Drama that was not a drama
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kitewithfishI had a little minor non-drama with getting my German major all set up.
There are essentially three classes that one simply *must* take to get the German major or minor. I am taking one as we speak, signed up for another for next semester, and I thought, a few months ago, that the third would also be offered next semester. This would have put me in the odd situation of making me take five classes again next semester, instead of the usual four, but I would have been able to deal with that, I think.
However, that third German class? Not actually being offered next semester. I didn't realize this until I was figuring out the classes I would have to take for next year, and I had a little unhappy moment in my brain. It was not a good feeling, to say the least.
The scenarios running through my head were roughly along the lines of offering to take a 250 (an independent study course) to make up for that last class. Or that I would eventually just give up on the German double major with Religion and accept a whole lot of German classes that would have to speak for themselves. Which I would think is fair, since there was another version of that class offered this semester which I could have taken had it not conflicted with my Religion seminar. But it would really suck overall, because I had planned on double-majoring in German and Religion from essentially my first year at Swelles. (I am one of the few people I know to enter and leave college with the same major in my head and on my diploma.)
But! Instead, in a very brief meeting with my hastily selected German major advisor, I was told that I could use one of my extra classes from the Uni Vienna to fill that spot for the missing class. Which means, I can get my major ohne Probleme, and I actually have to take fewer classes for it than I originally thought I would have to. Well, rather, one of the extra classes that I took just for the hell of it in Vienna actually ended up not being wasted as just a class that fulfills my graduation requirements, but also will count towards my major.
Leben ist gut. Was mehr könnte ich sagen?
Essentially, in my last semester of college, I will probably only be taking one class that is actually being counted towards either of my majors, the German seminar. The rest are looking like Latin, Greek, and possibly another class in the Classics department on Greek and Roman Religion, which I may or may not attempt to count towards my Religion major. It certainly looks really cool overall, but I cannot place my hopes too much on it, because it might conflict with that last critical German class that needs to get done.
There are essentially three classes that one simply *must* take to get the German major or minor. I am taking one as we speak, signed up for another for next semester, and I thought, a few months ago, that the third would also be offered next semester. This would have put me in the odd situation of making me take five classes again next semester, instead of the usual four, but I would have been able to deal with that, I think.
However, that third German class? Not actually being offered next semester. I didn't realize this until I was figuring out the classes I would have to take for next year, and I had a little unhappy moment in my brain. It was not a good feeling, to say the least.
The scenarios running through my head were roughly along the lines of offering to take a 250 (an independent study course) to make up for that last class. Or that I would eventually just give up on the German double major with Religion and accept a whole lot of German classes that would have to speak for themselves. Which I would think is fair, since there was another version of that class offered this semester which I could have taken had it not conflicted with my Religion seminar. But it would really suck overall, because I had planned on double-majoring in German and Religion from essentially my first year at Swelles. (I am one of the few people I know to enter and leave college with the same major in my head and on my diploma.)
But! Instead, in a very brief meeting with my hastily selected German major advisor, I was told that I could use one of my extra classes from the Uni Vienna to fill that spot for the missing class. Which means, I can get my major ohne Probleme, and I actually have to take fewer classes for it than I originally thought I would have to. Well, rather, one of the extra classes that I took just for the hell of it in Vienna actually ended up not being wasted as just a class that fulfills my graduation requirements, but also will count towards my major.
Leben ist gut. Was mehr könnte ich sagen?
Essentially, in my last semester of college, I will probably only be taking one class that is actually being counted towards either of my majors, the German seminar. The rest are looking like Latin, Greek, and possibly another class in the Classics department on Greek and Roman Religion, which I may or may not attempt to count towards my Religion major. It certainly looks really cool overall, but I cannot place my hopes too much on it, because it might conflict with that last critical German class that needs to get done.
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Date: 2008-09-29 03:47 am (UTC)Those last two semesters were crazy, but it was worthwhile...
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Date: 2008-10-07 12:11 am (UTC)