I'm on the module choices website just now so I want to explain my situation and see if you guys can give me any advice.
First of all I have an unconditional offer for Geography (BSci) for this September. However it is my intention to switch to physics as soon as I can as I want to do Physics now for my degree! Realised I didn't want to do Geography a week after I'd sent off my UCAS!
Anyway I'm doing advanced highers and if I get 3 As including maths and physics academically I would be eligible to take 2nd level modules for physics.
This is how your modules work for 2nd year entry to Physics:
Semester 1 -
MT1002 - Maths module 20 credits
PH2001 - Physics module 30 credits
1 other 1st level module - 20 credits
Semester 2 -
MT2001 - Maths module 30 credits
PH2002 - Physics module 30 credits
Total: 130 credits
If I get the grades I would like to do this and take GG1001 (a geography module) as my other 1st level module. However as I have applied for Geography (and my adviser I'll be meeting in September will be from the school of Geography) so this means that I will probably have to put down initially that I will be doing Geography for the whole of 1st year. Therefore I'm thinking of putting my module choices like this:
Semester 1 -
MT1002 - Maths module 20 credits
PH2001 - Physics module 30 credits
GG1001 - Geography module 20 credits
Semester 2 -
GG1002 - Geography module 20 credits
PH2002 - Physics module 30 credits
Total: 120 credits
I've been told that you can drop a subject after 1 semester so if I was still wanting to do Physics as my degree I would ask to drop Geography after the 1st semester and replace the G1002 module with the MT2001 module. Can someone verify that you can do this?
I am wondering if this is the best strategy to go about this?
I just don't want to offend/piss off the Geography professor by saying "Actually I don't want to do your subject as my degree and would like to drop it as soon as I can!"
(This would be what I would do in September. Just now I've been advised to put down my choices for 1st year entry as I don't yet have the grades for 2nd year entry!)
Thanks and I hope I explained this ok.