Cognitive Science Plan

Courses required: PSYC 6216 Introduction to Cognitive Science (3). This course presents multiple perspectives on the study of intelligent systems. Broad coverage of such topics as philosophy of mind; human memory processes; reasoning and problem solving; artificial intelligence; language processing (human and machine); neural structures and processes; and vision.   Also included is participation in the […]

Rethinking “Instructor Hold”

Ever since I met Sarah Scott at UNC-Charlotte, I have had to consider the option of a situation where an assignment entered into GITI might not work out exactly as planned, and then the “Instructor Hold” status was born. Internally the status was originally called “scott” (valid codes were “yes”, “no”, “drop”, “inc” and “scott”). […]

Chain of Possibilities

I’m a little nervous about getting into graduate school, so I have a chain of possibilities that I am planning to use. In order of priority, my options are: Master of Arts in Clinical/Community Psychology (UNC-Charlotte) limitations: only 5 students accepted Master of Arts in Psychology – Academic Concentration (East Carolina University) Master of Arts […]

Semester Projects

Art History 1 (ART 114) – “Write a paper on the development of the human figure in Greek art.” Art History I (ART 114) – “Write your paper on the contributions of the Romans to modern Architecture and Engineering.” Sex and Gender (PSYC 430) – “Sex Differences in Domestic Violence Initiation” Crime and Delinquency (SOCI […]

Too early to consider a graduate certificate?

Well, on the topic of adding stuff to a graduate program of study, I’m about to contradict myself. You CAN add stuff to a graduate degree program, primarily through the use of a graduate certificate to take up any elective spots, and if correctly placed they can enrich the overall program. I am seriously considering […]

100 Days

There are now 100 days remaining of my undergraduate career. About 92 of those days are active academic days, the remainder are the “rest period” between final exams and commencement. The rest period allows for final grading as well as allowing the registrar to finish “checking out” the degrees so that the diplomas may be […]

Sex and Gender Discussion Question

Would you yourself be willing to be a participating subject in a research project that investigated your sexual attitudes and your sexual behaviors? Why, or why not? Be thorough in your explanation. This week’s discussion. My post has been constructed and posted. What would your response be?

Deletion of LIVECURT.NET

I have decided that after 4 years of barely using LIVECURT.NET that I am going to decommission it on its anniversary date this year. The domain expires on October 3rd, and I intend to let it drop. I have not really used the domain and it has since been succeeded by other domains that are […]

“Shank”

This evening I watched a movie, “Shank” (2009), that had an usually emotional impact on me. I am in general not a fan of violent movies, as usually I am bored by them, but in this case, the violence was  a bit disturbing. The movie centered on a homosexual “scally” gang member. The movie involves […]