<p>My daughter applied and got accepted to the college. Is it possible for her to take classes in the SFS? Some of the courses offered there seem interesting to her. I know that in Cornell you can take classes at any of the schools within the university and transferring between schools is also possible. Is is the same at Georgetown? Also, she had indicated FLL as her area of interest and comparative literature as her major but is she bound to her major? What if she develops a new interest? Thanks.</p>
<p>Yes, your daughter may take courses offered to SFS students as electives. However, they may not satisfy her major. And she can transfer to any of the other 3 colleges if her interests changes.</p>
<p>Thank you for the information, SFSRules!</p>
<p>As you can tell by looking at the course lists, most of the courses one would take in the SFS are actually taught by professors affiliated with departments in Georgetown College. The courses themselves are frequently coded GOVT, ECON, HIST, THEO, SOCI, etc., and students in the College have the same access to them as SFS students do. So a student in the College would be well-positioned to take many of those same courses. There are few “SFS” courses (generally those coded INAF or STIA) and even fewer SFS-only courses (the SFS Proseminars and Political & Social Thought being the main exceptions).</p>
<p>You are not bound to any major when you enter Georgetown, although obviously there are some programs (nursing) that require you to start taking certain classes more or less from the very beginning. There is a formal process for declaring one’s major that typically takes place during the sophomore year. </p>
<p>For what it’s worth, my wife entered Georgetown as a Comparative Literature major who intended to do Pre-Med and graduated as an English and Government double major. So what you put on the application definitely does not determinate what you ultimately end up doing.</p>
<p>Thanks dzleprechaun! Your comments are very reassuring.</p>