Classes

So, I will try to write different entires to seperate my thoughts. Class registration is finally complete, I am currently registered for "World Economics( 3 credits)", "Introduction to Japanese Society(3 credits)", "Introductory Japanese II(6 credits)", "Japanese Self-Study(1 credit)", and "World Debate(3 credits)". I might drop one of 3 credit classes during the add/drop period. "Intro to Japanese Society" wasn't really class I initially planned on taking, but the British professor teaching the class made a presentation did a very inspiring presentation during orientation, I am pretty sure there are quite a few people that wanted to take his class after his presentation.

The school only has two majors, Global Studies and Global Business. "World Economics" is an introductory class that Global Business majors are expected to take. There are several reasons why I want to take this class. (In no order of importance)
1. I always wanted to take an economics and never quite got a round it at Stony.
2. It is taught by Dr.Lacktorin who I previously mentioned in some of my entries, he was strongly recommend to me by students that went to Akita before.
3. Relatively few international students take this class, as a matter of fact there was only 1 last semester, so I am hoping this will allow me to meet more Japanese Students.

Just a note on the registration system, it is a lot less sophisticted then the Solar system at Stony Brook. Yes, it works online, but it does not tell you when a class is full so you might be registering for class that is already full. Also, the add/drop system will be processed in person. Now the office of Student Records which is in charge of registration stated that they will send out an E-mail annoucing classes that are full. Of course registration opened on Friday evening, and the office of Student Records is closed on the weekend, something here tells me that next week will be quite a mess because of this.

Finally, I apologize for the lack of pictures, I need to get my laptop online so I can use Picasa to upload to Google Images. I still do not have internet access from my laptop, and I might not get that until the middle of maybe even end of next week.