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Sunday, January 07, 2007
S07
As I write this the little countdown timer in the right sidebar indicates that I have 343 days until I receive a master’s degree from the University of South Florida, assuming all goes to plan. Having already extended my tenure in Tampa an extra summer and semester, I am determined to graduate with a strong thesis in my hands, a boatload of quality coursework from a good department, and a the satisfaction of knowing that in the long run I made the right decision. I started Nomadic Thoughts about 21 months ago to document this period in my life, and for better or worse I am anxious to close the chapter.
Tomorrow morning is the first day of my second to last semester of graduate school. Cultural Resource Management begins at 9:30am and I already have pages of reading a discussion question to submit before midnight tonight. On Tuesday and Thursday I have Osteology, essentially a class about human bones. Indispensable to many archaeologists, especially those working in Central America, but it's not the most interesting part of archaeology in my humble opinion. Wednesday nights will be spent learning Geographic Information Systems in another department, which will prove to be my most useful class this semester because my thesis is going to use GIS technology.
So I’m not sure how much blogging I’m going to be doing over the next few months because besides classes, I am beginning extensive background research and preliminary write-ups of my thesis. Additionally, this summer's "Honduras Blogging 2007" should prove more interesting than last summer's. Stay tuned...
Posted by Will at January 7, 2007 03:18 PM in Graduate School