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/johnandersonteachin
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The timetable is organised by Faculty and within each Faculty, it is
organised by subject
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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/
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Please note all classes and times are subject to change
3 - Can you explain the timetable?
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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 = Architecture
Col = Colville Building
Cur = Curran
P = Graham Hills
L = Livingstone tower
HD = Henry Dyer
McC = McCance Building
R = Royal College
S = Stenhouse
M = James Weir
SB = 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 40
Economics = EC or 31
Hospitality & Tourism Management = SH or 44
Hunter 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 sbsadvisor@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:
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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!