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The BAS Bulletin

The newsletter for students admitted to the University of Iowa's

Bachelor of Applied Studies external degree program

Fall 2007

Volume 2, Number 3

It's Never Too Early to Think About Spring
Student Health "Not Permit" Block
BAS Success Story: Casy Heggen

Online Courses Available From Iowa State University
GIS Deadline: Fall Incompletes
Dates and Deadlines
Did You Know?
Let us know what you think
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It's Never Too Early to Think About Spring

Following are dates, deadlines and procedures that are important to be aware of as you prepare to enroll for the spring 2008 semester.

Spring 2008 session course offerings are available for viewing on ISIS. (They were posted October 8, 2007.)

Early registration for spring 2008 session courses begins November 26, 2007.

The Spring 2008 session begins January 22, 2008.

How to get ready:

Review your Degree Evaluation and Degree Progress Worksheet

Access your current Degree Evaluation online via ISIS > Student Records > Degree Evaluation (current) listed under Courses & Grades.
Contact your advisor if you don’t have your Degree Progress Worksheet and need another one.
Don’t remember who your advisor is? It’s listed on your Degree Evaluation and in ISIS > Student Records > Major & Advisor. Nancy Romine is the academic counselor for BAS students.

If you haven’t taken classes for 12 months or longer you’ll need to submit an Application for Re-entry form. There’s a $20 re-entry application fee.

Complete the online application and pay the re-entry fee by credit card.
If you’ve enrolled in another college or university since you last took University of Iowa courses, you must also have an official transcript sent to The University of Iowa Office of Admissions.
Deadline for Application for Re-entry is two weeks before classes open.

Review Spring 2008 session course offerings on the ISIS schedule of courses.

Courses became available for viewing on October 8, 2007.
For instructions on searching for courses using the ISIS Web site, including a video tutorial, see Find A Course.
Remember to review prerequisites, listed on the ISIS Course Detail page.
Need to know which UI departments are part of each Distribution Area? See listing at http://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/ccp/blsbas/distareas.htm
Pay attention to any courses that require special permission to register.

Contact your advisor to discuss your course selections for Spring 2008 session.

If this is your first enrollment in University of Iowa semester-based course work, your advisor will need to request your record be set-up for spring registration.
If you weren't registered in term-based UI courses in the fall semester, your advisor will need to request your record be set-up for spring registration.
Your advisor gives her approval by electronically authorizing you to register. (Alternately, she may give you a registration number you will have to enter when you register.)
Discuss courses requiring special permission with your advisor.

Clear any “not permit” blocks on your record. ISIS alerts you to such blocks and directs you to the appropriate office to resolve them. You may be blocked from registration due to:

overdue U-Bill
failure to provide health immunization records to Student Health (For additional details, please see article below.)
failure to provide required transcript to Admissions

Your pre-scheduled registration date and time will be listed on ISIS about mid-November. This is the earliest time you can register. You are allowed to register until the day before a course begins.

Remember, courses may fill-up or be cancelled due to low enrollment, so the earlier you register, the better!
We highly recommend you register at least 2 weeks prior to the course start date to allow time to order textbooks, take care of unforeseen registration problems, and allow time for automated computer processes to run.

Ready to enroll?

Log in to ISIS with your Hawk ID and password.
You must be authorized to register by your advisor. (see How to Get Ready above)
Follow the Registration link in the light gold navigation bar near the top of the page.
Select Power Registration to search for courses. An Add button will allow you to register for a course if it’s open.
Only use Rapid Registration if you know the exact course AND section you want and it’s open for registration.
You can switch back and forth between the 2 registration methods without being “unregistered.”
As you add courses, you will see your schedule being built at the top of the registration screen.
You will be assessed tuition for courses in which you have registered.
Questions? Follow the ISIS Help link or go directly to http://isis.uiowa.edu/isis/help/registration.page
Review (and/or print) your completed schedule. There are various paths for this including a link from the schedule automatically created as you register.
A handy review of your personal information, course schedule, Significant Deadline Dates, and more, is available via ISIS > Student Records > Enrollment Summary.

What if you change your mind?

You should confer with your advisor if you plan to change your registration.
Make sure you understand the financial and academic consequences of dropping or adding a course. Consult the Registrar’s Academic Deadlines. Highlights for spring session are also listed below.
Keep in mind there may also be consequences affecting your financial aid, health insurance, or progress toward your degree.

You can add or drop courses via ISIS through the day before a course starts. There is no fee to add or drop during this period and your tuition will be adjusted as appropriate.
After the course starts, you will no longer be able to drop or add yourself on ISIS.
You’ll need permission from the instructor, your advisor, and, depending on the date, the dean of the college offering the course in order to drop or add a course that’s already started.
To determine what permissions you need consult Course Deadlines Lookup.
Contact our office if you need assistance in determining who to contact for permissions.
Students with access to campus may take signed add/drop forms to Registrar’s Service Center, 17 Calvin Hall.
Students at a distance may request permissions by e-mail. Permissions should be forwarded to credit-programs-register@uiowa.edu.

