Yesterday was my first day of semester 4 and I am taking 3 courses spanning May and June. Due to the nature of these Spring/Summer courses being severely expedited I cannot write my typical posts, I just wont have the time as condensing 13 weeks of content into only 13 days is a lot. Although I will briefly go over what I will be learning:

I have two political science classes and one history, Spring/Summer does not allow students to take a full course load (5 courses). The two political science courses I am taking are linked, as in you need one to take the other and you need both to get a degree. The first, the one I am taking right now, is History of Politics Part 1 which focuses on ancient/medieval polishers like Plato, Aristotle, and St. Augustine. I’ve been assigned to read Plato’s Republic, Aristotle’s Politics, and a chapter or two of City of God by St. Augustine.

Part 2 will be in June and will focus on modern political Philosophers such as Nietzsche, Kant, Hegel, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Machiavelli, and Mill (not all will be covered but this is a general list of what to expect). I don’t know if I should be happy or disappointed that Marx and Engels wont be taught, unless the professor does so anyway, I guess it varies on who is and isn’t covered. I dont have the syllabus for this class yet but when I do get it I will make an update post on the content if it’s interesting enough lol

My history class is about Canada post-1867 and actually spans both May and June, its way less condensed but there is weekly quizzes and a paper due in June. The paper is supposed to be about the unsolved murder of William Robinson and who I think did it. While my history class is much more manageable, my polisci classes on the other hand are only 2.5 weeks long which is insane to do and is the reason why I wont be able to write these posts for this semester, I just do not have the time or energy, I have to read a lot which is time consuming enough on it’s own but I have to be active as well.

Anyway, just thought I’d write this to let everyone know why I wont be posting here for a while.