<p>In the fall I'll be attending the ever so wonderful College of New Jersey. I'm not too sure what I want to go into at the moment. Philosophy seems appealing so I'd like to test the waters with a few classes in that realm. Uh, my interdisciplinary study will be Cognitive Science which seems absolutely amazing. Hard, but interesting nonetheless. I plan on keeping that, and would love to major in something along those lines if there is a field (if there is, feel free to point me in the direction of it). Let's see, so this shows that I'm interested in the sciences, in philosophy, and history (anthro...). If anyone knows of a field that fits my preferences, your commentary is encouraged. </p>
<p>This, however, is not the problem that I am struggling with at the moment. I mean, it is, but it is not the main one. So, to get to my point, I am having trouble picking my first semester classes on PAWS. I'm computer savvy, but confused nonetheless. I'll pick a class, and it will say 2020 Summer by it which just baffles me. I haven't really planned on staying at TCNJ for another 8 years, maybe this is their way of keeping their students anchored! (stupid joke..) Anyway, I need assistance in picking the courses. How many do I pick? Which should I pick? How do I pick my FSP (I am an honors program student)? Once I put them in my shopping cart, what do I do? These are my questions. I probably should do the mature and responsible thing and figure it out on my own, but prior effort has gained little result so thus I revert to outside help. By the way, I think the lalanobooza thing or whatever sounds completely stupid. This is college, not some arts festival. Society is just stupid. You meet people on your own, why force it? I mean, I know why they would, but i still dislike it. Alright, I'm going to feel dumb if this goes unanswered (as I've written quite a bit in a rather personal (cocky) manner, but yeah that's about it).</p>
<p>Are you Open Options Sciences or Culture/Society? I’m not too familiar with the humanities majors as I’m a bio major. Looking at the curriculum for the cognitive sciences interdisciplinary concentration it would seem like it’d be easier to fit/take all the classes needed as a philosophy, psychology, or bio major. The concentration only requires 7 courses so it’s not much more than a minor (which is typically 5 courses) however you do need to take the pre-reqs into account. I know this concentration is definitely doable as a bio major so maybe major in bio and minor in philosophy while completing the concentration? One of my friends is also a double major with bio and anthropology so that could be another option. Just throwing ideas out there. I’d say your best bet in terms of determining which area of study suits your needs best would be to contact your advisor as soon as you are assigned one (unless someone on here has firsthand experience with concentrations).</p>
<p>Ok now in terms of scheduling I can attempt to help but keep in mind I did this 2 years ago (they might be doing things differently now) and that I’m a bio major (so I’m not sure the following will hold true for ALL majors). Basically the college made up our schedules for us with the exception of 1 class. We were aided in selecting this class at our orientation. If you’ve been instructed to just place classes into your shopping cart then you should do just that and leave them there until orientation (unless you were told specifically to ENROLL). Do they not give you any direction at all in terms of selecting courses based on your major? (disclaimer: I’m not trying to be rude, I just don’t know exactly what instructions you’ve been given at this point). I’m not sure why it’s saying Summer 2020 but obviously that’s wrong. Maybe it’s not set up yet properly for incoming freshmen? Now, for the honors FSP (I’m also honors yay!) I believe we were sent an email with the honors FSPs being offered and we had to indicate our top X amount of choices. I’d found out which FSP I’d gotten when I just randomly logged onto the system one day and saw that I had been enrolled. </p>
<p>Lollanobooza. Ok, now I don’t know how they’re marketing it to you lol but I don’t really interpret it as an “arts festival.” There’s fun activities and some clubs will have tables with food, games, etc (usually obstacle courses and sno-cones are involved). Its purpose is to simply promote having fun without alcohol. No one is “forcing” you to meet people. In fact, no one is even forcing you to go (I didn’t go my freshman year). If you do go you’ll probably end up going with friends you’ve made from your floor during welcome week. If you think it sounds stupid then fine, don’t go. Hang with some new friends and watch a movie or whatever suits your tastes.</p>
<p>Oh sweet. Biology and anthropology sounds interesting. I figure I’ll find what I like when I get there. Best case would be to just go for philosophy, but the job market for that isn’t going to be good at all I don’t think. Thanks for all the info, I’ll probably end up doing everything you just outlined for me. And, about lalanobooza, I was just being a stupid pessimist. No real background info on the subject at all really, outside of knowing the name. I’m sure it’s fun and it probably does help you meet people… Anyways, thanks for all of that.
By the way, what would you do with a biology/anthropology degree, or a biology/philosophy degree?</p>
<p>Yeah once you finally get in the midst of things and start taking classes you’ll find out what you like the best. I know someone who is a philosophy major and he absolutely LOVES it but he does admit that unless he gets into the top graduate program his job outlook is slim. IMO between psych, philosophy and bio, bio is the best in terms of marketability. Of course, I am a bit biased 
Nevertheless, you should go with what you love!</p>
<p>Unfortunately, I’m not really sure what you could do with philosophy and/or anthropology as I’m not too too familiar with those fields, but I do know there are some very good biomedical anthropology graduate programs.</p>
<p>Yeah, I just figured out how to do all this stuff. PAWS seems really outdated to me, as with the rest of TCNJ’s website. The new menubar at the top is a welcome addition, though.</p>