Hello Math Majors,
I hope that you are doing well, staying healthy, and succeeding in your classes. Next week is a shorter week with Fall Break meaning that there are no classes on Monday, October 18 and Tuesday, October 19. I will still be available for meetings on Monday and Tuesday of next week if you want to talk about the Spring 2022 semester or anything else.
Friday, October 15 is the deadline to change a course to the Pass/No Pass grading basis or back to the letter grade grading basis. While many majors and minors have restrictions on courses taken for a Pass/no Pass grade, there are still many reasons for taking a course on the Pass/No Pass grading basis. I would be glad to help if you have any questions about changing a course to the Pass/No Pass grading basis.
Registering for your next semester of classes is so important that I want to discuss it again this week.
Two additional things to review would be any Holds and To-Do Items listed on MyRed. Holds will prevent you from using your Priority Registration date if they are not resolved, and To-Do Items can turn into Holds if they are ignored. I would be happy to help if you have a Hold or a To-Do Item that you do not understand, and I know that there are times that this things can be confusing.
Let's discuss getting ready for Priority Registration for the Spring 2022 semester. Priority Registration is the time period every fall and spring semester where every student is given a specific time and date to enroll in classes for the next fall or spring semester. Registration dates or "appointments" are determined randomly by class level as outlined here. Registration dates are posted to MyRed, which happened on Monday, October 4th. At the same time that registration dates are posted, everyone is able to see tentative schedule of classes for the next fall or spring semester. Thus, you can now view a tentative schedule of classes for the Spring 2022 semester.
Since a class schedule is now available, you should have access to all of the tools and information that you need to plan out classes for the Spring 2022 semester. The Degree Audit and the Degree Planner should help you determine the requirements that you have left to complete your degree and which courses it would be best to take next. If you have questions or concerns about particular courses or course prerequisites, you can always review the information on the Undergraduate Catalog. Lastly, the Enrollment Scheduler will help you build a schedule based on the classes that you would like to take for the Spring 2022 semester.
The nice feature of these tools is that they all sync together in various ways. The Degree Audit feeds information into the Degree Planner to help you determine the requirements that you have and have not completed, and the Degree Planner feeds your planned future courses into the Degree Audit to confirm that you are meeting your remaining requirements. The Degree Planner also feeds your planned courses into the Enrollment Scheduler to help you start the process of planning courses for your next semester. Leveraging these programs and how they share information can make choosing and enrolling in classes much easier. The Undergraduate Catalog and our webpage about ACE Courses can also help you fill in any gaps in the information available through the Degree Audit, the Degree Planner, and the Enrollment Scheduler.
Still have questions? This is where I can help in a variety of ways. I can help you navigate the enrollment and degree progress tracking tools, and I can answer questions about courses and policies. I also provide advice about which classes to take depending on your interests and goals.
Please don't hesitate to schedule a meeting with me or to visit me for a virtual drop-in meeting.
Best wishes, Doug
Math Club: LaTeX Workshop Troubles
Last Wednesday, October 6, the Math Club attempted to host a hybrid in-person/online LaTeX workshop event. Unfortunately, the Zoom platform for the workshop refused to work to stream or record the event. Every effort will be made to make sure that the hybrid event availability is work for the next Math Club event. Dr. Tefjol Pllaha would be happy discuss the LaTeX document creation platform with interested students who were unable to attend the workshop due to the online platform not working.
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