STUDENT ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
NEWSLETTER
1419
Mason
Hall
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University
of
Michigan
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Ann
Arbor,
MI
48109-1027
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764-6810
LSA STUDENT ACADEMIC
AFFAIRS
Volume XXIV • Number 3
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OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT DEAN
1402 Mason Hall, 764-7297
ACADEMIC ADVISING CENTER
1255 Angell Hall, 764-0332
ACADEMIC STANDARDS
1255 Angell Hall, 764-0332
ACADEMIC AUDITORS
1401 Mason Hall
763-3101 (hours: M-F 7:30-3:30)
ACADEMIC INFORMATION &
PUBLICATIONS
POINT-10, 764-6810
STUDENTS' COUNSELING OFFICE
G150 Angell Hall, 763-1553
RELATED OFFICES
COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES
PROGRAM (CSP)
LSA Advising Information
Beginning Wednesday, January 8 and continuing through Friday, January 17, students
may see a general advisor in 1255 Angell Hall on a walk-in basis in the afternoon. Short
appointments will be available in the morning. A "quick-line" for very short questions
will be open all day. Concentration advisors will see students beginning Wednesday,
January 8. Contact the individual departments for appointment information.
Contents
LSA GRADUATION PROCEDURES
G155 Angell Hall, 764-9128
Planning to graduate in May, 1997?
HONORS PROGRAM
If so, then you must submit your diploma application and
concentration release form (for AB/BS candidates) or diploma
application and BGS senior release form (BGS candidates),
SIGNED BY YOUR ADVISOR. Diploma applications, concentration release forms, and BGS senior release forms are
available in 1255 Angell Hall and 1401 Mason Hall and should
be returned to 1401 Mason when completed. (HONORS PROGRAM students should
pick up all graduation forms from 1228 Angell and return them there when completed.)
1228 Angell Hall, 764-6274
OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL
PROGRAMS
G513 Michigan Union, 764-4311
RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE ADVISING
134 Tyler, East Quad, 763-0032
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Mini-Courses
For information about any available Winter
Term one-credit mini- and short courses, pick
up a copy of the mini-course listing (available
in the Advising Center) or see the bulletin
board outside 1419 Mason Hall.
Tidbits ....................................... 1
The LAST DAY to submit graduation materials if you want your name printed in the
May commencement program is Tuesday, March 18. Tuesday, April 22 is the LAST
DAY to submit graduation materials if you plan to graduate in December.
May LS&A Commencement Exercises will be held in Michigan Stadium on Saturday,
May 3, 10-11. All graduates of the Winter and Summer Terms, 1997, may participate.
An information sheet about the May commencement exercise will be available in 1401
Mason Hall by the middle of the Winter Term.
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LSA Advising Information .... 1, 2
Graduation Information ........... 1
Preprofessional Advising .......... 1
Graduate School Test Dates ..... 1
From the Desk of the Asst. Dean ... 2
Incompletes ............................... 3
LSA Scholarships ...................... 3
Preprofessional LS&A Advising Assistance
Race & Ethnicity, Quantitative
All academic advisors are available in 1255 Angell Hall to assist students with general
Reasoning, and Junior/Senior questions about academic preparation for law and medical school.
Wolverine Access ...................... 3
Writing Courses
Updated listings of Winter Term courses which For more specific questions about medicine, individual appointments may be schedRegistrar Student Services .............. 3
may be used to meet the Race & Ethnicity, uled with the following preprofessional advisors in the office:
Quantitative Reasoning, and Junior/Senior
Writing requirements are available on the Student Academic Affairs Website (http://
www.lsa.umich.edu/saa/) and are posted on
the bulletin boards outside 1419 Mason Hall,
or you may call 764-6810.
Late Course Descriptions
Course descriptions that were not submitted in
time to be included in the LSA Course Guide
are available on the Student Academic Affairs
Website and are posted on the bulletin board
outside 1419 Mason Hall.
Advisors Are Available by e-mail
When you have quick questions that do not
require an appointment, you can message your
own general academic advisor via e-mail. If
you do not remember the name of your advisor, send your question to:
[email protected]
and an answer or referral will be sent in response.
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January/February 1997
Law
Karen Wittkopp
Winter 1997 Academic Calendar ... 4
Medicine and Health Professions
Mark R. DeCamp,
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Professional School Admission Test Dates
Graduate Management Admission
Test (GMAT)
January 18, 1997
March 15, 1997
June 21, 1997
Law School Admission Test (LSAT)
February 8, 1997
June 16, 1997
October 4, 1997
December 6, 1997
February 7, 1998
Graduate Record Exam (GRE)
April 12, 1997
November 1, 1997
December 13, 1997
• The Fall and Spring/Summer LSA Course
Guides will be available on the Student
Academic Affairs home page on March 14,
1997.
