Tuesday, December 14, 2004
I finished the ancient sports final in fifteen minutes, perhaps less. I ought to end the semester with a 3.8 GPA- ausgezeichnet. After more revisions (the English class I needed opened up), this is hopefully the final schedule for next semester:
Introduction to Archaeology MWF 9:00-9:50 a.m.The Texas Tech University distance education program offers the other core classes; I will take them intermittently.
Comprehensive German Review MTWRF 10:00-10:50 a.m.
Cultural Anthropology MWF 11:00-11:50 a.m.
Comprehensive Latin Review MTWRF 12:00-12:50 p.m.
Introduction to Fiction MWF 1:00-1:50 p.m.
After returning to the K-hole I should discuss the transfer-to-UTA plan in depth with Lindsay- after I give her her Christmas present. Lindsay, April, and Rebekah will receive generous gifts; everyone else got crap. This was not a lucrative semester.
The Arlington campus offers a Classics minor, but not the B.A.- I would have to enter the Interdisciplinary Studies program in order to earn a B.A. in Classical Studies. With that degree I would probably minor in philosophy. The Philosophy department offers a Philosophy major/Classics minor track, which I might consider. Either way I would take most of the same classes. After deciding to nix teaching I concluded I should major or minor in Anthropology- if I do transfer to UTA, it would be primarily because their Anthropology program has specializations in classical studies. Tech offers one course that can hardly cover the field. At UTA I would major in Anthropology with the minor in German.
If I remain at Tech I'll major in Classics with Greek concentration and either a Latin or a philosophy minor. The second major would still be Anthropology with German, but I don't feel it would be as comprehensive as the major at UTA. The UTA program requires linguistics, philosophy, and sociology courses for the major, whereas the Tech program simply requires x anthropology courses at junior and senior levels.
Why do I complicate everything?
Rebekah invited me over for a fajita dinner. This might not be wise, for we will ride in her car together tomorrow for at least ten hours. But if she's willing to cook, I'm willing to eat and not complain.
[Lauree Frances Keith concluded this diatribe at 1:48 PM]