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My name is Tim LeGendre, I am currently 24 yrs old and reside in Mt Dora. FL. I have been going to college for seven years now, and will graduate this semester with over 140 credit hours. I have been tossed around in the community college system, and even been batted around in the UCF system. I feel that I will be a great influence to any transfer students out there, because I have been in those shoes and I know what it is like.
I will try to keep this short, because we all know that every assignment seems to get longer and harder as you go along.
This week we would like YOU, to basically introduce yourselves, and start the discussion with something simple: Why are you doing this? I ask this because there have been many late nights where I would be working on an English paper and I would ask myself, why am I doing this? I would spend those last five minutes before going into a Biology test scrambling to look over my notes, then I would ask myself, why am I doing this? I would have spend all summer partying or working, then fall would come around and it would be time to pick classes, again asking myself, why am I doing this? It is so easy to get caught up in life, and lose your sense of direction. So I would simply like you to post an introduction and state why you are doing this?
This is a simple critical thinking type response. Feel free to be as creative as you like. For those that aren't use to a critical thinking type response, and need to see more of an outline/structure, then make sure you include these topics:
A: State your name and basics about yourself.
B: State your areas of study, including your minor.
C: State some advantages/disadvantages you feel apply to an IDS degree
D: State why you picked this degree, or state what you tell your friends why you picked this degree.
Keep the responses in complete sentences and use appropriate grammar. I suck at grammar and spelling, but if I can use a spell check, so can you!
My name is Heather Wilson, I am 24, and I am married. My two areas of focus are Health and Behavior and Social Science, and my minor is History. I like Interdisciplinary Studies because I think that it gives you a very well rounded education, and you have more freedom to decide what you want to do. These are the main reasons that I choose Interdisciplinary, because I have been in school for a while, and I have changed my major a couple of times, and this just seems to fit me the best. I also liked that it can be completed online, since I do not have any kids I live a pretty unpredictable life, so it works out well that I can do my school online.
ReplyDeleteMy name is Kevin Harris. I'm 20 and was born and raised in east Orlando. I've tried to escape this crappy city but I've failed. Good think I like the people here. I was a Journalism major but switch to IDS to focus more on what I REALLY want to do. My fields of study are Behavioral/Social Sciences (mostly Anthro) and Arts (for photo) and Magazine Journalism for my minor. I hope to combine all those features so as to tailor my degree to work in documentary, photography and to be a Christian Missionary. My goal would be to work for an organization such as PhotoGenX. The best thing about IDS is that I can get the education best suited for my goals. The bad thing is my friends think I'm not really getting a good/"real" degree.
ReplyDeleteHi! My name is Breeann, but most people just call me Bree. I’m twenty one years old and a junior. My areas of study are Psychology and Communications and my minor is Public Relations. I feel that the advantages of an IDS degree are most importantly it gives you a well rounded education, you get to choose what exactly you would like to focus on, and the two areas of study can be integrated together to make a better understanding of things. The only disadvantage I can think of is that because it doesn’t just focus on one area of study it can’t delve as deep into the subjects as you would be able to when you’re only focusing on one. I mainly picked this degree because I’m not quite sure what I want to do for the rest of my life yet.
ReplyDeleteMy name is Cristie Vargas. I'm 22, I am a junior this is my first year at UCF and I love it! I made president's honor roll last semester and I'm trying to keep that going. My areas of study are health and business with a minor in psychology. An advantage I feel that an IDS degree has is the freedom to study a vast number of subjects that are can be made relative. A major disadvantage is that barely anybody knows what IDS is! And it's so frustrating when people say 'oh so you don't know what you want to do?'. I chose this degree because I wanted to explore and study different subjects. I did not want to limit myself to just one set career path for the rest of my life. I liked that the IDS program provides options and variety. I tell people that I chose IDS because I wanted a well rounded education I didn't want to limit myself.
ReplyDeleteHi everyone! My name is Marie Strouse. This is my first semester at UCF. My areas of study are Communications and Social and Behavioral Sciences and my minor is in Enviromental Studies. An advantage to me for choosing this major is that it allows me to study more than one subject of intrest. I like that I am learning about different areas of study and I feel that it will make me a well rounded candidate for a job. I believe that a disadvantage is that I will be harder to market myself post graduation. I am a confident person and am sure that this class will help with that as well. When people ask about my degree I focus on the areas of study and my minor to give them a better understanding of my degree.
ReplyDeleteHi, my name is Cindy Teetzel and I just figured out this Blog thing today (or did I?)I am studying Social Sciences, Humanities,with a Minor in Non-Profit Management. I was very excited about the Interdisciplinary Studies, and I work as a full time Director of Children's Ministries at a church in my community. We do a lot of community service and all that I am studying is conducive to my passion and work:)
ReplyDeleteMy name is Yelida Rodriguez. My minor is health sciences, and my areas of focus are biological, and physiological sciences. I chose IDS mainly because it gave me the flexibility of taken all the prerequisite courses needed for medical school, while at the same time taking classes that I actually enjoy. I really enjoy IDS, I think the only flaw is that UCF should promote it more as a major - many people do not know it even exists!
ReplyDeleteCynthia: I figured out how the blogs worked really late, and since our professor gave us this "amnesty" week I am now going back and doing all the ones I missed. I didn't even know there was such a thing a non-profit management (as a minor), that is awesome!
ReplyDeleteCristie: I agree with you, UCF should definitely spread the word more about IDS. I can probably count with one hand the people who have asked me what my major is, and once I responded actually knew.
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