Registration Packet for First Term Seniors
Committee on Degrees in Social Studies
Fall, 2008
Welcome back for your senior year in Social Studies! We hope this semester will be happy and productive.
You should receive an email from your academic advisor by 12 noon on Friday, September 12th. If you have not heard from him or her by then, please call the Social Studies office at (617) 495-2163 to receive his or her contact information.
By 8 p.m. on the night before you first meet with your academic advisor for the year, or at a mutually agreed upon time, please email him or her with a short (1-2 page) advising essay, attached as a word document. Describe your academic interests and listing goals, questions, concerns, and other information your advisor should know in order to do a good job advising you. If you are new to your relationship with your advisor, offer details about yourself (your background, your interests, your work habits). If you have already worked with your advisor, provide him or her with an update, including information that she or he may not already have (your summer experiences, changes in your family situation).
Please read the attached material carefully. You are responsible for its contents. Not having read the material is not a valid excuse for not having information or knowing deadlines.
1. Concentration Handbook: Updated with curriculum changes for the classes of 2010 and 2011; includes an addendum of requirements for the class of 2009.
2. Advising Memo from Anya Bernstein
3. Senior Meeting and Requirements Memo
4. Senior Thesis Calendar, June 2009 Degree Candidates
5. Policy Regarding Late Theses
6. Senior “Unconc” form (due: October 15th, 2008)
7. Cross Registration for Concentration Credit
There will be a mandatory informational meeting about the senior year on
Thursday, September 18th at 3:30 p.m. in Hilles Cinema.