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11/1/2021 - We've begun to register students for Spring 2022.  Please make sure you have no holds on your accounts :-)  The EMC and WEH holds are quick and easy to clear on WISER, and they do prevent us from registering you :-(. Log into WISER today.

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Greetings everyone!

Well, September is almost gone and we're 4 weeks into the Fall 2021 Semester! I hope everyone is doing well in their courses thus far :-)

If you are a matriculated student, you will be receiving an email from the Registrar's office for Spring 2022 registration pretty soon. This kicks off our department's advising and course registration period :-)

In this blog you will find out a bit more about the Spring 2022 advising timeline, when certain things happen, and what you need to do.  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 post a comment on this InfoPost (scroll all the way down for the comment box)

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.   Some common holds are:

• Library hold (for campus students)
• Wellness hold (you need to complete a short module on WISER)
• Emergency contact info hold (also quickly fixable in WISER)
• Vaccination hold (applicable to campus students, contact University health services - this is COVID specific)
• Immunization hold (broader than COVID, campus student only)
• Bursar Hold (please contact Bursar's office)
• Provisional Admissions hold (contact graduate admissions, they are probably missing some part of your application - commonly an original transcript)

The second thing that you need to do in WISER is to download a copy of your unofficial transcript and send it to your academic advisor. The most current information is important as the basis for accurate advising :-)

Immunization Hold:

If you are an online student you can apply for the immunization exemption. You will need to fill out the form and submit it to University Health Services via the online health portal. This way the immunization hold can be removed and we can register you for courses. Both campus and online students should check their WISER accounts to see if they have a hold on their account. If you do, log in to the Health Portal (MyHealth Beacon --> https://myhealthbeacon.umb.edu/ ) ASAP to get the hold removed - otherwise we cannot register you :-)

Note for new spring 2022 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, APLING 603 and/or APLING 605 (our two introductory courses) if you are on-campus. 

COURSES:

SPRING Online courses

Core courses [not open to campus students]

• APLING 601: Linguistics - MIKROS
• APLING 603: Language, Culture & Identity - GOUNARI
• APLING 605: Theories & Principles of Language Teaching -  KISS
• APLING 621: Psycholinguistics -O'BRYAN
• APLING 623: Sociolinguistics -  CHUN

Core courses [open to campus students]

• APLING 690: Field Experience - KISS

Concentration Courses [not open to campus students]

• APLING 612: Integrating Culture into the Curriculum - URBANSKI
• APLING 618: Teaching ESL: Methods & Approaches - CARHILL-POZA

Elective Courses [open to campus students]

• APLING 615: Dual Language Pedagogy - TBA
• APLING 629: Structure of the English Language - MEYER
• APLING 673: Teaching Reading in the ESL Classroom - URBANSKI

SPRING On-Campus Courses

Core Courses

• APLING 603: Language, Culture & Identity - SCLAFANI (Tu @ 7)
• APLING 605: Theories & Principles of Language Teaching - LEIDER (M @ 7)
• APLING 623: Sociolinguistics - CHUN (W @7)
• APLING 698: Practicum (licensure) - SERCOMBE (TBD)

Concentration Courses

• APLING 612: Integrating Culture into the Curriculum - ETIENNE (M @ 4)
• APLING 618: Teaching ESL: Methods & Approaches - CARHILL-POZA (Th @ 4)

SPRING PhD Courses

• APLING 702: Issues in Sociolinguistics - SCLAFANI (W @ 4)
• APLING 709: Language Policy - GOUNARI (Tu @ 4)
• APLING 892: Dissertation Proposal Seminar - TBA (TBA)

Please note that PhD program students have priority access to PhD course offerings.  PhD Courses may be available to MA program students on an as-available basis, and with prior permission from course instructor and your academic advisor.

TIMELINE:

October 1 – 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, by zoom, etc.  :-)  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 11 (Monday), please email applied.linguistics@umb.edu and let us know :-)

Student Checklist Item: Take care of any holds in WISER.

Student Checklist Item: Download your unofficial transcript, and share it with your advisor.

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 10 (Friday), 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 post a question here. 

December 15 - 25: 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 :-)

December 20 - January 11: AK is typically out of the office.

