Hihihi, I鈥檓 Alyssa, a sophomore studying both Politics and Art, and am here to tell you how those two work more seamlessly together than you would think. As a first-year student, who was still more of an undecided student than a Politics major, I chose to take classes that would fulfill a majority of my general requirements. Now, picture this: Classical Political Theory featuring Socrates鈥� trial, and a really lucky PERM request into Experimental Ceramics where nothing could be fired and all of my work would disintegrate so I was sad the majority of the time. You might ask, 鈥榃here鈥檚 the connection and why do you love both so much?鈥� And I would say, 鈥榊ou鈥檙e so right, why am I now majoring in both?鈥櫬�
Well, after these first two classes, the trajectory of my 61传媒career set sail, literally. I have to decide majors in a couple of weeks and there is no turning back! But, no matter how stressful my first semester may have been – from pulling my first all-nighter to potentially sleeping in the library – it taught me to find connections between my studies, from Core to Political Theory and showed me the future of what my 61传媒life would look like. Now, I鈥檓 currently in CORE: Karl Marx, Ecofeminism & Ecoart, and a Global Politics class. While the connections may not be seen immediately, once you break down the material within all three, the commonalities genuinely make me feel like what I鈥檓 learning is valuable. No matter what you choose to major in, whether it be STEM, Humanities, or a big mix of both, 61传媒provides its students with the opportunity to choose their path, classes, and interests, no matter how funky it might seem!!