Having decided to take a year-long hiatus from the forestry program in order to take care of my biology minor (and, I’ll be honest, to take it easy for a while), I’ve been perusing the university’s catalog for bio classes that both sound enthralling and fit into my schedule. Today, I happened upon a web-based course entitled “Science, Religion & Reality”. The name itself makes me grin; I can’t wait for the discussion forum. I suspect that those opting to take this course will share some of my views on science, religion, and reality– though I can imagine some with opposing viewpoints enrolling to protest.
The description sounds awesome:
BIO301: Important topics in today’s world showing significant differences of opinion or beliefs contrasting with scientific evidence or contemporary practice, such as life’s origin, beginning of an individual, sexual orientation, death.
I imagine some people take serious issue with this class. I know I am on the edge of my seat already.
I’ll also be taking entomology, a database design course (as a prerequisite to spring’s web development class), and “Ecological Restoration Applications”, as well as a few weekend environmental ed courses. The computer classes essentially there to help me out with my budding web design business (will provide link to my spellbound audience of prolifically-commenting spambots as soon as I get my own site up and running, which won’t be until after I finish my first client’s site). I’m quite excited about the whole process and can’t wait to further my programming skills.
I’ve also begun painting again; someday, I’ll get around to posting some of my work.
Tomorrow I’ll be visiting West Clear Creek with a few dozen middle-school kids, shadowing the instructors to help with my environmental education aspirations. My species tick list should be fantastic!
Your classes sound like they’re going to be a lot of fun. I’m a little jealous that you’re taking Science, Religion, & Reality. I’ve never really been able to fit it into my schedule.
Being in Davis is good – I have such a sense of relief every time I look at the weather. I’ll be back in town the 14th-21st of July, though I’ll only be able to do things in the evenings or on the 19th or 20th. Maybe we can do food or coffee or scrabble or some combination of the above?