Coming closer to completing all the preparations before leaving to Karlstad, this was one of the last things that needed taking care of. On march 28th I submitted my request for a free minor programme and now I finally received a letter from the EC that basically said: We’ve approved the following two courses: Web Design & Digital Imaging and Global Media. But if you wanna, feel free to switch one of them for Nordic Studies.. So that’s great!

I think the only that’s left to wait for is the approval of the room I’ve requested. Last week I’ve transfered the required 3000 SEK, I hope that was early enough! Think it is… Anyway, thanks for reading this, maybe boring, blogpost. I promise that the future ones will be more exciting and interesting

Tack! Tom

That’s how the Study counsellor from Karlstad University started her email she sent me last week. As you can imagine, I couldn’t be happier! Although I didn’t really expect to be denied, it’s still kinda nice when you get such an enthousiastic response. She even used an exclamation mark!!

Still, when reading the admission letter itself.. a little disappointment was in place. One of my first choice courses is no longer part of the programme. Too bad.. but, instead of studying Web Design & Digital Imaging, I’ll be following the course Nordic Studies. Which is also fine, but still: Second choice Oh well.. I’ve always said that I’m interested in Scandinavia, and there I go! So, all with all.. theser are the courses I’ll be following when I’m over there:

- Global Media (15 ECTS)
- Nordic Studies (15 ECTS)
- Swedish as a Foreign Language 1 (7,5 ECTS)

Sounds great right?? The only thing left is for the examination committee to approve it as well.. again: fingers crossed!

Tack! Tom

After some browsing and casual-clicking-sessions through the fresh and youthful website of Karlstad University, I decided this is the one. An abundance of courses given in English and exactly those courses I was looking for; something to do with the web and/or media. I found both in Karlstad!

I am happy to announce that my housing application has just been approved, which means I don’t have to worry about where to stay those 6 months Also, to read from all the e-mails I’ve received, I think it is safe to assume that they’ve approved my application as a whole! The next step is to hope and wait for the approval of the courses I’ve selected.. let’s keep our fingers crossed

Nighty night, Tom

Tom