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courses and the like
Thursday, 10 September 2009 12:08Well, shopping period ends today and my courses are turned in. It's been a more exhausting shopping period than most, but I stuck it out, limited myself by things that fulfill requirements and survived. Turned in my study card this morning and the verdict is:
MDiv Senior Seminar (Required)
Current proposal is about the theological category of gender and its validity with regard to the early church. Needs to be articulated and narrowed down a bit, but there's an idea.
Medieval Latin (fulfills third semester of language & petitioning for Scripture Interpretation Credit)
Translating the vulgate along with a slew of medieval christian writers. 20-30 lines three times a week, but class only meets for 50 minutes each time (versus the 2.5 hour latin course) so I won't get bored and the prof seems great. It seems manageable as long as I put in some time. The only thing that might trip me up is my grammar deficiency.
Gender, History, and the Problem of the Early Christian Body (fulfills Scripture Interpretation requirement)
I'm not sure how this fulfills a scripture requirement but it does. It's Butler, Lacan, & Foucault again for the first half and then early christian texts for the second half. It relates to my senior thesis, and the prof is willing to let me work on my thesis and submit part of that instead of the paper for the class. Two birds with one stone is good. The prof looks great even though I'm less than enthused by the theory, though I know I need it.
Intro to Islamic Theology and Philosophy (fulfills Other Religion requirement)
Needed another Islam class and taking this Pass/Fail so it should be easy enough. Wanted to take Feminism & Islam, but there was no reason for me to subject myself to another class with 200+ pages of reading a week. It looks interesting enough though and I'll have company, which is always good.
Queer Theology - audit
Mark wouldn't let me take this for credit because of the requirements I need to fulfill, but he's letting me audit. How could I not sit in on this class? The reading list is fabulous as is Mark, so yeah, it's a given. I'll want to do all the reading even though there's no need.
So, that's it. You may now return to your regularly scheduled program and I may return to my slightly crazy life. We've started doing the Daily Office - well, morning and evening prayer, weekdays at the Div School, which will be brilliant if I can stick with it, but my body has just been wanting lots of sleep lately. Hoping and praying am not sick.
MDiv Senior Seminar (Required)
Current proposal is about the theological category of gender and its validity with regard to the early church. Needs to be articulated and narrowed down a bit, but there's an idea.
Medieval Latin (fulfills third semester of language & petitioning for Scripture Interpretation Credit)
Translating the vulgate along with a slew of medieval christian writers. 20-30 lines three times a week, but class only meets for 50 minutes each time (versus the 2.5 hour latin course) so I won't get bored and the prof seems great. It seems manageable as long as I put in some time. The only thing that might trip me up is my grammar deficiency.
Gender, History, and the Problem of the Early Christian Body (fulfills Scripture Interpretation requirement)
I'm not sure how this fulfills a scripture requirement but it does. It's Butler, Lacan, & Foucault again for the first half and then early christian texts for the second half. It relates to my senior thesis, and the prof is willing to let me work on my thesis and submit part of that instead of the paper for the class. Two birds with one stone is good. The prof looks great even though I'm less than enthused by the theory, though I know I need it.
Intro to Islamic Theology and Philosophy (fulfills Other Religion requirement)
Needed another Islam class and taking this Pass/Fail so it should be easy enough. Wanted to take Feminism & Islam, but there was no reason for me to subject myself to another class with 200+ pages of reading a week. It looks interesting enough though and I'll have company, which is always good.
Queer Theology - audit
Mark wouldn't let me take this for credit because of the requirements I need to fulfill, but he's letting me audit. How could I not sit in on this class? The reading list is fabulous as is Mark, so yeah, it's a given. I'll want to do all the reading even though there's no need.
So, that's it. You may now return to your regularly scheduled program and I may return to my slightly crazy life. We've started doing the Daily Office - well, morning and evening prayer, weekdays at the Div School, which will be brilliant if I can stick with it, but my body has just been wanting lots of sleep lately. Hoping and praying am not sick.
