I've had four of the five classes I'll be taking (I won't have the fifth until Feb. 2), so let's break it down!
News Media in Transition -- this is my core course for the communications and mass media program. Seems like it will be interesting, and challenging. Along with this, we are doing a short study tour from Feb. 5-7 to Ødense and Århus, as well as a week-long trip to London and Oxford for the first week of our three-week long travel break from roughly Mar. 21 to Apr. 13.
Women, Art, Identity -- not sure if I'm cut out for the feminist interpretations of art and art history, but I'll give it my all. See some cool art along the way!
Danish Language and Culture -- Danish is hard. Our instructor phrased it that Danish is easy once you get the pronunciations down, but that's easier said than done. Each vowel has like four different pronunciations, plus there are three extra (æ, ø, å). And other consonants have special rules. For example, when "d" is used between two vowels it is the English "th" sound (though is actually sounds a lot like and "l") as in "Vestergade" -- sort of like "Vestergathe."
Danish Politics and Society -- my instructor for this seems really cool, but Danish politics are a lot more complicated than I think I ever imagined.
For every class, we do field studies as well. So I'll be visiting art museums, the headquarters of the Liberal party and the Copenhagen police department, as well as the offices of the major newspaper Politiken, and I think one for Danish class is to go to a soccer game at the national stadium.
There's going to be a lot to do.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Alex, It sounds like you can officially be considered a world traveler; Denmark, London and who knows where from there!!!! You go girl!!!!!
ReplyDeleteMe and Dave are catching up on your blog. I'll try to keep up. I'm feeling much better now and back to work and all. It sounds like your days are filled with all kinds of fun and interesting stuff. I'm glad to hear your host mother and family sounds like they are very considerate, caring and helpful. Hey, is it true that the Danish are sweeter in Denmark? Well, I'm sure you'll be finding out.
Take care of yourself and be careful over there! We love you and will keep you in our thoughts and prayers.
Aunt Kathy and Dave
Alex, that sounds great! It's cool that your classes will be taking you all over the place and showing you around the museums close to you as well as London. Danish sounds really intimidating but I'm sure you'll be an old pro by the time you come back. I've never even seen a couple of those symbols before!
ReplyDeleteGood luck!
Talk to you soon :)
Stetson