Debating what language to sign up for in the fall. American Sign Language 111, Spanish 111, or Chinese 111. ASL and SPAN are both viable choices for my two-year language requirement for my BA and CHN is not, but I could switch to the BS and take something sciency at some point and then take CHN (or ASL, or SPAN, or KOR...) for fun. (nb: still pissed that the Japanese Ecampus courses start with 300-level.)
CHN (per the sample syllabus) requires video chatting with classmates and my work schedule in conjunction with my three-hour time difference from campus is not likely to make that easy. ASL strongly encourages video chatting with classmates. SPAN, no data (no sample syllabus).
SPAN, there's an excellent chance I can con my employer into paying for the tuition for those classes (to nobody's surprise, it is the most common first language in the state after English). CHN, a decent chance (we do a lot of business with China). ASL—my customer service in this job is all telephone-based, so it's not likely that my employer will think a strictly visual language has any relevance to my employment!
I have credit for Spanish I already, so I would need departmental permission to take SPAN 111 instead of SPAN 112, and I'd be paying for the course without getting credit for taking it. (No way do I recall enough Spanish to go straight to 112.) I have no previous study of Chinese or ASL.
And that's basically the pros-cons list!
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