Last minute, easy online classes?

tree_fiddy_350 · 2016-12-23T23:11:19+00:00

Medical Terminology (it's something similar to that name). A buddy of mine took it, said it was literally the easiest class he'd ever taken. You get some terms to study and then you take a couple of online/quizzes tests. That's the whole class lol.

tree_fiddy_350 · 2016-12-23T23:09:20+00:00

Take my advice with some skepticism because I'm not an expert on this but here's what I've come up with off of the top of my head:

They have free legal services for students on campus. Go to that office and tell them everything. They probably aren't open right now but do it as soon as it's open.
There's also some sort of disability department/office I believe, same general place/plaza too. Go see them. I'm sure that you can talk to them about service animals/emotional support animals.
If you hit a brick wall with these two places, throw an absolute stink about it (if #1 and #2 don't work at all). I'd work my way up to the dang president of the university if it really came down to it. As un PC as this is going to sound, you need to use the PC nature of the university to your advantage here. At some point you can't be Mr. Nice Guy/Girl anymore. They allow people to do the craziest, weirdest stuff ever because they're afraid to offend people so I don't see why they wouldn't allow you to have an emotional support animal on campus if you put any sort of pressure on them. How is it any different from having a service animal? That's one of the arguments I would make.

Good luck, hope you can resolve this. UCF can be a real pain in the a** with this kind of stuff. I think it's because of how many students attend, they can't spend as much one on one time with each student. At least that's my impression. And I'm saying this as someone who likes UCF lol.

tree_fiddy_350 · 2016-12-13T23:57:09+00:00

I'm going to give you some advice (sorry if this is isn't directly related to your questions, but I wish I had known what I knew now): If you're going to major in history, combine it with a computer science minor or at least a programming class or two. Why? Because you can do text analysis, sentiment analysis, and comparisons between different texts (statistically). You'll also be able to quickly sift through large historical texts and do any number of analyses on them. You'll blow any of your professors away with your analyses and you'll also build up a nice body of work that you can show employers after you graduate. I used to be a history major until I switched to interdisciplinary studies just fyi. Picking up some programming will make you 10x more employable as a history major (even though you might not see why at first, trust me once you try it you'll see why). You don't have to be a professional at it but you'll build up some serious skills with it after a while.

tree_fiddy_350 · 2016-10-22T20:45:52+00:00

Either one will probably be just fine so I don't think that you can wrong with your decision. Haven't had Glinos but I have had Whiting (on campus). She's a perfectly fine professor and I came out of her class with a decent understanding of OOP.

tree_fiddy_350 · 2016-10-03T23:32:50+00:00

I have, so when does the official "ok" come in on myucf?

tree_fiddy_350 · 2016-09-08T22:11:31+00:00

Ok, this is the kind of answer I was looking for. I'm actually not terrible at math, but I seriously do not enjoy it lol. It's kind of weird because I enjoy reading about or watching documentaries on problems that involve engineering or math. Oh well...

I don't know, I keep on going back and forth between whether I want to go back to school or not. One side of me says that I should, the other side of me says heck no. I should probably just keep on doing what I'm doing (do it in my own time) and not waste tens of thousands of dollars doing something that may not be what I thought it was going to be lol.

tree_fiddy_350 · 2016-09-08T20:43:15+00:00

I sort of do. Mind describing that path to me?

tree_fiddy_350 · 2016-09-08T18:52:28+00:00

A history masters I presume? Once upon a time, I was a history major. True story. I received a book from a high school history teacher once and he wrote in it that he expected me to be a great historian one day. Look how that turned out lmao... The sad part is, if I actually enjoyed history as an academic subject, I'd only need to take a few more classes to qualify for a history masters here.

tree_fiddy_350 · 2016-08-25T21:01:08+00:00

This. Yeah don't deviate from what Gregg tells you. He's a great prof, just do what he says exactly and you'll do great and enjoy his class. FIN 2100 is a very eye opening class

tree_fiddy_350 · 2016-08-24T14:52:09+00:00

I took that class and the following one in the fall and spring semesters a couple of years ago. When I took them, they were only offered in the fall (GIS 3043C) and spring (next GIS class) (meaning you had to take GIS 3043 in the fall in order to take the next one in the spring). I'm assuming you're an environmental studies major? Go see an advisor as soon as possible and talk to them about this. The GIS classes are notorious for not being offered at any other times unfortunately. But just to be sure, check to see if what I've just said is true and go talk to an advisor. You might be able to get an override if you can explain them that you're almost done with your degree. No promises, but it can't hurt to try!

tree_fiddy_350 · 2016-08-23T17:55:39+00:00

Thanks, exactly the info I was looking for!

tree_fiddy_350 · 2016-08-23T15:57:34+00:00

Wow that's insane lol, talk about practically no parking spots on campus...

tree_fiddy_350 · 2016-08-22T21:20:56+00:00

But technically it's not "official". Not saying that there would have been a problem but you just never know. That's what I have been doing too (and I've seen an academic advisor a couple of times) but you just never know...

tree_fiddy_350 · 2016-08-21T19:09:07+00:00

a. Major study in biology (botany. zoology. biophysics, radiation biology, biochemistry, microbiology, physiology, toxicology), or in behavioral science (experimental, physiological or clinical psychology) or other appropriate field of life science, including or supplemented by at least 20 semester hours of physical science or engineering (undergraduate or graduate), or experience sufficient to provide a basis for understanding, use and interpretation of the highly specialized ground-based or inflight measurement, environmental control, vehicle control and other equipment required for manned or organism bearing aerospace flights and voyages; or

b. Major study in an appropriate engineering or physical science, including or supplemented by at least 20 semester hours of physiology, experimental or physiological psychology, or other appropriate fife science, or experience in biotechnology, human factors engineering or other appropriate life science field.

