<p>I'm considering dropping a class I registered for at CTOPS, as I just discovered it doesn't fulfill any requirements for me. I'm interested in replacing it with either LING101 or ANTH101. Has anybody taken either/both of these courses? I'm leaning towards Linguistics, but I'd really appreciate some input. : )</p>
<p>Anyone? : - D</p>
<p>Okay, well since no one else has answered . . . my daughter took a linguistics honors class her freshman year. (I <em>think</em> it was freshman year.) I believe she thought it was a tough course, and though she enjoyed it, about the time it got really interesting (to her, anyway), and the professor started covering the more fascinating material-- it was towards the very end of the course/semester. </p>
<p>I've always thought it was a fascinating topic myself, and I guess it depends on who will be teaching (as always), but not an easy course at all-- at least the honors section wasn't. (All this is obviously second-hand information, but this is what I remember her saying.)</p>
<p>Seems to me eadad's son might be doing one of his majors in linguistics, as I remember. I might be wrong, but you might want to pm eadad. You can find his name on any number of posts here.</p>
<p>I took Ling 101 last spring and did not enjoy it at all. The class was extremely difficult for a 101 class, plus my prof was not very good. If you have background knowledge in phonetics, language acquisition, and the IPA then this class will probably be easier for you. All the topics were extremely interesting, but be prepared to study A LOT and do in-depth reading every night.</p>
<p>As jack has already mentioned, in our case my S took the intro linguistics class and while not an easy intro class, liked it enough that he decided to make linguistics one of his majors. He actually began to consider it for a major while taking that intro class. Unlike greysfan, he found his professor to be very engaging and has said that she was one of the best professors he has had at UNC. I believe she was an Associate Professor still working on her Ph.D but he liked her alot. Remember, a degree does not automatically make one a better TEACHER. </p>
<p>He has found it to be an interesting and challenging course of study and has really enjoyed his classes and professors. He has also found that some of the upper division linguistics classes have a few of the professors I mentioned in other posts that "don't give As" with an A- being the best you can do in their class but he still has had very good things to say about those classes and professors.</p>
<p>eadad and greyfan - My daughter has Jennifer Renn this semester. Do either one of you have any information on this professor? Thanks for you input.</p>
<p>alcook</p>
<p>Just asked my son, he doesn't know her but said for an intro class she is most likely a Ph.D candidate like the professor he had. </p>
<p>From the departmental website:</p>
<p>Jenn Renn
jrenn AT email.unc.edu
Degrees: B.A. Government & Economics, Cornell University (2001).</p>
<p>Jenn is a second-year Ph.D. student interested in first language acquisition</p>
<p>I'm taking Linguistics this fall and have Jennifer Smith... Apparently there are a lot of Jennifer's in Linguistics.. Which is funny because that's my name and I was going to major in Linguistics at one point.</p>
<p>Thanks, everyone! I really appreciate the input. The professor of the section I'm looking at is Melissa Frazier. She sounded nice and normal when I e-mailed her, and she has a positive review on Pick-a-Prof. Well, actually she just has one review on Pick-a-Prof. Haha. Does anybody know anything about her? Also, does anybody have input on Anth 101?</p>
<p>Can anyone comment on Melissa Frazier or Anth 101? Sorry to nag... I'm just trying to plan all this class stuff out for Drop/Add in two weeks... Aaaah! Haha: ).</p>