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一个中国留学生在信息学院学习生活的经历

作为谢菲尔德大学信息学院的学生大使，我本人的情况是在英国读过本科，但学的不是信息管理专业，没有上语言课。如果是没有在英国读过本科的人，上语言课可能是个比较好的选择，既能提高自己的英文能力，也能提前适应在英国读书的生活。

在开学之前会有一个写论文的小测试，就是需要写700字的文献综述，不占分数，老师会鼓励大家写这个文章， 能帮助大家了解自己写作中擅长以及需要提升的地方，以后写论文的时候可以避免低分的情况发生。同时学校也会给每个学生安排学术性写作以及数字技能的课程，教大家怎么写学术性写作以及如何使用学校的网站，怎么搜索书籍等等很实用的技巧。每个人都会有个人导师，有生活或者学业上的问题是可以跟导师约时间交流的。在谢菲尔德大学的学联是很出名的，大家可以在课余时间参与一些社团活动，充实一下自己的生活。

众所周知，信息管理是世界第二的专业，很多中国人都慕名而来。不少必修课都是大课，当然也有可以不少可供选择的选修课。课程的作业都是以不同的形式以不同比例来展现的，比如个人作业占百分之60和小组作业占总成绩的百分之40，有的必修课是需要机考的。在这些课程里, 建模的授课模式是我喜欢的，小班制，与中国教学不同的是上课之前需要看老师提前录制好的课程，课堂上主要是老师和学生的互动，老师会随机分组，并且分配任务，课上会有助教，帮助解答不会的问题。而且每节课都有回放，也不用担心听不懂或者错过课程。如果像我一样本科不是这个专业的学生，也不用担心建模很难，只需要跟着老师每节课把分配的任务做好就可以了。

除了课程以外，在谢菲有著名古老的电梯，漂亮的达西庄园，可爱的羊驼，有好吃的中餐，有方便的电车。谢菲的物价感人并且相对安全。

赵欣颜

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