Classes

Thursday was our first day of class. With DIS classes either run Monday/Thursday or Tuesday/Friday. Everyone has Wednesday off which is really nice. It breaks up the week and is a day for DIS to plan some of the field studies and additional trips. On Thursday I had my first class at 8:30 am. That meant that I had to leave around 7:45 am. It was very difficult to get moving because the sun doesn't fully rise here until about 8:30 or 9 am. It also starts getting dark around 4pm (or 16:00 as they use military time here).

Thursday I had my core course, European Business Strategy, and Creative Industries. They are going to be very interesting. In European Business Strategies we will be primarily focusing on the pharmaceutical and green industries and throughout the semester we will be visiting some major companies in Denmark that focus on those fields.

My other class, Creative Industries is going to be fantastic! It is about the business of industries such as music, fashion, art, advertising etc. The two field studies for this class are to Tivoli (the world's oldest amusement part and the inspiration for Disneyland) and to Vega (the largest concert hall/ night club in Scandinavia).

On Friday I had the Biology of Marine Mammals and the History of European Ballet which both also sound like great classes. I have my first ballet field study next friday, we are going to the Royal Theatre to see a performance of Romeo and Juliet. I will also have Danish on Tuesdays and Fridays but I was canceled the first day. It is not uncommon here in Denmark for classes to be canceled or rescheduled because teachers do not teach as their main profession. Instead they have full time jobs and are experts in a field and teach a course in that field. This is a really great resource because they really know first hand what they are teaching and have an interesting perspective to offer the class.