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Last week I met with my academic adviser to finish my course selection for this upcoming Spring 2009 semester.  As a third year criminal justice student, I had a very clear cut course load to schedule myself for.  I have to take two night classes, Criminal Law and Micro Social Theory.  Night classes aren’t too bad they just interfere with television shows.  I also have to take statistics which is a requirement of my major.  I am kind of scared for stats, I have heard it is pretty hard.  However, I am good at math so I am not going to let those rumors scare me too much.

Legislative Process is another requirement of my major.  All I know is it is a political science course. I am also taking Environmental Science with a lab because I have procrastinated for three years and now just deciding to get it over with.  I was hoping it would just go away but it still haunts me to this day (science is not my cup of tea).

As I sat down with my adviser, she advised me that there was a second part to my Introduction to Spanish class I am currently in.  She said I needed to take it.  So she added that class on top of my already hectic courseload.  I can’t blame her because I need to be able to speak Spanish fluently if I want to become a Probation Officer.  If my calculations are correct, for the Spring 2009 semester, I will be taking 19 credits…. OH BOY!!!!

Upon arrival Freshman year, your schedule is already made for you in advance.  However, your spring semester freshman year and each semester following, you are in charge of meeting with your adviser and setting up your schedule!!!! FREEDOM!!!!

You can finally create your own schedule and fill it in with all of those amazing classes that you are dying to take. (Just a hint of sarcasm).  Some advise, before meeting with your adviser, make sure you have a rough copy of what classes you are thinking of taking.  Once your adviser has approved your schedule, he or she will sign it and you are almost finished.

On your day of registering, depending on how many credits you have earned, you would go to the second floor of Hegeman and give it to the secretary.  She then will register you for each class you selected and you are finished. You can then push your Staples button that says, “That was easy.”