January 15 - 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 15th 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 2020 course, please check in on January 15th 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

1. Who is my advisor?
   Your advisor's name is mentioned in the welcome letter you received when you matriculated to the program.  If you don't remember your advisor that's OK :-)  Please email applied.linguistics@umb.edu to inquire about your advisor's contact information if you have not heard from your advisor by October 10.
2. 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 :-)
3. 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.
4. Can I register without meeting my advisor?
   No. You will not be able to register without meeting your advisor.
5. 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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This may seem a little early, but you will be receiving letters from the registrar's office soon giving you information about when you are able to register for Summer and Fall courses.

Now, you might be eager to register, but you cannot yet because you probably have holds. You also have, most likely, not met with your advisor.

In this blog you will find out a bit more about the Summer and Fall 2014 advising timeline and when certain things will happen.  As new information is available, this blog post will be updated, so keep it in mind, and check back, when you have questions!  If your questions are not answered by this blog post, please see the following discussion forums where you can post a question, and we will do our best to answer :-)

• On-campus students go post your questions here: http://umasslinguistics.com/group/classroom/forum/topics/campus-summer-fall-2015-advising-and-registration-q-a
  
• Online students post your questions here: http://umasslinguistics.com/group/classroom/forum/topics/online-summer-fall-2015-q-a
  

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!  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, and you opt to apply for the immunization exemption, then you have to fill out the form every semester and mail it to University Health Services so that the immunization hold can be removed. The form can be found here: http://cdn.umb.edu/images/healthservices/Immunization_Form_Updated_...

If you complete the immunization form, and provide proof of immunization, University Health Services will not bug you again! (until some specific immunization expires)

Note for new students (On-campus & Online):

Even though new students will not be registered right away (since you probably have not been admitted 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 would like to register for a 3rd course, please contact applied.linguistics@umb.edu for more information.

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. 

SUMMER Online courses

Electives courses

• APLING 615: Methods and Materials in Bilingual Education (May - June, 6 week intensive) - GOUNARI, PANAGIOTA
• APLING 665: Immigration & Education (July - August,  6 week intensive) - CARHILL-POZA, AVARY
• APLING 673: Teaching Reading in the ESL Classroom (May - August) - BARTOLOME, LILIA 

FALL Online courses

Core courses

• APLING 601: Linguistics - Section 1 - MIKROS, GEORGE
• APLING 601: Linguistics - Section 2 - MIKROS, GEORGE
• APLING 605: Theories and Principles of Language Teaching - Section 1 - KISS, KATE
• APLING 605: Theories and Principles of Language Teaching - Section 2  - COMPTON, LILY
• APLING 623: Sociolinguistics - Section 1 - BECKMAN, KRISTINA
• APLING 623: Sociolinguistics - Section 2 - BECKMAN, KRISTINA

Concentration Courses

• APLING 612: Integrating Culture into the Curriculum - KISS, KATE
• APLING 614: Foundations of Bilingual and Multicultural Education - GOUNARI, PANAGIOTA

Elective Courses

• APLING 627: Phonetics & Phonemics - MIKROS, GEORGE
• APLING 637: Ethnography - BARTOLOME, LILIA
• APLING 670: Testing in the ESL Classroom - MARTINEZ, LUIS 

FALL On-Campus Courses

Core Courses

• APLING 601: Linguistics (W @ 7pm) - MEYER, CHUCK
• APLING 603: Cross-Cultural Perspectices (W @ 4pm) - LEISTYNA, PEPI
• APLING 605: Theories and Principles of Language Teaching (M @ 4pm) - LEISTYNA, PEPI
• APLING 621: Psycholinguistics - (Tu @ 4pm) - ETIENNE, CORINNE
• APLING 623: Sociolinguistics (Tu @ 7pm) - MACEDO, DONALDO
• APLING 698: Field Experience (non-licensure) (BY ARRG)  CARHILL-POZA, AVARY
• APLING 698: Practicum (licensure) (BY ARRG)  CARHILL-POZA, AVARY

Concentration Courses

• APLING 611: Methods and Material in Foreign Language Pedagogy (M @ 7pm) - ETIENNE, CORINNE
• APLING 614: Foundations of Bilingual and Multicultural Education (Th @ 4pm) - GOUNARI, PANAGIOTA

Elective Courses

• APLING 635: Literacy and Culture (Th @ 7pm) - BARTOLOME, LILIA

TEXTBOOKS:

Please do not ask for textbooks :-)  As soon as we have a list of textbooks for each course, we will post a notice on the Announcements box (top center of umasslinguistics.com). We expect textbooks to be posted by April 30th.

