couple of weeks ago i got accepted for the summer edition of undergraduate semester in dialogue at sfu - a very reknown program under the faculty of communication. in my opinion it is just a perfect note to finish my sfu adventure and tap that ba in psychology and communication with a style.
what is it all about? here's some insight from this website:
"the undergraduate semester in dialogue addresses what we believe is the principal challenge for contemporary education: to inspire students with a sense of civic responsibility, encourage their passion to improve canadian society, and develop innovative intellectual tools for effective problem solving. each semester we develop an original and intensive learning experience that uses dialogue to focus student education on public issues."
the summer semester's theme is being about action: experiments in lifestyle activism, something that perfectly suits my interests and personality. :-) notably, the semester starts with a field trip to some kind of sustainable farm on the sunshine coast, just in order to get to know the group - both participants and profs. i don't see how this experience can go wrong. i simply can't wait!
when i first entered the unviersity i thought all the courses would be structured like this one: practical, interactive, engaging etc. not like these dull psych papers i have in front of me as i am writing this post ("the meanings and measurments of clinical significance", "power to detect differences between alternative treatments in comparative psychotherapy outcome research" and "arbitrary metrics: implications for identifying evidence-based treatments", truly none of them recommended unless you're genuinly into psych methodology... in which case i'd probably consider you... well, nevermind. :P). i just want to do stuff, i am sick of sitting down in front of a laptop and typing in papers or reading books and making notes. fortunately this semester will last no longer than 28 days! no more complaining and back to psych methodologies...!
