I am a communications major. With that being said, it should be no surprise that I truly enjoy taking communications courses. It is probably also no surprise that I am not thrilled when I have to take courses outside of my major.
For me, going from the excitement of writing for the newspaper or editing for the video news program to writing papers and sitting in lecture courses is frustrating.
Throughout my life, the worst has always been science courses. Finding out I was going to have to take two science courses in college was like finding out I have to get teeth pulled. I just always felt as though science courses never let me show off my true skills. Instead, I was simply listening to material I had no chance of understanding and working 10 times harder than usual to memorize it.
In the fall 2015 semester, I decided to work my first science course into my schedule. I took honors forensic science because I figured at least I would be working on an honors program requirement at the same time.
I struggled to understand the information throughout the course, but was able to do well after hours of studying. For a science course, I was doing okay. However, the end of the semester came around and I found that I was actually able to use my skill set to do well in a science course.
Our final project for the forensic science course was to work in groups to create a crime scene and set it up in a lab. Then, we were to investigate and solve the crime scene set up by another group in the class and report our findings in a creative final presentation to the professors.
My group immediately knew that having me in their group meant we were making a video. I was shocked and thrilled that a science course had allowed me to record and edit a video.
Our professors for the course absolutely loved the video and we did very well on the final project. Surprisingly enough, I ended up not hating the science course and actually enjoying myself as much as within my communications courses.
In my time so far at Cabrini, I’ve noticed that even in non-major courses these types of projects come up often. The professors here work hard to make sure the course work is able to utilize the various talents found within the class, and that is something I (and I’m sure many others who fear science/math/English/etc.) very much appreciate.
