HIS 131 – American History I
Grade: A
Grade Status: Official
ART 115 – Art History II
Grade: A
Grade Status: Instructor Notation – Awaiting Registrar Confirmation
CSC 153 – C# Programming
Grade: A
Grade Status: Numerical Average Complete – Awaiting Instructor Confirmation
ENG 131 – Introduction to Literature
Grade: B
Grade Status: Instructor Limbo – System Provided Numerical Average
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ART 115 – Art History II |
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Paper 1, Raphael |
Paper 2, Hamada Shoji |
Paper 3, Pointillism |
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HIS 131 – American History I |
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Essay 1, Colombian Exchange |
Essay 2, Emancipation |
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I don’t know if anyone really cares to read my academic writings, but here they are, my final papers:
ENG 131 – Introduction to Literature
Frost vs. Longfellow 
HIS 131 – American History I
Sociological Impact of the American Civil War 
I’m not being flaky this time, I have a valid reason for the change, two of them actually. This is the course I originally wanted, but it was full, so I took an alternate, but now I’ve been given a permit. The second reason, it counts towards a core requirement on the psychology degree, whereas the other course was a duplicate requirement (which makes it an elective credit).
So, reflecting my last change of course for the spring semester, here is my complete detailed semester, including the change from Clinical/Counseling Psychology to Cognitive Psychology.
Theories of Personality [PSYC310]
Vivian Dzokoto
Theories of Personality: An investigation of theories concerning the development and functioning of the normal personality, with attention to empirical findings related to individual adjustment or maladjustment. — 3 hours
Registered
Cognitive Psychology [PSYC421]
James Hogan
A study of theoretical approaches and research findings relevant to the complex processes of thinking, linguistic expression, problem solving, and decision making, with attention to the relation of these processes to intelligence and creativity. — 3 hours
Registered
Art History I [ART114]
Richard L. Gilbert
This course covers the development of art forms from ancient times to the Renaissance. Emphasis is placed on content, terminology, design, and style. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate an historical understanding of art as a product reflective of human social development. This course has been approved to satisfy the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement general education core requirement in humanities/fine arts. — 3 hours
Registered
Nutrition [BIO155]
Paula H. Dedmon
This course covers the biochemistry of foods and nutrients with consideration of the physiological effects of specialized diets for specific biological needs. Topics include cultural, religious, and economic factors that influence a person’s acceptance of food, as wellas nutrient requirements of the various life stages. Upon completion, students should be able to identify the functions and sources of nutrients, the mechanisms of digestion, and the nutritional requirements of all age groups. This course has been approved to satisfy the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement for transferability as a premajor and/or elective course requirement. — 3 hours
Registered
Digital Photography Studio [ART288DH]
Michael K. Hensdill
This course provides the opportunity for advanced self-determined work beyond the limits of regular studio course sequences. Emphasis is placed on creative self-expression and in-depth exploration of techniques and materials. Upon completion, students should be able to create original projects specific to media, materials, and techniques. This course has been approved to satisfy the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement for transferability as a premajor and/or elective course requirement. — 3 hours
Registered
This should feel like a three times annual procedure by now. Finish all of my course work and then wait patiently, or not so patiently, for instructors to enter grades. This semester is a little different though, and I can’t put my finger on why. I am usually so very hyper and waiting for grades is almost like an Olympic sport, but this semester it is like I am waiting for fates to decide if I have done well enough or not to get an A in a particular course, while other courses the anticipated grade is much clearer. I am calm, but almost so calm that I am depressed. I don’t want the semester to be over, I want there to be more to it. I have enjoyed my courses so much this semester that it is just sad that they are over. The spring semester will start soon enough I suppose, but what am I supposed to do now? I have been filling my days and evenings (or late nights, early mornings and afternoons) with doing classwork or with avoiding particular assignments that I felt particularly procrastinistic (or procrastinatory, neither are real words, but oh well) about.
I have been avoiding art a lot this semester, probably because I have been busy doing other things, but now it seems a little strange to just jump back to them. It has gotten cold outside now, which makes ceramics a pain for me, as I have no good indoor wash-up facility for it. Drawing seems too time consuming and requires me being patient with myself as I find my hand again. Photography… while always easy to do and fun, its been freaking cold this week.
I’m noticing a pattern here, my excuse for everything seems to be that it is cold outside. Perhaps I’m suffering from a bit of seasonal affective disorder since winter seems to have hit so suddenly?
Less than 24 hours ago (about 3PM yesterday), I sent a request for an informal evaluation of my computer science courses to UNC-FSU’s Mathematics and Computer Science department, now an official evaluation sheet has been sent to the Office of the Registrar for input. It took two weeks for my General Education/TAC adviser to make any recommendations about my course equivalences, and another two weeks to get around to sending them to the registrar. It took my Psychology adviser about 3 weeks to look over my transcripts and decide that she did not see any additional course work that she wished to take from them. Both of them are women, and apparently are very slow and methodical in their handling of things. The Math/CS department chair and the CS Coordinator are both men, and have handled things with great haste and efficiency.
