LSA Undergraduate Student Services
Reference Manual

Chapter 4 - Student Resources

University

  • Financial Aid
  • Office of Financial Aid (OFA)
  • Main Office & Mailing Address:
  • 2011 Student Activities Building
  • Ann Arbor, MI 4809-1316

  • North Campus Office:
  • 1212 Pierpont Commons

  • E-mail: financial.aid@umich.edu
  • Phone: 734.763.6600
  • www.finaid.umich.edu

  • The Office of Financial Aid (OFA) administers financial aid programs, and assists students with budgeting. Most aid is awarded on the basis of financial need. Students are encouraged to take advantage of financial counseling services even if they are not receiving financial aid. Emergency and/or short-term loans are available to students for educationally related expenses.

  • Undergraduates are considered for grants, scholarships, loans and work-study employment. Most scholarships for entering undergraduates are awarded through the admissions process.

  • Students must apply for financial aid each year that they wish to receive it. To apply:
    1. All students must submit to the federal processor a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) available from OFA, high school guidance counselors, by calling 1-800-4-FEDAID, or on the web: www.fafsa.ed.gov/.
    2. Continuing UM students must also submit signed copies of their and their parent(s)' federal income tax returns (1040) directly to OFA. OFA will notify students who previously applied for aid of complete application instructions each January.
    3. Entering students may be asked to submit tax returns and/or other documentation after submitting their FAFSAs.


  • SOURCE: LSA Bulletin, Chapter VII: Admissions and General Information, Financial Assistance www.lsa.umich.edu/saa/publications/bulletin/chapter7/geninfo.html#assist
  • Other Resources From OFA
  • The OFA web site (www.finaid.umich.edu) is a valuable source of information on:
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  • University Libraries
  • The University Library system is an invaluable resource for undergraduate students at Michigan. In addition to such independent libraries as Law or Business Administration, the University has 28 branch libraries. Information about the UM libraries can be found at www.lib.umich.edu/.

  • To learn more about the libraries, orientation programs and tours are available at the beginning of the fall term. A printed do-it-yourself walking tour of the Grad Library is also available. Study carrels, copying machines and microform readers are located in the Grad Library as well as specially equipped study carrels for handicapped students.
  • Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library
  • The Graduate Library, the largest unit in the University Library System, offers many different types of materials (books, periodicals, microfilms, documents, maps, etc.) and is primarily a research collection. The Public Catalog, a catalog of all publications in the Graduate Library and divisional libraries and selected catalog records for other campus libraries not part of the library system, is located on the second floor of the Grad Library’s North Bldg. The stacks of the Grad Library are open for browsing.

  • Information about the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library can be found at www.lib.umich.edu/grad/.
  • Shapiro Undergraduate Library
  • The Shapiro Undergraduate Library contains a large collection of books, periodicals, and other materials. There are course reserve books, reference services to help students with research, and the Sight and Sound Center that has recordings, cassettes and videotapes. There are special study rooms for the blind and visually impaired. Instruction in library use, computerized bibliographic database searches and other specialized services and facilities are also available.

  • Information about the Shapiro Undergradaute Library can be found at www.lib.umich.edu/ugl/

  • SOURCE: LSA Undergraduate Student Services Support
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  • International Students
  • Resources of Information
  • There are a variety of web sites with valuable information for International Students:

  • International Center's Information for International Students web site (www.umich.edu/%7Eicenter/intlstudents/index.html) includes:
  • English Language Institute web site (www.lsa.umich.edu/eli/) includes:
  • LSA web site for international undergraduate students (www.lsa.umich.edu/saa/international) which includes:
  • LSA International Student Handbook (www.lsa.umich.edu/saa/international/handbook/) includes information on:
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  • Internships
  • Common Questions about Internship Credit
  • Is My Internship Related to an Academic Discipline? How do I find an Internship in the first place?
  • Think about the kind of work you will be doing and consider the LSA department that seems most appropriate. You should know that some departments have policies that allow only concentrators in that discipline to receive credit for outside work experience. Also, be honest with yourself about the academic potential of the internship. It may be a great learning opportunity and provide valuable career preparation, but in what specific ways does it merit LS&A credit?

  • Do I Have a Coherent Proposal to Discuss with a Faculty Member?
  • Since individual arrangements are time consuming for faculty, understand that they may not be willing to sponsor your efforts. Do some preparation. What is the academic focus of your proposal? What reading might supplement the internship? What written work would best allow you to integrate hands-on experience with academic study? Don't expect the faculty member to answer these questions for you. Take the initiative and try to sell your idea.

