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Friday, October 23, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
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Enrollment rules change
By JENNIFER ROWLAND
Staff writer
For the first time, any student enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences who is enrolled in or plans to apply to a professional school may enroll this semester with an adviser.
Significantly from only the professional school. But Pam Houston, assistant to the dean of liberal arts and sciences, said yesterday that students enrolled in both the college and a professional school still would be required to have two deans' stamps. Pre-professional school students must have only a college dean's stamp.
Houston said the change would allow students to be better advised for their major but that the professional schools might be burdened by additional advising duties.
Students in the college can pick up enrollment material between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. today in the Kansas Union Ballroom. Beginning with this session, you can pick up enrollment material in the office of undergraduate records in 102 Strong Hall
Enrollment for the spring semester begins Oct. 30.
The college sent 14,000 letters last week to students, including juniors and seniors, outlining advising steps. The college does not require college seniors and seniors to have an adviser's signature.
Houston said juniors and seniors were encouraged to see an adviser.
Sophomores who have indicated interest in a professional school will receive advising informa-
Freshmen are assigned to a department in the college for advising, depending on the field of study.
Paul Rupp, Hays junior, said he would consult with his political science adviser, even though he wasn't required to do so.
Rick Ford, Wichita senior, said he preferred to be self-advised.
It's not fancy Timetable filled with data
"I know exactly what I need to take," he said
By MICHAEL HORAK
Staff writers
It's not uncommon to find listings for freshman English or a sophomore calculus class stuck between a pair of Lee bluejeans and a Honda Accord at the University of Iowa.
Staff writer
Iowa's timetable, which lists those classes, might be mistaken for a magazine by some KU students. Its cover is in color and many of its pages have full-page ads from the university's bookstore to the Army Reserve.
KU's timetable is considerably less flashy.
The color of its cover depends on the paper the university printer hs in surplus, but changes every semester. Class listings are printed on newsprint in the same computer type they are commiled on.
But Gary Thompson, director of student records, said that what's inside counts the most. He thinks KU's timetable is more descriptive and easier to read than most.
"It's a lot more traditional," Thompson said. "It's more friendly because you don't have to use a college catalog to get prerequisites."
KU's timetable lists the courses students must complete before they can enroll in certain classes. Thompson said that inclusion of that information, a rarity among college timetables, doubled the timetable's size.
The 30,500 spring timetables printed this fall cost KU about $17,000. Thompson said. Although KU doesn't charge for copies, three other Big Eight schools, the University of Oklahoma, the University of Colorado and Kansas State University, do. Copies at those schools cost between 50 cents and $1.
Thompson said there had been talk about charging for the timetable, but said few people supported the idea. "KU has a tradition not to nickel and dime its students," he said.
The office of student records compiles information for spring, summer and fall timetables. For each one, they send every department at KU a list of the courses it offered the previous year and asks what classes the department wants to continue. Thompson said. The information is returned to student records, where it is compiled in the office's computer. The modified schedules are sent back to departments for further revision.
Student records coordinators then find a room for each class and work at smoothing out scheduling conflicts.
By the time students pick up their spring timetables on Monday, the office of student records will already have begun to work on next fall's course offerings.
Preliminary class listings for that timetable were sent to YU departments today.
"It's a process that doesn't end," Thompson said.