Division of Undergraduate Studies
The Division of Undergraduate
Studies (DUS) is an academic unit
of Penn State-Behrend which offers
services relating to:
precollege testing and counsel
ing for entering freshmen;
enrollment and registration for
those students who wish to explore
several areas of study before selec
ting a specific major, and for those
students who encounter changes in
interest and career objectives and
seek enrollment in DUS on an in
terim basis;
professional advising and
referral services coordinated
through the services of the colleges
and faculty; and
an undergraduate academic in
formation center which provides
students and faculty with current
information on the many and varied
programs offered at Penn State-
Behrend and throughout the Univer
sity.
Career Counseling
Not sure what direction your
education is taking you? If you need
to sort out your educational and
career thoughts, see the Career
Development and Placement
Counselor in the Administration
Building.
The Career Information Center
provides current information on
several types of occupations and
their requirements. Mrs. Mary Beth
Peterson is also available to discuss
specific career problems and con
cerns with you. Don't wait too much
longer. Start thinking about your
future now.
Workshops on learning effective
personal-career decision making
skills are offered through the
academic year. Listed below - is the
1983-84 Career and Placement
Workshop schedule.
Career and Placement Workshops
1983-84
12:0012:50 p.m
116 Reed Student Union
Sept. 7 - How to Choose a Major
14 - Get to Know The Career
And Placement Office
21 - Cocurricular Activities
And Your Future Career
28- Matching Jobs To Majors
Oct. 5 - Getting Into Graduate
School
12 - Careers In Business - Ask
The Professionals
Responsibilities of An Advisee
You will derive more benefit from
contacts with your advisor and
avoid misunderstandings if you
know what you can and cannot ex
pect from your advisor and if you
know what is expected from you.
Carefully examine this list of
responsibilities. Any items which
are unclear should be discussed
with your advisor.
1. To be aware that final respon
sibility for selecting courses and
meeting degree requirements is
YOURS. The advisor can suggest,
recommend, and remind you of
rules and requirements, but you
have primary responsibility for
your education.
2. To obtain a copy of the
Checksheet for your college and
major from your advisor and to
keep it up to date as you fulfill your
requirements.
3. To use the counseling and in
formation resources of this college,
including: the Financial Aid,
Career Development, Placement
Offices, Division of Undergraduate
Studies Office, residence hall staff,
college representatives. etc.
The office of the Division of
Undergraduate Studies is located in
the Administration Building. You
should direct your questions and
concerns to Mr. Ernest Fryer, head
of DUS. Further information about
DUS is available in the Policies and
Rules for Students, 1983-84.
19 - How to Create A Resume
28 - How to Conduct A Local
Job Search
Nov. 2 - How To Conduct An Out-Of-
Town Job Search
9 - Preparing For Your First
Job Interview
16 - Career In Science - Ask
The Professionals
30 - How To Look For A Sum
mer Job
Dec. 7 - Career Development And
The Non-Traditional Student
Jan. 2S - How To Choose A Major
Feb. 1 - Get To Know The Career
And Placement Office
- Career in Engineering -
Ask The Professionals
15 - Matching Jobs To Majors
22 - How To Look For A Sum
mer Job
29 - Who Do Personnel Of
ficers Really Hire?
Mar. 7 - How To Create A Resume
14 - How To Conduct A Local
Job Search
21 - How To Conduct An Out-
Of-Town Job Search
28- Preparing For Your First
Job Interview
Apr. 11 - Dressing For A Successful
Job Interview
18 - Preparing For A Career
In Government
25 - The Job Hunters' Guide
To The Library
4. To take the initiative in seeing
your advisor, periodically or as
needed.
5. To provide your advisor with
enough information about yourself
to enable the advisor to discuss with
you your abilities, potential and
goals.
6. To inform your advisor of im
portant changes in your plans, or
circumstances which directly affect
your academic and educational
goals, e.g., your finances, job,
health, difficulty with a course, etc.
7. To remember that it is better to
see your advisor "too early" than
too late if you encounter some pro
blems.
8. To know what your advisor's of
fice hours are.
9. To be aware that if your
schedule conflicts with your ad
visor's office hours, and you need to
see him-her, you should contact the
advisor before or after the advisor's
classes, or write the advisor a note
requesting a reply or arranging a
telephone call.
10. To complete advanced
preregistration each semester dur-
Behrend College Library
U you are in search of reference
material, a quiet place to study, or a
good book to read, the Behrend Col
lege library, first floor RUB, is the
place to go. The library contains
53,000 volumes and 568 periodical
titles and provides a number of ser
vices and informational resources
for student use. These services in
clude a monograph collection, pam
phlets, audio-visual materials,
language lab, a photocopier, a
typewriter and group study room,
along with reference books,
periodicals and reserve books.
Students may check out books from
the library for a two-week period
with an ID. Fines are charged for
materials that are not returned pro-
Admissio
Most of the students enrolled at
Penn State-Behrend have already
had some contact with the Office of
Student Admissions and may for a
variety of reasons have some con
tact in the future. If a student should
have to interrupt his or her course
of study and subsequently should
wish to re-enroll, the student would
initiate the Readmission process
with the Office of Student Admis
sions. Students who have enrolled at
Penn State-Behrend with advanced
standing from other colleges may
also wish to check with the Office of
Student Admissions regarding their
transfer credit evaluations.
