ATTENTION UNDERGRADUATE HISTORY MAJORS
TO: History Majors
FROM: Professor Bonnie Lynn-Sherow, Lead Undergraduate Advisor
DATE: 6 October, 2009
SUBJECT: Academic Advising and Enrollment Instructions for the spring 2010 semester.
Advising information will be sent out in this email, and it is available on the History Department's web site (http://www.k-state.edu/history/advising.html ). There will be no paper mailing of advising materials this semester!
Enrollment for the spring 2010 semester will begin on Wednesday October 21st and run through Friday, October 30, 2009. History majors are required to schedule an appointment with their Department of History advisor. The “advisor hold” on your iSIS account will not be lifted until you complete this appointment. The instructions below are provided to ensure your appointment is as productive as possible.
1. In order to ensure that the information on course availability and other options will be current, appointments with advisors may be scheduled no earlier than 48 hours prior to the time you will be allowed to enroll. Your enrollment time will be clearly displayed in the Student Center of iSIS. Courses for the spring semester and a current copy of your DARS report may also be viewed through your iSIS account
2. All advising appointments must be scheduled through the Department of History office. You may schedule your appointment in the History office, Eisenhower 208, or by phone at 785-532-6730. Advising appointments may not be scheduled via email.
3. Professors Zschoche and Maner are on sabbatical this semester. Students who were advised by these professors have been reassigned to other professors. The History Office will be able to tell you who your advisor will be this semester. You will be reassigned back to your original advisor after they have returned from sabbatical.
4. The courses available for the spring semester are now posted in iSIS. Using this listing, you should begin now to put together your anticipated class schedule in preparation for your appointment with your Department of History advisor.
5. Beginning this semester, the advising letter will only be sent out via the History Undergraduate Listserv. It is essential that you are on this listserv.
6. Additional advising resources, including the Advising Handbook, are available on the History Department’s Web site: http://www.k-state.edu/history/advising.html
Other forms at this site include the template for a B.S. and B.A. degree in the College of Arts & Sciences; the template for History majors, double-majors, and minors; a chart that explains the distribution requirements for 500-level History classes; and an explanation of the University General Education requirement.
ADVANCE PREPARATION IS ESSENTIAL FOR EFFECTIVE ADVISING
Do not arrive at your advising session empty handed. Use the forms in the Advising section of the History Web site to complete a draft schedule of classes for the upcoming semester(s) before meeting with your advisor. Ensure that the courses you wish to schedule are open and bring your draft schedule and the enclosed forms to your appointment.
Below you will find some important facts you should know about enrollment through iSIS:
1. Pre-requisites will be enforced by the iSIS system. If you do not have the pre-requisites for a course, you will not be able to enroll in it.
2. iSIS also incorporates a wait list feature. When a class closes, you may add your name to the wait list for that class. As spots open in the class, iSIS will automatically enroll the first person on the wait list.
3. iSIS does not generate any notice that a student has been moved from the wait list into the class. So, if you are on a wait list, you must periodically check your course schedule to see if you have been added to the class. If you have not been added to the class, iSIS will display your position on the list.
4. iSIS will not allow you to schedule more than 21 hours. If you are on the wait list for a class, those hours will be counted toward the 21-hour limit just as if you have already been added to the class.
5. iSIS will not allow you to enroll in two classes that meet at the same time (or overlap in meeting times). Again, if you are on the wait list for a class, iSIS will treat it the same as if you were in the class. You cannot be enrolled in a class and on the wait list for another class that meets at the same time.
6. iSIS will also not allow you to enroll in more than one section of a class, and this includes classes where you are waitlisted. You cannot, in other words, sign up for an open section of a class at the same time that you are on the wait list for a closed section of the same class.
If you have not already done so, you should to go to the iSIS website and explore the system. Also, be sure to check out the iSIS help information at http://www.k-state.edu/isishelp/ .
Advising queries are welcome anytime. Contact your Department of History advisor. If you do not know how to contact your advisor, phone the Department of History office at 785-532-6730. We look forward to seeing you soon.
Bonnie Lynn-Sherow
Lead Undergraduate Advisor
Associate Professor of History
maner@ksu.edu