Medical College Admission Test
(MCAT)
April 19, 1997
August 16, 1997
• Time Schedules and LSA Course Guides for
the Fall and Spring/Summer Terms are expected to arrive at 1419 Mason Hall on
March 28, 1997.
Dental Admissions Test (DAT)
April 5, 1997
October 4, 1997
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from the desk of the Assistant Dean...
A new semester begins and further changes are evident in Student Academic Affairs, particularly in the Advising Center,
our focal point for improved
service to undergraduates in
LS&A. The staff of the Center,
which has been fully operational since July 1, has been analyzing its own work processes
and considering creative ways
to improve its services to students. Several changes are in
the works, but one change that
will be most evident immediately is the recent hiring of four
student services assistants at the front desk area. Shawn La’Wave,
Jan Marten, Sarah Nussbaum, and Aileo Weinmann began an
extensive training program in December to become knowledgeable about the College and the operations of Student Academic
Affairs and student policies, rules, regulations, and procedures.
They are now “on the line” for students and other visitors to the
Advising Center, offering a warm welcome and ready to answer
any questions and help with any problems.
Progress continues toward the establishment of a computerized
degree audit for LS&A students. This past spring we began a pilot
audit with a group of about 200 then juniors and seniors in two of
the larger LS&A concentration programs, Biology and Economics. This pilot project led to improvements in the auditing process
for these students and others now following in their footsteps.
This past Fall Term about 750 additional declared concentrators
in these two programs received computerized degree audits.
Plans are underway to begin in this current Winter Term a
gradual expansion of the pilot project by adding students in a
third large concentration as well as those students who have
declared for a Bachelor in General Studies degree program. It is
our hope that over the next couple years exception rules can be
written for all concentration programs in the College and that the
machine audit project will be fully implemented.
These exciting changes in Student Academic Affairs are typical,
but only two of the team efforts the staff and I have been planning
for and recently implementing. I hope to have good news to
announce about improvements in our premedical advising by
the next issue of this Newsletter in March. In the meantime, if you
would like to share with me any of your ideas for what you would
like to see happen in our new Advising Center or in LS&A
Student Academic Affairs in general, or if you would like to
comment on how things are running (smoothly and helpfully, or
not the way you think they should), please e-mail me
([email protected]). We want to do whatever we can to help
make your experience in this great liberal arts College as rewarding for you as possible. Best wishes for the new Winter Term and
a productive 1997!
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LSA Advising Information
Academic Advisors Are Available In Residence Halls
LSA Academic Advisors hold regular office hours in the following residence halls:
South Quad, West Quad, East Quad, Couzens, Alice Lloyd, Mosher-Jordan, Stockwell,
Markley, Martha Cook, Bursley, and Barbour/Newberry. If you live in one of these
halls, you may find that visiting your building’s academic advisor might be more
convenient to your schedule. The advisors welcome individual conversations as well
as small group discussions (in case you and your roommate or a friend on the corridor
have similar questions).
Residence Hall Academic Advising 1997 Winter Term Office Hours
Residence Hall
Barbour
Bursley
Cook
Couzens
Lloyd
Markley
Mosher-Jordan
South Quad
Stockwell
West Quad
LSA Advisor
Marty McClatchey
Karen Wittkopp
Cindy Barhyte
Marsha Pumroy
Margaret Elias
Beth Hackett
Wendy Woods
Joe Summers
Jan Afonso
Louise Freymann
Days and Hours (p.m.)
Tues., 5-7
Mon. & Wed., 4-7:30
Wed., 11-1
Tues., 1-4 & Thurs., 11-2
Tues. & Thurs., 1:30-4:30
Wed., 1-4 & Thurs. 2-5
Mon., 12:30-3:30 & Thurs., 3-6
Mon., 5:30-7:30 & Tues., 2-6
Mon. & Thurs., 4-7
Tues. & Thurs., 2-5
Advisors generally meet with students in the residence hall advising offices.
Inquire at the front desk for help if you need the location.
Academic Peer Advisors Are Available In Residence Halls
The Academic Peer Advisor (APA) Program is another outreach effort to students in
University housing from the LSA Academic Advising Center. These student advisors
have been trained extensively in College policies and procedures and curricula and can
be of valuable help in dealing with issues of academic difficulty or course planning. If
they don’t have the answers, they are knowledgeable sources of referral. Feel free to
stop by during the hours listed below and get acquainted with your APA.
Residence Hall Academic Peer Advising 1997 Winter Term Office Hours
Residence Hall
Barbour
Bursley
Couzens
East Quad
Lloyd
Markley
Mosher-Jordan
South Quad
Stockwell
West Quad
APA
TBA
Joby Marrow
Paula Saha
Michael St. John
Melora Hullum
Peter Lee
Hugh Brooks
Burton Kim
Melanie Riley-Green
TBA
Days and Hours (p.m.)
