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I am a senior New Media Production major that has been enrolled in and subsequently dropped this course twice. As I plan to graduate in May, the chances of me dropping are 0% so we are off to a great start!

I anticipate that this class will be largely lecture-based and move at a relatively fast pace. It also seems as though it will be a large workload, which I was not anticipating from a 200-level course and I am not hugely excited about most of the projects. However, I hope that as we get going, the overwhelming-appearing syllabus will thin itself out and the class ends up being exciting!

Until next time!

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