Friday, October 29, 2010

What I would change about WSU

If I could change WSU, some things that I would look to modify would be the schedules for Freshmen music majors. It seems that the burden placed upon the music students shoulders is quite massive. Even in talking to some of the teachers, they agreed that the load music students carry is a heavy one. I can place faith in the fact that it is not just me being lazy then, but that the course actually is difficult. As a fellow classmate already addressed, there are weekly tests in some of the music courses, and very high standards that are expected in the area of the student's expertise.

I don't think I would change the music courses, I might however, change some of the GenEd requirements, or not. I don't really know. One thing I know I would change is the credits for the music classes. It seems like my one credit hour music classes that meet three times a week, (or more sometimes,) should count as at least two credits. There is quite a bit of work for it to be just one credit.

It is hard to make changes to a university that you've only been attending for one quarter. There is still a lot to be learned. However, from what I've experienced thus far, I would have to say that changing the way admission is done would be a nice thing to do. Speaking for myself, I did most of the registration by myself, and it was not that easy. In fact, at times when they (WSU admissions) had me running in circles to nowhere, I wanted to just tell them to forget it and that they were not going to get my money... They could definitely improve the way in which they welcome new students.

I suppose though, that I am thankful that I found this humorous article after I had been admitted. Otherwise, I might have a few bruises on my head...

1 comment:

  1. Ben, I love your article! Wish I had found something similiar before I started college. I totally agree with you that music classes that meet three times a week should be worth more than one credit hour.

    And since we, as music students, are so busy...why not let us register for the gen-ed classes that fit into our pre-set class schedule...please!?!

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