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Welcome to Letters and Sciences Academic Home for your Students and their dreams

Letters & Sciences is the academic advising home for undergraduates deciding on a major and completing gateway requirements for Limited Enrollment Programs.

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Welcome to Letters and Sciences Academic Home for your Students and their dreams

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  1. Welcome to Letters and SciencesAcademic Home for your Students and their dreams

  2. WhAT Is Letters & Sciences? Letters and Sciences is the academic advising home for undergraduates who are deciding on a degree-granting major and/or completing gateway requirements for a Limited Enrollment Program.

  3. Letters & Sciences (continued) • Letters & Sciences is not a degree granting major. LTSC students must declare a degree-granting major by the time they reach 60 credits (this does not include AP credits). • If undecided students discover interest in a non-LEP major, they can declare this at anytime throughout the semester. • Once students have met the gateway requirements for an LEP major, they are able to apply.

  4. Limited Enrollment Programs (LEP) • Communication* • Criminology & Criminal Justice* • Journalism** • Government & Politics* • Psychology* • Business (COMPETITIVE) • Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, and Biodiversity & Conservation (ENSP) • Engineering *Student can declare this major before the end of the Fall 2017 semester **Contact JOUR Department about declaring major during the Fall 2017 semester

  5. What Happens this fall • Students will be assigned an academic advisor by the third week of the semester • LTSC has Mandatory Advising Requirements - completion of an Advising Appointment, submission of a 4 Semester Plan, and an Exploration Activity Worksheet • Help us help your students by encouraging them to meet with their advisor and complete all advising requirements early in the semester • FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) • Buckley Amendment • Each department may have their own waiver. This waiver is for LTSC communication ONLY • Parent/Guardian Limited Access - students can grant parents access to their current course schedule, midterm and final grades, and student account balance information (www.registrar.umd.edu/parents)

  6. How to help your student be successful at UMD • Encourage students to maintain a working email account and to check email regularly • Record and be aware of DEADLINES • Complete Mandatory Advising Requirements • Be in contact with LTSC Advisor for any questions about academic policies or other issues

  7. Our philosophy in a Nutshell: More Than a Major

  8. With Great Power comes Great responsibility Before the start of the semester: • Schedule changes can be made • REMINDER: Online schedule on Testudo is not real time • Students may declare non-LEP majors • Students may declare certain LEP majors (COMM, CCJS, GVPT, and PSYC) before the end of the Fall 2017 semester • Walk-in advising is available (see www.ltsc.umd.edu for schedule) • Have your student contact our front desk or email askltsc@umd.edu with any questions

  9. What’s Been Done Today and what’s up for tomorrow TODAY Meet Your College Presentation: General Education, Limited Enrollment Program (LEP) Overview, and Course Options TOMORROW Course Registration

  10. Resources • Office of the Registrar: www.registrar.umd.edu • Send official transcripts for AP/IB and college courses taken • Limited Enrollment Programs: www.lep.umd.edu • Transfer Credit Services: www.transfercredit.umd.edu • Testudo: www.testudo.umd.edu • Department of Resident Life: www.reslife.umd.edu • FREE Tutoring: www.tutoring.umd.edu • University Health Center: www.health.umd.edu

  11. LTSc has you covered: www.ltsc.umd.edu

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