My Academic Plan :-)

The picture above shows my tentative schedule.

I want to explain what it would look like, but first let me give you some background info:

I talked with Kenny and he helped me map out what all I have left to take. While I only have 21 credits left before hitting the 120 credit mark for graduation, I have 31 credits worth of core business classes left to take for my major. While it is possible to take 16 of these credits in the Fall and 15 credits in the Spring, that would make for a ridiculously difficult Senior year. Not only would all those classes be core classes with no electives, they would include the Terrible Three. Business Law, Finance, and Managerial Economics are the upper three classes of my major, and advisers strongly warn against taking any two of them within the same semester. I would have to take two of the courses together in the Fall, and the third course along with Operations Management my final semester. The kicker was that I would not be able to take German courses anymore without petitioning to take more than 18 credits, taking 18 credits one semester and 19 the other.

So here's my plan:

I am delaying my graduation and taking an extra semester. This will spread out the Terrible Three into a manageable one-per semester set up. Operations Management, the class that can only be taken and completed once all other core classes have been taken/completed, would fit in that last semester nicely. I would be able to spread out my other core classes along side the Terrible Three accordingly. I'd also get to fill the rest of my workload each semester with 1 or 2 German courses each semester! This would allow me continue in on in German, pick up a minor, or even possibly double major in German as well! While I was still reluctant to take an extra semester hearing about the incredible workload, the fact that it would be infeasible to take German courses alongside business, and impossible to take enough for even a minor in German, made up my mind.

Three semesters it shall be!

As to what this Fall will end up looking like, here is my tentative schedule

GER3234: Reading German Texts
GER3413: German Listening Comprehension
GEB3218: Professional Speaking
MAR3503: Consumer Behavior
FIN3403: Business Finance

I signed up for one more course than I am planning on taking. Business Finance and Consumer Behavior are pretty much set. If I need to I can change out Finance for one of the other Terrible Three, and the same with Consumer Behavior with one of the other core Marketing classes. I tentatively signed up for two German courses. If I end up keeping both I will go ahead and drop Professional Speaking. Both plans put me at a comfortable 14 credits.
My classes won't be easy but they will be what I want to be taking and put me on track for a possible double major. I find that the most important thing. The fact that I'll have no classes on Mondays or Fridays isn't bad either :-)