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Summer 2013 Registration Information (including Drop deadlines and summer TOR exam dates)
05/14/2013 11:20 AM
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Dear students,
Please be advised of the following information pertaining to the summer 2013 semester:
· Summer Add/Drop Deadlines
· SRP, Thesis, Independent Study Registration
· Internship (Academic Credit or No-Credit) Registration
· Summer Tool of Research Exam
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SUMMER ADD/DROP DEADLINES
· Below are the add/drop dates for each standard 6 and 7 week summer course.
· Drop dates and refund schedule for non-standard courses (courses that do not meet according to a 6 or 7 week schedule and have a section
number starting with 'N,' e.g. skills institutes) are based on course dates and percentage of time attended.
· You will not be able to drop non-standard courses online after this week. Instead if you wish to drop a non-standard course after this week,
please fill out the registration request form found at http://www.american.edu/provost/registrar/pdf/upload/Request-for-Registration-Action.pdf and email it to
sis-skills@american.edu. · Effective fall 2012, graduate students must take all courses counting to fulfill degree requirements for the letter grade option (A-F), unless the
course is only offered P/F (e.g. thesis research, no-credit internships and most skills institutes).
SRP, THESIS, INDEPENDENT STUDY REGISTRATION
· SRPs, theses and independent studies must be registered via paper forms. Thesis/SRP/independent study registration instructions and forms are
available on the Graduate Advising website: www.american.edu/sis/gradadvising. Please make sure to include any required attachments with your
registration paperwork (for a thesis, submit a full thesis proposal; for an SRP or independent study, submit a one to two page description of the
project).
· The last day to register a SRP, thesis or independent study project for the summer 2013 semester is Friday, May 24. Students are required to
submit their completed registration materials (including any necessary approvals and attachments) to the Graduate Advising office by Thursday,
May 23 in order to allow time for processing. Incomplete paperwork will not be processed.
INTERNSHIP (academic credit or no-credit) REGISTRATION
· Internships (for academic credit or no-credit) are registered via paper forms. Registration forms and instructions are available on the Graduate
Advising website: www.american.edu/sis/gradadvising. Please make sure to include any required attachments when submitting your registration
paperwork. · SIS is offering a new online internship course (SIS-691-300) for students completing domestic internships for academic credit for summer 2013. For more information: http://www.american.edu/sis/gradadvising/internships.cfm
· The last day to register an internship (for academic credit or no-credit) for the summer 2013 semester is Friday, May 24. Students are required
to submit their completed internship registration materials (including any necessary approvals) to the Graduate Advising office by Thursday, May
23 in order to allow time for processing. Incomplete paperwork will not be processed.
· Internships being used to fulfill the MA Professional Development requirement (http://www.american.edu/sis/gradadvising/professional.cfm) must
be registered (either for academic credit or no-credit). SUMMER TOOL OF RESEARCH EXAM
· For students planning to fulfill the MA Tool of Research/Language requirement by taking the Tool of Research exam, the Center for Language
Exploration, Acquisition and Research will be offering only one exam period this summer: JUNE 17-21, 2013. For more information:
http://www.american.edu/cas/clear/index.cfm
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Registration for the June TOR exam opens Monday, June 3, 2013
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When you register for the Tool of Research exam, you will be told that you need to bring an “"Application for Certification in a Foreign
Language." The form is available outside of our office in SIS 250 and can be picked up any time before you take the exam. Please let us know if you have any questions.
Best,
To schedule an appointment or confirm walk-in hours , please call (202)-885-1690. Please visit the Graduate Advising website at :
www.american.edu/sis/gradadvising