First day of class

Today was the first day of class. Since someone *might* be curious what I will spend all semester doing, here is a breakdown:

1. Monday/Wednesday, 9am-1pm, LA 101: Fundamentals of Landscape Design
This is a design studio. It has 4 undergrads in it and you can probably guess that we are doing basic stuff. Today, we measured our bodies and have to draw them smaller to scale, and in 3/4 of an inch = one foot. This first exercise gets us ready to draw things later on in the studio that *actually* have to do with landscape design. I learned that I have a 2 1/2 foot walking pace and my armspan is only one inch taller than my overall height.

2. Monday, 6-8pm, LA 301: Methods of Teaching in Landscape, Environmental Design and Architecture
This is a workshop seminar for grad students that are or want to assist the teaching of classes in the department. GSI's (Graduate Student Instructors) are required to take this course at least once during their time at CED (The College of Environmental Design).

3. Tuesday/Thursday, 12:30-2pm: LA 170: History and Literature of Landscape Architecture
This is a basic history class all 3-year students have to take. My academic adviser is the professor. If I am lucky, I may be able to TA this course next year and get my fees paid for.

4. Wednesday, 6:30-9:30pm, LA 134A: Drawing Workshop
This is a fundamental drawing workshop that is taught by Walter Hood. I've heard it is very hard.

5. Friday, 8:30-11:30am, LA 134B: Computer Drawing Workshop
Here we learn the fundamentals of the Adobe Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop), SketchUp, and AutoCad. I am a little frightened about AutoCad. It looks like a rudimentary video game when you first open it. It's interface looks far from user friendly.

6. Day TBD, 3 hours per week, Thailand Studio Workshop
This course will meet through Sept and part of Oct. In this course, the people who went to Thailand over the summer to do field work will write up our final report.

7. Try to fit time in for fun, exercise, socializing, and doing errands.