I am taking a nice load of approximately 19 units, but I still have yet to decide what to drop. Considering that I was planning to take the Sex and the City decal…

Philosophy of Language taught by Searle, the philosopher known best for his Chinese Room argument in the computer/mind debate. He doesn\’t seem as impressive as he was 3 semesters ago in Philosophy of the Mind. Perhaps, he got older? Or maybe it\’s the fact that I always have to sit on the floor every time I attend lecture? There are too many philosophy majors in this class, which might counterbalance the influx of cogsci majors (like me).

Human Machine Systems a graduate-level course that I almost didn\’t take. It\’s taught by a professor of surgery from UCSF. The main thing here is that the professor has the ability to bore all 30 of us. It\’s a class of both grads and undergrads. The only reason I am staying is because I hope it would give me an edge if I get into grad school.

Biological Basis of Human Dysfunction This was the only class that blew me away on the first day. The professor was not only animated, but clearly knew his stuff. I loved he discussed Broca\’s aphasia almost without a hint of sympathy.

Statistical Inferences for Social and Behavioral Sciences I feel like I could rape this class if I wanted to. *cough* Most of the students seem to give off the I-am-afraid-of-numbers aura. Furthermore, most people were sophomores and juniors. Not many seniors like myself. I like the classroom–in the style of a law school class where seats are arranged almost in a full circle so the prof speaks in the center.

Industrial Design and Human Factors Heard of Twister? Well now you got to try Tele-twister! Real people actually play the moves you give them online at a scheduled time each week. I was pretty much intrigued with the professor when I applied for the research project (I later rejected his offer for an interview because I got another position). Outlook for class looks pretty good considering it\’s mostly guest lectures. My main fear is that it\’s full of engineers and not like-minded cog sci majors.

Research!!!!! Same thing as last semester. Hopefully this time, I would get more experience to perhaps…get me something during the summer?