On a whim last night, I was poking around CUConnect, our university portal for grade information, news, financial updates, etc, and I decided to look at my degree audit. Back when I was registering for classes, my major adviser told us about the great system CU has to help you keep track of your the credits you've taken and those you still have to take. However, film was one of the departments that hadn't been upgraded to this new system, so I never got to see what the degree audit was really like.
It seems film has now been added to the degree audit program for Arts and Sciences students, and what a cool website I stumbled onto last night. Beautiful pie charts and other graphs show you what your credits look like so far, and everything is easy to navigate and follow. You can look at a full list of all the core credit areas, for example, and see which you've fulfilled, which you're taking right now, and a listing of possible classes for those you still have to take.
Anyway, all this got me thinking about when I could graduate (potentially early, thanks to IB and AP credits) - which in turn got me thinking about the cool things I could do other than classes: study abroad, internships, maybe a BAMA (something CU's film department offers). It's overwhelming and at the same time extremely exciting to think of all the potential paths I might take over the next few years.
Mostly, I feel the need to have a sense of all my options now so I don't miss out on anything. I overheard my roommate having a similar conversation the other day - about summer classes or travel plans or internships... so it seems this may be on the minds of other students as well. I'm guessing now that we freshmen have settled into CU, more and more of us may be starting to think about plans for the future.
I'm sure that any plans that are made now may change - after all, I just added a minor and switched my focus from a BFA to a BA in the last few weeks, so clearly, goals can change with little notice, but it feels important to keep the future in mind. If you're a CU student and you haven't looked at your degree audit, I suggest you do - it's really quite interesting.
That's it from me for now. I hope anyone who's reading this is having a nice weekend. Seems Boulder may be in for some snow!
Cheers :)
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1 comment:
That tool to track your credits seems great! I didn't realize utill after I'd registered for my last semester of classes that I was going to be one credit short for graduating. Somehow my adviser never noticed! Luckily I was able to get a three week internship in, but going back for one more class would of been expensive! Glad your university has solved that problem!
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