New Year, New Semester, New Classes

So far, my year has been...productive. To say the least. I've tackled a couple starting points off of my 'list', so hopefully I stick to it and pull through. But this post isn't really about that today.  I thought I would write out what my classes look like for this semester.

For some people, they may know me and know that if I take 4 courses this semester, I only have 7 more courses to take before I graduate.  Which is exciting and terrifying at the same time.  It is exciting because I will finally be done and able to travel and work in the real world (yikes), but what is terrifying is people's expectations on where I should go, what I should do, and how I do it. It's a lot of pressure, and I am already started to get nervous.  I know that there are some in my family who think my degree is pointless and I agree...in some aspects. Psychology isn't really a course that you just take for a Bachelors. To get any job (basically) you need a Masters or higher. But to get your Masters is a whole other story.  And I know I've been looking at going in to get it, but it scares me that I'll make a decision and not do what I love. On the other hand, what scares me even more is trying to do what I love and failing at it and not having a fall back. I like to be prepared... what can I say.

Anyways, to stop freaking myself out more than I need to at this moment, I thought I would explain what courses I am taking this semester:

1. Music 2500: Introduction to Music Technology - making music, and mixing it.... my friends tell me this is a good GPA booster
2. History 2100: Main Themes in Medieval European History - self explanatory, if I do say so myself
3. Health Science/Psychology 3570: Contemporary Issues in Mental Health - I haven't had my first class yet, but I am pretty excited it should be good. I'm thinking this will be aiming at diagnostics, and the issues surrounding peoples perceptions
4. Psychology 4000: Children with Disabilities - my scary course. Because I have to give a 50 minute presentation in front of the entire class on a topic of MY choice and then lead a 15 minute discussion. Yowza

Overall, I am pretty happy with my courses. I am nervous about Children with Disabilities though. Just for the fact that on the same day of my presentation, I also have to hand in a Companion Reading response (based on the article we choose to base our presentation off of), AND an abstract assignment (which consists of reading 6 different articles and have 6 critical responses of those articles). All on one day. 60% of my grade. Just 60%. Because we also have a take home final (which is practically writing 5 essays in a week) and a journal assignment (which is another 7 or more page paper). One class. I might cry. Or go white. I was going to say grey, but I already have grey hairs growing in. Hardest semester of my entire life, here we come.