  • How Do I Find a Faculty Sponsor?
  • This will be your biggest challenge. Your best choice is to approach an instructor you know, preferably one for whom you've done good work. Whether you know the faculty member or not, be sure your proposal relates to that instructor's academic specialization. Remember, no matter how great your preparation, you may not find someone to sponsor you for academic credit. If the instructor does agree to work with you, together you will discuss the reading and writing you must do along with the number of credits you will receive.

  • How do I Register for My Internship?
  • If you are able to make arrangements through one of the existing courses, you just register for that course. If you have made arrangements with a faculty member, you should see if the department has a directed studies or independent studies number that would be appropriate. If you have a faculty sponsor and yet the two of you do not have an appropriate number in the department, you may request credit through the College Board of Study. To do that you should begin by seeing an advisor in the LS&A Academic Advising Center, 1255 Angell Hall. You will need to submit a proposal to this faculty board which will outline what you are doing, how it will be assessed and who will be your sponsor. The Board of Study only handles student internship issues that an academic department cannot handle, and will never allow a student to register for internship work without faculty sponsorship.

  • SOURCE: The LSA Academic Advising Center's How To website at www.lsa.umich.edu/saa/information/how_to/internship.html
  • Internship Resources
  • There is a wide variety of resources for internships for students at UM.

  • LSA Internship Information
  • www.lsa.umich.edu/saa/opportunities/internship.html
  • University of Michigan International Center
  • 603 East Madison (764-9310) or North Campus: Pierpont Commons (936-4180)
  • www.umich.edu/~icenter
  • I) Study Abroad Internships
  • The majority of overseas internship programs are sponsored by universities. For undergraduates these are the among the most easily available options. Advantages of these include credit, applicability of financial aid, and a wide variety of subjects and locations available. Disadvantages are cost and sometimes unpredictability of placement. For undergraduates, U-M's Office of International Programs (G 513 Michigan Union, Tel.: 764-4311) sponsors credit-granting internships in England and Australia. Hundreds of internships are available through other universities.

  • II) Internship Exchange / Work Permit Programs.
  • A few reciprocal exchange programs offer paying internships in applied fields.

  • III) Internship Placement Programs.
  • The International Cooperative Education Program is one of the few paid internship programs available to liberal arts majors and also offers placements in engineering, business and other fields. Knowledge of a foreign language usually required (i.e. German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese, Chinese) ICEP gives interviews at U-Michigan in November and February. To apply, contact Bill Nolting at the International Center.

  • Internships International, the Center for Interim Programs, and others offer low-cost placements into unpaid internships. See the International Center handout Short Term Paid Work Abroad for details on all these programs.

  • Career Planning &Placement
  • 3200 Student Activities Building
  • 764-7460
  • www.cpp.umich.edu/cpp/students/interns/newinternp2.html

  • FORUM
  • CP&P offers the opportunity to connect with employment information and potential job and internship leads through FORUM, a state-of-the-art, internet-based recruitment and communication system. Not only will students have the ability to participate in recruitment activities that take place on campus, they will also have access to a wealth of information that will provide them with additional leads, employment information and resources that will be an asset in their job or internship search.

  • Once registered, students have 24-hour access to local and nationwide internships targeting UM students and receive regular e-mail messages to help them "stay on track" with their search. They will also be invited to attend internship related programs and events offered by CP&P.

  • CP&P also lists Internship and Experiential Learning Resources, including:

  • Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning
  • www.umich.edu/~mserve

  • Overseas Opportunities Office
  • www.umich.edu/~icenter/overseas
  • The Overseas Opportunities Office is an information resource center within the University of Michigan's International Center, which providesinformation about options for study, work, and travel abroad.

  • Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program
  • www.umich.edu/~urop
  • UROP creates research partnerships between first and second year students and University of Michigan faculty.

  • IAESTE
  • www.umich.edu/~iaeste
  • Founded in 1948, IAESTE - the International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience, is an international network that coordinates on-the-job training for students in the fields of Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Natural/Physical Sciences, Architecture and Agricultural Science. Since 1950, IAESTE United States has linked thousands of America's brightest students with progressive employers in over 60 member countries.

  • Department of Communication Studies Undergraduate Internship Listing
  • www.lsa.umich.edu/comm/Internships/Internlistings/print.htm

  • Scandinavian Studies
  • www.lsa.umich.edu/german/scand-intern.html
  • Summer Internships in Sweden: With two years of Swedish, University of Michigan students can go to Sweden for eight weeks to participate in Summer Internships, and get university credit by taking a 3 credit course during the semester after the internship. The course also counts for the new Minor in Scandinavian Studies.

