Laura Frølich, a bachelor student, has made use of the flexibility offered as a result of a collaboration between two departments to combine her bachelor’s degree to her own taste by mixing two different disciplines.
"I have composed my own syllabus" says 20-year old Laura Frølich, a third year mathematics and technology student at the Department of Mathematics, MAT. The education is a collaboration between MAT and the Institute of Mathematical Modelling, IMM”.
"You do not have to follow the recommended course of studies. Of course, it is easier to go with the ready-made and carefully prepared courses of studies. But I have constructed my own plan, because I wish to combine my bachelor's at the Department of Mathematics with the bachelor's in Software technology, which is available at IMM. The collaboration between MAT and IMM means that I am able to select, what I want to focus on in my education, which enables me to qualify for Master’s education programmes, to which I would otherwise not have access, had I chosen the traditional path. However, my choice is motivated by my interest and not by a wish to qualify for anything in particular".
"I asked my lecturers and was given some good ideas on how to compose an education that would fit my ambitions. Also, each of the individual educations offer lists of mandatory courses which allows me to see which courses I can combine, times of lectures, and which courses precede others. This enables me to create my own syllabus".
"I have six or seven different Excel versions of my syllabus which I look at and revise from time to time. It is quite a puzzle. The more I learn about the different courses the more I discover which courses are relevant to me. During the first two semesters, I was able to obtain extra ECTS points, because I completed an extra course, for instance, the course called Chemistry 101 (Grundlæggende Kemi). This creates a gap later on in my education, which I will then be able to fill with one of the courses that are not usually included in the usual course of studies".
"Once I have completed my Master's I plan to go abroad for six months. I want to go to California or Japan. I have not yet decided on where to go, and it all depends on which universities have collaboration agreements with the DTU. Also, I want to do my own research by checking out the university web pages and talking to past students".
"I have not decided what I am going to do for my Master's. I have several options and the flexibility of being able to compose my very own course of studies opens even more doors for me. At one point I was extremely interested in cryptology, and I would still like to do research, but I am also interested in doing statistics work for companies. Time will tell where I will end up. At this point, all doors are open", says Laura Frølich.
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