Today was my last first day of school… I think… for now… until I realize a B.S. is just that — B.S.
I was awake anxiously again before my alarm this morning. This time it wasn’t in anticipation of a long training run in the rain. I supported the first day jitters with extra-strong iced coffee made by the roommate. And yes, even after 18 years as a student, there still exists some mild anxiety about a new schedule because it’s just that – new and unknown.
Even though I am embarking on my 10th and final semester of my undergrad degree – yay, super senior! – I will not be running an easy, flat route to the finish line (a.k.a. graduation stage).
My final fall semester was a relatively light load; this spring, I have 5 involved classes and 1 internship to keep my mind stimulated ‘til May.
Spring 2012 Classes
Community Nutrition
Acquaints the student with nutrition programs that relate the science of nutrition to the improvement, maintenance, and promotion of the health status of individuals and groups. Community organization and assessment, program planning, funding and evaluation, and current status of foreign and domestic food insecurity and hunger will be addressed.
Cultural Food + lab
Study of world food patterns, including food customs of peoples of different ethnic backgrounds. Emphasis upon nutritional significance. Survey of social, economic, religious, and aesthetic aspects of food customs.
Diet(ary) Supplements & Functional Foods
Scientific overview of popular dietary supplements and food phytochemicals and their relation to human health and disease. Current government regulations are also considered.
Futures in Nutrition & Food Science (senior portfolio course)
Overview of career opportunities and application procedures for post-baccalaureate programs in the discipline.
Nutrition & Physical Fitness
Analyzes and evaluates current practices and theories regarding nutrition and its relationship to athletics, weight control, and physical exercise.
“One of the most important purposes of this course is to assist you in evaluating and modifying your own nutritional status and activity patterns as a means for attaining your personal health and activity goals, now and throughout your life.”
I think I’ll wait to tell you about my internship as a nutrition mentor once it gets rolling.
Back to being the busy Nutrition Nut on the run, but there’s no complaining here. I want to DO MORE in 2012 – whether that’s traveling to far places or filling up my Google calendar – remember?
Luckily, I’ve got some great gals by my side to get my through the last stretch of this enlightening, challenging, self-discovering experience called college.
What do you remember most about your college experience?
Have a wonderful week,
Hill
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Good luck on a new semester of classes. Your schedule looks so fun. I wish I could take some of those nutrition classes.
Good luck with the new semester! Your classes look interesting. I mainly remember going to football games in college. I also remember my “last” first and last days of class. Which is a joke now because I’m going back :-)
Ohhh college… pretty sure I’ve learned more about myself and about life in the last 2.5 years than I ever could learn in a classroom. Good luck with this semester lady!
Senior Spring is the most amazing time EVER…really, truly. It is something I will never forget and it was during that time that I realized my girlfriends that I made in college would be my friends for life. Enjoy every moment of it and good luck with classes and have fun!! =)
Good luck with your last semester! Your classes seem so interesting! I can’t wait to hear about your internship.
I remember a lot about college since it wasn’t that far away : ) But if I had to choose my favorite memories, I’d say getting ready with my girl friends before a night out. We would blast music, do our hair, pick out each others’ outfits, etc. That sounds so unlike me and so girly haha, but I guess it was.
Oh, I’m in Community Nutrition too! We don’t have a ‘cultural food class’, but that sounds so fun! I am in an experimental food lab instead, where you test foods and recipes… hopefully a good class! Have a great last semester!
Oh gosh, I would love to have that schedule of classes! I just recently figured out that I want to be a registered dietitian, but am currently a junior psychology major at a school that doesn’t have any nutrition-related majors or courses. I love being a psych major, and also love that it can apply to nutrition & food, but this just means that I’ll have to go to grad school for a master’s in nutrition. Just hearing about your classes & internship, though, makes me excited for it!
Nutrition and psychology go hand in hand. It’s often recommended to study both, especially if you plan to do any type of counseling. Good luck with the rest of your academic adventure :)
Your classes sound so interesting! All the best :)
Sounds like a really interesting set of courses! Good luck!
My most vivid memories from college are the nights spent chatting with my best girlfriends/roommates. Although we’re all married and living in different cities now, 3.5 years later, we still maintain that those were the best of the best times. Enjoy it! :)
I loved doing those last-first countdowns all last spring… Enjoy every one of them! My best memories were from my practicum – got the opportunity to apply everything I had learned over the past 3 1/2 years! Oh, and all of the friend gatherings are always a blast [obvi] :D
P.S. I got a B.S. too, but in education!
Your classes seem so interesting! I still have two semesters left! I hope my last 2 are full of nutrition classes since that’s my minor :) I love when you write about personal/college posts!
Those classes sound so interesting!! Even though it’s busy, at least you are learning stuff you love, that’s a big plus :) Have a great last semester!!
Wow, good luck with your last semester! I just finished my Nutrition degree in December and I agree… the last semester is killer! But you will learn a lot of useful things and do awesome, sometimes staying busy is better!
Your nutrition classes sound challenging, but fun! I’ll have my nutrition degree in a year, too :)