2013 Fall Term Registration Announcements

1. 2013 Fall Term Registration Announcements Advising Advice for September 2, 2013

2. 1) Lab Science • BIOL 111 and 113 (lab) OR • CHEM 110 and 110L (lab) 2) WRIT 100 if not exempt (See Step 5) 3) Foreign language at the level into which you tested if you're continuing a language and are not exempt 4) MATH 101, 101B or 102 (see your Academic Course History) You should plan to take both BIOL 111/113 AND CHEM 110/110L during your first year, one in the fall term and one in the winter term. Plan to attend one of the Health Careers Information Sessions on Monday, September 2 at 9:30 a.m. or 10:00 a.m., Wilson Concert Hall, and contact Professor Lisa Alty (Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry). Health Sciences Update

3. international students and ESOL-trained WRIT 100 instructors: students interested in an ESOL-based Writing 100 course should register for either Professor Smout’s or Professor Kao’s section. Writing Program updates

4. If you have a FY student interested in starting a new language, please know that we welcome all new students.  We give close attention to students and have a strategic approach in introducing the writing systems, which often turn out to be the "fun" part of the language.  Speaking Japanese is actually easier than most other languages I have studied!  Japanese language enrollment numbers and the number of Japanese teachers, according to the last Japan Foundation survey, are rising in the U.S.  Even if a student takes Japanese for two years in order to fulfill the foreign language requirement, I feel they walk away with a greater global awareness.  Please send them over to talk to Janet Ikeda or Ken Ujie. • There are three slots open in LIT223 "Food and Tea in Japan."  This is a class that offers a rather unique "cultural lab" in W&L's own tea room. • http://tearoom.wlu.edu Japanese and East Asian Studies updates

5. 11 First-Year Seminars • Anthropology, Classics, Geology, History (2), Journalism, Math, Poverty (2), Psychology (2) • All satisfy an FDR • All capped at 15 First-Year Seminars

6. Calculus courses are very likely to fill quickly but we will be offering beginning calculus in Winter Term. Also, the classrooms in Dupont are smaller than those in Robinson and hence we will not be increasing the class sizes. Math department reminder

7. fall semester Bio 111/113 registration should only be recommended to advisees who express an interest in a bioscience major (biology, neuroscience, envs) or are premed-inclined. Biochemistry-inclined students should take Chem 110 in the fall and Bio 111/113 in the winter. If bioscience or premed-inclined students cannot get into Bio 111/113 in the fall or wish to take Chem 110 in the fall, then they should enroll in Bio 111/113 in the winter. • Note: winter-semester registration requires that students get in touch with Helen I’Anson as soon as courses are posted if they wish to get a space in any section of Bio 111/113. Biology department reminder

8. Section 7 of Econ 102, Introduction to Macroeconomics, appropriate for FY’s with advanced placement in 101 or transfer credit. Economics department reminder

9. There is space reserved for 1st year students in our THTR131 Fundamentals of Theater, THTR 141 Stage Acting and in THTR100 Introduction to Theater. We have had first year students in THTR210 Theater History and Drama and THTR220 Playwriting before as well. • In Dance we have DANC 120 Introduction to Modern Dance, as well as DANC292 Ballet Technique that are appropriate for first year students. • Dance Auditions: Tuesday, September 3, 4-5:30 pm at the Johnson Theater in the Lenfest Center. Theater department reminder

10. For students who studied French in high school and have taken the ROML placement test: Follow the placement recommendation, or take Spanish 111, Portuguese 113, or Italian 113. • For students who studied Spanish in high school and have taken the ROML placement exam: Follow the placement recommendation, or take French 111, Portuguese 113, or Italian 113. • For students who studied French or Spanish in high school and have not taken the ROML placement exam: Take the ROML placement exam online by following the instructions for Incoming Students on the Tucker Multimedia Center web site. Retrieve the placement recommendation from Mrs. Shirley Richardson in Tucker Hall 316. • For students who have studied Italian or Portuguese and wish to continue in that language: See Prof. Bini (Italian) or Professor Pinto-Bailey (Portuguese) for placement. • For students who studied another language in high school and wish to study a Romance Language: Take French 111 or Spanish 111. • For students whose placement test recommendation was to not continue in the language tested: Start a new language. Romance Languages reminders

