a shift in focus

Several semesters of pure math and physics, and it's time for a (temporary) change. As I have already mentioned, my focus this summer is on C++ programming. What I probably forgot to mention is that I'm also taking some social science courses this semester, so I'll be treading on unfamiliar territory.

I don't know much about sociology, and a little about cognitive psychology. Nonetheless, those are the courses that I'll be taking the first half of summer. Without the experience, these two subjects will seem very new to me, which is a rather unusual feeling. I typically have at least a small idea of what goes on in my usual science classes, so I might not be used to this kind of feeling.

Recently, I took the first few classes of these two courses, and they went quite well so far. I find myself more interested in the psychology class than the sociology one, since the psychology class also had a lot of biology in it -- akin to the molecular & cellular biology that I just did last semester.

Interestingly, the instructors were rather young ones, which is something that I'm not typically used to (unless they are teaching assistants, but this isn't the case). The teaching methods are a little different for my psychology class, but I think I should be able to work with that. The instructor tends to use rather unusual approaches, and talks with a more "informal" tone.

So far it's only been about a week, so I can't tell how effective my instructors for the two classes are. I do hope they are helpful, considering these two classes will be harder than my average science classes.