How can I change my course? [First year student]

You can change from Economics to Business by going to your personal tutor and speaking to them about it.

The first year here is basically designed to get everyone on an even keel and the lecturers are always happy to help (at least, that's been my experience). Economics and Business are in a different department (same School) but I see no reason you shouldn't be able to change, especially seeing as the year hasn't even begun

I was an EFA student, but I'm pretty sure Business has a similar timetable. Six modules, one lecture per module (one hour) and one seminar per module (one hour). When they are is a bit of a lottery (I think I was in every day in my first and second years) but I found having a nice gap was helpful, rather than cramming everything in to three days.

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Hi there,
Thankyou very much for the detailed reply..
I haven't been allocated a personal tutor yet, who else can I speak too?

I really want to change asap, the thought of starting lectures is actually making me feel rather miserable...

Also how long does it usually take?

Thankyou again

You should have a personal tutor by now Which course are you doing? Who have you met so far (I know quite a few of the Econ lecturers so I might be able to take an educated guess on who might be able to help you!)?

It should be pretty quick, since lectures haven't started yet. Because it's the beginning of term, you should be able to find at least one person who can help you pretty easily.

Lots of people get cold feet and want to change course at this point in time, you'll be fine The first lecture of each module will be explaining who the lecturer is, a brief view of the syllabus, possibly even another introduction to the university You won't miss too much if you do end up not going to the first week of lectures.

I'm happy to help

So there's no space on either of the courses I wanted to transfer to, so looks like i'm gonna have to withdraw and reapply for the right course.

Is it likely they are gonna reject me due to this do you think?

I'm really disappointed that i'll have to take another year out tbh but thats my fault.

What theres no space on business management or business studies, at all? Why not stick with it till december thats when they take your loan and if you still dont like it than drop out.

None at all...
I can't stick it out, I will fail and I really wanna do well in first year, also i'm commuting from London to Coventry there and back every day at the moment. :/

Woah that is long, usually people drop out in first few weeks of the course i know people in mine who did that last year. We did economics as a module last year and it wasnt too bad.

So there's no space on either of the courses I wanted to transfer to, so looks like i'm gonna have to withdraw and reapply for the right course.

Is it likely they are gonna reject me due to this do you think?

I'm really disappointed that i'll have to take another year out tbh but thats my fault.

Applied through clearing to do Economics/Business Economics (various reasons and a rushed decision subject wise)..

I've been at every lecture/talk at the induction week and it sounds really different to what I was expecting...

The second year of business economics sounds great, but my fear is that i'm disadvantaged because I didn't study A Level Economics (not offered at my college) or A Level Maths.

My background is also in business, rather than economics, I should of just stuck to my guns and applied for Business rather than Econ, but i've learnt.

I just feel terrible at the moment, like really out of my depth and I just feel I need to change. I would of loved to of done Business Econ but the first year is the sames for all Econ degree's.. *sigh* thats my bad.

So how do I go about changing course? Lectures and seminars officially begin next week Monday..

Also does anyone do Business on here first year, if so whats your timetable like?

Hi, this is Sal, I work in the Marketing and Communications Department at Coventry University. I did a similar thing to I<3Vans when I first went to uni. I applied through clearing to study French and got to the university and felt out of my depth. I knew I wouldn't get on with the course and so I decided to take a year out and go and work in France and apply for a different course the following year. I remember feeling devastated at the time but I was much happier with the second course. I left my decision too late though and therefore think that there's still time for you to change now and avoid having an extra year out.