Selecting Classes

To assist you in making sure class times do not conflict, print out the time card and follow these points.

• A student may take only one course at a given time period.
• Some courses have separate laboratory, discussion, or recitation meetings. Be sure to include all the course meeting times when arranging your registration.
• Many courses open to new students are offered at two or more different time periods. Select one that best fits your schedule.
• Classes are filled on a first come basis. Unless you already expect to major in the field or in a field for which that course is a requirement.

Required Classes

Every first-year student needs to register for:

Note: Students in the Honors Program also register for the 1-credit colloquium, bringing their total first semester credits to 18.

CSEM 1

You should have already submitted your 5 College Seminar choices via CampusWeb. On or about July 1, 2009, you will be notified of your seminar placement. All seminars meet at the same time: M, F 12:00-12:50. You will be automatically registered in your College Seminar and in the related Common Hour section.

CWRTG 1

Once you have taken the writing self-placement assessment, select your writing section based on that outcome and your College Seminar assignment and this self placement guide. If you have a 4 or 5 on the Language and Literature AP, the score does not exempt you from College Writing 1, but will give you credit for one of the two required writing intensive courses after the first semester. Instructions for self-placement will come to you shortly by e-mail from Prof. Sandra Jamieson, the director of first-year writing.

DoNUT - Drew Network User Training

To maximize efficient use of the laptops in an academic, networked environment, all first-year students are required to participate in technology training workshops during the Fall semester.

You have two options on how to complete the training online or in person, If you wish to complete the on-line, self-paced version of the course, select section 001. Otherwise select one of the sections numbered 002-008 that fits your schedule. Successful completion of DoNUT will be credited through your Common Hour section. The ITS site contains a more detailed description of these courses. The first unit of DoNUT will be available on-line this summer, if you would like to begin training before you arrive on campus.

Select Three Additional Classes

In addition to the required courses you will need to select three 4 credit classes. Your course load for the Fall semester will total 17 credits, unless you are enrolled in the Baldwin Honors Program, when it should total 18 credits with the addition of the 1-credit First-Year Honors Colloquium.

When selecting your courses consider:

Choose Introductory and Intermediate Courses Only: First-year students may not enroll in upper-level courses (any course with a number 100 or above) with the exception of students who place in a language course at the advanced level.

Here is a special list of courses open to first-year students.

Potential major(s) or minor(s): Consult our Department Recommendations for Intended Majors and Minors to see what the department(s) that you are interested in recommend you take in your first year. If you are planning to major in a science, it is particularly important that you read these recommendations carefully and register appropriately.

General Education requirements: Drew’s general education program is designed to be spread through your four years. You should consider choosing courses that fill such requirements as breadth, quantitative or diversity that will also let you try out some fields you might be interested in exploring further. All courses that fill general education requirements will be listed with the appropriate area designation after them on the course list, so that you will know easily what requirements they fill. The designations are:

• [BNS] Breadth—Natural Science
• [BSS] Breadth – Social Science
• [BH] Breadth – Humanities
• [BA] Breadth – Arts
• [BI] Breadth—Interdisciplinary
• [Q] Quantitative
• [DUS] U.S. Diversity
• [DIT] International/Transnational Diversity
• [WI] Writing Intensive

A single course may fulfill two general education requirements except in the case of breadth where five different courses must be taken in the five categories. The ability to double-count courses in your general education can help you make space in your schedule, so plan carefully.

We strongly recommend that you review the full general education requirements.

Physical Education: Although work in physical education is not required for the degree, students are encouraged to enroll in courses and activities sponsored by the physical education department. With a few exceptions, physical education courses carry one academic credit each. No more than four credits from physical education courses may be counted in the 128 credits required for the B.A. degree.