More Thoughts About School

So I just had my advising meeting with Len, and it turns out that, after next year, I only have 6 classes left to finish my program. That's kind of scary.

I had thought I only had five, but for some reason the sheet the department uses to check that you hve all the classes you need doesn't include the three credits in 259, 263, 320 or 451. I could still technically do all six courses in Fall term and finish in December, provided they're all offered and I can fit them into my schedule, but I'm considering either spreading them out over the entire year (and taking a couple extra courses that I've always wanted to take), or maybe taking one of the courses in Spring/Summer of next year, which I know I can do.

So after next year I have to take three more credits of Music History, Choral Techniques, three credits of French, Policy Studies, three credits of Ed Options and one of the above listed courses. I'm really not sure what to do for my Ed Options. There's always a Kodaly or Orff class, but I'm reluctant to venture into EDEL. The other course of Ed Options I'm taking is the School Jazz program course this summer. That'll be great. But I don't know what else to take. I know it's a ways away, but does anybody have any suggestions as to what I could do?

Also, I'm really torn about what to take for those three credits of Music. I can't take 320, since it's a Diction class restricted to Voice majors, but the other three sound really appealing. Orchestration would be so useful and would cover strings, which I otherwise wouldn't get to learn about. Aural Skills I've always liked (yes, I'm a freak), but I'm worried about getting a bad mark because of the keyboard stuff. And Composition is something I've always wanted to take, but I know it's a lot of work, and I'm really not sure what to expect from the course or myself. Hmm. Any suggestions there?

Random thought before leaving: I've taken a lot of Spring/Summer courses. Well, not, like, ten of them or anything, but with the one I'm signed up for this year and the one I might do next year, that's four. Well, ok, so not a lot, but one every year except after my second year. My mom always gets miffed at the idea of me doing Spring/Summer courses because she thinks it'll hurt my chances of getting a job, but I guess that's not a problem this year. And I guess the course I'm doing this Spring isn't even offered in Fall/Winter, and it's dead useful and applies to my degree, so it's really worth it.

Ok, enough procrastinating. I have to conduct this movement from a Dvorak piece in Wind Ensemble today and I don't even know what meter it's in. Time to go panic.