A timetabling complaint.
I'm just here to rant and complain, feel free to ignore this post. I ought to be studying for my History exam this Saturday, anyway...
I've been doing my course enrollment and timetable for next semester (largely because I ought to be doing History now). There are some good things about my timetable, and some bad.
Background Information. Double degree Arts/Information Technology, further ahead on the Arts. I have two first year IT classes left to do, a COMP and a CSSE. I am also going to take the second course of Latin next semester - this is the last Latin I'm going to take, and I want to do it next semester before I forget what I've learnt this semester. I am likely to be on exchange second semester next year, so any second semester only courses I can only take next semester or in my very last semester, year after next. For my fourth class I have yet to decide between a History (Imperial Britain) and several Linguistics.
The Good Timetable News. Only three days of classes a week if I juggle tutorial times right. Not too late, not too early. Very nice. Even including either the History or the most likely of the Linguistics.
The Bad Timetable News. Latin has two 2-hour lecture, attending both. COMP has two 1-hour lectures, attending both. CSSE has one 2-hour lecture. All of them only have one lecture stream, there are no alternative times. The first COMP lecture is during the second hour of Latin. I can deal with this if I have to. Judging by this semester, I can skip one of four Latin hours if I talk to the lecturer. It's still bad, though. The second COMP lecture is during the first hour of the CSSE lecture. This is plain stupid. COMP is complulsory for all IT students, CSSE is compulsory for two IT majors and is an elective for the rest. Both are only available in second semester. Both will be needed to do any second year IT courses next year. Betsy is most annoyed.
They may end up changing the COMP/CSSE timetables to avoid clashing. They'd better.
Okay, okay. History. I will do history now. But complaining is such good procrastination material...
I've been doing my course enrollment and timetable for next semester (largely because I ought to be doing History now). There are some good things about my timetable, and some bad.
Background Information. Double degree Arts/Information Technology, further ahead on the Arts. I have two first year IT classes left to do, a COMP and a CSSE. I am also going to take the second course of Latin next semester - this is the last Latin I'm going to take, and I want to do it next semester before I forget what I've learnt this semester. I am likely to be on exchange second semester next year, so any second semester only courses I can only take next semester or in my very last semester, year after next. For my fourth class I have yet to decide between a History (Imperial Britain) and several Linguistics.
The Good Timetable News. Only three days of classes a week if I juggle tutorial times right. Not too late, not too early. Very nice. Even including either the History or the most likely of the Linguistics.
The Bad Timetable News. Latin has two 2-hour lecture, attending both. COMP has two 1-hour lectures, attending both. CSSE has one 2-hour lecture. All of them only have one lecture stream, there are no alternative times. The first COMP lecture is during the second hour of Latin. I can deal with this if I have to. Judging by this semester, I can skip one of four Latin hours if I talk to the lecturer. It's still bad, though. The second COMP lecture is during the first hour of the CSSE lecture. This is plain stupid. COMP is complulsory for all IT students, CSSE is compulsory for two IT majors and is an elective for the rest. Both are only available in second semester. Both will be needed to do any second year IT courses next year. Betsy is most annoyed.
They may end up changing the COMP/CSSE timetables to avoid clashing. They'd better.
Okay, okay. History. I will do history now. But complaining is such good procrastination material...