Pre-Departure Meeting #1 - Thailand Classes

Today we had our first Thailand pre-departure meeting!  Both of the Cal Poly professors that are going on the trip were there and they talked a little bit about the classes they are going to be teaching abroad.  I will be taking three, four-unit classes, all taught Professor Daniel Levi.  Here is an overview of the classes I will be taking:

Humanities 310 - Humanities in World Cultures (4 units)
~ This class covers my General Education area C4
~ Everyone going on the Thailand Study Abroad trip will take this course
~ Most of the class will consist of Thai language courses and guest lecturers
~ To complete the writing requirement for the class, we will write four, short papers about four of the places we will be visiting

Psychology 311 - Environmental Psychology (4 units)
~ This class will be used towards my Child Development/Psychology Emphasis
~ We will be using the third edition of the textbook Cross-Cultural Psychology by Eric Shiraev and David Levy 
~ We will be having a lot of discussions about the differences and similarities between the types of environments we will be experiencing in Thailand
~ Our final assignment will a project/essay about the differences between American culture and Thai culture

Psychology 350 - Group Dynamics for Teams (4 units)
~ This class will be used towards my Child Development/Psychology Emphasis
~  We will be using the textbook Group Dynamics for Teams by Daniel Levi
~  Our final assignment will be a surprise, but he said that it would be about someone going on the trip and that was the only clue he gave us





We have another pre-departure meeting this Thursday, March 25th so I will have more information to share with you after that as well.  Until next time!

Michelle <3