Handbook for Enrollment Facilitators, Advisors, Transfer Specialists and Counselors: How to Register Students for the UNDERGRADUATE CENTER PROGRAM SPRING , 2010

Note:  this information was correct as of October, 2009.
   For updates, go to http://academics.triton.edu/uc/advising.html

Table of Contents
1.        Complete Schedule for SPRING, 2010 (includes January Interim)  . . . . . . . . . .	1
1. A.    Complete Schedule for SUMMER, 2010    (not yet available) . . . . .	1-A
2.        Detailed Explanations of: . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Online Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	2.1
International Travel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	2.2
3.        The Mission of the Undergraduate Center . . . . . . . . . .	3
4.        Faculty extensions, email addresses, etc.    . . . . . . . . .	4

 

1. Complete Schedule for SPRING, 2010 "At a Glance" HERE IS HOW THE PROGRAM LOOKS IN ITS ENTIRETY
Lines  1   through   6:     Interdisciplinary Learning Community classes which "stand alone." Each of the "stand alone" interdisciplinary classes in this section is meant to complement and enhance the other courses in the program, esp. the "trios" in the next table  below by offering a context and content from an associated discipline. The purpose of the "Stand Alones" is to complete or supplement readings, assignments, and other materials that are closely linked to related information from other classes. For example, if Ibsen's A Doll House  is viewed and studied for gender-related issues in the Ethics class,  and technical dramaturgical elements of the play are examined in the Theater class of the concurrent trio, the play may be studied later on for the subject of criminally deviant behavior in the stand-alone Social Problems class.  Students will already know the contexts, themes, the "plots" and "sub-plots", and a whole lot more before they even start to examine the deviant behavior. For details about how Undergraduate Center "stand alone" classes differ from "stand alone" courses with the same title offered through the "traditional" departments, see Part 3 below.
Course	Capacity	"Concurrent" With	Connected to
1.  HIS 192-370 UGC NET "Hist of Asia &  Pacific--2":  (Interim Class, Dec. 18 thru Jan. 19, 2010)	25
2.  PHL 103-370 UGC "Ethics": (Interim Class, Dec. 18 thru Jan. 19, 2010)	25
3.  SOC 131-070 UGC "Social Problems"	25
4. SOC 131-071 UGC "Social Problems"	25
5.   RHT 101-074 UGC NET , "Writing 1"	25
6.  PHL 103-097 "Ethics & Film-"	25

2. Detailed Explanations

2.1  On-line courses: On-line students can sign up through Triton's Website at the on-line registration page, or with an advisor. On-line students are encouraged to sign up for all courses in our online packages, but it depends on the course. They don't always have to.

A. The On-line classes are taken completely online. In some cases, a student may need only come on campus once-- to register, purchase books, etc. Other classes may require a student to come on-campus for a midterm and final, or not at all. A student will need to look at the individual course requirements; some of the course titles above are hot-links to those course requirement pages.

B The advisor should treat these on-line courses as they would any others, which is to tell the students to check the on-line course description page for details of particular course requirements.  There is nothing different in registering students for an Undergraduate Center on-line course than there would be for any other on-line course

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2.2  Courses  which support International Travel:
                       

HUM 296-071  UGC  "Travel in France":  (Spring Break class, Mar. 11-19, 2010) 

      For more details on our proposed trips  in 2009, see the "Study and Travel Program," on our department mainpage.

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3. The Mission of the Undergraduate Center:

The Undergraduate Center is a complex and multi-faceted “Learning Community,” in both the classic sense, and in the most ground-breaking uses of the phrase. Since 1975 the mission of the Undergraduate Center has been to offer interdisciplinary courses in Triton's classrooms and online. From 1994 to the present, we have also offered international educational tours with interdisciplinary components that are consistent with our mission. The materials and readings in one class are "connected" to readings and reflected in the materials of other Undergraduate Center classes. Some assignments, lectures, and exams apply to more than one class. The faculty collaborates, plans together, and co-ordinates syllabi. In some cases, a student may not need to sign up for more than one U.C. on-line course at the same time. The faculty encourages this, however, so that full advantage may be taken of the interdisciplinary components of each course. This enriches and deepens the educational process, and economizes time and efforts for those taking other associated interdisciplinary Undergraduate Center courses simultaneously or in later semesters. The courses are neither harder nor easier than courses taught in other departments, but they are taught with the following classic features of an interdisciplinary learning community:

    ●    Team teaching/guest lecturing,
    ●    Integrated Curriculum,
    ●    Extensive joint planning,
    ●    Common “Themes” or “Thematic Units” shared by more than one course
    ●    Joint use / sharing of assignments and evaluations across disciplinary boundaries.

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4. Faculty Offices, Emails,  Courses, Voicemails, and URLs