My Plan For My Communication Studies

This being my first semester at San Jose State, I still have a lot to complete until I can achieve my undergraduate degree. I thought I had all of my lower general education completed, but I still have one lab left. My advisor "advised" me to take Geo 4 Lab because it was simple and had quite the abundance of slots open (I'm not taking it because it's easy, I just like the fact that there is plenty of spots. Plus, I wanted to take Astronomy, but there were limited spots). I'm also still deciding about my upper division general education core classes. There's so many too choose from, that I haven't been able to decide. I think I've been too excited about accomplishing all of my communication studies courses to even begin thinking about my upper division general education. But, as of now, I am officially declared as a Communication studies major, and am able able to plan out what courses I want to take. Most of the foundations, inquiry, and practice courses seemed interesting, but a few of them really stood out (Especially, all of the performance classes).

For the foundation courses, I found that taking 122F (Performance studies) and 110F (Interpersonal communication) to be the most suitable for me. I've always enjoyed performing in front of others, even if it means I get the shakes or even an abundance anxiousness. By studying this, I'm looking forward to how performance effects my everyday life, in different cultures, and as well as how it portrays my own identity. I've always enjoyed being noticed, but, not necessarily being the center of attention. As for interpersonal communications, I want to learn how to strengthen and better myself in interpersonal relationships. I figured, by bettering myself with communicating with others, will help me achieve my ultimate goal of teaching others how to speak publicly with strength and self confidence.

Next is the inquiry section, where I chose 123I (Performance of Ethnodrama) and 156I (Qualitative communication). What really caught my eye about 123I, is that there will be script writing which I've always enjoyed. And like I said, the performing in front of others has always been exciting for me. It lets me be someone that I can't be in the everyday life. Since I'm not great with numbers, and I've never been great with quantitative results, I really am looking forward to learning how to become a better interviewer, how to think of better research questions for the interview, and a better observer. 156I will provide these qualities, which I think can be very useful for future references.

Lastly, for my practice courses, I chose 121P (Performance as practice) and 182P (Communication in the classroom). So, once again, we see another performance class, 121P. But, I really do believe by taking these classes, it will help me become a better professor when my time comes. Being in front of people will help get the jitters and anxiety out, and hopefully by the time I do get to where I want to be, I won't be as nervous or anxious. Granted, the nervousness and anxiousness will always be there when anyone starts doing something new for the first time, but, hopefully it will be at a lower level. Next, I have 182P. Since I do want to become a professor in communications (Deanna even said I should probably take this class if I am trying to become a professor for communications), I figured it would be a good idea to learn educational dialogue, and and to apply myself within the classroom.

There is still a long adventure ahead of me for school (Even though it feels like it already has been a long long road), but, I'm really excited about what my future has to bring for my schooling as well as my career.