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<p>I was browsing through the most recent UW Honors course list and came across this seminar. I wonder if CC is one of the required reading materials for this class?</p>

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<p>“Through reading and conversation with national experts…”</p>

<p>sounds like they are describing US here…!!!</p>

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<p>Wise use of resources-- get 15 smart students to review the admissions policies across the board and rewrite UDub’s policy. No big fees paid to consultants. Charge the 15 tuition. (Note: 2credits/ credit/no credit) </p>

<p>On the upside for the students, they will receive “basic training” in admissions. </p>

<p>Bunsen: Can you audit this class for the benefit of CC?</p>

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<p>2cakes, I’ll see what I can do ;). But first I’d like to audit the YouTube course offered by Pitzer College.</p>

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<p>S is taking the admissions seminar. The one about spies was full. :)</p>

<p>H A&S 350 A: “Capital Sport: Spies in Fiction and Film” (2 credits, c/nc)
SLN 13622 </p>

<p><strong><em>COURSE FULL</em></strong></p>

<p>Instructors:
Ran Hennes, Honors
Office: MGH 211, Box 352800
<a href=“mailto:rhennes@u.washington.edu”>rhennes@u.washington.edu</a></p>

<p>Brook Kelly, Honors
Office: MGH 211, Box 352800
221.6131, <a href=“mailto:bbkelly@u.washington.edu”>bbkelly@u.washington.edu</a></p>

<p>Day / Time / Room:
W
2:30-4:20
MGH 211 B</p>

<p>Limit:
15 students</p>

<p>Whether called “The Great Game”, “the Second Oldest Profession”,or “Capital Sport” - as it was by the first head of British Intelligence in World War I (the model for James Bond’s “M”), spies and spying have always been with us. As fictional figures, however, spies only truly arrived during the last century. Now they parade across our literary landscape and our movie screens, a cavalcade of secret agents, assassins, moles, double-agents, counter-spies, bewildered (but patriotic) amateurs and dedicated (but cynical) professionals. During the quarter we’ll dip into this clandestine world of spy fiction and film and sample some of the exemplars of the genre, from Kipling to Le Carre.</p>

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<p>Will they fly each of us in, all expenses paid, when it’s our turn to speak at the seminar? Do we have to donate our Airline Mileage Points to the college?</p>

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<p>Yep… you get a whole credit for this class (and yes, my daughter is taking it): </p>

<p>NHM 422 Wine and Beer Appreciation </p>

<p>Ingredients, processes and laws. Sensory evaluation and discussion of still and sparkling wines and beers. Student must be 21 years of age. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. </p>

<p>M 5:15-6:35 p.m. Fee $95.
Sec. M002 Class #34722 Barr</p>

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<p>^^So they’re holding Wine and Beer Appreciation in Barr?</p>

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<p>^^Good eyes…obviously not under the influence ;)</p>

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<p>good catch! I didn’t notice that. How appropriate.</p>

<p>On second thought, Barr may be the instructor, but again, either way, it’s appropriate.</p>

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<p>Post #8…LOL!!</p>

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<p>My favorite college course - and coolest literally - was skiing :smiley: yuppers - for credit too LOL</p>

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<p>Looks like one of the “affects” is wrong word usage at colleges. Should have used “effects.”</p>

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<p>^^^I noticed that, also. I am hoping the course is not listed as an English course.</p>

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<p>My S1 says a very popular elective course at his school is “Bee Keeping”
He says every semester it gets closed out very quickly…crazy kids.</p>

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<p>D says the best course she has taken in college so far was “The History of Robots in Film.” I’m not making this up. It sounds like a joke course, but it was taught as a serious literature course. They explored the meaning of these robot movies and what they can tell us about society, what it means to be human, how we define what is human and what isn’t, etc. She said the professor was absolutely marvelous. They studied a lot of films but the one they spent a lot of time on and explored in depth was “Blade Runner” with Harrison Ford.</p>

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<p>S took a course in Leadership through Group Improvisation. I’m still waiting for S to have the time to tell me about it, but he said it was a great course and he learned a lot. I got inspired to take a local workshop in improv by a person who was taught by the guy who wrote the book that S used in his class: a book so interesting that S had read it before the class started.</p>

<p>What I like is that when my kids get excited about learning something, I catch their fire, which expands my world. That’s why H and I are now taking ballroom dancing: S took it last semester to help fulfill his PE requirement, and H and I saw S in the dance competition. After noticing that many people in the competition weren’t very good dancers, but still clearly were having fun, H and I signed up for a course, and yes, we are having fun!</p>

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<p>At U of Oregon they used to have a course on the physics of skiing. I’m not sure if they offer it anymore.</p>

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<p>It’s a long story on how I got there, but I saw on CMU’s site that they have a class called “Sex and Death”. That one piqued my interest…is it the ultimate course on abstinence? Have sex, you die!!!</p>

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<p>Not sure that I want to take a class called Sex and Death, but some of the other ones sound like a ton of fun. Anyone else thinking of going back to college?</p>