We have a module system, and depending on their topic people have some freedom to pick courses outside their main degree during their first 2 years. (We do 4 years, not 3). I did a module on Philosophy of Science during my Computer Science degree, for instance - pretty interesting.
That said, I haven't heard people complain about classes being full in the same way that they seem to in the USA. I don't know why. Maybe it was because I was in science not arts and there were very few overly popular science classes :-) But across the whole uni, I only heard of a few classes that were so popular they were turning people away. I think one of them prioritised by who was doing that course as their main degree. But I generally heard of very few conflicts, so I don't know what was different. Maybe arts students have a different story?
We have a module system, and depending on their topic people have some freedom to pick courses outside their main degree during their first 2 years. (We do 4 years, not 3). I did a module on Philosophy of Science during my Computer Science degree, for instance - pretty interesting.
That said, I haven't heard people complain about classes being full in the same way that they seem to in the USA. I don't know why. Maybe it was because I was in science not arts and there were very few overly popular science classes :-) But across the whole uni, I only heard of a few classes that were so popular they were turning people away. I think one of them prioritised by who was doing that course as their main degree. But I generally heard of very few conflicts, so I don't know what was different. Maybe arts students have a different story?