On of my classes is Methods and Themes in the History of Science. In this we do a general overview of important topics in the History of Science such as is it relevant, why and how scientists change their minds, how to use instruments to do research, and more along that those lines. For our class every week we have a reading list we have to read and then we discuss it. During the lecture our main professor talks about topics in such as Galileo and the Scientific Revolution and he describes how they used to be seen and studied and how they are now. That professor's name is Professor Corsi and he's quite funny! He's from Italy, so he talks a lot about how great his home country is and how great he is. It is all said in a joking way to keep us interested. For the seminar each week a different historian is brought in to give us a lecture on their research. So far the two we have heard have been interesting. Although, one was better then the other. It's teaching me how to presented and what kind of presenting style I like.
The other class I have is Methods and Themes in the History of Medicine. Generally the ideas are the same except they are related to the History of Medicine, so we talk about things like epidemics, Foucault, the body, and more. Unlike History of Science, our History of Medicine lectures link up directly to what we talk about and had to read for class. This is nice because it gives another dimension, but also a little tedious because you have to both read the material and listen to it.
This semester for both classes I have to write three essays and do a presentation. My first two essays were do Friday and I had my History of Medicine presentation in the first week of class. It's nice to have the medicine presentation done because it is definitely NOT my strong point. Since both classes are linked they have our essays due for both at the same time which is a learning experience for me. Usually I work on one essay at a time, but this time I did both at once. I would work on one for two hours before changing to the other. Will see how it all turns out. It will be something I have to work on more.
On top of that every second week I have a Graduate Research Forum. In that class we learn about doing research and the basics of getting ready to write our dissertations. I need to do more research into mine. I have a general idea of what I want to do, but now I need to find something specific that interests me and I have to find sources!
I try to go to a Medieval Latin class on Wednesdays because it would be helpful for my research since I'm focusing on the Medieval/Middle Ages. It conflicts with a seminar series on Material Culture, which also has to do with my research. So I picked the lectures for the Material Culture seminar which looked the most interesting to me and I'll go to a couple of those and go to Latin the other times.
I think that's all of my classes/courses. I'll try to say how they all go in my regular blog posts. Since I don't have any photos related to my classes here are some other pictures I've taken!
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| Pigeons like to sit in the tree outside my window and sometimes on my window sill. I would like to open my window up all the way, but I'm scared one will fly in. So I only open my window a tiny bit. |
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| This is a picture of the library at the college. It's really pretty. Both sides of the library are lines with those shelves. There are spiral staircases that lead up to the top floor where there are desks for students. The second floor is what you can see with the railings. |
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