THE UNI (PART 2)

This was stress and a half. (I’m beginning to sound like Charlie Tweed – everything stressful!) anyway, so I go to enrol which I though I had actually already done in
England but apparently not and get told by the ‘help’ that I’m trying to enrol in third year courses which I’m not allowed to do, or I will find it too hard. Oh and also the main thing which is in the enrolment guide. MEDIA STUDIES IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR EXCHANGE/INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS.
WHAT?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO by this time I was slightly distressed and headed over to the humanities department trying to be polite and calm. The woman there was very helpful and explained that within humanities they actually don’t have a distinction between second and third year anymore. It is now just first year and then advanced level. She also told me that that didn’t matter anyway as international/exchange students were pretty much allowed to take what the wanted because their grades went back to the home university so it was up to them to say no, who thankfully didn’t. Thanks Newcastle!! : )
The next thing was being me, I wanted to take a video production course but in second year you could only take Video Production B, which had a pre-requisite of Video Production A. I basically went and had a chat with the head of media and told him my work experience and he reckoned I should be fine. I think my lecturer was slightly worried when I arrived in class and I was the only person he didn’t know. To be honest I think he’s still terrified I’ll let my group down but if you ever read this; Phil, don’t worry!! I’m a fast learner I promise!!
So after this fiasco I went to enrol again only to have a big warning flash up saying all the course I had had pre-requisites and I had to get a manual overwrite…. Patience, patience.
Off I trundle back to the humanities office, Hiya – me again!! I gave the forms to a girl on the desk who just went, ok. Didn’t check any of the numerous documents I had to say I could do the course and did the overwrite. Surely that could have been done before?!
Anyway so there I am enrolled on courses I should have millions of pre-requisites and a two third year courses. Typical me! Ha ha.