On Classes and Requirements

So it’s that time of the year again; the time for choosing courses and attempting to fulfill requirements. So far, I have completed the following:

CORE REQUIRED CLASSES:
X Bio 151
__ Bio 152
__ Chem 103
X Geol 100
X AOS 105

ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION:
X Geol 110
__ Zoo 360

SPECIES AND FIELD BIOLOGY:
X Bot 330
__ Anything on the list
__ Anything on the list
__ Anything on the list

OTHER ELECTIVES:
X AOS 100
X Bot 260
X Econ 101
X Geog 339

COURSES I SHOULD BUT DON’T HAVE TO TAKE:
__ Wetland Ecology (“other elective” category)
__ Soil Science (“other elective” category)
__ Intro to computer programming (other elective” category)
__ Intro to GIS (other elective” category)
__ Plant Systematics (Species and Field Biology)

Of the courses I can take next year, one may – if I persuade the department – contribute toward the Species and Field Biology list. Another may – again I’d have to talk to the department – contribute toward the “other electives” category (which I’ve finished so it would be unnecessary). And I haven’t a clue as to how I will top off my schedule as I haven’t come to a decision on taking both botany classes. It pretty much, at this point, comes down to what I decide the main purpose of this semester to be – will it be an educational opportunity school-wise, or travel and culture-wise? If I take the two botany courses and the sediments and the biosphere course, my schedule will be the following:

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
10-11 BOT217 10-11 BOT317 13-14 EOS 14-16 BOT217	10-11 BOT217 11-12 BOT317	9-10 BOT317	9-10 BOT217 12-13 EOS212 14-18 EOS212 14-18 BOT317 (uh oh another clash.. and an unavoidable one..)	12-13 BOT 317 13-14 EOS212

So I guess I can do BOT217 and EOS212 together, or BOT317 and EOS214 together, but no switches. So perhaps I will do BOT217 and EOS212. Or BOT317 and EOS214. Both Botany courses I think I can get to be “species and field biology” courses, and both EOS classes might possibly be “other electives” so either option is acceptable.