| Excuse me, Mr. Morgan? |
| Oh, hi... uh... Lindsey, isn't it? |
| Come in, Lindsey. |
| I haven't seen you in quite a while, have I? |
| How can I help you? |
| Well...if you have a few minutes... |
| I need you to help me sort out my credit hours. |
| It's kind of an, uh, an emergency. |
| OK, sit down. |
| I've got a few minutes right now. |
| Thanks very much. |
| So, what's the problem with your credit hours? |
| Well... um... I think I may not have the right ones. |
| The ones I need to graduate, I mean. |
| What's your major again? Business Management? |
| Yeah, it's supposed to be. |
| For Biz Ad, I still need to take Global Economics - EC 303 |
| and, well, I've got room for it in my schedule but, erm... |
| 303's got a prerequisite, which I, uh, I haven't taken. |
| EC 203, Econometrics. |
| Oh, that's just great. |
| And how did you manage that, Lindsey? |
| Not paying attention. |
| I didn't notice until now that I needed 303 to graduate, |
| and didn't notice before that I needed 203 before. |
| Is there anything I can do now to fix this? |
| Well, I'm not sure. |
| It's possible that the dean would let you take them concurrently. |
| It's been done before, in extremis. |
| Well, that's what I'm in - extremis. |
| The last term before graduation and I'm stuck. |
| Do you think he would, really? |
| It's possible, if your grades are good enough and everything else is in order. |
| Are they? Is it? |
| Oh, yeah! My GPA's 3.7. |
| And I've got all the other required credits, and then some. |
| I've actually taken more electives than I need to. |
| Hmm. Too many electives and a missed prerequisite. |
| Good work, Lindsey. |
| Yeah, pretty dumb, eh? |
| OK, well, they're both offered this term, I hope? |
| Oh yes. |
| Global Economics is Tuesday through Thursdays at 3 pm |
| and Econometrics is the same days at 11 in the morning. |
| Those would work fine, except, uh.... |
| Except what? |
| Except I've already signed up for the second half of my statistics course: |
| Stats 202 at eleven. |
| Is that a required course? |
| No, but it's highly recommended for business majors. |
| And I really need that math. |
| Math is my weak point, I'm afraid, |
| and I'm going to use a lot of it if I go into finance like I want to. |
| Lindsey, do you know what, um, Econometrics is? |
| Sure! Uh... I guess... what? |
| It's, uh, "measuring economies", "econo" plus "metrics", isn't it? |
| It's math, Lindsey. Statistics. |
| It's a course in the kinds of statistics used in business, finance, and economics. |
| Oh... so maybe I don't need Stats 202 then? |
| That's right. |
| Biz Ad makes sure you get the necessary math by requiring Econometrics. |
| But you've taken Statistics 201 already? |
| Yes. |
| Hmm. Listen, there may be another solution to this. |
| The dean might accept Stats 201 and 202 in place of Econometrics. |
| Really? That'd be great! |
| He might. |
| Anyway, I'm going to have to call his office about this, about both possibilities, right away. |
| Let me just see what they say. |
| If you had a choice, which option would it be? |
| Uh... well, unless they really want me to take Econometrics, |
| I think it would be easier if I completed the second half of my statistics course. |
| I mean, then I'd have the whole course under my belt. |
| But whatever the dean wants, I'm happy to do whatever it takes to graduate on time. |
| OK, good. |
| Well, with two options, he may be more amenable to exempting you from the prerequisite. |
| Can you bring me a copy of your transcript later today? |
| I've got one right here, Mr Morgan. |
| Here you go. |
| Ah. Mmm. Yes. it does look good, Lindsey. |
| 3.7 and a good scattering of 'A's, too! |
| OK. I'll arrange to see the dean as soon as I can, |
| if not today, then tomorrow morning, I hope. |
| And we'll try to get this straightened out for you. |
| Stop by tomorrow afternoon about three, will you? |
| Sure! And thanks. |
| Thank you very much. |
| OK. And don't worry too much. |
| The dean can be quite flexible in a good cause. |
| See you tomorrow, then. |
| Thanks so much, Mr Morgan. |
| See you tomorrow afternoon at 3. |