Outside subject(s) in 1st and 2nd year *post here with questions*

I've picked my outside courses for next year but there's a timetabling issue because there are two lectures at the same time in first semester. Will this be an issue in allowing me on the course?

I am an international student that is going to start study Landscape Architecture at Edinburgh College of Art. I could not find the programme in the list

( I guess it is because its not at the uni, although ECA will be an academic partner in an academic federation with the uni in August).

I did find the outside courses because it was for both Architecture and Landscape Architecture.
Do you know if it would be possible for me to change to Architecture later, if I change my mind, as for example in the 2 year?
Do you genereally write what outside courses you have studied in your CV when you are out and are searching for job?

Do you know if you can somehow study language as an outside course while youre studying Landscape Architecture?

Question One:
When I applied for a joint degree (Econ/Politics), is it possible to theoretically change the second subject (politics) to something else in the second year should I find a more interesting subject than that?

Question Two:
Is it possible/manageable to take more than one outside subject (i.e. having more than three subjects total)?

Thanks!

If you take the necessary subjects in first/second year, you should be able to change your degree. You should check on drps and stuff to make sure you have all the required courses for the change, though.

As for the extra courses, it will depend on who your DoS is and whether you can convince him/her you're capable of doing it. I took 140 credits in my second year, as I came in with really strong results from my IB diploma. If you can convince them you're capable of pulling off extra credits then it might happen. You'll probably have to have a good reason though.

If you are given permission to study extra credits and it turns out you have overstretched yourself, pass your 120 credits but not your extra 20 credits, are there significant consequences? Obviously you would be aiming to get the best mark you could. I was just wondering if a worst case scenario happened and you didn't, whether it would hinder your progress as they were extra credits. I imagine they would be on your transcript though either way.

Oh and I forgot to ask, my psych 1 is directly after my philosophy classes all year and apparently it's in a different building. Looking at the schedule I should have 20 minutes to get there but timetab apparently sees fit to give me a warning? Has anyone had any trouble with this?

Hi, i was wondering if anyone on here can answer these questions?
1. do your subjects for the first and second years have to be related to each other?
2. Is fine arts taught at both the ECA and the Uni?
3. Are there any characteristics that they look for in applicants? anything in particular that i need to mention in my personal statement?
4. Are they likely to ask for more points in an offer than the stated requirement on their website? I've heard of univeristies like manchester asking for 34 in IB, then giving out offers for 36.


Thanks in advance

Read the first post of this thread and also read the applicants FAQ thread first post. The answers to all of your questions are in there.

brilliant, thanks for pointing me in the right direction to look.

okay so what i wanted to do was theology, philosophy and fine art in my first year, is that alright or is fine art not part of this...

Do you think I have a chance of substituting one of the outside subjects like this?

I have a year of university behind me and am now moving to Scotland and starting a new degree, but I was wondering if I'd be able to use some of the credit I've already earned as my outside subjects. For example, I took German as an optional course at my uni (90 minutes three times a week), it was worth 1/4 of the semester's credits and there was a final exam that awarded me the CERF level B2 (I received an A on the exam). Do you think I have a chance of substituting one of the outside subjects like this? (I would get all the necessary documents from my previous uni)

It actually depends on department I guess, I am retaking year 1 as I swapped courses, but I passed with good grades all the courses from last year and didn't want to waste the grades. I am therefore going to be doing a part time year this year to study two subjects, not doing one outside course with the credits from this year. Of course, I will at the end still have a few excess credits but it's not so bad.

Suffice to say that baffa is not in this situation. You cannot do 40 credits of German at the University of European City, quit the university, start a new degree at the University of Edinburgh as an ordinary first year and somehow expect to avoid 40 credits of work in first year with some stuff you did elsewhere. If it was an internal issue (like yours) then there might be room for manoeuvre, and if it was a transfer there might be a possibility for a negotiation. But baffa appears to be starting from scratch in Edinburgh.