Spring Quarter 2020
Online Learning, Social Distancing, and Cultivating Resilience
Courses
Total Number of Credits: 15
CHEM 142 - General Chemistry (5 Credits)
Atomic nature of matter, quantum mechanics, ionic and covalent bonding, molecular geometry, stoichiometry, solution stoichiometry, kinetics, and gas laws.
Q SCI 381 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics (5 credits)
Random variables, expectations, variances, binomial, hypergeometric, Poisson, normal, chi-square, "t" and "F" distributions.
ENGL 111 - Composition: Literature (5 credits)
Study and practice of good writing; topics derived from reading and discussing stories, poems, essays, and plays.
About My Schedule
This quarter, I am beginning the Chemistry and Math needed for the Biology degree. CHEM 142 is the first course in the General Chemistry sequence, co-requisite to courses in the Introductory Biology sequence. I need to get further into the Chemistry sequence before I can take any more Biology courses. Additionally, Q SCI 381 is one of two Statistics courses I can take to fulfill my math requirement. I am also taking ENGL 111 to get "C" credit, needed for my graduation from the College of Arts and Sciences. Unfortunately, due to the move of all classes online, I am not taking any ensemble classes or private lessons, which are logistically difficult to deliver via online learning.
Artifacts
The University of Washington Undergraduate Research Symposium 2020
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Washington's annual Undergraduate Research Symposium was held online. Students were asked to record their presentations and submit them ahead of time, instead of giving them live, and were able to hold a live Q&A after their presentation plaid. I applied to the Symposium to present my research on a rhetorical analysis of the movie Gattaca. I was able to answer some challenging questions about my research and share my work with people across the country, including family who wouldn't have been able to attend otherwise!
Statistics and R
For Q SCI 381, we were computing statistics that were complex and time-consuming to calculate by hand. After learning the principles behind each calculation, we often learned how to compute statistics using the coding language R, an open-source language. R can calculate probabilities, distributions, and measures of central tendencies, as well as generate graphs, tables, and many other useful functions. To the left is a screenshot of lab homework assigned during the quarter, with code to the left and a generated graph to the right.