Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Tougher than Leather

Already I am getting e-mails from LSE about my course load. Apparently I signed up for classes that are way beyond my abilities. Since British schools are on a three year system instead of on a four year system as in America, the 300-levels for which I signed up are too difficult and advanced for me. Of the four courses I'll be taking, I signed up for three 300-levels and one 200-level. In reality, as the General Course adviser has described, my courses should reflect the opposite situation (i.e. one 300-level and three 200-levels). So, I now have to go through the course list once again and pick lower level classes that will still transfer to my MSB business core. So far I hav settled on the following courses:

Government-two govt reqs (minor)
GV265 States, Nations and Empires
GV227 The Politics of Economic Policy

Finance-two finance courses (major)
FM212 Principles of Finance
FM300 Corporate Finance, Investments and Financial Markets

Operational Management-two business core II reqs
OR202 Operational Research Methods
MN201 Economics for Management
MN203 Social Science Research Methods for Management

Geography and Environment-IB one course for major
GY244 London's Geographies: An Introduction to Cultural and Historical Geography
GY202 Introduction to Development in the South
GY205 Political Geographies, Policy and Space
SA217 Psychology of Crime and Criminal Justice

If all goes according to plan, I will get credit for 7 required courses and 1 elective course. I still don't understand how this corresponds to 30 credits for the year, but it does. This means that during my senior year back at Georgetown I will only have to take 6 more courses to earn my two majors and my minor. In reality, I have space to earn a third MSB major, but they don't allow it, so I guess I will just end up taking a few elective courses or get a long-term internship.

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