TBA
Tues., 7-10 & Fri., 12-4
Mon., 3-6 & Wed., 12:30-3:30
Tues. & Wed., 6-9
Tues. & Thurs., 6-9
Tues., 7-10 & Wed., 8-11
Wed., 7-10 & Thurs., 6-9
Mon. & Fri. 9-Midnight
Tues., Wed. & Thurs., 6-8
TBA
APAs generally meet with students in the residence hall advising offices. Inquire at
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the front desk for help if you need the location.
Have You Declared Your Concentration Yet?
By the junior year (55 credits toward a degree program), LSA students should have
selected a concentration program and/or degree program. Students pursuing an AB or
a BS degree should consult a concentration advisor and complete a Declaration Form
which indicates choice of concentration. Students wishing to do a Bachelor in General
Studies (BGS) degree should see a BGS advisor and also complete a Declaration Form.
Declaration Forms are available in the Advising Center and should be returned there
when completed.
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January/February 1997
INCOMPLETE GRADE?
An “Incomplete” (I) grade may be reported by an instructor when a student has
taken the final examination in a course but
a small amount of work is unfinished. If
you are an LSA student and your instructor agreed to report an Incomplete grade,
regardless of whether or not the course
was an LSA course, then:
(1) You should have an understanding
with the instructor about the work
you must complete.
(2) You must complete the work by the
end of the fourth week of your next
Fall or Winter Term in residence or
by an extended deadline supported in
writing by the instructor and approved
by the Academic Standards Board
(1255 Angell Hall) or the Honors
Office (1228 Angell Hall). Your instructor is not obligated to agree to a
time extension. LS&A students with
Fall Term, 1996 Incompletes who
enroll in the College for Winter Term,
1997, must complete the work by
Tuesday, February 4.
(3) An Incomplete not finished by February 4 or an approved time extension arranged prior to the February 4
deadline lapses to a failing grade and
lowers the term and overall grade
point averages, unless the course was
elected pass/fail.
(4) The instructor has ten days following
February 4 or an approved extended
deadline in which to report a final
grade.
(5) Special Note to December, 1996
Grads:
You must finish any outstanding Incompletes that you need in order to
complete your degree requirements,
and have the instructor report the
final grade to the LSA Records Office by Friday, January 10, 1997, in
order to keep your name on the
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December, 1996, degree list.
Scholarships
LSA
Qualifications
• must be an LSA undergraduate
• must have completed at least one full
term in the College of LSA at the
University of Michigan
• must have a cumulative grade point
average of 3.7 if a freshman or
sophomore and a cumulative grade
point average of 3.6 if a junior or
senior
• must apply to the Office of Financial
Aid
• must have both merit and need
When to Apply
• Applications will be available
beginning Wednesday, January 15
(for awards for the following SpringSummer and Fall-Winter Terms).
• Deadline for submission of application is Wednesday, March 12.
Where to Apply
• 1402 Mason Hall
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January/February 1997
Touch-Tone CRISP
G ETTING A COPY O F YOUR COURSE SCHEDULE AND
O THER STUDENT BUSINESS
You can obtain a copy of your course schedule quickly and easily through Wolverine
Access. Wolverine Access is available on any computer on campus via the World Wide
Web. The address is: http://waccess.umich.edu
Since it is important to keep your information private, a Uniqname and UMICH
(Kerberos) password are required. Once on Wolverine Access, select Student
Business, select Undergraduate or Graduate Students, then any of the following
available options:
Phone: 998-1881
(on campus: 8-1881)
Hours: 7:00 a.m. - 12:00 midnight,
seven days a week.
Touch-Tone CRISP Help
Phone: 763-5174
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., MondayFriday.
Touch-Tone Grades
Grades
Addresses
Class Schedule
Account Statement
CRISP Info
CRISP Appointment
Academic Report
Disbursed Aid
Financial Aid
Phone: 998-1645
(on campus: 8-1645)
Hours: 7:00 a.m. - 12:00 midnight,
seven days a week.
Touch-Tone Grades Help
Phone: 764-9220
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., MondayFriday.
To view your course schedule, you would select the menu item named Class Schedule.
You will be asked to authenticate (a window pops up where you type in your uniqname
and password) if you have not already done so.
If you wish to have a printed copy, select Print... under the menu option labeled File.
Your printed schedule will not have your name on it. Instead, it will have a receipt
number. This number is the last four digits of your Social Security Number plus the
UM security digit.
Wolverine Access can also be used to find out when your CRISP Appointment will
be, or to find out which courses are still open (CRISP Info).
