Registration for FALL 2017 March

Schedule of the Registration period Registration Period: April 24th Add/Drop Period: September 4th – September 14th AUCA offices will be open for your convenience: Academic Advising (110); Registrar (110), Shared Service Center (224), Admission (G20) NOTE: REGISTRAR’S OFFICE WILL SEND YOU ADDITIONAL MESSAGE REGARDING CHANGE IN THE REGISTRATION SCHEDULE

Tuition Tuition for the Academic year 2016-2017 should be paid according to your personal payment schedule. Shared Services Center - Rm 244

Follow your Check-List Every Freshman student is given a Check-List by his/her (major) department at the Orientation Week. Please ask Office Managers for a Check-List in case you do not have it. Before each Registration period, follow your Check-List independently and see your Advisor if you have questions.

Number of Credits Regular credit load: 30 credits 3 additional credits will be given for free (33 credits in total) during Add/Drop period * *only if the student has 54 credits by FALL 2017 and the department submits the correct report to Registrar’s Office

Auditing 6 audit credits – not required but possible; on top of 3 additional credits; consult with your advisor first If you select a course and see available audit seats, it means you may audit the current class. If you can’t register for audit it means this course is not available for audit.

Pre-Requisites Check PRE-REQUISITES for each class. Pre-requisites are required classes to take before you can move on to another (more advanced) class. For example, you cannot take FYS 211, if you have not taken FYS 100. For Example: Psychology 101 is required before a student can take Psychology 250. If you Fail Psy 101, you cannot advance to Psy 250.

List of Classes for FALL 2017 The List of Classes will be posted on the AUCA website: Registrar page, ”FALL 2017 Registration.” FALL 2017 Registration information will be available on March 20, 2017.

First Year Seminar Student who failed FYS I (Received ‘F’ grade) must register for FYS I in Fall 2017. FYS I is offered ONLY in Fall semester. If you fail FYS II, you must retake it in Spring 2018. FYS II is offered ONLY in Spring semester. For fall 2012 students were preregistered for FYS and major classes.

Second Year Seminar Second Year Seminar (SYS) is a Liberal Arts based continuation of the First Year Seminar. SYS courses are interdisciplinary in nature yet focused enough to fulfill General Education requirements. For example: “Technology and Culture,” CODE: HUM/ART/SYS *The policy for how SYS and other General Education courses will be counted is under review and will be announced later this Spring semester.

Math Requirements According to the AUCA/BARD requirements, all students must take 12 credits (two semester-long courses) of MATH. Students from Applied Math, BA, ECO, EMSD (in LAS) and SFW should NOT take General Education math courses. Those majors will fulfil MATH requirements as part of their program requirements.

Math Requirements The General Education Department offers the following MATH courses that fulfill one of the Gen Ed Requirements: Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics I* Professor Musuralieva – language of instruction is English Professor Atamanov – language of instruction is Russian Introduction to Probability and Statistics Math for Life I Professor Musuralieva -language of instruction is English *Please pay attention to the language of instruction

Math Requirements First year students in ANTH, ES, IBL, ICP, JMC, LAS, PSY and SOC departments who want to transfer to BA, ECO AMI, or SFW should enroll in Introduction to Contemporary Mathematic I. To be eligible to transfer, students must receive a final grade of B+ or higher.

Math Students from PSY, SOC, JMC and VAFT departments should take Introduction to Probability and Statistics in Freshmen or Sophomore year. This will prepare students going into Junior year for a more advanced quantitative course. The Junior year quantitative course meets a math requirement.

Math Requirements Students from ANTH, ES, ICP, JMC and LAS departments who DO NOT intend to transfer to BA, ECO, AMI or SFW should take two of the following courses: a) Math for Life I; b) Introduction to Probability and Statistics; c) Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics I

Math Requirements REMINDER!!! Students from ECO, EMSD (in LAS), AMI and SFW should not take General Education MATH courses. They fulfill their requirement in this area as part of their program requirements.

