Abroad Meetings!

So I've done all the forms that i can do for abroad. I gave an academic reference form to my french prof yesterday (I had to run after her in the parking lot because she left so quick!) and she is going to do that soon. I also ordered a transcript to be sent yesterday. I met with the abroad adviser/coordinator for Western today. We sat and looked at the classes that I could take and what would transfer over. I told her I am more into taking less classes and taking what sounds fun for the experience not necessarily what will transfer. She seemed a little shocked that my parents think that's good and support it but she was glad for me. I put in 7 classes though I will probably only take 4. The program likes you to take 5 but WOU will let me just take 4 because it will transfer back as 18 credits because it is taking semester credits and making them quarter credits. I put in that i wanted to take these classes as options.

FRE/HIS 328 Provencal History and Culture through its Monuments
Introduction to the History of Provence and a study of its most exemplary monuments. Typically includes excursions to sites in Provence.

LIT 373 World Literature Classics
The Great Books of World Literature from Homer to the present day. A course that explores the art of storytelling at its finest in diverse cultural contexts, where the truths of the human spirit are revealed through the narrative imagination. Sophocles, Shakespeare, and Dostoyevsky are just a few of the major voices studied in this seminar. See syllabus for more details. Each semester we will focus on a selection of works.

FRE/LIT 315 Readings in French Literature I
Readings in French literature, from the 16th to the 18th centuries, and introduction to methods of literary analysis for students with the equivalent of at least two years of college-level French.

HIS 301 European History: 1870–1918
Major social, economic, political, and diplomatic developments in European history from 1870 to 1918.

And i put in to the program the different options for classes i would like to take

FRE 401 Translation and Stylistics I
Translation from English to French and French to English of literary texts, with constant reference to technical and theoretical considerations.

FRE/FLM 355 France as seen through its Movies, post WWII to the 1970’s
Study of the different facets of France — from literary imagination to social issues, from the 1980’s to today — through a varied selection of films.

FRE 335 Phonetics
Phonetic theory illustrated by aural practice and pronunciation. Intensive practice in sound reproduction and fine-tuning the ear to new sound combinations.

So we will see! I can't take them all but it is all about getting pre-approved and then seeing what actually will work time wise and if anything will transfer which isn't my biggest worry but meh! I figure I will wait and see what classes really go through and then decide. I am really excited!!! I am happy to be approved by WOU and be getting free stuff from the abroad program! Today they had people visiting from the program and I stole a pen and some candy and a pamphlet. Get ALL the goods! Now I am waiting for the WOU abroad coordinator to get the syllabi for the classes from the college and then we will sit down and really see what will transfer as what and what I really want to take and get everything written down and signed. A lot of times colleges will screw you over when you go abroad because they say that things will transfer as other things when they don't. But WOU seems good about getting everything in writing. So that is nice. So now I just wait for her to email me about my next meeting! YAY everything is going GREAT!!!

Also i checked in on my petition to the resistrar to drop 2 classes after the drop date and not get a W or be responsible for a grade. And the GRANTED IT!!! YAY! Now the classes are invisible and it is like I never took them!