Classes start tomorrow! It's weird to say, but I suppose I'm officially a senior in college. How strange. I really don't yet feel prepared to be ejected out of the semi-protective cocoon of "college life" into the real world. Apparently neither is my mom! Heh heh. After discussing it with her, I've decide to seek out a second Bachelor's degree, this one in Philosophy, thus extending my college experience by (at least!) another year.

So I'm taking two Philosophy classes this semester. Whether I continue with Philosophy will depend almost entirely on how well these two classes go. With that in mind, let's take a look at my schedule for this semester!

Take a look at my schedule here. I generated this using a nifty perl script I wrote. Note the breaks after German class on MWF. This is lunch for those of you on campus interested in lunching with me. TR only offers a short break, so lunch there will be more of the eat-and-run variety. Anyway, here's the breakdown:

• CS 655, Programming Languages: Yeah, 600-level. This should be interesting. I had Dr. Finkel for the undergrad-level Programming Languages course, so I got permission to take the graduate level class this semester. It's my earliest class, and certainly the most intimidating. Thus it's the one class that might be prone to being dropped. :)
• CS 463, Logic and Artificial Intelligence: Ahh, AI! I've been waiting to take this class for a long time. It'll be tough, but I'm pretty familiar with a lot the basic concepts of the first few chapters. Should be fun!
• GER 102, Basic German: One bothersome part of doing something in the college of Arts & Sciences is the language requirement. Fortunately, despite the extra credits required to fulfill it, I like foreign languages, and I was able to test out of GER 101. Actually, I technically tested out of GER 201, but after discussing my situation (good reading skills, non-existent aural/oral skills) with the director of the beginning German program, we both decided 102 would be the right class to start at. Should be fun.
• PHI 320, Symbolic Logic: When you come from a CS background, you don't really have much to worry about in a symbolic logic class. I guess the more humanities-oriented philosophy students might find it troublesome, but I'm not really worried.
• PHI 260, History of Philosophy I: Greek Beginnings to the Middle Ages: The first of the two class pre-major sequence in philosophy. I've read through some of the text, and I have to say, reading the essays actually pumped me up (in a bizarre, geeky way) for further philosophical consideration. I'm a bit nervous about the class though. I'm not a big fan of meaty reading lists and my performance here probably correlates highly with my ability to succeed in the philosophy program in general. We'll see how it goes!

Well, that's my schedule for this semester. 16 hours of classes I'm genuinely interested in! That may be the first time I've found my whole schedule interesting... well, ever. Despite nerves about PHI 260, I'm actually looking forward to this semester.