Trumbull College
Dean’s Office
Trumbull College
TC Dean’s Office Open Monday – Friday, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm. To arrange a time to meet with me, talk to Jan Foery or call her on the phone 432-0722. You can also just stop by to see if I am available.
Freshman Counselor Applications are available at http://www.yale.edu/
ACADEMICS
Registration for Spring Term 2009:
Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors
Registration is Monday, January 12 in TC Dean’s Office. Failure to pick up your registration packet by 5:00 pm on January 12 incurs a fine of $50.
Pre-Medical Curricular Meetings: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday – January 13, 14 and 15, 3:30-4:45 pm, UCS, 55 Whitney Ave. (across from the Dunkin’ Donuts). What courses in the Yale College Programs of Study bulletin fulfill the requirements for admission to medical school? They will help you to select your premedical courses and to establish a plan to complete them depending upon when you wish to matriculate in medical school. Please note that these meetings do not substitute for those that you will also have with your faculty adviser. There will be ample time for questions.
Course Selection Reminders
A course schedule of fewer than 4 course credits and as many as 6 course credits requires my permission before the schedule is handed in. If this is your plan, see me before the deadline for your course schedule.
Class meeting times may not overlap by more than 15 minutes and require a conversation with me, compelling academic reasons for the overlap, and a petition to the Committee on Honors and Academic Standing.
A course schedule with a course in The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences that is also not listed in the blue book or in a professional school requires an additional form, which is available in the TC Dean’s Office and at www.yale.edu/sfas/registrar/
Distributional Requirement Reminders
Seniors
At the end of the senior year (after eight terms of enrollment), all skills requirements and all area requirements must be fulfilled: 2 course credits each in WR, QR, Hu, So, and Sc; and the foreign language distributional requirement. No courses completed on the CR/D/Fail basis may be used to fulfill the distributional requirements for the degree.
Juniors
At the end of the junior year (after six terms of enrollment), all skills requirements must be completed: Foreign Language, and 2 course credits each in WR and QR. No courses completed on the CR/D/Fail basis may be used to fulfill the distributional requirements
Sophomores
At the end of sophomore year (after 4 terms of enrollment), enrollment in at least one course credit in each disciplinary area (Hu, So, and Sc), and enrollment in at least once course credit in each skills category (WR, QR, and Foreign Language). No courses completed on the CR/D/Fail basis may be used to fulfill the distributional requirements for the degree although they may be used to fulfill the sophomore distributional requirement.
Freshmen
At the end of freshman year (after 2 terms of enrollment), enrollment for one course credit in two of the three required skills categories: QR, WR, and Foreign Language. No courses completed on the CR/D/Fail basis may be used to fulfill the distributional requirements for the degree although they may be used to fulfill the freshman distributional requirement.
Course Schedule Deadlines:
Class of 2012: Wednesday, January 21, 5:00 pm, TC Dean’s Office
Classes of 2010 and 2011: Thursday, January 22, 5:00 pm, TC Dean’s Office
Class of 2009: Friday, January 23, 5:00 pm, TC Dean’s Office
Independents Studies (Directed Reading, Directed Research, etc as listed by most departments): There are limits on the number that a student can enroll in during a given year and over four years. See YCPS (Blue Book) page 43, paragraph 4.
Residential College Seminars are listed at www.yale.edu/collegeseminar under Current Seminars or http://www.yale.edu/
Art Majors and Prospective Art Majors: Undergraduate Art Counseling Monday, January 12, 2009, 12:00-1:30 PM. Art Majors Must Register. All other students should attend if they have questions regarding art courses, or art counseling in general. Counseling will take place in the corridor of the School of Art, Green Hall, 1156 Chapel St. Undergraduate faculty representing various areas of undergrad art will be there to answer questions, etc. Classes Begin Tuesday, January 13 (art only). Questions to Nancy Keramas, Undergraduate Registrar, Room 122, 1156 Chapel Street at 432-2608 or nancy.keramas@yale.edu .
