How to choose classes at Strathclyde Business School - Exchange Students’ Guide -

Your top 10 Questions Answered!

1 - What classes can I choose?

• Students can choose classes amounting to up to max. 60 credits a semester or 120 credits for a year. This usually equates to 4 classes a semester

• 2 ‘Strathclyde’ credits are equal to 1 ECTS credit.

• You should choose at least 2 classes per semester from the business school, after this you are welcome to choose classes from other faculties or the business school

2 - Where can I get a list of classes?

Please go to the online timetables and look at the classes on offer

http://www.strath.ac.uk/estates/admin/roombooking/johnandersonteachingtimetable2008-2009/#d.en.161811

• The timetable is organised by Faculty and within each Faculty, it is organised by subject

• If you take a note of the class code, you can get further details by searching the class catalogue

http://kara.mis.strath.ac.uk/classcatalogue/

• Please note all classes and times are subject to change

3 - Can you explain the timetable?

• UG or PG – This means undergraduate or postgraduate. As an exchange student you need to look for ‘UG’

• Room locations – Room locations at the University of Strathclyde will appear in codes. The first letter indicates the building and the subsequent numbers indicate the room number

• Building Prefixes - C = Thomas Graham Building K = John Anderson

F/G = ArchitectureCol = Colville Building

Cur = Curran P = Graham Hills

L = Livingstone towerHD = Henry DyerMcC = McCance BuildingR = Royal CollegeS = StenhouseM = James WeirSB = Strathclyde Institute for Biomedical Science (SIBS)

4 - What level should I take?

•Please take classes at level 1, 2 and 3

•The level is indicative of the year group at Strathclyde – Level 1 classes will contain mainly first year students

•Level 4 classes are not open to exchange students

•Talk to your adviser at your home university regarding the requirements for your exchange – they may ask you may nee to take all level 3 courses

•If you do not have previous experience in a subject choose a level 1 or 2 class

•Level 3 classes will expect background knowledge in the subject

5 - What do the class codes mean?

• Class codes at Strathclyde are generally 5 digits long

• The first 2 digits (or letters) indicate the department e.g. MK205 is a Marketing class Accounting & Finance = AG or 40Economics = EC or 31

Hospitality & Tourism Management = SH or 44Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship = Z1

Management Science = MS or 48 Management = MG Marketing = MK or 66

Human Resource Management = 41

• The third digit indicates the level e.g. MK205 is a third year or level 3 class, while 41104 is a first year class

6 - Can you advise me on classes?

• Talk to students who have previously studied at Strathclyde for further information

• If there is not enough information on the class catalogue, check the Department web site because some will have some detailed descriptions.

• If you are still unsure or cannot find the information you need, please contact the Exchanges Coordinator and email sbs-advisor@strath.ac.uk with ‘’Exchange Class Query’ in subject heading

7 - Where are the department websites?

• All Strathclyde Business School Departments are listed at – www.strath.ac.uk/business or go directly from below:

• Accounting & Finance – www.strath.ac.uk/accfin/ • Economics – www.strath.ac.uk/economics/ • Human Resource Management - www.strath.ac.uk/hrm/ • Management Science – www.managementscience.org/ • Marketing - www.strath.ac.uk/marketing/ • Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship -

www.entrepreneur.strath.ac.uk/

(Search for information for Current Undergraduate Students)

8 - How do I know if a class is offered in semester 1 or 2?• In the timetable classes are listed as either ‘S1’, ‘S2’ or it may

say ‘S1 and S2’ under ‘JA Weeks’

• ‘S1’ only indicates the class is offered in semester 1 only

• ‘S2’ only indicates a semester 2 class

• If it has both ‘S1 and S2’ under a class this means the class is offered for a full year and therefore not suitable for a student on exchange for one semester

9 – Can I change my classes?

• All students are asked to complete a curriculum choice form before you come to Strathclyde to be included with your application

• This is a provisional list of your choices which maybe changed

• You can change classes in the first few weeks of the semester through our online portal ‘Pegasus’

• You may wish to make changes if you find that the class covers what they have studied already or may indeed be at a more advanced level than you thought – it is best to make these changes early in the semester as possible to avoid disrupting your studies

10 – How many classes will I have each week?• For most classes at Strathclyde you will have 2 one hour

lectures a week and one tutorial every 2 weeks

• Lecture times are fixed, whereas students usually have a choice of tutorial times

• Usually you sign up for tutorials in the first lecture for the class

• Tutorial attendance is mandatory and you must attend all sessions

Still got questions?

• We hope that this presentation has made class selection easy for you

• If you still have any questions after reading the advice in this presentation please get in touch and email -sbs-advisor@strath.ac.uk

• We look forward to meeting you soon!