UofSC Academic Advisors Weekly Update
August 16, 2021
Registration Exception Form
Sent on behalf of Elaine Belesky, Office of the Registrar

Effective Fall 2021, the online Registration Exception form is being replaced with the PDF version. All signatures will be required. The form is necessary after the last day of the free drop/add period for the specific course for students to add sections, to change credit hours, to change from credit to audit, or to change from audit to credit.
Reminder: Founding Documents Requirement
Sent on behalf of the University Advising Center
 
-The following courses are now all approved for the Founding Documents requirement:
·    AFAM 200 Freedom Papers: Principles of Race and Nation
·    HIST 111: United States History to 1865
·    HIST 201: American Founding Documents
·    POLI 201: American National Government
·    POLI 304: Contemporary Political Theory
·    POLI 450: Constitutional Law
·    POLI 451 Constitutional Law II: Civil Liberties
·    POLI 452: The Judicial Process
 
-The Founding Documents requirement is now listed in the Program Notes section of every major map. It is also listed on every undergraduate program in the bulletin with a link to the list of approved courses. 
 
- Any of the Founding Documents courses should also count somewhere in each student's program. The goal is for students to not have to take an additional course to fulfill it.
 
-Transfer coursework that is equivalent to one of the approved Founding Documents courses will also meet the requirement.
 
-AP/IB/Dual Enrollment courses will also count according to the Reach Act:
 A public institution of higher learning may exempt a student who has completed three semester credit hours, or their equivalent, in an Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate (IB), or dual-credit course with a passing grade in the subject of American government or American history, provided the completed three semester credit hours, or their equivalent, in an Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, or dual-credit course must satisfy the requirements of item (1).__
 
See also the REACH Act presentation from the February 2021 UAN meeting.

Please feel free to reach out to Jenn Tilford with questions: tilfordj@mailbox.sc.edu.
New Classes Added
New Classes are regularly added to the schedule. Please check this document to find new classes that may be of interest for your students.

  • CRN 14754, Section 2, TR 4:25-5:40 PM

View a complete class listing on the 'New Classes Added' document.
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