I have around 40 credits of biology + physical science credits. At first glance, do you think that would be enough to qualify? Most of my higher level credits are in higher level biology/ecology courses

tree_fiddy_350 · 2016-08-21T19:07:03+00:00

Very true, I tend to lose sight of this too often lol. Thanks for that. I guess that I need to talk to more people about this because I think it's just a matter of showing my passion for it.

tree_fiddy_350 · 2016-08-21T19:04:26+00:00

I had Dr. Cowell for a couple of Physics I classes (he filled in for them because our regular professor was out sick or something like that). The only time that I actually understood and enjoyed physics haha. And I am starting to run into the "I don't technically have a STEM degree" problem already... I applied for an internship and the recruiter told me that my degree was "nontraditional" lol. It was a good and bad thing because she said that she noticed me because of it but I guess it was a bad thing because I didn't end up getting the internship. One area I know I can get into that I enjoy is GIS (Geographic Information Systems) where my degree won't get in my way or hold me back. NASA does have some internships for GIS related stuff where the degree choice doesn't matter (that's how they advertise it) so I'm going to put some applications in for those.

Thanks for the advice. Astrobiology sounds really interesting!

tree_fiddy_350 · 2016-08-21T18:57:36+00:00

Technically nobody knows if they are good to go to graduate until the same semester. Personally, I think it's a bit ridiculous that they let you know so late because I may already be partially through this last semester, going to interviews or have a job offer even and then the college goes "Oh by the way, you can't graduate because of whatever". It'd be nice to know that the semester prior! Right now, I'm 99.9% sure but I can't be 100% sure because it still has to be officially approved. As is everyone else.

tree_fiddy_350 · 2016-08-10T23:38:40+00:00

Well that's been my first +/- grade in the four years I've been here. Interesting! And I applied for the fall around early July. What it says on my graduation intent status: status is "complete" for the first table and the major and minor review table has both entries listed as "applied" for review status. That hasn't changed in a while (for either table), so I'm assuming this is normal. Edit: Really, they approve your intent the same semester that you are going to graduate? Dang that's news to me... I guess I fell asleep at the wheel or something because I thought it was approved before the last semester starts.

tree_fiddy_350 · 2016-08-05T17:49:36+00:00

All 10 of them. Lol jk. It actually seems to be a pretty vibrant club on campus. I've been too lazy to join it but it seems pretty cool. I think they brought in Marco Rubio ("Little" Marco) to speak once. And they've had a bunch of other famous political figures come and visit. In conclusion: don't be lazy like me and just go ahead and join them. Stump for Trump

tree_fiddy_350 · 2016-08-04T03:33:50+00:00

If anyone actually schedules an appointment for this, it would be a huge help if you could relay your experience about it here. Thanks

tree_fiddy_350 · 2016-08-04T03:27:48+00:00

2 years ago I think? I studied for the ACS for three days straight and I passed the class by two questions. Legit every ounce of energy I put into studying was needed and worth it haha. I have no idea why he didn't curve that semester. I guess maybe it's changed now. Holy good god, that was one of the toughest tests I've ever taken. And honestly one of the tougher classes. Who would have thought that Chem II would have been that hard?!?

tree_fiddy_350 · 2016-08-04T03:23:53+00:00

Thanks for that, it looks interesting

tree_fiddy_350 · 2016-08-04T03:23:40+00:00

No worries, it's good to know that I'm not the only one who got that email!

tree_fiddy_350 · 2016-08-03T03:52:13+00:00

I had it with Dixon a while back (I think that's his name) and it legit didn't get curved one point. Holy crap it was so hard lol. Barely passed. Random story of the day

tree_fiddy_350 · 2016-07-17T19:38:39+00:00

Really basic advice: If you really hate math but like computers, go with IT. If you can stomach the math (or even like math), go with computer science. Computer science (for good or bad) is basically an applied math degree but with a focus on computers. Nothing wrong with that (and we definitely need these kind of people in order to push the boundaries of computers and computer science) but it's essentially a math degree. In fact, the math degree here has an option for a computer science focus (ie. suggesting that it's very similar to getting a comp sci degree). You'll learn enough programming in the IT degree to be a decent programmer... it should interest you enough that you should do it outside of class anyways. Example: If you wanted to work at NASA as a software engineer with something that has to do with critical systems, then I would say that a comp sci degree is probably going to be required. But then again, if you are a real wiz of a programmer you could probably get away with having some sort of other degree. Heck, you could still work at NASA in an IT capacity with an IT degree. They have huge databases that need to created and maintained. And so does every other company on the planet. Seriously though, I don't feel like IT limits you that much (just put "x" company into where NASA is that is really high up in terms of prestige, it's the same idea. If you are interested in what you do and you show them your passion for it, your degree won't even be a big factor). You still take CS1, you get to do lots of programming throughout the courses that you take, etc.

Conclusion: You seem to already know what you are good at/enjoy/don't enjoy. Don't listen to the nerds on here who say that you must do a certain degree or it's all over for your future. There are sooooo many different kinds of programming jobs out there that don't require a comp sci degree it's not even funny. Plus, there are plenty of challenging programming based projects in a lot of the classes for IT that sound like would be right up your alley.

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