Courses

Comp 2 introduced me to new writing techniques but did it in a way that wasn't totally boring. Our professor managed to connect complex literary ideas to songs and albums. In the class, we spent a lot of time sharing music that we all liked as well as listening to said music. We did a lot of writing based on either singular songs or albums that told a wider story. For my final paper, arguably my best paper, I wrote about Pink Floyd's "The Wall". The essay went into detail about the story behind my favorite album and I loved every second of writing.

Not the most exciting class that I've ever taken but, by far, one of the most informative. Going into the class I had a pretty general idea how the US Government worked from things like School House Rock and other kids TV shows. When I left that class I had a very deep understanding of how our central government was formed and how it works now. Being able to understand all of this also allowed me to be more patient when it came to why things take a while when it comes to bills/legislation.

Geology was something that I really didn't know I was going to enjoy when I came to GSU. I chose Geology as my science with labs after chemistry kicked my behind. I ended up falling love with the information and really enjoyed the material that we covered in the class. I will most likely end up with a geology minor because I've already taken so many of the classes. Intro to the earth was my first class with the geology department here on campus and I wish I could take it again.

One of my favorite professors taught my environmental geology class. She ended up winning teacher of the year that year and I couldn't have been happier. Environmental was definitely a more focused class compared to intro to the earth. We studied how rocks were formed in great detail and one day spent an entire class period taking about how one rock turns into another. Really fun stuff. The lab that was attached also had a lot to do with maps and with my time in the national guard I was pretty good with maps. I came to learn that geologists and the military use the same kind of maps although the geologists don't need to know route planning or attack points.

I took intro to philosophy as my A term class this past summer and it was one of my favorite classes while at GSU. My professor did what he could with the short time period that we had this summer. He connected all of our readings to quizzes and made the material easy to understand. The way he setup his exams also allowed for us to speak our minds and actually think about what we were writing.