I'm going to revive my Spring habit of blogging my take on the lectures this quarter.  It's really only applicable to the Intro to Communications course that I'm taking though, so I won't be doing so for Programming II (technical course) and Poetics of Play in Digital Roleplaying Games (seminar, and it'll work its way out in some of my other writing here).

Today was syllabus day in COM 201, but it's already clear why the instructor, David Domke, is so highly recommended.  His lecture style is clear and concise, yet not stiff or impersonal.  Basically what you'd hope for in a communications professor.  The course itself looks like I'll be fleshing out what I already know from taking various media and political science classes.  Domke is all about teaching students to think critically about media, which is not new to me.  Better understanding the institutional approach to the study of media may prove valuable though.  That's why I signed up for intro to communications.  I can't help but feel slightly disappointed though.

On the other hand, overestimating my existing knowledge is probably a very bad idea.  Pride goeth before a fall.