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I decided to put up with the stupid English requirement (me fail english? that's unpossible!), so I'm applying as a special student again after my graduation to come back for ONE English course... I've narrowed it down to three that i'm really interested in, and I wanted some help picking which would be best for my transcript. All are 300 level courses.
(I'm not too worried about the level of writing, since my last 400 level english class was an A- and have done a lot of other humanities courses.)
1. Costuming for the Stage 1 - read script, analyze characters, come up with costume designs. Coolest part is that you get to actually do it for a real play that the uni theater production will put on at the end of the semester. I already have some experience making clothes and drafting patterns from my high school classes in design, but haven't done a proper course since being in Uni... thankfully the final project is actually only worth 30%.
2. Special Topics - David Lynch. Eraserhead, his Hollywood trilogy, Twin Peaks (!!!) and his work in other media. I'm a big fan of Twin Peaks and some of his other stuff, but sometimes he feels a bit too pretentious and absurd for me. Might be really cool, might make me want to gouge my eyes out trying to extract meaning from strange owls flying about in the northwest.
3. Post-colonial literature - The Remains of the Day, No Sweetness Here. Awesome reading list in this class and no final (just discussion and papers). Might be a bit boring, but probably easiest.
Costuming interests me the most, because I haven't taken anything like that before, but I'm worried that they won't accept it as an English class (but it is offered by the Dept. of English, with prefix ENGL in the course number). It isn't substantial writing/reading, but it is quite a bit of work and probably pretty unusual for a pre-med elective. What do you think?? Costuming, Lynch, or Post-colonial???
(I'm not too worried about the level of writing, since my last 400 level english class was an A- and have done a lot of other humanities courses.)
1. Costuming for the Stage 1 - read script, analyze characters, come up with costume designs. Coolest part is that you get to actually do it for a real play that the uni theater production will put on at the end of the semester. I already have some experience making clothes and drafting patterns from my high school classes in design, but haven't done a proper course since being in Uni... thankfully the final project is actually only worth 30%.
2. Special Topics - David Lynch. Eraserhead, his Hollywood trilogy, Twin Peaks (!!!) and his work in other media. I'm a big fan of Twin Peaks and some of his other stuff, but sometimes he feels a bit too pretentious and absurd for me. Might be really cool, might make me want to gouge my eyes out trying to extract meaning from strange owls flying about in the northwest.
3. Post-colonial literature - The Remains of the Day, No Sweetness Here. Awesome reading list in this class and no final (just discussion and papers). Might be a bit boring, but probably easiest.
Costuming interests me the most, because I haven't taken anything like that before, but I'm worried that they won't accept it as an English class (but it is offered by the Dept. of English, with prefix ENGL in the course number). It isn't substantial writing/reading, but it is quite a bit of work and probably pretty unusual for a pre-med elective. What do you think?? Costuming, Lynch, or Post-colonial???