help me decide!

ok, i have a sense of what i am going to do already, but i just want to see if you guys are thinking the same. Nonetheless I'll stick to my plan, which will remain undisclosed to eliminate bias.

I need to decide on a World Cultures module for next semester, and i've cut it down from about 8 choices to the final 2:

SPRING 2007 V55.0514 World Cultures: Ancient Israel
Prof. M. Smith (Hebrew & Judaic Studies)
The culture of the ancient Israelite societies of biblical times, covering the period from about 1200 b.c.e. to the conquests of Alexander the Great, in the fourth century b.c.e. Topics include the achievements of these societies in the areas of law and social organization, prophetic movements, Israelite religion, and ancient Hebrew literature. The Hebrew Bible preserves much of the creativity of the ancient Israelites, but archaeological excavations in Israel and neighboring lands, as well as the discovery of ancient writings in Hebrew and related languages, have added greatly to our knowledge of life as it was lived in biblical times. The civilizations of Egypt and Syria-Mesopotamia also shed light on Israelite culture. Of particular interest is the early development of Israelite monotheism, which, in time, emerged as ancient Judaism, the mother religion of Christianity and Islam.

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SPRING 2007 V55.0506 World Cultures: The Chinese and Japanese Traditions
Prof. Roberts (East Asian Studies)
Essential aspects of Asian culture—Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and Shintoism—studied through careful reading of major works of philosophy and literature. A roughly equal division between Chinese and Japanese works is meant to give a basic understanding of the broad similarities and the less obvious, but all-important, differences among the cultures of Confucian Asia. One reading is a Vietnamese adaptation of a Chinese legend. The last two readings, modern novellas from Japan and China, show the reaction of the traditional cultures to the Western invasions.

there you are. please please please vote for which one you think is more interesting or is a better fit for me, practicality-wise.

in other news, I have humongous, disgusting eyebags that make me look like a fly.

still very busy with a lot of things, so will blog more logically sometime later this week, ok?

vote vote! and if you have special comments, tag tag!

I'M OUT!!!