Significant Deadline Dates for Spring 2008 session:

http://www.registrar.uiowa.edu/calendars/academic.aspx

Late Registration:

If you wait to register for anything until after the session begins, you will be charged a late registration fee:
$20 late registration fee January 22 through January 28, 2008
$60 late registration fee January 29 through February 4, 2008
$100 late registration fee February 5th on

Adding & Dropping (full-semester rules):

Drop means to terminate enrollment in one or more courses, but you remain enrolled in at least one other course, regardless of method of delivery.

The last day to add or drop a course without a $10 per course charge is February 4, 2008.
The last day to drop courses without a “W” on your permanent record is February 4, 2008.
The last day to drop individual courses in order to affect tuition and fee assessment is February 4, 2008. After this date you will be held to 100% tuition and fees for dropped course(s).
Last day to drop individual semester-length courses is April 7, 2008 (no refund).

Withdrawing Entire Registration:

Withdraw means to terminate enrollment in every course, even if you’re only enrolled in one course.

Last day for tuition and fee adjustment for withdrawal of entire spring session registration is February 15, 2008.

Withdrawal of entire spring registration 1/22 through 1/25, student held to 10% of tuition and fees.
Withdrawal of entire spring registration 1/28 through 2/1, student held to 25% of tuition and fees.
Withdrawal of entire spring registration 2/4 through 2/8, student held to 50%
of tuition and fees.
Withdrawal of entire spring registration 2/11 through 2/15, student held to 75% of tuition and fees.
Withdrawal of entire spring registration after 2/15/08, student held to 100%
of tuition and fees.

Last day to withdraw entire spring registration is April 21, 2008 (no refund).

How to Remove Student Health "Not Permit" Block

If you are a distance education student and have a “Not Permit” for “Student Health” reason, you will not be able to register on ISIS for spring classes.

In order to permanently remove the Student Health “Not Permit” block, contact:

Student Health Services: General Phone: 319-335-8370 or send email to student-health@uiowa.edu.

Provide proof of two MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) vaccinations. Most individuals have had to meet this requirement for primary school, so the easiest way to locate your records is to check with your physician's office, school system, or childhood records through your parents. If cannot find your records, you may have the MMR at Student Health. Please see MMR Frequently Asked Questions.

To temporarily remove the Student Health “Not Permit” block, contact:

The Center for Credit Programs (CCP): 800-272-6430/319-335-2852 or send e-mail to credit-programs@uiowa.edu.

An enrollment staff member at the CCP will contact the Student Health Center for you and your “Not Permit” will be removed only for the spring session. For the following summer and fall sessions, you will once again have to call the CCP and request that the “Not Permit” be removed. This process will have to be repeated for each session.

If you intend to register for on-campus courses, you must provide proof of two MMR vaccinations to Student Health Services.

BAS Success Story: Casy Heggen

Cassandrea (Casy) Heggen is one of two people who graduated this May from the Bachelor of Applied Studies (BAS) program. These are the first two people to graduate from this two-year-old program. Here, Casy tells about the path that led her to the BAS program.

After graduating from high school in Cedar Rapids in 1999, I went directly to college at Indian Hills to be a pilot. I completed all of the requirements as well as ratings and graduated with an AAS in Aviation Pilot Training. Just prior to graduation, I was wondering how I was going to pay for the next portion of my education, as I did not want to take out even more loans to obtain my Bachelor’s degree. And that is how I encountered the military. After doing some homework, I found the perfect fit for me in the Air National Guard. I enlisted in October, 2001, as a weather forecaster, in which I found myself gone for a full year of training.

In early 2003, I returned to Colorado where I had enlisted. I had lots of time to think about my future while on active duty and felt that being a pilot was not for me, but did not know what I really wanted to do. So I returned to the airline industry, where I already had a foot in the door, except this time as a flight attendant. I quickly climbed into a management position, while also attending school part-time at Metropolitan State College in Denver. My now husband received a job offer back in Iowa, where we were both from. We jumped on the opportunity to go back to our roots. This once again set back my degree, in which I was still studying aviation.

So back in Iowa, I was still working as a flight attendant, commuting to Atlanta where I was based. I knew that time was ticking away for my military benefits and wanted to obtain my degree from using them, after all that is why I joined. So I looked into the University of Iowa, and how I could most efficiently get a degree with all of the prior credits I have received, although they did not have an aviation program available for me to transfer into.

I initially found the BLS program and thought that was perfect until my advisor pointed out the BAS program. The difference was minimal, but a better fit for what I was looking for. I began by doing GIS courses, which I took with me on layovers all over the country, but felt that I did better in a classroom setting so I could finish them faster.

