Are you Interested in Becoming An English Major?

This just in from the English Department:

Dear First and Second-Year Students, 

We'd like to invite you to a major party!    Or rather, an "explore the English Major Party" 

-- this coming Wednesday September 25th from 5:30-7:30 in Sulzberger Parlor on the Third floor of Barnard Hall.  

Would you like to learn more about the English Major?   

To learn more about the requirements, and how simple it is to double-major?   

To learn of future career possibilities (we are one of the great preparatory majors for both Law and Medicine).     

To meet the faculty and hear of their interests? 

To engage in a few speculative acts of literary or filmic interpretation?  

If so, come THIS WEDNESDAY from 5:30-7:30 pm in Sulzberger Parlor.    We'll provide pizza and snacks.   Please come!  

Academic Policies Workshop

 

Deadline: Tuesday, October 8 is the last day to drop a Fall 2024 class

Until October 10, you can drop a class from your Fall 2023 schedule.  The class will be completely removed from your record.  (Note that after October 8, and until November 14, you can still withdraw from a class and receive the mark of W.)  You must stay enrolled in a minimum of 12 credits. 

Dropping a class is a two-phase process.  Here is what to do: 

1.  Fill out this Slate form with a request to drop a specific class.  It will go to your adviser for their review 

2.  If the drop is approved, you will receive an email with special instructions on how to drop the class in Student Planning.

My professor said I got into their class off the waitlist, but it's after the registration deadline. I forgot to add my zero-credit discussion section and now Student Planning won't let me! What do I do???

Can't add something you totally have permission to join because it's the week after registration? In many cases you will need to petition the Committee on Programs and Academic Standing (CPAS), but in some more straightforward cases, you can submit the Online Add Form, which will allow you to upload confirmation emails from the instructor and your adviser.

When can I use the Add Form?

• Add a course (after the course registration deadline) for which you are waitlisted
• Add a discussion or recitation section
• Add a lab or zero-point course
• Add a PE or Dance course
• Add a short course that has not yet begun
• Change Sections of a course (eg. section 02 to section 01)
• Change levels (eg. French II to French I) 

In all other cases, consult with your class dean about petitioning

SAVE THE DATE for This Year's Majors Fair!

 

When/where/how to take your approved deferred exam from Spring 2024

Deferred exams for Spring 2024 classes

Deferred exams from Spring 2024 will be held on Friday, September 6th & Monday, September 9th, 2024.  The Barnard Registrar will be in touch with you to confirm the location & room details regarding your exam details the week before exams.

Friday, September 6th 9:00AM – 12:00PM - Room TBD

Friday, September 6th 1:00PM – 4:00PM - Room TBD

Monday, September 9th 9:00AM – 12:00PM - Room TBD

Monday, September 9th1:00PM – 4:00 PM - Room TBD

For most in-person deferred exams, we will follow a self-scheduled exam model. You will be contacted directly if your exam has a specific day and time. Otherwise, this model, followed by a number of peer institutions, allows students to select when to take their exams from among a number of blocked exam time periods. 

Spring 2024 deferred exams must be completed by Monday, September 9th, 2024.

For more information regarding Spring 2024 deferred exams, including location information, please check this page once classes begin.

Pro Tips:

• If you have an unavoidable conflict between a deferred exam and a current class, prioritize the exam and email your instructor, copying your class dean, to say you were advised to do this and ask how to catch up on missed content
• If you have a choice, plan to take your deferred exam at the earliest possible opportunity -- that will give you a Plan B option if anything goes awry.

FINAL INCOMPLETE DEADLINE for Spring 2024 classes is Tuesday, September 3, 2024

If you took an Incomplete in any of your Spring 2024 classes, be sure to turn in all remaining written work too both the instructor and registrar@barnard.edu (so that it can be time-stamped as on time) no later than Tuesday, September 3, 2024.

Once the instructor submits the new final grade, it will completely replace the temporary placeholder "I" grade, and your transcript will show no evidence of the former incomplete.

In between you submitting the work and the instructor entering the updated grade, you may see your grade temporarily changed to "WS" -- do not panic if you see this! It stands for "Work Submitted" and means you have done everything correctly and by the appropriate deadline.

If work is not submitted by the deadline, the instructor will be directed to enter the contingency grade, i.e. a final grade factoring in a zero for any missing work. The contingency grade will be preceded by an asterisk on the transcript (e.g. *B, *C-, *F). 

If you are experiencing extenuating circumstances and would like to discuss the possibility of petitioning to extend an incomplete, please contact your class dean.

DEADLINE ALERT: Change P/D/F election from spring 2024 by September 13, 9pm

As a reminder, per last semester's special p/d/f policy, you can make P/D/F changes to your spring 2024 course grades until 9:00 p.m. on Friday, September 13. Please note that these extended deadlines apply only to spring 2024 P/D/F elections. (You will not be able to modify your P/D/F elections for previous terms.)   All changes to your P/D/F elections can be made in SSOL. This includes: • Electing the P/D/F option for a class (either before or after the grade is posted) using the P/D/F selection tool in SSOL.   • If your instructor assigned a grade of C- or better, you will essentially be “covering” that grade with a grade of P on your transcript. Reminder that a C- is the minimum grade for a P; grades of D or F are unchanged by P/D/F status. • If a class does not have the P/D/F option in SSOL, you are still allowed to take it P/D/F,  just use this form to elect the P/D/F option.   • Removing / revoking the P/D/F option for a class (i.e. changing a previously elected p/d/f to normal letter grading) • If a grade has not yet been assigned, you will do this in the P/D/F selection tool in SSOL.  • If a grade has been assigned, you will do this by “Uncovering” the grade in SSOL. You can see the letter grade that you received by going to the P/D/F Grading tab in SSOL. • Special note: if you wish to uncover a grade of P and then use your P/D/F option for a different class: Be sure to start this process at least one day before the deadline: You will need to “uncover” the grade one day, and then go back to SSOL the following day to elect P/D/F in the other class.    After 24 hours have passed, we highly recommend that you verify on your Barnard unofficial transcript in Student Planning (selfservice.barnard.edu) that your spring 2024 grades appear as you intended.     If you have any questions or notice any discrepancies, please contact the Registrar’s Office immediately at registrar@barnard.edu.    If you need assistance deciding how to use your P/D/F options, please do not hesitate to be in touch with your adviser or class dean.