Doing The Math.

Status Report

Wearing: I have my red blanket wrapped around me, and that’s all. : P

Stereo is Blasting: Harvester of Sorrow – Metallica

Last ate: Steak.

Last round of masturbation: Two rounds an hour or two ago. Mmm.

Entry Start Time: 1:47 AM

Based on Esther’s “Senses”.

Decision time, eh? I’ve written everything out, so I see where I stand.

Writing Requirement
355:101, Expos
355:201, Expos 2

Arts and Humanities
350:219, Principals of Literary Study
(Insert the philosophy course of my choice)

Natural Science
Two semesters of physics plus lab

Analytic and Quantitative
(Insert the math/CS course of my choice)

Diversity
(Insert Course One)
(Insert Course Two)

International Perspectives
(Insert Course One)

…In lesser words, I have four cores to kill. I plan to take Expos 2 next semester. I plan to take Socialism and Communism (History Department) to kill either the Diversisty or the International Perspective, depending on what courses I take later.

Put that aside for a second. I’ve taken five philosophy courses (Assuming I pass the two this semester). (Seems pointless to list them.) I need three upper level courses to finish out a minor. Or, should I choose, I could take six upper level courses and finish out a major.

I’ve taken five CS courses (This excludes courses I’ve taken and failed. I’ve failed two so far, 112 and 211. I’ve made up 112. This also assumes I PASS the two remaining CS courses.). I need seven classes to finish out a major. Funny. I had a really strange fear when I chose my courses last semester. I feared I would be put in exactly this situation. I feared I’d fail 323. Go figure.

I’m in my third year. So, assuming I take five courses each semester, I’ll have 15 classes left before my perspective graduation. Minus the cores, I have 11 classes to fulfill my major. And my minor. If I major in CS with a minor in philosophy, I’ll need 7 + 3 = 10 classes to do it in. I can do that with one class to spare, easy math.

Now, here’s where the fun begins. Obviously, it’ll take 7 + 6 = 13 classes to double major. While I would have to overload, it’s doable without absolutely killing myself. I took 211 last semester and failed it. Mostly because the prof couldn’t teach. Sadly, I can’t get away from that prof. There is a catch here. These profs like to put slides online. I never did look at them. I don’t remember doing any homework. If I bother to look at the slides and do some homework, I can pass it. The first exam, I remember I did fine on. It was the second half of the course that made me go “What are we learning?” EVERYBODY was lost.

And there’s the factor that there’s a certain philosophy class that will kill off one of my core requirements, saving me an extra class. So, if I take 211 next semester in addition to five other classes and pass all my classes, I can still do my senior year by taking five classes a semester.

Okay, it made sense to me, I never said it would make sense to you. I have this mapped out in my head. Really, I’m recalling one of my old plans.

My plan is to just assume I’m going to double-major in CS and Philosophy. I like options? Worst come to worst, I can still major in philosophy and minor in CS at any time. Simply giving up CS is like cutting off a rather shitty parachute.

I realize that if I want to pull any of this off, I’ll have to cut back on my online activity, OD included. So. I should start now. I’ll figure out times what times I’ll allot myself to be online. Maybe after I study or something. My plan? Unplug my network cable. No, I’m serious. Simply being off AIM never works, because I end up refreshing my notelist page.

I have to get my act together and fast if I intend to pull anything off next semester. You’d think I’d learn the first law of holes by now. *shakes head*

And for anybody who likes annotating this shit, I’ve picked out these classes for next semester:

730:465, Phenomenology and Existentialism (Philosophy)
355:201, Research in Desciplines: Shopping Nation (What we all call Expos 2. There are different topics which we basically write one long paper on. I’m hoping this will inspire an anti-capitalist, anti-consumerism paper.)
506:361: Socialism and Communism (History Dept, kills core req)
198:211 Computer Arc (CS, repeating because I failed)
198:344 Design And Analysis of Computer Algorithms (CS)
730:407 Intermediate Logic OR 730:308 Hume, Kant, and the 18th Century

We’ll see. It’s always good to give yourself options.