I ended up doing the 2006/2007 school year full-time mixing Saturday & Evening Program and daytime courses with GIS. I was able to graduate in May after taking maximum allowable credits both semesters as well as a winter course. I actually found out a couple of weeks prior to graduation that another student and I were the first to graduate with this degree. I was very fortunate to have the military as well as the university allow such flexibility.

Spring 2008 Online Courses Available From Iowa State University

More information, about the courses below may be found through Iowa State University, Continuing Education and Distance Education, Ames, IA 50011. Telephone: 515-294-6222.

Natural Science/Math

Agronomy 114--Principles of Agronomy
Astronomy and Astrophysics 102--North Star Astronomy
Astronomy and Astrophysics 103--Evening Star
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology 404--Biochemistry I
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology 405--Biochemistry II
Biology 155--Introduction to the Human Body
Horticulture 196F--Introduction to Horticulture

Professional Fields

Human Development and Family Studies 102--Individual and Family Life Development
Human Development and Family Studies 370--Communication in Family Development

Social Science

Anthropology 350 / 550--Primate Behavior
Criminal Justice 352--Punishment, Corrections and Society
Criminal Justice 403X--Criminal Offenders
Sociology 352--Punishment, Corrections and Society

For information on enrollment, cost and start date link to: http://www.lifelearner.iastate.edu/

Guided Independent Study Deadline: Fall 2007 Incompletes

Under the new guidelines, students who enrolled in Fall 2007 session GIS courses must have all assignments and exams completed and recorded by April 1, 2008 in order to avoid receiving a failing grade. Please see your course syllabus for additional information.

Dates and Deadlines

October 16	Undergraduate degree application deadline for December 2007 graduation.
November 5	Last date for undergraduates to drop individual semester-length courses for fall session.
November 26	Last date for undergraduates to withdraw entire registration of semester based courses for fall session. Winter Session 2007 and Spring Session 2008 early registration begins.
December 1	Last date to apply for Division of Continuing Education scholarship for spring session.
December 14	Last date to file second-grade-only option for fall session.
December 26	Start of winter 2007 session.
January 22	Start of spring 2008 session.
April 1	Deadline for all assignments and exams to be completed and recorded to resolve Fall 2007 GIS Incompletes.

For additional academic dates and deadlines please see: http://www.registrar.uiowa.edu/calendars/academic.aspx

Did You Know?

In order to validate your admission to the Bachelor of Applied Studies degree program, you need to complete a University of Iowa course within 12 months of your admission date. After this date, you'll need to reapply for admission, and pay the admission fee again. Please note: students admitted prior to fall 2007 had an 18 month timeframe.

You can look up your Hawk ID at https://login.uiowa.edu/uip/hawkid-lookup.page. If you've forgotten your password, or if it’s expired, you'll need to contact the ITS (Information Technology Services) Help Desk at 319-384-HELP or 4357 to have it reset. You may call our office toll-free at 800-272-6430, and select the transfer option to the ITS Help Desk. They will not reset passwords by e-mail.

For your protection, passwords expire every 6 months. If you set up the Self-Service Password Reset tool at http://hawkid.uiowa.edu/ you'll be able to reset your own password in the future, even if you forget it and University offices are closed!

A limited number of scholarships covering tuition for one academic credit course in the Division of Continuing Education (Saturday & Evening Classes, term-based Distance Education, or Guided Independent Study) are available. Priority is given to students in degree programs supported by course work offered through the Division of Continuing Education. In addition to degree objective, financial need and academic achievement are taken into account in awarding scholarships. Check out eligibility guidelines, application deadlines, and print out a form at: http://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/ccp/studserv/ss_scholarships.htm

BAS students who are also University of Iowa staff members may be eligible to apply for funding support from the Robert F. Ray Staff Scholarship offered through the Division of Continuing Education. Check out eligibility guidelines, application deadline, and print out a form at: http://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/ccp/stuserv/ss_scholarships.htm

Registered students in UI courses have full student privileges at The University of Iowa Libraries. Privileges include access to the Libraries' restricted databases and document-delivery and reference services. Check out the details at: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/disted/

Hundreds of non-credit professional development courses are available free to registered University of Iowa students via SkillSoft. Topics include software programs, management, human resources, financial planning, workplace safety and more.

Let us know what you think

The University of Iowa Bachelor of Applied Studies external degree program, approved by The Iowa Board of Regents in June 2005, continues to grow. In addition to individualized contact with each of you, we've created this newsletter as a tool to communicate with all students in the BAS program about topics of common concern. The Bulletin is issued in the fall, spring, and summer each academic year. Each edition will provide you with timely information and include articles we hope you'll find interesting. Please let us know what you would like to see included!

The Center for Credit Programs

Division of Continuing Education

The University of Iowa

116 International Center

Iowa City IA 52242

800-272-6430 or 319-335-2575

Nancy Romine, Academic Counselor
800-272-6430 or 319-335-2040
nancy-romine@uiowa.edu

Dian Gottlob, Program Director
800-272-6430 or 319-335-2035
dian-gottlob@uiowa.edu