How to Register for the Five College Mentored Language Program
Deadlines
- April 6: Review of applications begins: application instructions for students new to the program
- April 17: Last day of Pre-Registration
- April 18, 2009-September 10, 2009: Applications will continue to be reviewed as long as space is available.
- September 10, 2009: FINAL APPLICATION DEADLINE
- September 11, 2009: Final deadline for admitted and returning students to complete registration paperwork
Continuing Students -- Registration Paperwork Deadline is September 11, 2009
- Continuing students registering for Fall 2009 need to make an appointment to do registration paperwork. Continuing students do not need to submit a new application. E-mail fcsilp@hfa.umass.edu to arrange an appointment. Appointments are available:
- Weekdays between April 6-17 in the FCCSWL office (102 Bartlett Hall, UMass)
- Thursday, April 16 between 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM at Mount Holyoke
- Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke and Smith students must also complete an online Five College enrollment request through their home campus course registration system (ISIS, THE HUB, BANNER WEB, or Amherst Online Registration) and submit the signed instructor permission form to the home campus registrar/central records. Students will be provided with the instructor permission signature at the paperwork appointment.
- Advising Appointments: continuing students who want to discuss course options or plans for future language study or study abroad should request an advising appointment.
- Continuing students who are currently abroad should e-mail us during the pre-registration period in order to be put on the list for placement and registration at the beginning of the fall semester.
- Deadline for continuing students to complete registration paperwork is September 11, 2009. Some sections will fill up before this date, so do your paperwork early!
- Read the course information and schedules for the language in which you are interested:
Arabic (Modern Standard and Colloquial),
Hindi,
Pashto,
Persian,
Swahili,
Turkish,
Urdu,
Yoruba.
- Submit the online Mentored Language Program Application.
- Students with previous experience in the language will require a placement interview. The need for a placement will be determined after reviewing the submitted application. Students needing placements will be contacted to make appropriate arrangements.
- Arabic dialect / colloquial Arabic courses require only the application and a paperwork appointment (see below). Applicants for these courses do not need to attend a mentored orientation session.
- Attend one of the required orientation sessions.
- Mentored Orientation Sessions - Open Sessions
(no prior application or sign-up required)
Thursday, April 9, 2009, 4:30 PM
Amherst College Converse Hall Room 304
Wednesday, April 15, 2009, 4:30 PM
Amherst College Converse Hall Room 304
- Reserved Mentored Orientation Sessions: Students who submit an application may be eligible to attend a different orientation session. You will be informed of your options after we review your application.
- Advising Appointments: Students with questions about planning language study or about the appropriateness of specific courses should contact FCCSWL for an advising appointment: fcsilp@hfa.umass.edu
- Make a paperwork appointment with the FCCSWL office after the application has been approved and you have attended a required orientation session. Applicants will be e-mailed about the status of the application. In some cases, students may be able to complete the paperwork immediately following an orientation session.
- Five College Interchange Registration: Amherst, Hampshire, Mt. Holyoke and Smith College students must also complete an online Five College enrollment request through their home campus course registration system (ISIS, THE HUB, BANNER WEB, or Amherst Online Registration) and submit the signed instructor permission form to the home campus registrar/central records. The instructor permission signature will be provided at the paperwork appointment.
- UMass students: FCCSWL staff will enter the registration into SPIRE.
- The application deadline for the Mentored Language Program is September 10, 2009. The final deadline for admitted and returning students to complete registration paperwork is September 11, 2009. Apply early, some sections will fill up before this date.
- Direct questions or appointment requests to: fcsilp@hfa.umass.edu or call 413-545-3453. The Five College Center for the Study of World Languages is located at 102 Bartlett Hall on the UMass campus. Bartlett Hall is very close to the Haigis Mall bus stop. When you get off the bus, look to your left and you will see Herter Hall. Bartlett Hall is behind Herter Hall.
Five College Supervised Independent Language Program
Five College Mentored Language Courses
Language and International Opportunities Web
LangMedia: The Five College Foreign Language Media Archive
Five College International and Regional Studies
Five College Language Departments
Language Resources on the Web
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