TIMELINE:

March 10 – March 30: 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 set up 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 or 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 March 15 (Saturday), please email applied.linguistics@umb.edu and let us know :-)

If you have not received advising by March 30, please contact Applied.Linguistics@umb.edu.

April 1 – April 30: 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 May 1st 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 May 1 – May 10 will be a catch-up and correction week for registrations.

Student Checklist Item: On May 10, 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. 

May 5 - May 20 Non-Degree Registration period (for summer 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 May 5 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 Summer 2014 course, please check in on May 5th 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 :-)  )

May 20: Book Lists will be posted, for Fall Semester courses, in the Classroom group. Please be patient until then and refrain from emailing us or asking questions about book lists :-) 

August 20 - September 1 Non-Degree Registration period (for fall 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 August 20th 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 fall 2014 course, please check in on August 20th 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

1. 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 March 30th.
2. Can I change advisors?
   Of course! If you would like to change advisor, please email applied.linguistics@umb.edu. Please include your UMS number in the request, and the reason you would like to change advisors.
3. Can I register without meeting my advisor?
   You will not be able to register without meeting your advisor
4. 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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As information becomes available, we will be posting information on how students can register for Summer and Fall Courses.

** UPDATE: MAY 2013 **

5/13/2013: Everyone who has received advising and signed-up with their advisor is now registered.  If you go into WISER you will see your courses for the fall.  If you do not see courses, it is because you have a hold!  Please remove your hold by 5/16 so you can be registered. Otherwise you will be registered when I come back from vacation and there will be late-registration fees :)  The most common type of hold is the EMC hold (emergency contact updates), although I did see some Immunization holds.

Registration letters seem to have gone out early this year :-)

If you are a matriculated student, you must have all received an email from the Registrar's office for Fall 2013 registration, and you might be eager to register, but you cannot yet because you probably have holds. You also have, most likely, not met with your advisor.

In this blog you will find out a bit more about the Fall (and Summer) 2013 advising timeline and when 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 forums where you can post a question, and we will do our best to answer :-)

• On-campus students go post your questions here: http://umasslinguistics.com/group/classroom/forum/topics/campus-fall-2013-registration-q-a
• Online students post your questions here:  http://umasslinguistics.com/group/classroom/forum/topics/online-fall-summer-2013-registration-q-a

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!  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, and you opt to apply for the immunization exemption, then you have to fill out the form every semester and mail it to Pat.Halon@umb.edu so that the immunization hold can be removed. The form can be found here: http://cdn.umb.edu/images/healthservices/Immunization_Form_Updated_May_31_2012.pdf

If you complete the immunization form, and provide proof of immunization, University Health Services will not bug you again! (until some specific immunization expires)

Note for new students (On-campus & Online):

Even though new students will not be registered right away (since you probably have not been admitted 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 would like to register for a 3rd course, please contact applied.linguistics@umb.edu for more information.

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.

SUMMER Online Courses

Elective courses

• APLING 669: Writing Theories (MAY 28 – AUGUST 22, KISS)
• APLING 633: Discourse Analysis (MAY 28-  JULY 11, CARHILL-POZA)

FALL Online courses

Core courses

• APLING 601: Linguistics  (TBA)
• APLING 605: Theories & Principles of Language Teaching (KISS)
• APLING 623: Sociolinguistics (BECKMAN-BRITO)

Concentration Courses

• APLING 612: Integrating Culture into the Curriculum (Foreign Language Pedagogy & English as a Foreign Language (KISS)
• APLING 614: Foundations of Bilingual Education (ESL/K-12 Licensure Track) (GOUNARI)

Elective Courses

• APLING 670: Testing in the ESL Classroom (MARTINEZ)
• APLING 673: Teaching Readings in the Bilingual/ESL Classroom (BARTOLOME)
• APLING 685: Internet in the Language Classroom (COMPTON)