Preregistration BA, ECO, SFW and AMI departments will NOT be preregistered for Math courses. Students will choose the classes themselves

Russian and Kyrgyz Students should take 6 credits of Kyrgyz Language Course and 6 credits of Russian Language Course.

Russian and Kyrgyz There are double counted courses: ART/RUS, ART/KYR, HIST/RUS, HIST/KYR, etc. If you see course with double code you can cover requirements for two courses. For example by taking course “Echo of The Past: Soviet Sci-Fi in Film” with code RUS/ART you can cover both Russian language requirement and Art requirement. (6 credits of Russian and 6 credits of Arts) Please pay attention to the level of language of offered course. The level will be indicated.

Foreign Languages Japanese (part I and II) are offered in FALL 2017. In Spring 2018 student continues taking part II of the selected language. German, French and Spanish (Part I) are offered in Fall 2016. In Spring 2017 student continues taking part II of the selected language. If the student would like to take an intermediate level course (as Part I), s/he must first take a test at European Studies department.

Languages If you are planning to take one of the above languages, you have to learn the selected language two semesters. The main idea: it is not academically useful to take only one semester of any languages. Students will not receive a credit for taking only one semester.

Languages At the end of the first semester of language study, students will receive a grade + 6 credits for the language course they have completed. If, however, the student does not continue with language course for the second semester, he/she will lose 6 credits and the grade for the first semester. The grade and 6 credits will be removed from the student’s transcript and the student will not be allowed to take an overload of 6 credits in a subsequent semester unless he/she pays for that overload.

ART Courses Take two courses of Arts – 12 credits (Except for IBL and BA majors) To get Bard certificate from BA and IBL – 12 credits of Art IBL students might have an opportunity to receive BARD diploma majoring in Human Rights. For detailed information please contact program head of IBL program.

Sport class Admits 2016 are expected to fulfill sport class requirement 400 hours: 100 hours per semester. This means student has to take sport class four semesters. There is zero credit load for sport class. Student can only take one sport class per one semester Please do not register for two or more courses just as a back plan and do not wait until the last days of Registration to drop the extra SPORT course BUT if student took sport class and got grade NON PASS s/he has to pay for the next sport ‘s class – the fee is $200

Sport class Students, who do any sport activities outside the university, and students, who have health issues and are not allowed to do sports, must sing up for SPORTS class ID 3558, abbreviation SPO-128.1 and must provide to General Education Division room 310 with the certificate and the load will be counted toward your degree. Medical and Sport not less than 3 certificates or 1 medical document (spravka) are accepted ONLY to SPORT course. Submission deadline: April 27, 2017. (General Education Program)

Individual courses for FALL 2017 Individual courses are offered for additional fee, upon the student’s request. Please write an application to the department chair Musical individual courses - 2 cr. 2 cr. load musical courses fee is $135 Examples of individual music classes: Singing Piano

History of Kyrgyzstan History of Kyrgyzstan should be taken during sophomore year only. Students will take the state exam at the end of sophomore year

‘Add/Drop period’ September 4th-September 14th First two weeks of the semester is a timeframe when students attend the classes and make decision to drop or add classes. In other words students can change their schedule by taking some classes instead of the previously registered or cancelled ones.

SPRING 2017 deadline for “W” grade is March 24th, 2017. The deadline for “W” grade is the 10th week of each semester: SPRING 2017 deadline for “W” grade is March 24th, 2017. Reasons for taking “W”: Your GPA is in Serious Danger (high risk to get an “F”) You’re Just Plain Overwhelmed Read extended explanation about this grade on the Webpage of the Registrar’s Office. If you really need to this grade, print the W form in advance, and get your professor’s signature. The link for the form: https://www.auca.kg/en/reg_forms/

New Advisor from Department A Department Advisor will be assigned to you. Please be responsible for your Online Registration. Please approach Academic Advising with any questions, avoid “word of mouth” Registration.

