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Don’t Suffer in Silence! Dean/Associate Deans –Griffiths, Solomon, Gollop, Wildemuth Student Services Staff –Dye, Hill, Bailey Advisor Instructors University Resources –Writing CenterWriting Center –Counseling CenterCounseling Center –Recreation FacilitiesRecreation Facilities

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Handbook –Policies and Procedures –Academic Integrity and Ethics Graduate School Record

What happens when I finish? University Career ServicesUniversity Career Services

Curriculum Info Sci Core Requirements 172, Information Retrieval 150, Organization Of Information 131, Management For Info Professionals 162, Systems Analysis 180, Human Information Interactions Electives Capstone Requirements 201, Research Methods 392, Masters’ Paper Lib Sci Core Requirements 111, Information Resources & Services 151, Organization of Materials 153, Resource Selection & Evaluation To be selectedin consulationwith your advisor 102, Information Tools

Advisor  Program of Studies Temporary  ‘Permanent’ Advisor Take required/prerequisite courses early –Exemptions from required courses/prerequisites Course frequency Courses in other departments Courses in other universities –Inter-institutional registration –Transfer credit (up to 9 semester hours) Other schools/certificates/institutions –Joint Degrees (e.g., MSIS/MBA)Joint Degrees –Certificates (e.g., Bioinformatics)Certificates –Study abroadStudy abroad INLS 299, Field Experience

Registration Pre-registration advising –The early student gets the course! Drop (until Friday, April 15, 2005) Withdrawal Incompletes (I) –6-8 credit hours of Incomplete will limit the number of courses for which you can register –You will be unable to register with 9 or more hours of incompletes –Turn to an F* after one year Leave of Absence Readmission

Grading H, P (+/ -), L, F, I NOT A, B, C,... Disqualifying grades –F –9 or more credit hours of L

Academic Integrity “Students enjoy a great deal of freedom at Carolina and have been entrusted to hold each other accountable for maintaining a just and safe community.” --UNC Honor SystemUNC Honor System

Give Credit Where Credit is Due! Distinguish your ideas and writing from the ideas and writing of others in an appropriate manner: –In our group meeting, Mary suggested that.... This led me to... –“To be or not to be? That is the question!” (Shakespeare, 1604)

Overlapping Work Value connections between courses Get permission for products that will be used for multiple courses!

Course Evaluation End of session –Carolina Course Evaluation (quantitative)Carolina Course Evaluation –Fill in the blank (qualitative) During the session –Instructor initiated –Student initiated