope with thesis work AND final papers, all due at about the same time. (Add in the earlier deadline for seniors, and I start to get really worried.)
ENG 302: Nonfiction Writing: Writing Journalistic Narratives for Magazines and Books. Th 1-3:50
Pros: Preparation for future career; haven't taken a "journalism" class since high school; would build a better and larger collection of clips to help with the job search than sporadic gigs with the MHNews ever could.
Cons: Writing intensive -- head might explode; after lunch -- danger of sleep.
ENG 332: Modern Drama. TuTh 11-12:15
Pros: Reading list (Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Shaw, O'Casey, Pirandello, O'Neill, Brecht, Williams, Miller, Beckett, Pinter, Hansberry, Soyinka, Aidoo, Shepard, Fugard, Norman, Wilson, and Parks); useful for thesis; not a seminar (good for short attention spans).
Cons: Finishing all reading for twice-weekly meetings is hard; mixed reviews of professor (Lemly).
ENG 367: British Drama: From the Gothic to the Suffragists. T 1-3:50
Pros: Visiting professor specializes in Wilde/Victorian drama (thesis!); friends are in it.
Cons: Not a huge fan of Victorian literature; after-lunch danger zone; big-ass final paper likely.
FLMST 230: Documentary Film. MW 2:40-3:55
Pros: Love the professor & subject; doesn't meet Tues/Thurs; timeslot is out of sleepy period.
Cons: Don't need it after all; prof gives killer midterms; final exam AND paper likely.
THEAT 350: Principles of Dramaturgy. Th 1-3:50
Pros: Dramaturgs rock and I secretly want to be one; guaranteed to see lots of theater; ties to thesis not difficult to find.
Cons: Another seminar (bad timeslot); out-of-class component (lots of theater) will be time-consuming; projects are likely to get intense.
That list was not so helpful as I'd hoped it would be. Huh.
