I got started thinking today about what is left ahead of me in terms of school and where it may lead me. I'm not far off from finishing my AA at SPCC, and I took a moment to check out the website for UNCC and see if I could figure out what's next. UNCC seems the most logical choice. I've never even been there, but as far as state schools that are convenient to my location, it seems fairly certain that is where I'll end up.
Since I've never done this before, I don't have anything to draw from in terms of how many and what kinds of classes I'll need to finish this process. It turns out that the good news is that if I transfer with an official Associate's in Art degree, they won't pick it apart. In other words, I'm good to go for all my general courses, and I can move on to the required course for the baccalaureate degree. For the English program, that means I'll need 33 credits in English (about 11 classes), a public speaking course (I think), and 18 credits (about 6 classes) for a minor of my choice. So that's 17-18 classes total!! That is so doable I can almost taste the victory! I know, I know. I'm getting ahead of myself. But remember, I'm 35, almost 36, and I never thought I'd see this in my life. So it's pretty exciting.
As far as a minor goes, I was thinking about either Sociology or History. Sociology has been a new favorite of mine, and I think it would be something that would help in my future studies as well as in my writing. I'm not a huge fan of history, but I see that as something that could only add to my general knowledge and also help if I decide to pursue any fictional writing as well as some non-fiction. My other choice would be to pursue a teacher certificate instead of a minor. I would be eligible to teach HS English, which is not where I want to be for good but would be something I could do in the interim.
This leads to the next point, and it is that we have decided that we would like to move back close to where we came from, probably somewhere around Maryland or Delaware. North Carolina has served it's purpose, but I'm really ready to move on. It won't happen until I graduate, but I'm hoping it does happen shortly thereafter. My goal is to be able to afford to move because I'd like to work, maybe teaching, after I get my BA while working toward my MA.
So there's the plan! I'll elaborate more as we go about some of the other stuff, especially about how sick of NC I am. Sorry, NC! You've been good to us, but I think we've overstayed our welcome. Anyway, I had to blog about this and put it in writing because I'll be excited to look back on it periodically to see my progress and which goals were met and which were changed. By the time we get to day 180, or however many days we've got, I will hopefully be a new UNCC student and preparing to move to the next step in this crazy process.
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