11. First-Year students have spaces in LACS 101: “Introduction to Latin American and Caribbean Studies” Latin American and Caribbean Studies

12. Spaces remain in Geology 101, which also satisfies the Lab Science requirement. Geology Updates

13. Physics and Engineering offers two first-year-only sections of General Physics I, Phys-111A. There are also two Phys-113 lab sections that have been reserved and designed for FYs , although there’s no special catalog designation for the labs (they’re sections 04 and 06). Phys 111A and 113 are corequisites. • Math 101 is a pre- or co-requisite for Phys111A/113 (Web Advisor does not recognize co-reqs) • FY students who plan to take Phys 111A/113 concurrently with Math 101 this fall should contact David Sukow or Prof. Irina Mazilu to obtain instructor consent to register for Phys 111A. Physics & Engineering reminders

14. There will be multiple sections available of our introductory courses in U.S., Global and European history. History department reminders

15. Art History - First-years are advised to take ARTH 101 (Survey of Western Art, Paleolithic to Medieval) or ARTH 140 (Survey of Asian Art).  Spaces have been reserved for them.  200-level courses DO NOT have prerequisites, though, so students who have some background may move directly into those courses. • Studio Art - The best time to take a studio class is in the first year, when spaces are reserved for them.  After that, it becomes increasingly difficult for non-majors to get a spot - this is due to limited room in each studio that forces small sections.  All studio courses REQUIRE instructor permission, which means a direct contact with the faculty of record (and NOT the department head).  First-years with an interest in studio NEED to do the following: • 1. Alert their adviser of their interest at lunch today (Monday). • 2. Contact the teacher of record for the course they wish to take IMMEDIATELY on MONDAY (not on  TUESDAY, when Studio faculty - like you - are busy trying to register their first-year advisees, and can't manage an additional flow of inquiries). • 3. With faculty approval, students may then put themselves on the waitlist during registration.  Faculty will then click them in when their name appears. • 4. If Tuesday noon rolls around and an approved student has not yet been admitted into the class, a reminder email to the faculty is in order.  • 5. From the standpoint of registration strategy:  if the student gets permission on MONDAY, s/he does not need to register for that class until TUESDAY, meaning a different priority course can be selected MONDAY AFTERNOON. • 6. although listed as a 200 level course, ARTH 273 (Modern Latin American Art) is a First-year friendly course  Art & Art History updates

16. The process for registering for studio classes is a little different with the current registration system. We no longer "click" students into the course from the wait list. Rather, we grant students permission to register for the course after they contact us directly requesting permission. However, an important difference is that having permission granted does not guarantee a space in the course. Once the course cap fills, a student cannot register, even if they have been given permission to register. If they try to register once the class has filled, they will automatically go to the wait list. As I understand it, this is the only way that their names will show up on the wait list. While faculty can reorder the priority of the wait list, they cannot click additional students into the course over the cap. I usually end up with many more students who have been granted permission to register than students who actually end up in the course. I will be granting permission to register to any first year who has a strong interest in photography, and this may be more than the 6 spaces that I have available. I have already granted permission to 2 first years. It is entirely possible that all 6 spaces could be gone after "pick one" on Monday. Studio Art: addendum

17. 2 sections of POV 101A - first year seminar & introduction to the Shepherd Poverty Program (hard cap: 15) • 2 sections of POV 101 - introduction to the Shepherd Poverty Program (expected cap: 25) • If First-Years can't get into POV 101A, we have plenty of spots available in POV 101. Either is a great option. • The courses are virtually identical in content & requirements. • POV 102 (one-credit course – hourly mtg + 1-2 hrs of service per week) – can be taken concurrently w/ POV 101 or POV 101A. Shepherd Poverty Program

18. Below is a link that should be shared with all incoming first year students. It concerns how to write a successful email to a professor. http://www.wikihow.com/Email-a-Professor From Bob Ballenger