Oh right, Classes

Well, this week has already flown by in comparison to last week. It might have something to do with the fact I now have classes to go to. Yay! It is weird to think it has been almost a month since classes started at Brandeis, and I am only a week into my semester. I think I am going to really enjoy my classes, though they seem like they might be a bit difficult. I only have to take three classes under this system, but you have to spend a lot more time outside the classroom studying- so that should be interesting.

I'm a History and an Economics major, and one of the departments they have in Edinburgh is "Economic and Social History", i.e. nerd heaven for someone like myself. Two of my classes are out of this department. First is "The Social and Economic History of British America from 1607-1770." which takes place at 9 am on Monday. The building is also the prettiest of buildings where I take classes.

The other two take place in a building that look like this.

And I thought Brandeis had the monopoly on ugly industrial classrooms.

The British America class seems like it is going to be the most work, even though it has the least amount of lecture time. I kinda suck at the whole "independent study" thing because I have no ethic apparently. I hope that I will be able to overcome that though, and tackle my multi-book reading list with fervor. I'm excited to learn early American history through a British lens, especially because this class is also going to cover the West Indies- which always seems to get left out of American lectures on similar areas.

The other class I have in the ECSH department is "Economic History 2.1: The Global Economy" This class is covering the growth of globalization from the 14th century to the industrial revolution. It is actually a full year course (the 2nd part covers up until modern times), so instead of taking the usual final exam, I will be able to take a Take-home exam. That, combined with it being a 2nd-year course, is making me feel optimistic about my workload in conjunction with this class. Now that I have written that, it will promptly become my hardest class. The two classes, funnily enough, also have the same professor. She seems very nice- and already asked why I am taking two-different year level courses. Hopefully my "Your third year course scares me" explanation was good enough.

Last, but not least, is my business class which is called "Business Research Methods I: Quantitative Techniques." -a long and fancy name for Statistics. And yes, all the course titles were hell to write on my course forms. Stats seems like it will be interesting. It is my largest class, in a huge lecture hall, but there seems like there is going to be a lot of opportunities for individual attention. I just hope it covers everything I need for my Econ major, especially because it is going to have to be my basis for Econometrics :x

Lets see how the optimism goes once all my essays become due, eh?

Roomate update: The girls are still very sweet, and Marleigh and I are really good about sharing food and things which is super neato. What isn't neat, is the kitchen. One (or maybe more) of the girls don't know how to clean out a microwave- and they seem to like to explode things in it, and sometimes the dishes in the drying-rack haven't been cleaned properly. Its like they don't know that just rinsing off a plate cleans it. We're going to have another flat meeting soon, so hopefully we will be able to clear that all up. They also like to make a lot of origami (cranes keeping popping up around the kitchen), so maybe whoever the paper-folder is can show me their techniques.

Until next time!