Additional Information, WARC What? One-on-one tutoring Areas of expertise? Writing Mathematics Economics Financial Accounting Where? Room 228 Hours? Monday – Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. To book an appointment: https://warc.auca.kg/app/

Additional Information, Counseling Counseling Services Rustam Ismailov, Psychologist Diana Pokhilko, Psychologist To set up a meeting write an email: cs@auca.kg https://www.auca.kg/en/psychologist/

Friendly Reminders Students should regularly check their AUCA e-mails to avoid missing important information: deadlines, changes, updated policies and other important announcements. Students should update their contact information to be regularly informed. Course Evaluation is available online and is required from all students. Please participate to help AUCA. Updated academic polices and regulation can be found online, at Registrar’s web page: http://www.auca.kg/en/registrar_rules/

Minor in Gender Studies Be a part of the first academic program in Gender Studies in Central Asia!

Over of Minor The Gender Studies minor provides a broad range of theories, concepts, and cases that will allow students to begin to understand the complex issues related to gender in society, how these differ across cultures, and provide students a background in Gender Studies as a discipline. Students have the option to choose from a large list of courses to complete their Minor, providing each student the opportunity to focus on particular elements of Gender Studies. Built into the Minor is the ability to do an Independent Study with a professor on a more specific gender topic. This Minor will be particularly useful and interesting to students who wish to work in the field of international development, continue their studies in an MA or PhD, or students who want to work on gender issues.

In order to gain the Gender Studies minor: A student must present GPA of 2.7 in his major A student may declare Gender Studies Minor after the first year of study A minimum of 42 credits are required to complete the minor All courses in the minor should have a letter grade of B or above No written or oral exams are required to pass

Two Mandatory Classes: One Core course of your choice Introduction to Gender Studies Sociology of Gender  Advanced Gender Theories History of Sexuality Power & Resistance

Four Elective Courses of Your choice Courses to choose from include: Human Sexuality Interpersonal Relations Gender, Kinship and Family Gender & Development (MA course) Women’s Voices in History Women & Medieval Arts What does it mean to be a Kelin? Sexualities & Masculinities Qualitative Methods Gender & Media (MA course) Independent Study Women in International Relations

Reasons to choose a Minor in Gender Studies Be a part of a ground-breaking program in Gender Studies, and be one of the first to study this topic within Central Asia As an interdisciplinary Minor, it allows you to explore a greater range of topics, methods, and ways of thinking than a standard minor The Minor is set up to encourage individual focuses, and provides each student the opportunity to deepen their knowledge on a particular topic of interest

LAS Concentration If you are a Liberal Arts & Science (LAS) Major, you can also do a Concentration in Gender Studies. Similar to the Minor in Gender Studies, the Concentration allows you deepen you knowledge on gender topics, exploring them in one of the most interdisciplinary programs at AUCA Differences between Minor and concentration – While doing a Gender Studies Minor provides an analytical background along with critical and practical sociological skills, a concentration allows students to further develop these skills and their content knowledge, as well as to gain deeper specialization in the field. The Concentration includes courses more classes than the Minor, however it allows students to gain additional knowledge in the field of Liberal Arts. This makes possible for students to enter a Master’s program in various liberal arts and social sciences fields; and gives them supplementary knowledge in the field of Gender Studies specifically, which allow developing higher level of criticality and understanding of everyday life.

Fall 2017 these courses will be offered: Sociology of Gender Introduction to Gender Studies Women in Medieval Art Gender & Media Human Sexuality Spring 2018 these courses will be offered: History of Sexualities Power & Resistance Gender & Development Interpersonal Relations

For Further information: For further information on this topic please contact Dr Frank G. Karioris at karioris_f@auca.kg He is excited to welcome the first cohort of Gender Studies Minors and Concentrations in the coming academic year!