FALL On-Campus Courses

Core Courses

• APLING 601: Linguistics (Th @ 7pm; MEYER)
• APLING 603: Cross-Cultural Perspectives  (W @ 7pm; LEISTYNA)
• APLING 605: Theories & Principles of Language Teaching (M @ 4pm; LEISTYNA)
• APLING 621: Psycholinguistics (Tu @ 4pm; ETIENNE)
• APLING 623: Sociolinguistics (Tu @ 7pm; MACEDO)
• APLING 698: Practicum (Licensure) (BY ARRG – CARHILL-POZA)
• APLING 698: Field Experience (non-licensure) (BY ARRG – CARHILL-POZA)

Concentration Courses

• APLING 611: Methods & Materials in Foreign Language Instruction (Foreign Language Pedagogy & English as a Foreign Language)   (M @7pm; ETIENNE)
• APLING 614: Foundations of Bilingual Education (ESL/K-12 Licensure Track) (Th @ 4 pm; GOUNARI)
• APLING 618: Methods & Approaches in ESL (ESL/K-12 Licensure Track) (Tu @ 4 pm; CARHILL-POZA)

TIMELINE:

April 1 – April 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, Beth) 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 April 10 (Wednesday), please email aplingonline@umb.edu and let us know :-)

April 16 – May 1st: 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 May 1st 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 May 2nd – May 10th will be a catch-up and correction week for registrations.

Student Checklist Item: On May10th, 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. 

May 10 - May 28th: Non-Degree Registration period (for summer 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 May 10th 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 Summer 2013 course, please check in on May 10th 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 :-)  )

May 10 - 20: Book Lists will be posted, for Summer Semester courses, in the Classroom group. Please be patient until then and refrain from emailing us about book lists :-)

August 15 - August 30th: Non-Degree Registration period (for fall 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 August 15th 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 Fall 2013 course, please check in on August 15th to see what courses are available. Once you submit registration paperwork, you should be registered within a few days.

July 20 - 23: Book Lists will be posted, for Fall Semester courses, in the Classroom group. Please be patient until then and refrain from emailing us about book lists :-)

FAQ

1. Who is my advisor?
   Advisors can be found on the Spring 2013 advising spreadsheet here: - TO BE POSTED SOON!
2. Can I change advisors?
   Of course! If you would like to change advisor, please email aplingonline@umb.edu. Please include your UMS number in the request, and the reason you would like to change advisors.
3. Can I register without meeting my advisor?
   You will not be able to register without meeting your advisor

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Advising is one of the important aspects of being in a Master of Arts program. Sometimes advising is quite quick because you know what you want, and you've done copious amounts of research into the courses that you want to take, and other times it's a bit longer because you are looking for that advice from your advisor.  Either way, an advisor is available for you as soon as you start in our program!

In the beginning, you are assigned an advisor by the program coordinators (me or Evy), but that doesn't mean that you need to stick with the same advisor throughout your course of studies!  Each of our professors has a different specialty, so you might decide you want to have another professor because your interests much more closely align to what the professor's interests are.  You can, at any time, switch advisors!  All you need to do is the following:

1.  Have a look at our faculty listing: http://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/appling/faculty

Even though their profiles are brief, these profiles give you a better idea of what the professor's interests are, what courses they teach, and what areas some of their scholarship is in.

2.  Pick a professor as a potential advisor.

The faculty listing lists more people than we have advisors.  Only some faculty do advising.  Here is who is an academic advisor:

• Carhill-Poza, Avary (avary.carhillpoza@umb.edu)
• Chun, Christian (christian.chun@umb.edu)
• Etienne, Corinne, (corinne.etienne@umb.edu)
• Gounari, Panayota (panagiota.gounari@umb.edu)
• Leider, Chris (christine.leider@umb.edu)
• Sclafani, Jennider (jennifer.sclafani@umb.edu)
• Urbanski, Kimberly (kimberly.urbanski@umb.edu)

You should contact one of these professors to see if they would be able to have you switch advisors and for them to be your advisor.  

3. Once you get the all-clear - please email me (aplingonline@umb.edu) to let me know that you will be switching advisors, and I can make a note of it :)

That's it! :)

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