<p>Hi! I'm a junior here at Kenyon and I work for several departments in academics as well as for the academic resource center. If you have any questions about classes, admissions, professors, or policy, feel free to ask!</p>
<p>hi</p>
<p>nice to meet you.</p>
<p>do u know when the freshmen are going to pick up their classes thus when we'll be able to order the books for each class?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>yeahmeh</p>
<p>Though it is possible to order your books privately, Kenyon strongly advises you to pick up the books from the college bookstore. All the proceeds go to the scholarship fund at Kenyon, and it is very nice because you can make sure that you get the correct version the professor wants, since they are the ones that put in the order. During orientation week you will be given your classes - your UCC (Upper-class counselor) will show you how to check your personal registrar page online. After that you can order your books online if you would not like to buy them from the bookstore. If you really want to buy them ahead of time and you are positive about a class you are taking, then you can always e-mail the professor and ask for the booklist.
- hope this helps!</p>
<p>Can you tell me more about the Integrated Program in Humane Studies(IPHS) Department...Like others, I received this brochure about the IPHS courses 113-114( Odyssey of the west)..It 'sounds' interesting....Has anyone over here at CC or someone whom you upperclassmen know-taken these courses during their first year? What was their experience? How did the professors approach the subject matter while teaching these courses? Any 'inside' information about these courses...</p>
<p>Can you also tell me something also about these particular professors:
Evans,Mankoff,Matz,Milnikel, Schumacher,Idoine,Turner and LaSota....</p>
<p>I know thats a long list DSF..But could you just share what you know about them briefly! I also dont want either me or anyone else to get prejudiced about these professors due the response of the OP...This request of information by me is purely out of curiosity as I wish to study under them during the coming months....</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>try ratemyprofessor.com </p>
<p>The reviews are biased, but it's a way to get a vague feel for the professor. I used that to look at my first semester teachers and they were generally accurate but I also made sure that i questioned my UCC and the upperclassmen when they started coming back. Quizzing upperclassmen is one of the smarter things to due that first weekend before classes start.</p>
<p>With IPHS, a kid in my hall took the class and it sounded like he enjoyed it but that he had a boatload of work. i guess that's why it's worth 1.5 credits or something like that.</p>
<p>IPHS is a great course. It is a combination of Literature, History, Philosophy, and Political Science. The course is taught as a combination of 50 minutes classes and seminars. The seminars are taught by a group of professors in the department that rotate, and includes some of (in my opinion) the best professors in these departments (and maybe in the whole college). It is quite a bit of reading, but the tests are not difficult. As long as you keep up on the reading and take notes in class, it is easy to get together with a group from the class and study together. You have a lot of choice when it comes to paper topics - usually you can write about anything you want. </p>
<p>The other thing that really rocks about this course is that you can count it for several of the diversification requirements. As far as I know it counts for a year of English, a year of Classics, or a year of Political Science. If you have any more questions feel free to e-mail one of the big shots in the IPHS department, professor Shutt. He's one of my favorite professors and I'm sure he would answer any questions you have. His e-mail can be found on the Kenyon website.</p>
<p>I've had Evans and Mankoff, and I enjoyed both of them a LOT. Evans is a hard-ass but if you speak up in class it helps a lot. Mankoff can be scary but you should definitely visit during office hours and get help on your paper topics before you write them. I've found that if you are having trouble with a professor 99.9% of the time you should visit them during office hours. Most professors are a thousand times better one on one. Just remember that you aren't going to hurt anyone's feelings by dropping a class. With my experience as a student and a child of two professors, they would much rather you drop the course and take it when you have more time to dedicate to it than staying in the course and doing poorly. Professors KNOW that you are smart - otherwise you wouldn't be at Kenyon. You don't have to prove it to them by killing yourself with courses. Every freshman thinks that they can handle five classes - but most realistically can't. I know that you want to prove how great you are, and you are incredibly excited about learning new things - but you have four years to do so. If you take a class like IPHS or an intensive intro course to a language you should only take FOUR classes. I tried to take five with an intensive intro course in Italian and i almost drowned. </p>
<p>These are just things that I wish someone had told me. Hope they help.</p>
<p>Hi, I am interested in studying Economics... Would you mind telling more about Kenyon's Economics Department, including the professors (such as whether there are any well known profs), the curriculum.. is the curriculum more focus on maths or is it the philosophical kind? Thank you. Also, is it possible to do a double major at Kenyon?</p>
<p>The economics department is extremely popular. As far as professors go, i have never heard a complaint about ANY of the economics professors. As for math and philosophy, one of my good friends is a philosophy major, and absolutely loves the economics classes. I think there is probably a good balance - check out the course descriptions on the kenyon website for more information.</p>
<p>it is definitely possible to double major. You MUST declare one major by the end of your sophmore year, but you can declare your second major later. You must have an advisor for both majors, and in some cases you must talk to the Dean of Academics. There is also the option of the synoptic major in which a student writes a proposal outlining the courses they will take in a specialized major they think up with their advisors. Usually it combines two or more majors. Some famous ones have been "Coffee- neurologically and economically", and "Classical foundations in Western Thought." The kenyon websites have more information if you need it.</p>