Welcome to UNC SILS Dont Suffer in Silence

Welcome to UNC & SILS

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

Don’t Face an Identity Crisis! Online

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

What happens when I finish? • University Career Services

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

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) – Certificates (e. g. , Bioinformatics) – Study 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 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) – Fill in the blank (qualitative) • During the session – Instructor initiated – Student initiated