Sorry about the multiple posts folks. I noticed the program I'm applying to does not want a CV, so I just spoke to an admissions officer who informed me that if I want to send a CV that's fine. She then started listing off other "common" supplementary materials that students often send in, and she mentioned that some students submit a list of
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Sometimes the course title on your transcript tells the reader exactly dick about what the course was about. For example, in undergrad I took three different courses called Special Topics in Classical Civilization. Or, as it read on my transcript "Sp Tpcs: Classical Civ". Each one of those courses was completely different but that's definitely not clear from the transcript at all.
If you submit a list of courses, then you can list the full course title, the topic, maybe even a description. This also helps in dealing with extremely ambiguously or stupidly titled courses.
Should I make it in a table-type of format on Word?
I have a Relevant Coursework section in my CV. If you're interested in doing it that way, reply and I'll let you know how I structured it. If it's a separate document, I don't think it much matters as long as it's legible.
Also, is it going to backfire? In reading a lot of the course descriptions for this specific program, it seems like many of the courses ( ... )
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To do this, I made a list of courses I've taken that are relevant to my area of study. Then, I broke down those courses into general categories. What categories you use will depend on what the important streams in your field are. Once I had the categories worked out, I entered everything into the Relevant Coursework section, changing the names of the courses into something more descriptive, if necessary. I find that the category approach works for me because it allows me to demonstrate my background in a way that isn't immediately evident on a transcript. I'm interdisciplinary, too, so it also allows me to pull courses from multiple disciplines and demonstrate how they fit together.
Actually, it might be easier to e-mail you my CV so that you can see what I'm talking about, so if you want, just e-mail me at homericlaughter@gmail.com, and I'll send it to
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