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Word of Advice to Future Students
It is almost time for me to bid the Humanities Core Program farewell; it is a little sad to say goodbye, but also relieving knowing that I will not have any more submission deadlines soon... yay summer!
So since my time in HumCore is over, I would like so offer some tips or advice to thriving in the course:
1) Do not be afraid or intimidated by what is to come; I remember feeling intimidated by the prospect of writing papers and completing the assigned readings on time... In hindsight, it was not too bad!
2) Be responsible— sometimes, I felt little-to-no motivation to attend lectures or do the assigned readings, which resulted in me having to cram read them before a midterm or final. Save yourself the stress, do things when they are supposed to be done.
3) Practice proactivity! What saved me in this course was planning ahead; jog around ideas for future assignments (e.g. digital archive entries and research project). Think about what you would personally like to accomplish in the course ahead of time: how do you make assignments appealing or fun for yourself? For me, it was experimenting with illustrating my own images for one of my digital archive entries (my research presentation), and selecting a research topic that I would not grow bored of mid quarter (my favorite film, Coraline).
My Thoughts on Scholarly Research and Worldbuilding
I had little to no expectations for the final research project. If anything, before the Spring Quarter lectures, I never thought to look at the prompt posted on the UCI Humanities Core website. Looking back, I definitely should have thought to give it a gander.
But for informing and preparing me to engage in scholarly conversations connected to the course theme: worldbuilding, I would like to thank Professor Fan, Professor Ruberg, and Professor Betancourt. Forever grateful for them sharing their interests and research with so many people.
Because of their lectures and range of expertise, I realized how open the scholarly conversation concerning worldbuilding is. It gave me the confidence to talk about what I was interested in!
Some Final Words
Some Final Words
My time in Humanities Core is up; the journey was definitely not easy, but incredibly rewarding. Looking back, I feel like I was not a great writer. There were a lot of technical things to scholarly writing that I was not familiar with, but that has now changed. For broadening my horizons, I would like to express my gratitude for the Humanities Core program.
Most importantly, I would like to thank my peers and faculty for their graciousness. The interactions I have had with my classmates, seminar leaders, and occasionally lecturers have made my experience in HumCore all the better.
Signing off for the last time,
Jia Yang
References
References
Selick, Henry. Coraline. Focus Features, 2009.
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