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MUP Part IV: The Final Term
January 24, 2005
Partly to answer Brandon’s question, here’s a report on my classes so far this semester:
NRE 531 - Intro to GIS: Nuts and bolts of GIS and the theory and science behind it. The labs seem ok. Prof. Brown is the first professor of mine to tell us that he won’t tolerate cell phones ringing or people walking in late. This is my fourth and final term! I respect him just for that… not to mention his knowledge. That said, I really haven’t learned too much yet. I suppose that’s moslty b/c I’ved worked with Arc in the past two jobs.
UP 532 - Sustainable Development: As with all of Prof. Norton’s classes, it is heavy on the theory side and lacks almost any practicality. Not that I really mind though. There are many issues we’re sorting through now, and once we’re through the debates about the “real” state of the environment and the earth, then we’ll hopefully get to how planning fits in - how to fix the problems.
UP 610 - Fiscal Planning: I’m utterly disgusted with the class. I’m not upset with Prof. Deng’s accent - it may be tough at first, but it’s bearable. It’s her teaching style, it’s the theory she pushes, it’s the level of knowledge I already have with the subject and my feeling that I don’t need the class. I know there’s some ego with that… but I don’t know how many more times I’ll be able to handle her saying, “well, I don’t know…” and then hazarding a guess that I believe is completely off-base. Arg. Many more thoughts could be spewed about it, but I’m sick of talking about this class.
UP 538 - Economic Development Planning: My surprise favorite class of the semester. So many issues to discuss, so many theories and case studies to examine. I can’t wait to write my papers and reports for this class, seriously. I’m hoping to focus on boating and summer tourism, specifically in West Michigan. This is my fourth and final class with Scott Campbell, and, it’s definately the best I’ve had with him. Regional Planning wasn’t bad, but for some reason I’m much more into this class. My interest in this subject almost scares me… as in, why am I doing environmental if I’m so enthused about this? Oh boy.
Posted by paul at January 24, 2005 07:10 PM
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Brandon said on January 25, 2005 11:26 PMI wonder if our dear faculty read your blog. 'Twouldn't be hard to find it from Murph's (and possibly mine? Not sure if they've discovered mine yet... it's pretty planning-light these days).