“Prereg? Already???” Yes, already. Buckle your seatbelts for the next 2+ weeks, because it’s time for course selection! Even though Wesleyan’s preregistration system got a much-needed update a couple years back (forever immortalized in my favorite Wesleying post), the process of picking out classes for next semester is same as it ever was: convoluted and stressful af.
If you’re like me, you’re probably frantically emailing your professors right now because all your required courses are highly-selective POIs (film major 4 lyfe). If, however, you have one or two free slots in your schedule and have no clue what to take – especially if you’re a frosh – then there’s plenty to choose from within the dark depths of Wesmaps. Here are some of our favorites, available in the spring:
- “Live Like a Philosopher” (PHIL 207)
- “Art of No-return: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art” (ARHA 288)
- “Rome and the Caesars” (CCIV 170) (Sounds like a band name if I ever heard one.)
- “The Empire Writes Back: Readings in Postcolonial Literature” (ENGL 239)
- “Israel in Therapy: Society Under the Influence of TV Series” (CJST 234 / FILM 311)
- “Ancient Laughter” (CCIV 227)
- “Justice” (GOVT 395)
- “Arts of Zen in East Asia” (ARHA 277 / CEAS 288 /RELI 277)
- “Media and Power in Latin America: From Quipus to Twitter” (HIST 321 / LAST 320)
- “Folly & Enlightenment: Madness Before and After the Mind/Body Split” (COL 254)
- “Life and Death: Relations of Biopower and Necropower” (SISP 320 / SOC 320)
- “Directorial Style: Classic American Film Comedy” (FILM314 / AMST222)
- “Melodrama and the Woman’s Picture” (FILM 347) (only funny because film majors get to choose between Comedy and Melodrama)
- “Museums, Objects, and Empire: Exhibiting the Self, Exhibiting the Other” (FREN 325)
- “Repertory and Performance: Sissy Vop Breakdown” (DANC 378) (I looked up what “sissy vop” is and it looks like an amazing type of voguing.)
- “Mystics and Militants: Medieval Women Writers” (ENGL 232 / MDST 238 / FGSS 224)
- “French in Action II” (FREN 102) (Coming to a course registrar near you.)
- “Gogol and His Legacy: Witches, Con Men, and Runaway Noses” (RUSS 277 / REES 277 / RULE 277)
- “Computational Media: Videogame Design and Development” (FILM 250 / COMP 350)
- “The Actor’s Work on Psychophysical Actions: A Nonrealist Approach” (THEA 309)
- “Laptop Ensemble” (MUSC464)
- “Corporate Finance” (ECON 329) (loud side)
- “Hipsters” (AMST 240 / ANTH 240) (quiet side)
- “History of the End” (HIST 387 / SISP 387 / ENVS 387)