THE FIRST TWO ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE DONE BEFORE SPEAKING OR MEETING WITH AN ADVISOR TO REGISTER.
Homework Assignment #1: It’s all about you and your choices. Your advisor cannot answer these questions for you.
Homework Assignment #2: Complete forms.
Homework Assignment #3: Read the book this summer for discussion during Orientation.
General Considerations – Please Complete
___1. Choose Curriculum I or Curriculum II as your way to fulfill general education (liberal arts) requirements=1/3 of total # of courses required for graduation. Click here for more information about these options.
___a. If Curriculum I, make a list of at least 10 First-Term Seminars you’re interested in (descriptions on yellow pages at the back of the Course Section Schedule).
___b. If Curriculum II, two of your four courses are set (CUR100 and CUR140). You do not register for a First-Term Seminar. Use the CII intention sheet if you have not let us know yet that you are choosing CII.
___2. Identify majors you are considering – are any among those that must be started in the fall (biochemistry, biology, chemistry, elementary and secondary education, foreign languages, nursing, physics, sciences for pre-professional interests, music, math, and computer science)? Not all courses are offered every semester. Be careful to start sequences in the fall. You don’t have to commit to a major, just keep the option open. No course is wasted if you choose a different major. See Adv.Reg.Manual - Majors section - that was mailed to you to see how different majors should begin. Use the catalog online for specific course descriptions. Also, see guidance in these pages about taking BIO and CHEM at the same time.
___3. Are you thinking of taking a foreign language or math this fall? Click the appropriate links for graduation requirements and testing information.
___4. Are you bringing in PSEO, IB or AP credit? See Adv.Reg.Manual.
___5. From the Course Section Schedule, identify other courses you are familiar with and want to learn more about.
___6. From the Course Section Schedule, identify courses you know nothing about that you’d be interested in taking. Generally 1/3 of all your courses (10 or more) are electives, anything you want to know about.
___7. Fit lab times (if you have courses with labs), physical activities (ACT) or personal fitness (FIT) from the Health and Exercise Science department (HES) around your courses. They have more than one time option.
___8. Are you planning to take music lessons? See instructions in these pages and in Adv.Reg. Manual.
___9. Remember MUS for auditions if you want to participate in an ensemble, and HES for a varsity sport if you have talked with the coach. Your last class of the day for varsity sports can begin as late as 2:30.
___10. Read and sign the Course Request Sheet, which indicates your agreement to abide by the Honor Code.
Specific Considerations – How to Proceed
| If Curriculum I: | If Curriculum II: |
| 1. Make a list of FTS possibilities | 1. CUR 100 |
| 2. Other course interests - possible | 2. CUR 140 |
| majors; need to start any in the fall? | 3. Other course interests - possible |
| 3. New course interests | majors; need to start any in the fall? |
If you want to take personal fitness (FIT) or activity (ACT) courses from Health and
Exercise Science (HES) this semester, fit them in after choosing your other courses.
Total: 3.75-4.8 courses Total: 3.75-4.8 courses
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If Curriculum I: |
If Curriculum II: |
| 1. Course(s) for possible major(s) | 1. CUR 100 |
| 2. FTS possibilities | 2. CUR 140 |
| 3. Other course interests | 3. Course(s) for possible majors(s) |
| 4. New course interests | 4. Other course interests |
If you want to take personal fitness (FIT) or activity (ACT) courses from Health and
Exercise Science (HES) this semester, fit them in after choosing your other courses.
Total: 3.75-4.8 courses Total: 3.75-4.8 courses
Your advisor will have your scores and high school transcript to assist you in determining a reasonable course load for you. However, what we don’t know is your commitment to your studies, your ability to focus, your ability to handle independence, time needed for varsity sports. Time will tell. The goal of all registrations is to develop a combination of courses that is reasonable, so you can build a strong academic base right from the start.
If you are considering a biology major or a pre-health profession like medicine or some other health sciences, we strongly advise you to take both BIOLOGY 101 AND CHEMISTRY 107 in your first semester. These courses are offered only fall semester and begin a sequence. We know that taking these two classes in the first semester challenges many first-year students. You will be asked to study harder and learn more than ever before, so you must be ready for the challenge. (Please note, not all pre-health professions require beginning with both BIO and CHE. See Pre-Professional Interest section in the back of the Adv.Reg. Manual.)
Register for both BIO101 and CHE107 and two other courses if you fit this profile:
Read Chinese Lessons - Five Classmates and the Story of the New China by John Pomfret, an editor at the Washington Post, formerly the Post's Beijing bureau chief.
Why?
It's this year's Reading in Common book for your class, for discussion during Orientation with your Gustie Greeter group. You need to be part of these discussions in order to:
and do it by means of stories about Pomfret's five classmates when he was an exchange student at Nanjing University and his return to them twenty years later. It's through personal stories over those twenty years that he gives us an insider's view of Chinese culture and conflicts, including the student uprising at Tiananmen Square which caused him to be banned from China for many years. He shows us what China was like years ago and how the Chinese people struggle with the past, with change, and the new challenges that come with the change.
It's a trip by train through rice paddies, duck ponds and bamboo groves, through smells of coal, steamed fish, garlic and warm beer. It's the experience of being a foreigner. It's the stories of friends, their family histories, experiences during the communist revolution and the effects that last beyond a date in time. What does this all mean for us?
Books will be available at the BookMark, the college bookstore.