All of this being said… the registrar is a woman and it always takes her several days to do things, so I expect to see my transfer credits at the beginning of the new year.
I just finished with my last assignment of the semester, and it is such a relief to be done. All of my exams are finished and all of my projects are turned in.
I finished my literature project on Tuesday, a little bit late, but oh well, I just had to upload it to my literature wiki. It has not been graded, but the instructor has promised to turn in grades on Friday…I’m nervous about that a bit. I worry that I am going to get something less than an A and ruin my Gaston GPA (presently a 4.0).
Earlier this evening I finished off my Art History II course. I took the final exam. The timing allowed is 100 minutes, and I ended up using about 50 minutes. I received a perfect score on the exam. I have an ‘A’ in the course.
A few days ago I finished my American history paper and got it turned in, tonight I finished my last history quiz. I did well on the quiz, the paper remains ungraded. I worry about this class because I have so far only been awarded 137.93 points out of 200 for the course, and there are still about 60 points left unallocated (20 points for discussion board, 15 for the paper, 15 for the project). Could go either way, but presently it looks like the course is going to lean towards ‘A’.
Finally, I am finished with C# Programming. I finished my final project last night, and then this evening I finished my final exam. At present I have a ‘B’ in the course, but there is a large quantity of points that have not yet been assigned.
Overall I feel very good about the semester. This weekend I should have final grades from all of my instructors… at least by Monday anyway.
I just received my transfer credit evaluation from Fayetteville State University’s Computer Science and Mathematics department (for a potential minor).
Transfer CSC 148 at CPCC to FSU as CSC 105 Transfer ITCS 1214 at UNC-Charlotte to FSU as CSC 120 Transfer ITCS 1215 at UNC-Charlotte to FSU as CSC 130 Transfer ECGR 2103 at UNC-Charlotte to FSU as CSC 202 Transfer ITCS 2231 at UNC-Charlotte to FSU as CSC 100
I got a late start on my Frost vs. Longfellow paper, and since it needed to be at least 8 pages in length, I started off a little worried. The first 3 pages or so came out well, but the rest sort of dragged on. I am so happy, I am finally finished with the paper, it is turned in and now my life can return to normal (normal for my life I guess). Finished I am, no more moods, meters, pentameters, stanzas, metaphors or imagery for me tonight. Now I can rest… at least until I have to start my C# project next week, then I think I can sit still for a few weeks, before Psychology courses start on January 8th. This whole winter break thing is seeming shorter than it used to. When I was a child, wasn’t this break like 4 weeks?
I feel like I just got started with this semester. Time has gone so quickly. All of my assignments, with the exception of 5 final assignments remaining, have been turned in. Tonight I completed my U.S. History final paper, which has been my largest burden for the week. I am in the middle of working on my literature project which is due Monday night.
For major assignments remaining, all that is left is a literature project and a C# programming assignment. The literature project is very much self determined in content, although, the length has been determined by the instructor. It will be a 10 page paper comparing the poetry of Robert Frost and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The C# assignment is fairly simple, but yet time consuming application. I have to write a browser application based on the .NET browser controls.
I have two final exams to take, neither of which I am worried about. I must take a 60 question timed (90 minutes) exam in Art History II as well as a 50 question self-paced exam for C#. Nothing really difficult about either of these, just feels like it since they are due after my major assignments.
Finally, there is a single, lonely American History quiz due next weekend. It will be a simple 20 question quiz on the final unit of the course. I could avoid taking it and still have an ‘A’ in the course, so I am not too worried about it.
I am doing well in all of my courses, so I am not too worried about the final grades thing, except for a few paranoid thoughts.
| Course | Suspected Grade | Reasoning |
| ART 115 | A | All assignments have been turned in except for the final exam. Average is a high ‘A’. To keep an A in the course I need about a 60 on the final exam, without extra credit, or factoring in my extra credit, I only need a 42% on the exam. |
| CSC 153 | A or B | A lot of points have not been assigned yet. 500 points have been accounted for so far, and I have a B. The final project and final exam will be another 800 points, which could easily push me to an A or force me to keep a B. I think I will do well on the exam and I plan to give as much effort as I can to the project. |
| ENG 131 | A or B | It all depends on how my project goes. The project isn’t finished yet, and I am having a hard time getting a sense of how the instructor grades (very little feedback is ever given as to how she arrives at a grade). The final project portion of the grade is about 30%, so could swing me either way. |
| HIS 131 | A | I could be wrong, but unless my paper really sucks and he hates my Wiki page, I have plenty of points. There are 227 possible points in the course, and the grade will be assigned as the number of points earned over 200 (27 points extra credit possible). |
