All of my dreams of having a completely relaxing semester full of culture and travel were all but crushed as we started classes at NYU on Monday. That's not to say that I won't have the cultutral and travel experiences that I'm hoping for....I'll just have homework to do and papers to write as I do them!
My classes are:
Caribbean Literature (I've never taken a literature class, so this should be really good. Plus, it knocks out a Literature requirement at Duke.)
Masterpieces in the Prado (world-renowned art museum, also something I've never really had a good appreciation for. We spend Tuesdays in lecture, but then Thursdays at the museums. It's important stuff that I feel like I should know...plus, an art requirement at Duke.)
Techniques of Translation (this class is completely in Spanish. It's not exactly what I thought it was going to be, but it is definitely going to work on my Spanish vocabulary and grasp of colloquialisms as we translate English movie scripts into Spanish. Not easy at all, plus it's interesting and is helping me take another step toward fluency in Spanish!)
Economics: European Union (this class is already my favorite. The teacher is a business consultant in Madrid, decently young, and enteraining. This one counts for my Public Policy major requirements and is just fascinating to me. He said that the European Union is so complicated that people don't really know about it unless they live in it. Still, it's a huge international political and economic power, so it's a really interesting class where we'll talk about the state of the European Union and of several regions across the world as well.)
It's a really good and balanced schedule with two classes per day (one on Wednesdays) and nothing starts before 12:30, so that is definitely good news for my body! I got really lucky with all of this, so now I'm just hoping to hold up my end of the bargain and do well in them!
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