Frequently asked questions (degree courses)

• In 2015-16 LSE adopted a new academic year structure. This change included the introduction of a reading week in week 6 of both the Michaelmas and Lent Term.
• During each reading week we plan to run a series of structured activities relating to each course. These may include language skills development training, revision classes, testing and assessment, essay-writing and advice sessions. Possible other activities could include film viewings, applied case studies and cultural trips.
• There is an expectation that all students are in attendance (at LSE) for each reading week.

• We recommend that any Year 1 or Year 2 students thinking about taking one of our modern language courses in the next academic year investigate this possibility well in advance of the course choice system opening.
• Please check the pre-requisites for modern language courses as approval, from the Teacher Responsible, to select a particular course is compulsory.
• Contact details for Language Centre Teaching Staff can be found here. 
• Undergraduate students register using the online course choice system LSE for You.

• Some Departments, including us, will cap courses each year. This means that places on those course will be limited to a specific number of students.
• On the LSE for You course choice system these courses are labelled as 'capped'.
• As soon as the number of students registered reaches the capped number the status of the course will change to 'full' and no one else will be able to select it.
• You can check the current limits with the Students Service Centre.

• It may be, for various reasons, that the course you want to take is not listed. Therefore there is an option on LSE for You to 'request an unlisted course'.
• Remember it may be that your degree programme will not allow you to take this course or just that you need to get approval from your Department.
• Either way if you really want to see if you can take the course it is worth a try.

• Not all courses will be available in a current session.
• This may be due to staff absence or low registrations in preceding years.
• If you feel the course should be made available then please email languages@lse.ac.uk us to register your interest.
• Any interest shown will be taken into account when planning for future years.

If you are a student at the University of London and wish to take the course as an intercollegiate student please follow the advice from the LSE Student Services Centre Intercollegiate registration.