New this year, CC’s Sociology department has changed the way we take our theory courses for requirements. In Block II, I took the general Social Theory Class with Professor Deb Smith and then elected to focus on Symbolic Interactionism for my specialized theory. Following this, I’ll take either Quantitative or Qualitative Methods and then write …
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Hi all! I've only just gotten my account set up so I didn't get a chance to post during 1st week. Here's a recap of some of the cool activities we did. One of the things I really enjoy about Jane as a professor is that she's incorporating aspects of writing poetry into the class - …
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4/11-12/16 FIELD TRIP!!! The "cloudmaker" bomb, at a chemical weapons storage facility in Pueblo, Colorado Due to poor weather, our original plans for the trip changed and we ended up visiting numerous sites around the front range. Bent's Old Fort, in La Junta, Colorado. …
Happy block break everyone! I definitely meant to write this post either last night or this morning, but found that I needed to give myself a little bit of a break before writing this! Although our final paper for this class was fairly short (especially since my last block ended with me writing my thesis), …
Now that we’ve reached the end of week 3, almost all of the reading is done (we have one last book to read this weekend), which seems kind of crazy to me! After spending several years on the block plan, you would think that I’d be used to how quickly blocks come to an end, …
4/4/16 Today we started class with our second test, reviewing concepts from last week of land and rock disturbances. Once finished, we had a discussion on the weekend’s reading: This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate, by Naomi Klein. Students discussed the selfish psychology of big business and asserted that since business is only …
Now that we’re at the end of our second week and more or less halfway through the class, people are beginning to feel more comfortable with each other and the course material, which means that we’re able to have deeper conversations with participation from a greater number of people! Yay! I’m really looking forward to …
GY100 Studies in Geology: In Extinction's Embrace: Geological Perspectives On Climate Change 3/29/16 3/30/16 3/31/16 4/1/16
Hello everybody! Full disclosure: this is the first time I’ve ever blogged, so please be patient with me as I learn my way around the blogging world! As with the start of every block, this week has been a whirlwind of activity! For the first time all school year, I’m in a class at or …
During our first week of class we looked at the drivers for mass extinctions in the past and looked at current comparisons and differences. Some of the drivers of extinctions are highlighted in this class symposium website made by Ben Stillwell. Some of the drivers for mass extinction are: Bolide Impact Extreme Volcanism Climate Change …
