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It's already time to start thinking about your Spring 2008 classes! As always, The Messenger brings you a special edition containing all of the information you, as an Honors Student, need to know about registering for Honors Classes!
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Spring 2008 Honors Classes and Seminars
Check the Honors website for up-to-the-minute (and frequently updated) lists of Honors Classes and the Honors Seminars including descriptions. This is where you should begin your course selection process! Below each course (in blue) is an indication of what Honors requirements that course fulfills. Take courses that interest you, and that help you fulfill major, college, and Honors Program requirements.
Remember that Honors courses and seminars fill up quickly because they are small. Make sure you select some back-up options in the event your first-choice honors courses and seminars happen to be full.
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Preparing to Register
Review the program requirements on the web:
http://honors.syr.edu/Curriculum/Introduction.htm
Also check the lists of approved presentation , collaborative , global , and interdisciplinary courses.
We strongly urge you to come into the Honors Office for advising before you register for Spring 2008. Our program checksheet clearly lays out the requirements, and we can help you understand exactly where you stand and what your next steps should be. Most first-year students should probably register for at least one honors course in the Spring, but we want to be sure you are making choices based on a solid understanding of what you have left to do.
One option to keep in mind for Spring 2008 is registering for one of our 1-credit 200-level seminars, HNR 210, Arts in Society ; HNR 220, Introduction to Political Culture and Practice; or HNR 230, Scientific Issues and Practice. These are engaging and valuable courses which, if you receive a "B" or higher, may be combined to count as one honors course. As of Spring 2007, all 200-level honors seminars are graded. You do not need to do any paperwork to receive a grade.
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Juniors Working on Capstone Projects
Capstone Project Proposals, signed by your Capstone Advisor, are due from all juniors on November 12. Here's where to find the form on the Honors website: http://honors.syr.edu/CapstoneProject/ProposalForm.pdf
By now, all of you should be working on your proposals.
Students studying abroad or in IR/DC: The best scenario is for you to submit a Capstone Proposal electronically by the November 12 deadline, and lots of students abroad or in Washington succeed in doing that. (Your advisor can send us approval via email - no need for actual signature since you're out of town.) That's particularly true if you want to pursue a project related to your study abroad or Washington experience - then you have a wonderful "laboratory" for research right before you! We urge you to do that if at all possible.
If your study abroad or Washington experience is not directly related to any of the possible topics you wish to pursue for your Capstone, however, we will allow you to submit your Proposal in the spring semester. If that's your situation, please email Eric Holzwarth (eholzwar@syr.edu) by Nov 12 asking for an extension until spring.
We will be offering a section of HNR 309, Junior Capstone/Thesis Planning Seminar, in the spring semester for those returning to campus. Students who want help getting started on their projects, but do not want to take HNR 309, can attend a planning session (to be announced) early in the spring semester on how to choose a topic and find an advisor.
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Seniors Completing Capstone Projects
Seniors completing their Honors Capstone Projects should pick up a Proposal for Independent Study Courses form from the Honors office, take it to your Capstone advisor and the two of you should fill out the form together, then get the signature of the Honors Deputy Director, Eric Holzwarth, on it. When you have gathered all the required signatures, the form goes to Steele Hall and the Registrar's Office will add XXX 499 (i.e., REL 499, TRF 499, PSC 499) to your schedule for next semester for three credits. This will show up on your transcript as Honors Capstone Project.
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Advising Reminder
You should follow the instructions regarding advising and registration that you will receive from your home school or college, from the Registrar, and from Honors.
Integrate your Honors requirements with your school or college requirements for your major(s). If you have questions about fulfilling your Honors requirements, make an appointment with Carolyn Ostrander, Steve Wright or Hanna Richardson by calling x2759 or by visiting the Honors suite in 306 Bowne Hall. You may make appointments at the front desk.
Please be aware that there are three student services on your MySlice menu:
View My Advisor
GPA Calculator
Advising Links
View my advisor should indicate who your advisor is and his/her location. The GPA Calculator will allow you to run hypothetical situations with your grades this semester. Advising Links gives you quick connections to University information that may be useful for advising.
