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College Dean. Uncomforatble situation. A question.?

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Sorry that this is so long. I couldn't make it shorter.

I am a student of "Univeristy A". In 2007, I was a student of University A while taking one independent study course at "Univeristy B", which is in the same state. An independent study course is where you take a course and you have 4 months to complete it. The university sends you a packet that includes a syllabus and other information. If you need help, you can e-mail the professor. You learn on your own and take the exams whenever you want. A proctor supervises my exam at a local library. There is two parts to this course "course name I" and "course name II" (lilke English 101 and 102 - English I and English II). I took the first part of the course in early 2007. Now I need to take the second part.

When signing up for an independent study course, a student needs to fill out a transient form so that the independent study course can be approved. Remember that I am only taking the one independent study course from University B, so I am still a student of University A. One of the person who has to sign the form is the dean of the student's college at university A. Since I am in the college of science, the college of science dean signs it.

So I took the transient form to the dean. I am shy. I felt intimedated since it was the dean. I was nervous to begin with. So I took the form to the science office. The secretary went to take the form to the dean down the short hallway. A minute later, the secretary told me to go back to his office. So I walk into his office and he was on the phone talking about me to the chair of the chemistry department. So I am standing in his office for about 3 minutes waiting for him to finish. He gets off and starts asking me question. The questions he asked me made me really uncomfortable and I started getting more nervous. I can feel my head vibrating/shaking (not sure if he noticed). Remember that this course is offered at this university also but I am taking at another. So he asked me whether I was taking it to avoid taking a hard class (remember that the course at this university is harder than the course at the independent study). He also asked me "you know that the course at that college is a peace of cake". "Are you taking it to avoid the hardness?" He also asked why I was taking the course. Now I really felt uncomfortable and nevous. I could not think of something to say so whatever came out of my mouth did not make much sense. Answering the quesetion to whether I knew that the course at Univeristy B was easy, I said "yes, kind of". I told him I had taken the first part of the course before and he aske me whether I though it was easy. I told him "in a way yes, in a way no" while laughing nervously. What I did seemed unprofessional. He told me that he was goign to approve the course but he wants me to take the syllabus to one of the chemistry professor (not the chair). Before I left, he asked me whether I was a chemistry student. I said yes. He told me that I can take the course at university B but he doesn't think that I will pass my other chemistry courses required to graduate. When I left and walked outside, I got my thoughts together and knew what I should've actually told him. But at the moment in his office, I was nervous and couldn't think of what to answer to him. I shouldn've said that the reason I was taking the course was becuase I needed to take the second part of the course since I had already taken the course at university B. If I would have taken the part 1 at University B and part 2 at university A, the topics in the book my not match up. I probably looked stupid in the deans office in the way I answered the questions.

Not sure why taking the second part of the course would be a problem at Univ. B since I already took the first part at Univ. B. Anyways, the course was approved and I have to take the syllabus to the the chemistry professor of Univ. A.

I am nervous to take the syllabus in person because he knows me because he was my professor and my freshman advisor and I've been in the same program since 2003 and still haven't taken this course yet. I am kind of behind and I am afraid that he will say something. Should I mail the syllabus to him with a typed note saying that that I was in last week and the dean wanted me to give the syllabus to him to see?

Note about the transient form.

Three people have to sign it in this order: admissions, dean, registrar.

You can let admissions sign it and send it to the dean. Or you can let admissions sign it and walk the form to the dean yourself.

In 2007, I let admissions send it around but it took very long before it was signed (a few weeks). But it was eventually singed and I did not have to be questioned by the dean. However, this year, I decided to walk it around campus to the dean so it would all be singned in one day. I should've just let admissions send it around.

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  1. Okay, I would say the Dean is in the wrong.

    1. He asked you whether you were taking it to avoid taking a hard class.

    2. He said "You know that the course at that college is a peace of cake". "Are you taking it to avoid the hardness?"

    3. He said he doesn't think that you will pass your other chemistry courses required to graduate.

    All of those things sound completely unprofessional to me. As a dean, he should know better than to question and insult someone's personal choices, to insult courses being offered by other places and to tell a student they won't pass the course. I'd expect an apology, it's incredibly unprofessional and he sounds like a jerk, to put it bluntly.

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