Hello Math and Data Science Majors,
I hope you are doing well and that your semester continues to go well. Priority Registration for the Spring 2024 semester continues, and I still have room in my schedule for appointments this week and next week. If you need help with choosing and enrolling in classes, please don't hesitate to schedule a meeting with me, and I would strongly recommend an appointment or drop-in meeting over an email.
Friday, November 3rd Drop-ins
On Friday, November 3rd, I will be hosting the Zoom drop-ins for the College, so I will have an limited ability to meet during drop-ins depending on how busy the drop-in session is overall. I will do my best to see you, but there is a chance that we will be interrupted.
Spring 2024 Pre-Session Classes
The Spring 2024 semester will have a three week Pre-Session from Tuesday, January 2nd to Friday, January 19th. The classes available in the Spring 2024 Pre-Session can be a fun, unique experience or a way to fulfill a general education requirement. Most of these courses will be taught in a fully online format or in a web conferencing format using Zoom. Here is a list of the general education courses available during the Spring 2024 Pre-Session:
ACE 1 - None
ACE 2 - COMM 210, COMM 215, TEAC 259
ACE 3 - MATH 203
ACE 4 - None
ACE 5 - CLAS 180, PHIL 232
ACE 6 - ECON 200, ECON 211, ECON 212, GERO 200, MUNM 333
ACE 7 - MUNM 333, MUSC 282
ACE 8 - ECON 200, TEAC 331
ACE 9 - ETHN/HIST 113, ETHN/TEAC 330, ETHN/HIST/WMNS 358, HIST/RELG 180, HIST 286, GEOG 140
ACE 10 - None
CDR Writing - None
CDR Humanities - CLAS 180, HIST 113, HIST/RELG 180, HIST 286, HIST 358, PHIL 232
CDR Social Sciences - COMM 210, COMM 215, GEOG 140
CDR Human Diversity - None
CDR Language - None
Even if a course is listed for two requirements, it can still only be used toward one ACE requirement or one CDR requirement. If you have questions about taking a Spring 2024 Pre-Session course, please don't hesitate to reach out to me.
CSCE 311 Course Time
The School of Computing has made a change to the CSCE 311 course time to allow students the opportunity to take both CSCE 311 and a Statistics course during the Spring 2024 semester. The School of Computing now plans to offer the CSCE 311 course on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 11:30-12:20 pm in Louise Pound Hall Room 105 and on Thursdays at 9:00-10:15 am in Avery Hall Room 347.
These updated meeting times should work with STAT 102 (TR 12:30-1:45 pm in Keim Hall Room 262), STAT 251 (TR 11:00-12:15 pm in Hardin Hall Room 142), STAT 318 (MWF 10:00-10:50 am in Hardin Hall Room 49), STAT 450 (TR 12:30-1:45 pm in Animal Science Room A128), and STAT 463 (TR 11:00-12:15 pm in Animal Science Room A130 & M at 12:30-1:20, 1:30-2:20, or 2:30-3:20 pm on city campus).
Priority Registration
Priority Registration times are assigned to students based on their current class level (actual earned hours). Within each class level, Priority Registration times are distributed randomly each term from earliest to latest. The priority class levels and registration dates are:
1. Seniors (89 credit hours or more) - NOW
2. Juniors (53-88 credit hours) - NOW
3. Sophomores (27-52 credit hours) - NOW to Thursday, November 2nd
4. Freshmen (0-26 credit hours) - Friday, November 3rd to Tuesday, November 7th (no weekend times)
If you have a hold on your MyRed account that prevents registration in classes, you will not be able to use your Priority Registration date and time. Information about holds can be found within the MyRed Message Center. If you have questions about a hold, please contact me or the office listed under the hold information. It is also important to be mindful of To Do items in your MyRed Message Center as sometimes these To Do items can turn into holds. If you are on Probation this semester, we must meet to discuss your academics in order for your Probation hold on enrolling in Spring 2024 semester classes to be removed.
Now is the time to start working on your course plan for the Spring 2024 semester, so please don't hesitate to schedule a meeting with me to discuss any questions you have about classes or degree requirements.
Best wishes, Doug
Fall 2023 Advising
I am taking in-person, Zoom, and phone meetings in 45-minute blocks from 8:30 am to 12:15 pm and 1:15 pm to 5:00 pm every weekday when I am not taking Zoom drop-in advising meetings. I am also take Zoom drop-in advising meetings on Wednesdays and Fridays at 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. Zoom drop-in meetings are being coordinated by the College of Arts and Sciences with a schedule and a link to the Zoom room available at https://cas.unl.edu/drop-in-advising-schedule.
You can schedule a meeting with me by using the Student Success Hub via this link, by calling the College of Arts and Sciences Academic and Career Advising Center at 402-472-4190, by calling me at 402-472-4319, or by emailing me at dpellatz@unl.edu. You can find instructions for how to access and schedule meetings in the Student Success Hub system here.
Math Department Events
The Math Department has many upcoming events that might be of interest to you along with a weekly (or almost weekly) colloquium series. A listing of all upcoming Math Department events can be found at https://events.unl.edu/math/upcoming/.
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