My university deserves a good kick in the @$$

[locker_monster]

I should be graduating this year. This is my fourth year of university but I'm still four full course credits short of my required twenty full course credits. That's mostly my fault; I should have taken five courses in each semester but most times I couldn't find courses that fit with my degree that also fit into my schedule.

But there's one thing that isn't my fault. I need a full course credit in Comparative Literature to fill a requirement in my degree. I know I probably should have taken the entry level course during my first year or even during my second year, but I suppose I never really thought about it or had space. Now that I'm in my fourth year, I can't take anymore entry level courses so Comparative Lit. 201 is out of the question. Okay, fine. The university usually has courses that don't need a prerequisite; I've taken a bunch of courses like that. But the stupid university doesn't have any other Comparative Lit. classes. Nothing. No 300 level or anything. How can I be faulted for not having any Comparative Lit. credits when there's only one half credit course to begin with?

When I talked with the Humanities Associate Dean at the beginning of the year he said I could take some literature courses outside of English, effectively making it a comparative literature course, to help cover the requirement. I took Russian Lit. this semester so I'm only a half course credit away from completing the requirement. Of course, when I look up my degree on the degree navigator the university provides it says my Russian Lit. class isn't being counted towards Comparative Lit. Either the program is horribly logical and can't bring itself to put my Russian Lit. course under a section where it normally doesn't belong or the Humanities Associate Dean never told the university or the degree navigator people about his agreement with me and probably other Humanities students who are in the same situation.

Okay, done ranting. Need to go fix this mess.

Comments

[goldy-dollar.livejournal.com]

I'm sure it's just a computer thing. My transcript also claims that I don't have the right things or it puts them in the wrong place. I'm sure a real person looking at it would be able to understand the situation right away. :D

But I'm sure there are advising people SOMEWHERE you can go talk to, right?

[locker-monster.livejournal.com]

There's academic advisers on campus, and I went to see them at the beginning of the year, but all they really did was look at my record and told me other Humanities students had the same problem. Though, I suppose it's sort of nice to know that other people are getting screwed over the university, too. ;-)