Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Stuff at the University

This post will be about the stuff I did while at the University.

My Classes:

  • Thermodynamics
    • This class is one offered by the engineering department at the Al Akhawayn, and it covers the same material as a physics course I need to take at the U of R. Unfortunately the Al Akhawayn version of the course doesn't have a lab component, so I will have to take the U of R course later anyways.
    • The professor of this course taught in Alberta for a while
  • Beginning Arabic 1
    • This course covers the basics of Arabic like the alphabet and simple phrases.
    • I was disappointed in my progress in Arabic, and I think I will have to try harder to learn it next time I have a chance.
  • Data Structures
    • This is a Compter Science course, and it transfers to my degree as a CS elective.
    • It is classified as an elective, but almost all other CS courses have it as a pre-requisite, so it is basically required. 
    • The professor of this course taught in the northern mid-west of the USA.
  • Engineering Statistics
    • This course transfers over as my basic statistics course.
    • The professor of this course taught in Quebec, and her son was born when she was in Quebec, so he is Canadian.
Exercise Clubs and Swimming:
  • Extreme Sports
    • I went to one training with them, and it was fun, but I got busy with the other clubs
    • This was probably the most extreme workout I have had up to this point.
  • Kick-Boxing
    • This was another club I participated in
    • It taught the martial art kickboxing and some other martial arts.
    • It was also a pretty good workout.
  • Quankido
    • This was a club I went to once
    • It was also martial arts, but I decided to do kickboxing instead.
  • Swimming
    • This is the activity that took over all the others 
    • After awhile I was swimming so much that I stopped going to kickboxing as well because my muscles were sore from swimming.
I lost around 60lbs during my time in Morocco, and the main reason would be these workouts. 

Clubs:
  • Computer Science for Innovation
    • This was a club dedicated to computers, programming and other stuff like that.
    • They also did some unrelated stuff that is also fun.
    • I spent the most time with this group
  • Mechatronics Club
    • This club did a lot of work with engineering stuff, and it was very fun.
    • Because of this club, I started learning more about Arduino and such which is a very fun thing to do
  • Wikipedia Club
    • This is a club that works to create more interest in Wikipedia and to help around the community.
    • The people in this club were very fun to be around.



This sums up most of my on campus life. Thanks for reading

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