Sunday, September 13, 2009
Introductions: Getting to Know You
Hey guys we want to get to know you, below are some questions that we have. Tell us a bit about yourself. What are your favorite hobbies? Have you been able to incorporate your hobbies with your education? Explain the IDS degree. What are your areas / minors? What year are you?How do you explain IDS to others?What are the advantages/disadvantages of an interdisciplinary education?
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Hello! My name is Kassi Keyes. I started atteneding UCF about a month after I graduated high school. I am now a junior and I am hoping to graduate in the Spring of 2011. Since I've been at UCF I have made the Dean's List every semester; which was a goal I set for myself my freshman year. After I graduate, I plan to move to California and start working in the Film industry.
ReplyDeleteI love to do a lot of different things, which is why I ultimately chose IDS as my major. For my IDS major I chose to have 3 minors being Film, Political Science, and Communications. I love making movies, I love creating new things, I love being outside, I love learning, I love watching political debates, I love watching TV in general... My minors really fit my personal interests. Some of my hobbies include building things from scratch, making hemp and bead jewelry, playing video games, going to the movies, going to the beach, riding roller coasters (which I like to do most often), and just sitting around with friends.
When I tell people that I am an IDS major the response I get every single time is, "What is that?" I tell them that it is a major where you have the opportunity to have more than one area of study. Which is great for a person like me who has so many different interests. I tell them that you take all of those areas that you choose and integrate them into one major way of thinking. Which is a great advantage of being and IDS major, you have experience in more than one field, so you can really take any career path you would like. The only disadvantage of IDS I can think of is maybe not knowing how to use your degree to benefit you. Someone once told me that IDS is just a degree in nothing, which is completely untrue. IDS is a degree in everything, to me.
Kassi -
ReplyDeleteI think it's great how excited you are about being an IDS student. I know when I first heard about IDS something clicked and I knew it was for me. Being able to study more than one thing was perfect for me because I also have more than one interest, and I like the feeling of being free to do a lot of things when I graduate. Being stuck with one career sounded horrible to me. Having choices is something that makes me much more comfortable. It certainly sounds like you have a good grasp on how you want to use your degree.
Hey Guys, My name is Philip Coste and I've been at UCF since Fall 2009. I've been working in the retail business for the past 4 years now (Circuit City and Best Buy) and will probably continue my career in retail for the rest of my days. When I came to school I thought that I knew what I wanted to do with my life, but discovered that I didn't. When I was told about IDS, I was amazed that such a program existed. Something that would let me choose multiple areas of focuses so it could continuously keep my attention. My focuses are Communications, Marketing, and Art(right now). I'm planning on switching out of the art program, but I'm having a hard time figuring out what I want to switch to.
ReplyDeleteEverytime someone asks me what IDS is I explain to them that its a program where you choose 3 areas of study that don't overlap with each other and you come out with a major. People are always surprised that we offer a program like this because of the diversity of degrees that can be given with this major. The main advantage to IDS that I can see is that I get to work in multiple areas and I can have multiple disciplines. The main disadvantage is that I don't get the same exposure to an area of study as someone who gets a degree in that area would.
Hey, my name is Cody Stancil. I transferred to UCF at the beginning of last school year, before that I attended UNF. I'm really into sports, playing sports and watching sports. Football is the best but the things I play the most are probably tennis and ultimate frisbee. Other than that I can get into video games from time to time, and of course watching some good tv is always great.
ReplyDeleteMy areas of study are communications, behavioral science, and entrepreneurship. I couldn't really decide what major to choose for almost my first year and a half and IDS became a very convenient way to incorporate all the classes I had already taken into a major that worked for me. One of the things I'd like to do one day is start my own business so I have that covered and communications will be useful for anything I end up doing.
When I describe IDS to other people I usually refer to it as a "create-your-own major". That's exactly what it is, anyone can make the major completely unique for what they want to do. And that's one of the advantages of it, that it's tailor-made for each individual. Really the only downside that I can think of right now is that it isn't very widely known. I'll have to explain it to future employers, but once they understand it there shouldn't be a problem.
Cody,
ReplyDeleteI really like how you called IDS the "create-your-own major" major. That is hilarious and SO true! We really do get to customize our degree in every way.
Kassi,
ReplyDeleteYeah, that's how I have always described it to everyone. Because it really is a "create-your-own-major"; each student can make it completely unique to them.
Kassi,
ReplyDeleteThat is ao awesome your thinking about moving to California! I'm planning on moving out there sometime soon for acting!!
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ReplyDeleteMy name is Matthew DelValle. Little bit about me...
ReplyDeleteI had the privilege of being homeschooled through 10th grade. I am very thankful my parents decided to homeschool me. The last two years I attended the Collegiate High School at Polk Community College’s Winter Haven campus. Throughout high school it was my goal to graduate with a two year degree from PCC the same time I graduated from high school, and through the grace of God and the help of my parents and many others I was able to accomplish that goal.
After UCF I plan on going to seminary to prepare for full-time ministry. I'm not sure where God is leading me yet, whether it's a pastoral track, or missions, or something in education, but I'm willing to serve anyway I can.
Outside my plans, I love to read (when I have the time!), write (prose, poetry), attend church, and just have good fun with friends. I work as an English tutor at Polk State College and was a lifeguard at Cypress Gardens this past summer (that's why I'm so tan). One fun fact about me is that I won a Michael Jackson dance-off at PSC this fall semester along with a friend. We did the Thriller dance and Beat It.
For me the IDS degree is mainly a degree of flexibility. Because I'm planning to go to seminary, I wanted to have a little knowledge about a lot of different things. So the IDS degree allows me to pursue that kind of well-rounded, breadth of knowledge that other degrees wouldn't. My three areas of study are Humanities, Letters and Modern Languages, and my minor is Social Sciences Interdisciplinary.
I am a senior at UCF, and while I've enjoyed my academic career here thus far, I really can't wait to be done and studying what I really what to learn. One of the disadvantages of an IDS degree at a secular college to me is I can't take many courses in line with my life goals. However, I have benefited from insights from classes in different disciplines that I will be able to utilize in the future, and so overall I am happy to be an IDS major.
Matthew,
ReplyDeleteI too was homeschooled for a couple years!! I think its awesome that your trying to focus on a path in ministry. Don't worry about what your going to do exactly because God's got it all planned out ;)