Hey everyone! I'm Cooper from Wayne, Pennsylvania, which is right outside of Philadelphia. I am a '28 here at Dartmouth, and plan on studying Quantitative Social Science and Cognitive Science. In my free time, I love getting food with friends, playing pickleball, watching sitcoms (personal favorite is Modern Family), and going on walks. I am super excited to be here and cannot wait to take you along my journey at Dartmouth!
I took this class with Professor Binkoski, and I absolutely loved it! We explored numerous theories regarding time travel and the existence of time, and it just completely blew my mind. Professor Binkoski is such an engaging lecturer and explains everything so thoroughly, which makes the class so incredible! After taking this class, I have become more interested in philosophy and cannot wait to take more classes in this department.
I took this class with Professor Horiuchi and learned more than I could have possibly imagined! This course is incredibly challenging and has a good amount of work, but I learned so much about the programing language R as well as how to wrangle and visualize data. By taking this class, I have confirmed that I want to major in QSS because of how interesting the material was. If you want to enhance your skills in R, this is the class to take!
In order to fulfill my language requirement, I took Spanish 9 with Professor Rieumont. This class was simply incredible. Not only was the content interesting and engaging, but my actual class itself (both the professor and fellow students) made this class so memorable. We learned so much about Spanish-speaking cultures all while having so much fun doing it, and I am so grateful that I took this class with such an amazing group!
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I was home for the summer! I was able to catch up with family and friends, work at a local ice-cream shop, and relax for a few months. It was amazing to be back in my hometown!!
I took this class with Professor Emily Finn, and I absolutely adored it! Because it is an introductory class, you learn about various topics within the neuroscience field, but mainly at the surface level. It was incredibly interesting, and it is a perfect introduction to the major overall!
Welcome back to my series! I hope that you have been enjoying learning about some classes that are offered here at Dartmouth. For this week's course, I will be talking about GOVT 3 (The American Political System). This class can serve as a course for both the Government major and minor, as well as a prerequisite for the Quantitative Social Science (QSS) major. It fulfils both the Social Science (SOC) distributive as well as the Western Culture requirement.
I took this class with Professor Mahoney, the Executive Director of the Rockefeller Center (also known as Rocky). There were about 30 students in the course, so there were both lectures and discussions that took place! We talked all about the American government, ranging from the history to the inner workings of the government. Although there was a ton of information regarding our government, Professor Mahoney ensured that we understood the key concepts as clearly as possible. She was very knowledgeable about the topics we discussed, and was always willing to meet outside of class to discuss both our assignments as well as our passions about the government.
In class taking notes!
In terms of the assignments we had for class, we had textbook readings for each class, a midterm, final, an analysis of an opinion piece about government, an assignment where we had to write our own opinion piece, and an assignment where you could choose from various options (such as writing a letter to a congressperson). All of these assignments were meant to strengthen our knowledge about the American government, and Professor Mahoney was always willing to assist with them in any way. As long as you study the term sheet that she gave us before the exams, the exams went pretty smoothly. In general, the assignments were not terribly difficult or time consuming, which I appreciated!
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