Academics

This is all so very complicated. So don't worry if you don't understand. I barely do.

The ISA program that I'm here with is called "Studies With Spaniards". I chose this program because I believed it would offer the most challenging curriculum, as well as the best way to learn Spanish and meet locals. Before the end of last semester, I selected (and had approved) a number of courses from the catalog listed on the host university's (Nebrija's) website. From this list, it appeared to me that the courses listed under "Applied Languages" and "Hispanic Studies" were all taught to Spaniards through the same process. I selected one from the former and four from the latter.

Well, it turns out that the "Hispanic Studies" classes are simply the only ones available to the Fall 2 (not Studies With Spaniards) program. I had thought that the placement test was for placement into the classes with Spaniards, but as it turns out, those are pretty much on a if-you-think-you-can-handle-it basis. But the linguistics class I signed up for turned out to be taught in English anyway. Not what I expected it to be, but it will work.

And the intensive courses, which we all placed into, are in intricate levels that don't in anyway correspond to the levels in the ISA paperwork (which was the basis for getting my papers signed by Engel-Doyle). So I don't really know just how advanced my classes are. Anyway, since I started taking the linguistics class two days a week, I haven't been able to make it to the intensive courses on those days, which means I can't pass them, so I'm not getting credit for them.

AND there's something messed up about how I signed up for the linguistics class, so now it's not showing up on my page of the Nebrija website. I went in today and talked to people, and sent an email, as was suggested by these people. So hopefully that will be resolved quickly, despite the fact that today was the add-drop date.

But today was the final exams for the intensive classes, so the complexity is mostly at bay for now. Today was also my first Friday off. That will continue for the rest of the semester. Yay!

"Hispanic Studies" classes start on Oct 2.