Fall 2015

In my fall semester, I was making changes in my undergraduate studies. During this semester I was changing my studies in order to double major in psychology and English. It was this semester that I decided to dedicate my studies to not only psychology but also to focus more on my writing. With a novel writing course being offered this semester, I could not afford to miss out on the opportunity to take a course designed specifically for what I wanted to do. In this semester, I took four courses: Experimental Psychology, Writing Seminar: Novel, Industrial Psychology, and British Literature.

Writing Seminar: Novel

I will admit that out of the four, my favorite was by far the novel course. It was that semester that I started to write the novel that has brought forth my main, long-term project. A year after completing this course, I complete the first draft of my novel The Exiled.

Experimental Psychology

In second place is the Experimental Psychology course. This course was designed in a way for the undergraduate student to propose a psychological experiment to the class. Out of all the proposals, the professor selected five or six for us to conduct during the second half of the semester. I was excited to find out that my proposed experiment was selected and the experiment was conducted.

British Literature

The last two courses, I was not particularly interested in. By this point in my education, I had already taken a number of literature courses, so I was not fond of having to take another. However, I was pleased with the British Literature course and above all the professor. The professor made the subject very engaging and interesting and kept students interested throughout the entire semester.

Industrial Psychology

The final course, however, was one that I was not at all satisfied with. Part of the reason for that is that I had the opportunity to take an abnormal psychology course that semester but decided to take the “easy course” instead. The course was fairly easy, but it was not interesting to me whatsoever. I am the kind of person that like to take a course that he is interested in, even if the content and professor are hard. I admit that I “chickened out” of the course I wanted to take this semester and regretted the decision immediately.