Tuesday, October 19, 2010

My last Telebears

I updated my comprehensive course list because I had Telebears early this morning. I don't know why the formatting on my table is so weird, or why some fonts are large than others. All I know is that it is taking loads of self-restraint to keep from looking up more classes to take before I graduate. I think I am graduating with a little over 150 units! Anyways. Here we go.

Class and Semester

Title

Instructor

Highlight(s)

Fall 2007


Chem 4A

General Chemistry and Quantitative Analysis

Kim, Moretto, Saykally

Fun labs for the OCD individual, cool in-class demos/explosions by Lonnie

Math 1A

Calculus

Vojta

Nothing whatsoever. My most hated class in all of Cal. (See Math 1B SP’08)

ESPM 50AC

Introduction to Culture and Natural Resource Management

Spreyer

Getting a danish from my GSI because I remembered everyone’s name in section

Chem C96

Introduction to Research and Study in the College of Chemistry

Assorted Nobel Laureates

Interesting, complex topics that I could unfortunately not stay awake for 4-6pm.

Spring 2008


Physics 8A

Introductory Physics

Golightly

Sweet professor who no longer teaches, the pronunciation of “magnitude” with a long A sound, the sweetest guy GSI I’ve ever met

Math 1B

Calculus

Jones

Prof was a chalk-covered mad scientist, told funny anecdotes that he calls “True Stories.”

Psych 1

General Psychology

Shimamura

Enthusiastic prof, material that makes you go “Wow!” and fun RPP experiments

NST 10

Introduction to Human Nutrition

Amy

What’s not fun about food? Also, not having to take the final exam. Sweet.

Fall 2008


Chem 3A

Chemical Structure and Reactivity

Pederson

I LOVE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY! (I’m not being sarcastic) Benzene rings are cute.

Chem 3AL

Chemical Structure and Reactivity Lab

Viernes

Having an MIT grad student as a lab partner was a plus, after I got over the intimidation

Bio 1B

General Biology

Carlson, Power, Mishler

Plants and evolution are interesting. Ecology with Mary Power, not so much…

Astro C10

Introduction to General Astronomy

Filippenko

Stargazing with the telescope on top of Campbell and meteor shower party at 4AM.

Plant Bio 10

Plants, Agriculture, and Society

Staskawicsz

Broad (easy!) overview of how cool plants are. Good nap time after swim class.

PE 3 Swimming

Physical Education Activities

Stefke

Swimming in the rain! The ultimate socializing class.

Spring 2009


Bio 1A

General Biology

Wilt, Rine, Firestone

Hm. The only thing I can think of is “What do you want from me, I’m old!”—Wilt

Bio 1AL

General Biology Lab

Helen

2 units for a dozen hours of studying per week was justified by cool dissections

Chem 3B

Chemical Structure and Reactivity

Pederson

Even more fun than Chem 3A! I would major in Organic Chemistry if I could…

Chem 3BL

Chemical Structure and Reactivity Lab

Pederson

My GSI fell asleep during my presentation and I called him out on it. I got an A.

NST 11

Introduction to Toxicology

Bjeldanes, Martin, Cassida

Toxicology is interesting and relevant. Half an hour of naptime before class helped.

Opt 10

The Eye and Vision in a Changing Environment

Adams

Video of eye surgery made me want to pursue optometry/ophthalmology as a career. Also! Case studies of nail in eye, acid in eye, blunt impact to eye! Cool!

PE 3 Swimming

Physical Education Activities

Stefke

Swimming in the sunshine! Ah, to be fit again.

Fall 2009


GWS 130AC

Gender, Race, Nation and Health

Thompson

International spin on health, race, and gender! So awesome! My favorite class.

Stat 2

Introduction to Statistics

D’abrera

Prof brought Tom-Tom cookies from Australia.

MCB 102

Survey of the Principles of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

I honestly don’t remember

Metabolism is fun because it’s just all memorization. I can tell you some funny mnemonics to help you study! J

MCB 199

Directed Independent Study—Research Lab

Sul/Firestone

We study brown fat transcription factors. I do stuff for a postdoc.

PH 116

Seminar on Social, Political, and Ethical Issues in Health and Medicine

Assorted lecturers

Interesting range of topics from ethics and endocrinology to community nutrition.

PH 198

Seminar on Social, Political, and Ethical Issues in Health and Medicine

TA

This was the PH116 section. We ate donuts and bagels and talked about birth control.

Spring 2010


IB 169

Evolutionary Medicine

Carlson

First time taught. Evolutionary medicine is interesting, little-explored, and relevant!

Physics 8B

Introductory Physics

Deweese

Optics was fun. The best part about physics is not having to write up labs at home.

Slavic 50

Introduction to Russian/East European/Eurasian Cultures--Slavic Languages And Literatures

Coyne

Slavic cinema and literature is fascinating! Some of the stuff went over my head. I want to learn how to speak Russian and write in Cyrillic.

IB 199

Directed Independent Study—Research Lab

Sul

This is still my research lab, but now that I’m declared in IB, I switched it to IB199. I do top secret cool things.

MCB 180

Undergraduate Teaching Bio 1AL

Meighan

One of my students called my tank demos “Connie’s Amazing Marine Adventures.” Ah, I miss them already.

Fall 2010


IB 131

Human Anatomy

Carlson

Memorizing names of body parts you didn’t know you had.

IB 131L

Human Anatomy Lab

Carlson

5x more work than 131, but you get to touch cadavers, bones, tissues!

English 45C

Literature in English from mid-19th through the 20th century

Wong

My GSI uses words like “Keatsian valorization.” =(

IB c139

Biology of Stress

Francis

Kind of stressful and not very interesting, in my opinion

IB 199 or IB 196A

Lab Research

Sul

I just do volunteer research for fun now.

IB 117

Medical Ethnobotany

Carlson

How different groups around the world use plants! A lot more molecular/neurotransmitter mechanisms than I expected.

Spring 2011




IB 132

Mammalian Physiology



IB 132L

Mammalian Physiology Lab



IB 140

Human Reproduction



German c109

Language and Power



3 comments:

Stephanie said...

i have a reader for german c109 with prof kramsch if you need it. i took the class for about 2 weeks before i was too intimidated and dropped it because i felt like the ppl were old. anyway, let me know in the spring!

squirrelcaffeine said...

haha. you blog a lot.

Olivia said...

I took German C109 too for my Ed minor. I can give you all my readers and books and papers too if you want them :)