Mark your Calendars November is here and that means, drum roll please... signing up for classes.
The SIS (Student Information System) can be annoying attimes, but it is still exciting when you get to sign up for yourclasses and get into all your top choices. I find it funny howprobably classes that fill-up the fastest at UVa are probably thePhysical Education classes. The one I was on the wait list for atleast two semesters was Intro to International Relations, whicheveryone wants to take and well worth the wait.
There are always some interesting classes that I wish I had time forthem all. One interesting class a friend told me about was a historyclass on Jane Austin, where the reading list is all Jane Austin books.This semester there is another class where English crosses over toother subjects again- a religious class called “Faulkner and theBible”.
The most interesting class I have taken at UVA was actually a J-term.We can sign-up for J-terms at this time as well. J-terms are classesthat last 2 weeks at the beginning of January that are about 4 hourseveryday. It sounds hard, but the professors can make them enjoyableand you get 3 credits for just 2 weeks of class! The one I took was“The Politics of Food”. It's going to be offered again this year and Iwould highly recommend this class to even those who aren't Politicsmajors. When I did it I learned about all the different aspects of howpolitics relate to food, became more conscious about what I eat, gotto read some amazing books (Omnivore's Dilemma and Fast Food Nation),went on a field trip to see the Hook's 2009 person of the year JoelSalatin and his amazing Polyface Farm, had guest speakers, watchedFood Inc. and tasted some yummy food in class, and of course I got thechance to learn from the always enjoyable Professor Paul Freedman! AtUVA, signing up for classes is always something to look forward to do.
Layra Hyson- UVA in Dublin
How is the food in Ireland? Is that politics of food class useful even now, in such a different setting?
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