World Languages
SPAN 211: Integrated Intermediate Language and Culture 1, Fall 2019
This was my second Spanish class at Longwood and definitely the most interesting foreign language class I have had. I not only increased my Spanish speaking and writing skills but I also learned a lot about Central America. My artifact for this course is an example presentation I completed on my family. As you can see, there are very few words on each slide because I had to memorize how to describe my family while also answering questions my professor asked on the spot.
El Árbol Familia de Amber Thomas
Behavioral & Social Perspectives
HONS 361: The Problem of Evil, Fall 2020
The Problem of Evil opened up a whole new genre of literature. I fell in love with C.S. Lewis’ works and I learned more about my beliefs. The attached document is a reflection of the course’s effect on me with specifics. I thoroughly enjoyed learning more about Christianity and it’s nuances.
HONS 361 Reflection Final – Amber Thomas
Global Citizenship & Aesthetic Perspectives
MUSC 325: Music as an Agent of Change
Music as an Agent of Change was Dr. Kinzer’s pilot class for the course. He chose to focus the class around the Vietnam War era, between about 1955 and 1975 to emphasize how music worked to promote social movements. For example, “Fortunate Son” by Creedence Clearwater Revival served as anthem for those that were not able to evade the draft like the fortunate sons that were privileged enough to do so. Below is my final research paper I completed for the course examining five different songs and how they worked to support various movements relating to different human rights many were fighting for.
5 Songs that Changed the World
Quantitative Perspectives
MATH 301: Applied Statistics
Proceeding Math 171, Math 301 was my second statistics course. Although I am an English major, I do enjoy math classes as they are very black and white compared to my English classes which of course are always focusing on how things are never truly black and white and binaries are an illusion. This course simply worked to build upon my knowledge of statistics which was great because it is all theoretical and never a true representation of the population. However, they can help us to predict what, say, the results of an election. Dr. Poplin also had our class specifically use R studio, a programming software, to calculate most of the problems, so I was able to dip my toes into programming. Attached is the first report I had to write for the course.
Math 301 Report 1 – Amber Thomas