First Week of Uni

This week I started Uni classes. Each week I have about 8.5 hours of scheduled classes. Here classes come in four varieties: lectures, tutorials (tutes), workshops, and labs. Since I decided not to take Chemistry here I only have tutorials and a workshop. Each class is worth 4 credits (USA system) but not many will count toward my needed classes. I'm primarily a first year education student here but they all have the same schedule just with classes switched based on group A or B. I'm group B and so are three of my friends.

My Schedule:
Monday: Nothing scheduled although I have a scuba diving physical and probably some open water dives during the first few weeks. Starting week 7 I will have practical experience in a local school district. Many Mondays are also public holidays which I think is why not too many classes are scheduled then. However, this week students in EPL 1 received emails saying that there was class in the morning so a few of us showed up. Then we learned it was only the Bundaberg campus and had the rest of the day free. (Thomas was stranded on campus so he watched a movie in my room after getting the video player to work.)
Tuesday: Embedded Professional Learning 1- This Workshop teaches all of the first year education students how to be professional and the field experiences are for this class. The first years aren't actually registered for this class until next semester because it's a full year class. Since I'm only in Australia for one term I am condensing the field experiences. That means I have 28 full days in a classroom starting week 7. Although the rest of the students will go on Wednesdays I have class until week 11 so I will be at the schools Mondays and Tuesdays and finals week. Thankfully the professor is really flexible and willing to work with me. I arrived to this class with my three friends (Rhiannon, Sarah, and Thomas) who thankfully learned of the change of venue in their earlier class. We arrived to the pool room classroom on time but late enough that there were no more seats. I got to sit indian style in the very front and center. A bit awkward to be a foot from the professor (who had grass on his sock all of class) but next time we'll try to get a seat. Thankfully the 1 hour workshop isn't compulsory so attendance should go down.
Wednesday: Science Curriculum and Pedagogy- This is a second year education class so I don't know anyone in it. However the classroom was very nice and the topic is interesting. It meets 2.5 hours a week for 10 weeks. Lots of reading for this class and I ended up buying some units following the Queensland curriculum.
Thursday: The Arts- Another first year class so the four of us arrived to a similar situation. This time there just weren't four seats in a group so we ended up sharing desks during the lecture portion of the tutorial. Afterward we were given tissue paper, glue, and paper to make a project out of. I made a wonderful campfire which now hangs on my board. Quite interesting and project intensive.
Friday: Today was Outdoor Pursuits: Aquatics for three hours. It was a long time to sit in a room with too much air conditioning. It should be cool and for more info check out the international student post.
Tonight is the Scholar's Inn Party where the bar in the Junior Common Room is open and everyone at College gets to hang out. It has a Superhero theme so my friends and I are going as the Sailor Scouts. We are hoping to win best dressed. Thats all about that for now :)