New Courses in English Department for spring term 2009:
"The Documentary Impulse: History and Truth in Literature" TTh 11:35-12:50 (ENGL117 sec. 1)
"Childhood and Books: Literature For and About Young People"--TTh 11:35-12:50 (ENGL117 sec. 2)
"Alternative Realities"--MW 9:00-10:15 (ENGL117 sec. 3)
"What is Religion?"--MW 2:30-3:45( ENGL117 sec. 4)
Full descriptions at
http://www.yale.edu/english/
SOPHOMORES
Informational Meeting about the Humanities majors on Tuesday, January 13, from 5:30-6:15 pm at the Whitney Humanities Center auditorium. Professor Virginia Jewiss will also speak about the summer Rome program.
SUMMER
Residential Counselor Positions in Yale Summer Session 2009: Summer residential counselor applications for Summer Session 2009 are available in the TC Dean’s Office. Eligible are current sophomores, juniors, seniors, and graduate students. The deadline for applications is Friday, February 6, handed in to the Yale Summer Session office, 55 Whitney Ave., Suite 430. Applications are available only in paper form, not on line. Questions to Mary-Ann Bergstrom, Yale Summer Session, 432-2430.
The 2009 Humanity in Action (HIA) summer fellowship programs. The HIA Fellowship brings together university students from the United States and Europe for a rigorous, interdisciplinary inquiry into human rights, diversity, and minority issues. Students participate in the five-week fellowship in one of six different countries: Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, or the United States. Upon completing the fellowship, Fellows join an active international network of young professionals and are eligible for internship opportunities at the United States Congress, European Parliament, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, and other civic and political institutions. HIA will select 56 matriculated sophomores, juniors, and seniors from American colleges and universities to participate in these five-week programs. Recent university graduates (May 2007 or later) are also eligible to apply.
HIA selects its Fellows on the basis of their demonstrated commitment to minority rights, evidence of leadership potential, and outstanding academic achievement. HIA website at www.humanitiesinaction.org for first hand testimonials from past Fellows. Full application materials at humanityinaction.org/apply/us. Questions to Nick Farrell, HIA American Program Director, (212) 828-6874 ext. 3.
Health Career Connection (HCC) summer internship for undergraduate students interested in healthcare careers to provide students with exposure, experience and support to choose and pursue careers in healthcare management, health policy, community health, health education and other public health careers. Online application at www.healthcareers.org. Frequently asked questions at http://www.healthcareers.org/
Summer Traveling Fellowships sponsored by Jonathan Edwards College.
Application form for the J.E. Fellowships is available in the JE Master's Office.
Deadline: Friday, January 30, 5:00 PM Applications due in JE Master's Office
Interviews: Friday and Saturday, February 20 and 21
FELLOWSHIPS for POSTGRADUATE STUDY IN THE UK
Seniors interested in any of these opportunities should consult Kate Dailinger, the UK Fellowships Adviser. An appointment can be scheduled by calling the Office of Fellowship Programs at 432-8685. For information on these and other opportunities, go to http://www.yale.edu/
January 21 (Noon): Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Fellowship supports graduate study at an accredited university in the U.S. or abroad, in any discipline, including law or medical school or graduate degree programs abroad where other funding options are limited. The Scholarship provides up to $50,000 per year for tuition and expenses for the length of the graduate degree program, up to six years. Graduating seniors and Yale College alumni from the preceding five classes with a GPA of 3.5 or above are eligible. Graduating seniors should be receiving Yale Scholarship Aid. Alumni should have received Yale Scholarship Aid while a student. The competition is not open to alumni who have already begun graduate study. Selection criteria include academic ability and achievement, unmet financial need, will to succeed, leadership and public service, critical thinking ability, and appreciation for or participation in the arts and humanities.
http://www.yale.edu/
Early February: Paul Mellon Fellowship for US and international students supports one to three years of graduate study in any discipline at Clare College, Cambridge. Not administered by OFP, but questions may be directed to Kate Dailinger or to the Berkeley College Master's Office (tel. 432-0500). http://www.yale.edu/berkeley/
For other useful resources, see the British Council's Scholarship Search (a searchable database by country of origin, subject area, and host institution): http://www.educationuk.org/