It also is possible to change your addresses, view/print an unofficial copy of your
transcript (Academic Report) or your financial account status (Account Statement),
or send a message to the Registrar's Office if you think that any of your information may
be incorrect.
It is important that you do not forget to LOGOUT or to shut down the computer before
leaving. This step protects your privacy!
Registrar Student Services
The Office of the Registrar maintains two student service areas, Central Campus
Student Services, located in room G255 Angell Hall, and North Campus Student
Services, located at 1212 Pierpoint Commons (Entreé Office). These offices are
intended to provide both students and staff with a convenient and efficient means of
conducting business with the Registrar’s office. Both offices are open weekdays from
8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the following services are available at both locations:
•
Transcript requests and requests for unofficial copies of the academic record
•
Certification (loans, placement, etc.)
•
Academic record information
•
Student ID changes
•
Registration help
•
Name changes
•
Information on V.A. benefits and residency
In either of these facilities students are able to sit down with a representative of the
Registrar’s office and receive all required services. Phone 764-6280 or 763-7650. ✓.
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Deadlines, Winter Term, 1997
January 7 – last day to disenroll with no
charge; last day to register with no late
registration fee
January 28 – last day to drop a class with
an adjustment in tuition and no "W"
January 29-February 18 – 50% tuition
adjustment for withdrawing from the term
February 19 – no tuition adjustments for
term withdrawals
WINTER TERM, 1997, CALENDAR
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
January 5
Wednesday
6
7
13
14
20
21
Registration
Thursday
•CLASSES BEGIN
Friday
Saturday
8
9
10
11
15
16
17
18
22
23
24
25
31
30
•Disenrollment and
registration fees apply
•Late registration fee applies
Orientation
12
19
15
LSA Scholarship
applications available in
1402 Mason Hall
MLK Day
(Univ. Symposia),
no regular classes
26 27
2830
•Drop/Add deadline;
•Pass/Fail deadline;
•Last day for tuition adjustment for a
reduced academic load;
•Last day to withdraw (100% tuition
waiver less fees)
29
2
3
"W" for drops –
authorization
needed;
31 February 1
50% payment of
tuition and fees
due
4
5
6
7
8
11
12
13
14
15
19
20
21
22
26
27
28
Deadline to
finish Incompletes
9
10
16
17
23
24
Last day to 18
withdraw from all
classes with a 50%
tuition waiver
25
Final payment of
tuition and fees
due
2
3
4
10
11
5
6
March
1
Spring Break
8
New issue of SAA
Newsletter is available
7
8
Spring Break
9
Classes resume
Spring Break at 8:00 a.m.
16
17
University
Honors
Convocation
13
12
13
Deadline for LSA
Scholarship applications in
1402 Mason Hall
19
18
19
20
Last day to submit
graduation materials for listing
in Commencement Book
23
24
25
14
14
Spring, Summer, and
Fall Course Guides on-line
21
15
22
late drop/add
deadline
26
THE UNIVERSITY OF
27 Course Guides
29and
28
29
Time Schedules available
for Spring/Summer and Fall
Terms, 1997
30
31
April
1
2
3
4
5
MICHIGAN
College of Literature,
Science, and the Arts
Edie N. Goldenberg, Dean
The Regents of the University
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Daylight
Savings Time
begins
13
7
8
9
10
11
12
16
17
18
19
LSA Academic Advising open until 6:30 p.m.
Early Registration
14
15
LSA Academic Advising open until 6:30 p.m.
Early Registration
20
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END
Early
Registration
27
22
•Last day to submit materials
for May graduation
28
29
23
24
25
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FINAL
EXAMS
30 May
Commencement
FINAL EXAMS
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Laurence B. Deitch, Bloomfield Hills; Andrea Fischer
Newman, Ann Arbor; Daniel Horning, Grand Haven;
Olivia P. Maynard, Goodrich; Shirley M. McFee, Battle
Creek; Rebecca McGowan, Ann Arbor; Philip H. Power,
Ann Arbor; S. Martin Taylor, Grosse Pointe Farms; and
Homer Neal, Interim President, ex officio
Policy Against Discrimination
The University of Michigan, as an equal opportunity/
affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable
federal and state laws regarding non-discrimination and
affirmative action, including Title IX of the Education
Amendments of 1972 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The University of Michigan is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal opportunity for all persons regardless of race, sex, color, religion,
creed, national origin or ancestry, age, marital status,
sexual orientation, disability, or Vietnam-era veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities,
and admissions. Inquiries or complaints may be addressed
to the University’s Director of Affirmative Action and
Title IX/Section 504 Coordinator, 4005 Wolverine Tower,
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1281. (313) 763-0235;
T.D.D. (313) 747-1388; UM Information Operator (313)
764-1817.
January/February 1997