Class Registration

Today I took the first step to registering for classes by doing pre-registration. Instead of registering for classes online like you would do at American, the University of Cape Town has a several step registration process that all has to be done in person. The first step is pre-registration which means that you have to bring you insurance card and passport and stand in line for 1.5-2 hours so that somebody can sign off on your forms and clear you to register.

Now that I am pre-registered, I will have to get pre-approved for classes, which basically means that I will have to find professors who are willing to approve my course selection. I won't be able to register for classes until tomorrow when I will bring my pre-approval sheets and wait in yet ANOTHER line.

I'm finding out that in order to stay within American University's credit requirements, I will only be taking three classes when I usually take four, but since classes at UCT usually meet 3-5 times a week + tutorials, this might be the same amount of work. So far I'm trying to decide between taking Conflict in World Politics, Advanced South African Politics, Poverty, Development, and Globalization, South Africa to 1900, Genocide: African Experiences, and Xhosa (an African clicking language).

So, off to wait in some more lines. On the bright side, there is a beautiful campus to look at while I am waiting in line...

Aside from registering for classes, I am still just settling into the dorms and getting to know my way around campus.