Courses for this semester

ALUMNI INTERVIEW PROGRAM:
Before I get to the meat of the blog, just wanted to let everyone know that February is the last month of the Alumni Interview Program.  If you're a prospective masters student and are interested in an alumni interview, fill out the request form and submit your application and we'll try to match you with an alum for an interview.  All your materials must be in by the end of the month to be considered. 

Events for Admitted Students:

Online Events for Admitted Students:

Our current students host a series of themed webchats, speed chats, and a virtual preview event to offer you an inside look into life at Penn GSE. You're welcome to join as many as you like!

More detailed information please go to: http://www.gse.upenn.edu/node/1790



Now comes to the blog of this week. There isn't many exciting news about life so I will just talk about the courses that I have taken this semester.
Language and Gender: This is a very interesting course focused on the linguistic issue of genders. It introduces many important theoretical issues and methodological concerns in the language and gender area. The topic throughout the classes are how gender ideologies shape and are shaped by language use. It's very exciting to look at the gender issue from an academic way and this course allows me to relate my personal real life experience to the academic researches.
Sociolinguistics: It's a required course for Educational Linguistics students. It's mainly designed to provide students with an awareness to sociolinguistics as it pertains to educational issues, and to language teaching and learning more generally. It's a very thought-provoking class, which made me think about many educational issues in sociology contexts.
Apart from the above classes, I also took two marketing courses at Wharton:
Marketing Strategy: It's a case-based course about marketing activities to some of the key strategic decision. As an ICC student, i find a lot of intercultural issues in this class as well. The cases are very helpful to get a sense of marketing and strategic planning.
Strategic Brand Management: It's also a case-based course about marketing, especially the branding issues. It introduces the basic strategies in building a strong brand, and some underlying theories. The course has involved many famous brands that everyone knows, which makes the class very interactive and interesting.