"About course selection the day after tomorrow, does everyone have a clear understanding? I've been busy with other things and haven't paid attention."
Qin Siyang had just returned from the thesis hearing. The feat he had accomplished was already known to the others.
He had gathered everyone together today partly to get information and save himself time and effort.
And as Qin Siyang's performance grew more outstanding, the other four were also more than willing to gather around him.
Zhao Sifang volunteered, "Brother Qin, let me explain. I know this stuff pretty well."
"Fair enough, then I'll trouble you, Xiao Zhao."
"Ah! It's nothing."
Zhao Sifang took out five documents from his storage box and handed one to each person.
"This is the general process for course selection and the elective courses available for freshmen this year. You can take a look."
Qin Siyang pointed at Hu Chan and Chu Baxing, "Xiao Zhao, printing copies for me and Gu Yunpeng is thoughtful enough. But how did you know to print copies for Chu Baxing and Hu Chan too?"
Zhao Sifang grinned, "Mainly because Brother Qin has a wide circle. Printing a few extra copies just in case."
With his shaggy hair, full beard, and square face, Zhao Sifang always gave off an honest, straightforward impression when he smiled.
Combined with his rough, big-picture way of doing things, it was easy for people to think he was a bit simple-minded.
But when it came to situations that required thought and propriety, Zhao Sifang had never dropped the ball.
Qin Siyang actually appreciated this "focus on the big picture, ignore the small details" personality of Zhao Sifang's.
That was why he liked keeping close to him.
After all, Qin Siyang, being meticulous and calculating every step as he rose, would never treat someone with nothing but background and no brains as a brother.
Hu Chan and Chu Baxing both nodded in thanks to Zhao Sifang.
The network of relationships, originally radiating outward from Qin Siyang, was slowly weaving itself into a web.
Zhao Sifang continued, "South Glory University's course selection system also follows its core rule, those with higher points come first. Course selection is done by grade. Students within the same year are ranked, and those with higher points choose first, while those with lower points choose later."
"The conversion rule for points is the same as the badge you wear on your chest. It's a weighted sum of research points and god-hunting points. Since research points are harder to obtain, they carry a weight of 0.8, while god-hunting points have a weight of 0.2. Rankings are recalculated based on this weighted total, and that determines the selection order."
"During course selection, students will choose in batches of fifty, going in order. Each elective course also has a cap, usually fifty students. But there's no need to worry about not getting a class. There are plenty of electives, around a hundred or so. However, some courses are taught by professors, some by lecturers, and some are even taught by outstanding fourth-year students who haven't graduated yet. So if you want to pick electives you're actually interested in, you'll need to keep improving your god-hunting points."
Hu Chan nodded, "I've heard that in other schools, the course selection system also factors in things like 'honor points' and 'recommendation points,' all to push the children of big families higher up the rankings. Among the Four Glories and Five Pillars, no school is as transparent and fair as South Glory University, only considering research points and god-hunting points. Principal Zhao really wants to run this school well."
"Of course," Zhao Sifang smiled proudly, "Besides that, South Glory University also offers small-class electives for top students. Each course only takes eight people, and each student can only choose one. Usually, there are only two or three of these small-class electives."
"When the time comes, selection should start with Brother Qin, then go in order. By around rank twenty-something in the grade, there probably won't be any spots left. Because of the small-class electives, the selection window for the first batch, the top fifty in the grade, will be longer."
"Small-class electives?", Qin Siyang had never heard of them, "Xiao Zhao, do you know what they are this year?"
"Yeah. Since most top freshmen have the long-term goal of opening the path of believers, the school arranged for Professor Li Tianming to offer 'A Brief Analysis of Advancing on the Path of Believers,' and Professor Chang Tianxiang to offer 'Selection of Sacrifices for the Path of Believers.'"
'What? Two courses about the path of believers?'
Qin Siyang couldn't help frowning.
'Both the sequence and the path of believers are already finished on my end, so what is the point of taking these?'
'And Li Tianming, a mere Sequence Level Five, teaching how to advance on the path of believers?'
'That is like asking a blind man for directions or a deaf man to judge music.'
'That shameless Li Tianming, just to cover up his sequence level, actually opened this course! He is misleading students!'
'Wait… something about this feels off…'
Ding~
At that moment, Qin Siyang's phone chimed.
He opened it and glanced at the message. It was from Li Tianming, short and to the point.
[Little Qin! SOS! Tomorrow you must bring your little buddies to choose my small-class course "A Brief Analysis of Advancing on the Path of Believers"! Thanks!]
Qin Siyang deleted the message with a look of disgust and put away his phone.
Great, the elective had just turned into a required course.
With just a hint of movement from Li Tianming, Qin Siyang already knew what he was planning.
Most likely, he wanted Qin Siyang to cover for him during class so he wouldn't be exposed.
Qin Siyang sighed.
'Li Tianming is really something. If you don't have the skill, don't take the job! Who ever heard of a professor needing planted helpers to run a class?'
'Besides, even I haven't opened up the Path of Believers.'
'How am I supposed to cover for him?'
"Hey, Brother Qin, why do you look so disgusted? Don't you want to take these two courses?"
"No, just got a spam message that killed the mood," Qin Siyang yawned, "Of course I'm interested, and I can't wait to choose Old Li's class. I really want to take it."
"But Brother Qin, you don't look like you're in a hurry at all…"
"That's because I'm reserved and not good at expressing myself. Xiao Zhao, how many electives do we need to take?"
Zhao Sifang flipped through the document and said, "Each elective is worth one elective credit. To graduate smoothly, we need twenty elective credits. So each semester, we have to take at least two to three electives. Some students, to finish their graduation requirements early and free up time in their third and fourth years for research and internships, will max out and take five electives during their first year. Five is the maximum you can take in a semester…"
"Five at once… that might actually be doable," Qin Siyang stroked his chin, "For normal students, if they choose a course, they have to take the exam, right?"
"Of course. You only get the credit if you pass the exam. If you fail the final, there's a makeup exam. If you fail that too, then you completely lose that one credit and can only retake the course next semester or choose another one."
"The exam part doesn't concern me…", Qin Siyang frowned for a moment, then smiled faintly, "Didn't expect that right after school started, I'd already find a use for my privileges."
The others all turned to look at Qin Siyang.
Zhao Sifang swallowed, "Brother Qin, what are you planning to do…"
The corners of Qin Siyang's mouth kept rising, almost impossible to suppress.
That smug expression looked like a monkey that had secretly peed into its keeper's water cup.
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