the department system for signing up for classes is such a mess. the university deadline passed us by 2 weeks ago with nary a peep from the director of graduate studies, and now all of a sudden we get an email today from the department secretary asking us to send her the list of classes we're taking. no one knows what they have to sign up for because there are all these strange and mysterious requirements that we have to fulfill, and on top of that everything worth taking seems to be in exactly the same time slot, thursdays 2-5. it's incredibly frustrating.