In
consultation with your faculty advisors, you are
encouraged to select challenging courses that will expand
and enrich your educational experiences and help you
achieve your personal goals. WESMaps:
Your Guide to the Curriculum
The most efficient and effective means of developing
an academic plan is through WESMaps and the Electronic
Portfolio. During orientation, you are taught how to use
these two tools to develop a coherent program of study
and to register for courses online.
WESMaps is a Web-based view of the curriculum. This
system provides information about the courses offered
each semester. Each course entry includes a description,
class schedule, prerequisites, general education
designations, and the instructor's name. WESMaps is
organized to provide a multifaceted approach to the
curriculum that allows you to identify courses that have
interrelated themes across departments and programs.
Information about courses can be obtained by departments,
programs, or by the instructor's name.
WESMaps is the best means for you to identify those
courses whose content, assigned capabilities, general
expectations, and focus are of interest to you. Post the
courses that you identify in your Electronic Portfolio so
that your faculty advisor can assess them before meeting
with you to discuss your goals for the semester and
develop an academic plan.
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E-Portfolio:
It's All About You and Much More
As a Wesleyan student, you have your own personal
Electronic Portfolio (or E-Portfolio) on the Web. It
includes pages of academic information and plenty of
space for you to add files, documents, and additional
information. It also gives access to e-mail and provides
some other tools like a personal calendar. Because it's
Web-based, your E-Portfolio is available to you anywhere
in the world! From the Wesleyan University Home Page at
www.wesleyan.edu click on “Portfolio Sign-In ”
at the top right corner of the page. It will bring you to
the Switchboard. Type in your Wesleyan e-mail username
and password, and click “Enter Portfolio
”—you're in!
The E-Portfolio is central to the advising process at
Wesleyan. It was created to facilitate communication
between you and your advisor and to give advisors the
tools and information to most effectively advise you. It
also offers resources for you to find and explore your
own interests and skills so you can get the most out of
your time at Wesleyan. It is also the tool you will use
for accessing online registration and advisor
authorization when you are signing up for classes. Here
are some guidelines on how to use the E-Portfolio to get
the most out of your meetings with advisors and
everything that the Wesleyan curriculum has to offer.
Contact E-Portfolio support by e-mailing e-portfolio@wesleyan.edu
or calling 685-2352.
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Online
Registration: Here's How It Works
The online registration system consists of three
distinct periods: browsing, reservation, and advisor
authorization periods. The system is designed to provide
equal access to courses with limited enrollments. To
achieve this goal, the available seats for each class are
divided evenly among each registration session. The
system provides a real-time response so that reserved
seats are occupied immediately and are not available to
other students.
During browsing period, students explore the
curriculum on their own or with their faculty advisors on
the Web and create “shortcuts ” that mark
courses of interest. In the reservation period, students
build coherent course schedules during 45-minute online
sessions. During the advisor authorization period,
students and advisors review the course reservations
online and make adjustments. All remaining seats are
available, and students may add courses at this time.
Electronic authorization by the advisor is required to
complete the process. For a list of the important
registration dates, please go to: http://www.wesleyan.edu/registrar/registrationcalendar.html.
WESMaps and the Course Book list the faculty
preferences for limited enrollment courses. In some
courses, faculty give preference to certain class years
and majors by reserving a number of seats for them during
the registration period (indicated by a specific number).
Other class years may be excluded from the course
(indicated by an X). However, students in other class
years may still be allowed to enroll in the course, but
they may not have seats specifically reserved for them
(indicated by a “blank ”). In this case, any
reserved seats not taken will be available to those
students in the remaining registration periods. These
remaining seats will also be available to all eligible
students during the advisor authorization period.
You will be able to see how many spaces are reserved
for each class out of the total limit. However, students
often find that they are not able to get in to a class
during the online registration period. This does not mean
you have no chance of taking the class. As long as you
fit the requirements for the class, you may sign up for
the waiting list during the advisor authorization period.
It is often extremely helpful to contact the professor
quickly to let him/her know of your interest.
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Advisor
Authorization: You Cannot Complete Registration Without
It
Advisor authorization is the final step of the online
registration process, when your faculty advisor
finalizes your course reservations for the coming
semester. It ensures that you and your advisor have had
the chance to discuss your program of study and how it
relates to your educational goals. It is also an
opportunity to add a course that might not have had a
seat available during the course reservation period.
For all students except those studying abroad or on
leave, advisor authorization for the spring 2003 semester
occurs this fall from November 18 through December 5, and
advisor authorization for the fall 2003 semester will
take place in the spring, from April 14 through 24.
For new students and those returning from study abroad
and leaves, advisor authorization takes place on August
30 for fall 2002 semester courses and January 21 for
Spring 2003 semester courses. Students must schedule an
appointment with their advisor during the appropriate
times. Advisor authorization by designated
deadlines is a REQUIRED step of course registration.
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How
to Add or Drop Course(s): You Are Able to Reflect on Your
Course Schedule and Change It
After reflection and discussion with their faculty
advisors, some students change their schedule to register
for courses that have seats available. Many students find
during add/drop that course enrollment limits are more
flexible than they were at first. Once classes begin, you
will be able to add/drop courses during the first eight
days of classes. The add/drop period begins on Tuesday,
September 3, and ends on Thursday, September 12, for the
fall 2002 semester. It is divided into two periods, Red
and Black.
During the Red period, from September 3 –9, the
signature of the instructor is needed to add a course,
but not to drop it.
During the Black period, from September 10 –12,
the instructor's signature is needed to both add and drop
a course.
Faculty advisor signatures are required for all add
and drop transactions.
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Notification
of Course Enrollment
The Office of the Registrar will send each student a
record of the courses for which they registered. Each
student should review the courses. If the record that is
sent is not correct, it is imperative that you contact
your class dean immediately to initiate the paperwork to
correct the schedule.
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How
and When to Withdraw from a Course
You may decide to terminate your registration in a
course for any number of reasons, such as illness, family
emergency, or an inability to fulfill the requirements
for the course. To drop a course after the add/drop
period, complete an add/drop form and obtain the
signatures of the instructor for the course, your faculty
advisor, and your class dean. Students have the first 10
weeks of the semester to determine whether they need to
withdraw from a course. If you withdraw from a course,
you will receive a “W,” which will be recorded
on your transcript.
The withdrawal deadline for the fall semester is
Monday, November 11, 2002, and the spring semester
deadline is Monday, April 14, 2003. A student who has
compelling reasons to withdraw from a course after the
deadline may submit a petition to the Operational
Committee through his or her class dean.
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Degree Requirements
It is your responsibility as a student to apprise
yourself of the degree requirements of the
University. For students in the Class of '06 and all
other students entering Wesleyan in or after the fall of
2000, please see page 11. (Students who entered Wesleyan
prior to the fall of 2000 must refer to the requirements
in effect when they matriculated to Wesleyan. These
regulations can be found at http://www.wesleyan.edu/registrar/AR.htm.
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