Registration Advice for 1Y Scholars

This is the point of the term when you are all wondering what you will be taking next year and there are always rumors (some true) flying about, so I am going to try to answer some questions.

1. SCH 255 does not count for IS 201  This course counts as your fourth Interconnected course.  All students earning a BA from Wartburg are required to take a Natural Science IC course, a Social Science IC course, and a Humanities/Fine Arts IC course.  Finally, you are required to take a fourth IC course, either Social Science or Humanities/Fine Arts.  It is this last course that SCH 255 fulfills.
2. SCH 255 is offered Fall term and is taken either your second or third year at Wartburg, so plan carefully.
3. Scholars Senior Projects do not have to be done during your senior year.  If you are planning on studying abroad, it may make more sense for you to do this during your junior year.  Or, we had one student who studied abroad her Junior year and used that as an opportunity to do her research for her Senior Project.
4. Plan Ahead.  As a Scholar, you can do amazing things, but it can involve some planning.  When do you want to do your undergraduate research?  When do you want to study abroad?  When do you want to go to Wartburg West?  Do you want to apply for an amazing post-graduate fellowship and study at Oxford or Cambridge Universities?  What is getting in your way of doing all of these things?  Talk with your academic adviser about your ideas in addition to which courses you hope to get into next year.

Now, we are thinking about submitting a change to the program to create a Scholars version of IS 201, but we haven't submitted it yet and it has not been approved, so it wouldn't count for you.