With October almost upon us it's time to think about, and plan, for Spring 2016 courses!
If you are a matriculated student, you will be receiving an email from the Registrar's office for Spring 2016 registration, and you might be eager to register, but you cannot yet because you probably have holds. You also need to meet with your advisor before you can sign-up for courses.
In this blog you will find out a bit more about the Spring 2016 advising timeline and when certain things will happen. As new information is available, this blog post will be updated, so keep it in mind when you have questions :-) If your questions are not answered by this blog post, please see the following discussion forum where you can post a question, and we will do our best to answer ---> Q&A Forum for Spring 2016: http://umasslinguistics.com/group/classroom/forum/topics/advising-spring-2016-advising-registration-q-a-forum
PREPARATORY WORK:
Before meeting your with advisor, please log into WISER (http://wiser.umb.edu) and make sure you don't have any holds on your account! This is really important! The only hold that we (applied linguistics) can remove is the "Advising Hold." If you have other holds on your account you need to get those resolved ASAP with the appropriate departments otherwise we will not be able to register you for courses.
Immunization Hold:
If you are an online student you can apply for the immunization exemption. You will need to fill out the form and mail it to University Health Services so that the immunization hold can be removed. The form can be found here: http://www.umb.edu/healthservices/forms . Both campus and online students should check their WISER accounts to see if they have a hold on their account. If you do, please get in contact with University Health Services (immunizations@umb.edu) ASAP to get the hold removed - otherwise we cannot register you :-)
Note for new students (On-campus & Online):
Even though new students will not be registered right away (since all of your information probably has not been processed yet) no need to worry. There will be spots available in introductory courses for you! We will be registering you for APLING 601 and APLING 605 (our two introductory courses) if you are on-campus.
COURSES:
The tentative list of courses has been posted in the Classroom Group for quite some time :-). Instructions, as well as days and times of courses (for on-campus courses) will be posted here as they become available.
SPRING Online courses
Core courses
- APLING 601: Linguistics - Section 1: MIKROS, George
- APLING 603: Cross Cultural Perspectives - Section 1: BECKMAN, Kristina
- APLING 605: Theories and Principles of Language Teaching - KISS, Kate
- APLING 621: Psycholinguistics - O'BRYAN, Anne
- APLING 623: Sociolinguistics - BARTOLOME, Lilia
- APLING 698: Field Experience - KISS, Kate
Concentration Courses
- APLING 612: Integrating Culture into the Curriculum (Foreign Language Track) - ETIENNE, Corinne
- APLING 618: Methods & Approaches in ESL (ESL/K-12 Licensure Track) - CARHILL-POZA, Avary
Elective Courses
- APLING 697(a): Usage Based Linguistic Analysis **NEW COURSE** (only offered this semester) - MEYER, Chuck
- APLING 697(b): Forensic Linguistics **NEW COURSE** (only offered this semester) - BECKMAN, Kristina
- APLING 678: Technology in the Language Classroom - COMPTON, Lily
SPRING On-Campus Courses
Core Courses
- APLING 601: Linguistics (W @ 4pm) - MEYER, Chuck
- APLING 603: Cross-Cultural Perspectices (Thu @ 4pm) - MATSUMOTO, Yumi
- APLING 605: Theories and Principles of Language Teaching (M @ 4pm) - MATSUMOTO, Yumi
- APLING 621: Psycholinguistics - (Tu @ 4pm) - GOUNARI, Panagiota
- APLING 623: Sociolinguistics (Th @ 7pm) - MACEDO, Donaldo
- APLING 698-1: Practicum (Licensure) (BY ARRG) - STAFF
- APLING 698-2: Field Experience (non-licensure) (BY ARRG) - STAFF
Concentration Courses
- APLING 612: Integrating Culture into the Curriculum (Foreign Language Track) (M @ 7pm) - ETIENNE, CORINNE
- APLING 618: Methods & Approaches in ESL (ESL/K-12 Licensure Track) (Tu @ 7pm) - CARHILL-POZA, AVARY
Elective Courses
- APLING 673: Teaching Reading in the ESL Classroom (W @ 7pm) - BARTOLOME, Lilia
TIMELINE:
October 10 – October 15: Your advisors will be contacting you via email. Please check both your UMass Boston student email and any emails you've given to us as part of your application process. Your advisor will contact you to setup an appointment to meet with you. You can meet by phone, by email, by skype, or if you are local you can meet in person! :-) Be prepared to discuss your goals, and what courses you might be interested in signing up for. In consultation with your advisor you will pick 2 or 3 courses for next semester. Your advisors will tell us (AK & Evy) which courses you decided to sign up for and we will sign you up.
Please note that you advisor is not listed on WISER. We keep an internal departmental database to keep advisors and advisees :-)
Student Checklist Item:If you haven't heard from your advisor by October 19 (Monday), please email applied.linguistics@umb.edu and let us know :-)
November 15 – December 10: During this period of time we will be going through and registering all students for courses. This is true for both online and on-campus students. If you log into WISER and you are not registered for a course yet, don't panic! By December 20th you will be :-) We will be monitoring this forum to make sure everything's going well and answering questions as they come up. If, for some reason, you aren't registered December 10 – December 20 will be a catch-up and correction week for registrations.
Student Checklist Item: On December 15, please check your WISER account to make sure that you are registered for courses, and that you are registered for the courses you and you advisor agreed upon. If you are not registered for courses, please go into the appropriate Registration Q&A forum.
December 10 - 20: Book Lists will be posted, for Spring Semester courses, in the Classroom group. Please be patient until then and refrain from emailing us about book lists :-)
January 2 - January 30 Non-Degree Registration period (for spring semester). If you are a non-degree student, once all currently enrolled students are registered, we will begin processing non-degree registrations. It's important to note that prior to January 2nd we will not know how many available spots there are in courses :-)
Student Checklist Item: If you are a non-degree student who wishes to register for a Spring 2016 course, please check in on January 2nd to see what courses are available. Once you submit registration paperwork, you should be registered within a few days (depending on how busy the registrar's office is :-) )
FAQ
- Who is my advisor?
Please email applied.linguistics@umb.edu to inquire about your advisor's contact information if you have not heard from your advisor by October 19. - WISER does not show my advisor, what's up with that?
The WISER system is setup for undergraduate advisors. Unfortunately we do not have access to change this, so graduate students will show a blank advisor. Rest assured that you have an advisor , they just don't show up in WISER :-) - Can I change advisors?
Of course! If you would like to change advisor, please read this blog post for information, and then email applied.linguistics@umb.edu. - Can I register without meeting my advisor?
You will not be able to register without meeting your advisor. - I have a hold, can you register me?
We can only override the "Advising" hold if you've met with your advisor. We cannot override other holds, so we cannot register you if you have holds.
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