Tue Sep 20 11:46:01 EDT 2005
A wonderfully diverse group, with all kinds of interests; this is going to be a fun semester. With 35 responses:
Class: 11 freshmen, 7 sophomores, 12 juniors, 5 seniors
Your major or likely or possible major, with some double counting, and I might have missed a few when people suggested several possibilities:
ENG 4, HIS 4, POL 3, ANT 3, PSY 3, REL 2, MOL 2, ECO 2, and 1 each of MUS, FIT, WWS, NES, SPA, COM, CHM, ART, CLA. The ever-popular UNK got 3.
Your life outside class, e.g., sport, music, theater, service, Prince, sleep, ...:
Lots of sports, both varsity and club, followed closely by a variety of service activities, music in its myriad forms, writing in various venues, theater, work, and surprisingly (but perhaps realistically) not much interest in, or at least hope of, sleep.
Your computer experience: none 7 a little 16 some 8 a lot 4
What kind of computer do you have? PC 28 Mac 8
Which of these gadgets do you own?
cell phone 33
DVD burner 16
digital camera 17
digital video recorder 10
iPod/MP3 player 23
Are there any topics you would especially like to hear about in class?
Security and privacy issues and viruses: we'll get to them mostly when we do communications. Programming will be covered both in class and in the labs; you won't be a programmer by the end, but it should be non-mysterious. (If there's enough interest, we could enrich this part.) Web design: the early labs will do the basics. Among the others, how various devices work, digital music, cell phones, and search engines -- all of these will be included. There will also be on-going disucssion of social and legal issues related to all of the above.
These are the first choices of lab sections. These are all thinly subscribed (the class is smaller this year than last), so there's no problem of over-crowding, but we may not be able to staff all of them if few attend. I'll keep you posted.
| Monday, 1:30-4:20 PM 5 | Monday, 7:30-10:20 PM 8 |
| Tuesday, 1:30-4:20 PM 9 | Tuesday, 7:30-10:20 PM 6 |
| Wednesday, 7:30-10:20 PM 7 |