Note: If you change your major, make sure you submit the appropriate paperwork through your deans' offices. When you change your major, we strongly encourage you to request the Honors faculty advisor in that major, because that advisor is experienced in matching the opportunities in your college with the opportunities available through Honors. If you have found another faculty member with whom you want to work, please request that person and then rely on the Honors faculty advisor for Honors questions and concerns as they arise. You will also want to talk with one of the Honors staff advisors about your short- and long-range academic plans: stop by the Honors office to make an appointment if you haven't already.
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Early Registration for Honors Students
If you are eligible, your "initial access time" will occur during the Early Registration period for honors students on the morning of Monday, November 12. Eligible students are those in good standing in the Honors Program.
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Overload Schedules
While it is occasionally necessary to take over 19 credits, it should be undertaken rarely, if ever. The added stress of additional credits will likely impact your grade point average and general well-being.
Honors students in good standing with a cumulative gpa of 3.6 or higher can be allowed to register for over 19 credits. This is intended to provide exceptional students the opportunity to take the number of credit hours they need for an appropriately challenging course load. Please do not abuse this privilege by signing up for more credits than you actually intend to use - you are taking space in classes from other students when you do so.
In some cases, a permission form in the Honors Program is required. See Carolyn Ostrander for more information.
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Overload Rate Exemption
Those honors students who have a 3.5 cumulative grade point average are allowed to take 20 credit hours or more in a given semester without being billed for the extra tuition charge, provided that you have no outstanding grades of "I" (Incomplete).
In some cases, a permission form in the Honors Program is required. See Carolyn Ostrander for more information.
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Know Your Own Class Standing
Be sure to note your Projected Class Level, which will be listed on the
"View My Academic Information" link on MySlice. Also note the class-standing requirements for some courses listed in the Time Schedule and obtain permissions accordingly. Many honors students have accumulated enough extra credit hours to have a class standing ahead of their actual year in school (i.e., many first-year students have sophomore standing, many second-year students have junior standing, etc.). Honors students will need to obtain permissions when their official class standing is different from that required for the course. Do this ahead of your "initial access time" for registration!
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Reminders for Students Without Declared Majors
Sophomores, if you have a Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) Award, the New York State Department of Education requires that you declare a formal major prior to the beginning of your junior year to be eligible for TAP. If you do not officially enroll in an approved program of study before the first day of classes of your junior year, you will lose your award for that semester. Junior year here is defined as the first semester after you have accrued 54 or more hours of credit toward a degree. For many honors students, that is the beginning of their fourth semester rather than the beginning of their fifth.
Juniors: Students with junior class standing who have not declared a formal major prior to registration for their second semester of their junior year will be blocked from registering. If you need help deciding on your major(s), come see Hanna, Carolyn or Steve.
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Remove All Holds
Make sure that you take care of any holds (advising, bursar, health, etc.) before your "initial access time." Otherwise, you will not be able to register.
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The Online Registration Process
Students are able to access registration information via a link in the student services pagelet in the MySlice portal. Through the "View My Academic Information" link you can view the following information:
Name
Semester
Career
Projected Level
Program/College
Plan Type
Plan (Major)
Sub-Plan
This page also has hyperlinks to the following:
View Holds
View Enrollment Appointment
Select Different Term
Registrar's Homepage
The above links will allow you to view any holds you may have, view the day and time of your enrollment appointment, view academic information for a different term, and visit the Registrar's homepage to access:
Registration instructions
A pre-plan your schedule worksheet
Advising statements from your home School/College
A PDF of the Spring 2008 printed Time Schedule of Classes
General information regarding registration at Syracuse University
Read and follow those instructions carefully, as well as any instructions you receive from your school or college. Note that your "initial access time" is not the only time you may register: it is the earliest time you may register. You may do so at any time following that as well.
If you have questions about your Honors registration status, please call Hanna Richardson at x2759.
If you have never registered online before, contact Carolyn Ostrander if you would like help understanding the web-based registration system. She can be reached at x2759.
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