A SPECIAL NOTE FOR PROVI
SIONAL AND NON-DEGREE
STUDENTS
Provisional and non-degree
students who plan to move to degree
status are reminded that specific
procedures must be followed in
order to make the change. A provi
sional student seeking admission to
a baccalaureate, degree program
must complete a minimum of 18
baccalaureate credits with a
minimum grade point average of 2.0
(on a 4.0 scale) as a provisional stu
dent. These credits must all be
earned at this University. The appli
cant must also satisfy the entrance
requirements of the college of
enrollment.
Some colleges and-or. majors may
require a grade point average of
higher than 2.0. Provisional
students are urged to apply for
degree candidacy as soon as possi
ble after completing 18 credits.
ing the time scheduled to do so.
11. To use campus resources other
than your advisor to inform yourself
about courses you are taking.
Among these resources are: course
Syllabus, course description found
in DUS, Library, Baccalaureate
Catalog, teaching faculty, and other
students.
12. To know the academic rules of
this university, The University
Faculty Senate's academic rules
and regulations for students which
are described in the Policies and
Rules for Students distributed at the
Fall Orientation welcome session.
13. To make explicit the student's
responsibility for formally in
itiating changes in records with ap
propriate forms, signed by the
academic advisor, and turned in by
students to the Records Office.
14. To know how many semesters
of your degree program are offered
at Penn State-Behrend.
15. To know which of,the majors
at this university are closed, for
various reasons, to all students not
already In that major.
ns Office
Students will be dropped from pro
visional student status after com
pleting 27 credits if at that time the
student's grade point average is
less than 2.0. Students may not
register with provisional status
beyond 36 credits regardless of
grade point average.
An applicant for admission to an
associate degree program must
complete at least 9 credits of Penn
State course work with 2.0 average.
For further information please
contact the Office of Student Admis
sions on the second floor of the Ad
ministration Building.
Terms You Need To Know
PRE-REGISTRATION
Available to all students at
Behrend. Pre-registration is the op
portunity for students to reserve a
schedule of classes for the upcom
ing semester. Students are not
guaranteed the classes and section
no.'s they request when they pre
register since many classes have
limited enrollment. The student will
learn what courses he-she received
by picking up a print-out of classes
when it is available in the Records
Office. This print-out should be
checked carefully since it can
reflect different sections than the
student originally attempted to
schedule.
All Freshmen and Sophomore
level students should protect their
scheduling options by using the
alternate course selection card with
the pre-registration number 2 card.
Every student must still finalize his
her pre-registration by either atten
ding early registration or regular
registration. A student who falls to
finalize his-her pre-registration will
have the pre-registration in
validated.
REGISTRATION All students
must complete registration. Pre
registration DOES NOT complete
the registration process. A print-out
in hand does not mean you are done
with the registration process; it on
ly reflects the outcome of pre
registration.
A student may complete the
segistratinn process in two different
ways. EARLY REGISTRATION Is
conducted during final examination
week ONLY for students who pre
registered and will accept the pre
registration schedule as found on
their print-outs as their semester
schedule. Students may make
changes in their Early Registration
schedule only during the drop-add
period. A student must show a tui
tion receipt in order to Early
Register. However, if It hasn't been
received yet in the mail, a student
may sign a card which states that
tuition and fees have been paid.
dung a, or
book reviews, term papers, etc.,
and Inter-library than Service in
formation. The Inter-library Loan
Service, provided free of charge,
allows students to request books
and photocopies of articles in jour
nals not contained in the Behrend
library from the University Park
library, which houses a collection of
nearly two million volumes.
The library schedule is as
follows:
Mon.-Thurs. 9 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Saturday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday 2 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Quiet Study Area Sunday-Thurs.
, second floor 10 p.m. -1 a.m.
Vacation, summer, and exam
week hours will be posted on the
door.
REGULAR REGISTRATION is
conducted one working day prior to
the first day of classes. Every stu
dent not early registered must at
tend regular registration. Students
who pre-registered and did not ear
ly register must attend regular
registration or the pre-registration
schedule will be invalidated.
LATE REGISTRATION is held
for any student who did not early
register or attend Regular
Registration. Late Registration
must be completed during the first
ten days of the semester. A Late
Registration FEE WILL BE
CHARGED TO ALL STUDENTS.
ADD PERIOD A student may
add a course to his-her schedule
during the first ten calendar days of
the semester. A change of schedule
form must be filed in the Records
Office in order to add a course to a
schedule. A fee of six dollars is
charged for this process AFTER the
fifth day of the semester.
REGULAR DROP A student
may drop a course from his-her
schedule during the first twenty-one
calendar days of the semester.
Regular course drops do not appear
on the student's transcript. Fee: six
dollars after the fifth day of the
semester.
LATE DROP A student may
late drop a course from the 22nd
calendar day of the semester to the
last day of the tenth week. Senate
Policy 34-89 limits the number of
credits a student may drop. A late
drop is recorded on the student's
transcript. Fee: $8 for each late
drop filed.
HONORS AND AWARDS
CONVOCATION•
Those students who have con
tributed throughout the year to co
curricular activities or who have
achieved academic honors are
recognized at the Honors and
Awards Convocation held in the spr
ing. Faculty, staff, family, and
friends join together to honor the
award recipients.