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If
you're used to such Ithaca College luxuries as advanced registration,
add-drop, etc., be prepared…the world at the University of Valencia is
much different. But I found that as an international student, once I calmed
down, learned the system, and just went with the flow, the system for
choosing and registering for classes was not that difficult. Here, step
by step, is more or less what I did. Please note that the process
could be different year to year or for different schools. The best thing
to do is to double check with your advisor and the staff at the international
relations office:
1.
Go to the Oficina Relaciones Internacionales (Calle Senda Senent, 11,
phone 963 864 180) to let them know you are a student from Ithaca College,
that you have arrived, and that you are seeking guidance on choosing your
classes. You will also need to get an official letter from this office
saying you are a student on an intercambio (exchange) to be able to later
register. I was told to choose one main facultad (like one of the five
schools at Ithaca College) in which I would take most of my classes.
The University of
Valencia has many facultads (for example, medicine, law, economics, business,
philology, history and geography, psychology, etc.). Most Spanish students
take all of their classes in the same facultad always, but as an international
student, you can pretty much take classes in any school you want - like
electives. This makes transferring credits easier. Note, though, that
you will probably have to register separately for each facultad you have
classes in.
When you choose your
main facultad (many international students were studying in the facultad
de filologia), you will be assigned an advisor in that school, who will
give you guidance in choosing your classes, handling logistics, etc.
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The port in nearby Alicante, Spain
2.
Meet your assigned advisor in your facultad. The people in the Oficina
Relaciones Internacionales (Calle Senda Senent, 11, phone 963 864 180)
should give you his or her phone number, office number, etc., and may
even set up an appointment for you. At this meeting, you can talk about
the process for choosing
and registering for classes in your particular facultad.
3.
Get course schedules. (Here is where the challenge begins) Course schedules
for the classes in each facultad are on sale at the fotocopiadora (photocopy
room) in each facultad building, and typically are relatively cheap.
So if you think you'd be interested in classes in filologia espanola
(spanish philology), historia (history), and derecho (law), you would
go to these three separate schools
and buy a course schedule for each.
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