Week 4

I had a lot of fun this week working in our groups trying to find a solution to a problem here on campus. I think analyzing problems in a place as important to our development as our University is a vital process. If we, as students, don't proactively pursue finding problems on our campus, we're sort of failing as students. It's our job to expect the best from our University and demand change when we see benefit.
Anyway, our group decided to reform the student scheduling process which I'm sure everyone has a problem with. My two favorite tools that DARs 2.0 (props for creativity) contains is the random schedulizer and the suggested schedule. The random schedulizer gives you options for your schedule based on remaining classes so you can get an idea of what you want before you tailor the schedule to your liking. The suggested schedule is my favorite of the two (not because I thought of it) but because it's something I wish I had when I was a freshman scheduling my classes. Freshman year I was eager to start my business courses and I killed myself with a semester of only business courses. The random schedule would have helped me realize that patience was better by suggesting a blend of Miami Plan and business courses.