mardi, janvier 04, 2005 I don't know whether to be amused or disturbed that my supervisor, who sits on the board of admissions and on the academic advisory board, also does not know my academic requirements for certain. According to the school's website, from the 2003 intake onwards, there is no distinction between core, electives and specialisation subjects, and Masters students only need to do two modules before their dissertation. On another shiny booklet obtained from the library, it stated that I need to do six modules in all - two core and two specialisation. In a paper given to me by my office, I have to do four modules in all - and I have to do three modules THIS semester.Oh, and I have to hand in my official official thesis proposal to be vetted and approved by the deans and the vice deans and the board and the association of toilet cleaners of the school, I think. Tons of signatures required on the form - and if I do what we all did for my honours programme, which was to simply hand in ANYTHING and change it later - well, if you thought that original approval was hard to obtain, wait till you see the STACK of paperwork waiting for you should you decide to change your mind. Astounding - a whole forest worth of paper for you. So I brought this whole confusing stack of paperwork to my supervisor's office, to try and make sense of it, and we tried to sort it all out. He called someone, and voila! I take two modules this semester, and spend the rest of the time reading thick thick books (which are sadly, but not surprisingly - unavailable from the NTU library.) Qu'est-ce que je n'y supris? (or should that be n'en?) Anyhow, I guess I'm off to NUS tmrw to borrow my ex-colleague's staff card to borrow books... I'll get them and zap them I suppose. I would prefer to own them, but I think it's better that I find out if the books are worth buying or not. (Plus, I have no more shelf space.) [School: Day 2 - Wha...? Huh?] |
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