  • German Studies
  • www.lsa.umich.edu/german/gs-ug-abroad.html
  • Germanic Languages offers its students help in finding internships in German-speaking countries. We attempt to find jobs that match students' abilities, interests, and career choices, ranging from auto companies to biotech firms to law offices and an art auction house. Most internships are three-month, paid summer positions.

  • Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
  • www.spp.umich.edu/careers/career%20links/internships.html
  • Internship Listings in the areas of General Internships, Arts / Cultural, Community Development, Environment / Science, Federal Government, International, Non-Profit, Political - Conservative, Political - Liberal, Research / Think Tank, and State/Local.

  • HCBU - Historically Black Colleges and Universities
  • www.sph.umich.edu/pfps/hbcuund.html
  • To help bring the rewards and challenges of international population to HBCU undergraduates, the University of Michigan Population Fellows Programs now provide paid summer internships to qualified junior- and senior-level HBCU students. The internships are offered in U.S.-based organizations that work on population, family planning, reproductive health, and population-environment issues of the developing world. The aim is to provide a mentored, professional learning experience that can help pave the way for students to apply for a graduate internship and ultimately a Population or Population-Environment Fellowship, should they decide to pursue a career in the field.

  • TCU - Tribal Colleges and Universities
  • www.sph.umich.edu/pfps/TCUund.html
  • To help bring the rewards and challenges of working on international family planning, reproductive health, and population-environment issues to TCU undergraduates, the University of Michigan Population Fellows Programs now provide paid summer internships to qualified undergraduate students at TCUs.

  • Some resources outside of UM include:
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  • Student Rights and Responsibilities
  • The University of Michigan--Ann Arbor (the University) is dedicated to supporting and maintaining a scholarly community. As its central purpose, this community promotes intellectual inquiry through vigorous discourse. Values which undergird this purpose include civility, dignity, diversity, education, equality, freedom, honesty, and safety.

  • When students choose to accept admission to the University, they accept the rights and Responsibilities of membership in the University's academic and social community. As members of the University community, students are expected to uphold its previously stated values by maintaining a high standard of conduct. Because the University establishes high standards for membership, its standards of conduct, while falling within the limits of the law, may exceed federal, state, or local requirements.

  • Within the University, entities (such as schools and colleges, campus, professional, and student organizations) have developed policies that outline standards of conduct governing their constituents and that sometimes provide procedures for sanctioning violations of those standards. This Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities (the Statement) does not replace those standards; nor does it constrain the procedures or sanctions provided by those policies. This Statement describes possible behaviors which are inconsistent with the values of the University community; it outlines procedures to respond to such behaviors; and it suggests possible sanctions which are intended to educate and to safeguard members of the University community.


  • SOURCE: Office of Student Conflict Resolution, The University Of Michigan's Ann Arbor Campus Code Of Student Conduct www.umich.edu/~oscr/20010701SRR.html
  • Academic Conduct
  • LSA sees a mutual responsibility on the part of the student and instructor to be clear on the community's values for scholarship. An instructor has the responsibility to clearly define academic dishonesty and to help his or her students understand what uses may be made of the work of others and under what conditions. A student is responsible for becoming familiar with the Code of Academic Conduct and for discovering the sort of conduct which will be viewed as an attack upon the community's values.

  • Questions regarding alleged academic misconduct should be addressed to the LS&A Assistant Dean of Student Academic Affairs, G411 Mason Hall. Procedures to be followed in judiciary hearings are detailed in the "Academic Judiciary Manual of Procedures," available in G411 Mason Hall.
  • Academic Integrity in LSA
  • The undergraduate academic community, like all communities, functions best when its members treat one another with honesty, fairness, respect, and trust. The College holds all members of its community to high standards of scholarship and integrity. To accomplish its mission of providing an optimal educational environment and developing leaders of society, the College promotes the assumption of personal responsibility and integrity and prohibits all forms of academic dishonesty. Conduct that violates the academic integrity and ethical standards of the College community cannot be tolerated and will result in serious consequences and disciplinary action.
  • Academic Misconduct
  • includes but is not limited to the following:

  • Cheating
  • Cheating is committing fraud and/or deception on a record, report, paper, computer assignment, examination or any other course requirement. Examples of cheating are:
    1. Obtaining work or information from someone else and submitting it under one's own name.
    2. Using unauthorized notes, or study aids, or information from another student or student's paper on an examination.
    3. Altering a graded work after it has been returned, then submitting the work for regrading.
    4. Allowing another person to do one's work and to submit the work under one's own name.
    5. Submitting substantially the same paper for two or more classes in the same or different terms without the expressed approval of each instructor.
    6. Fabricating data which were not gathered in accordance with the appropriate methods for collecting or generating data and failing to include a substantially accurate account of the method by which the data were gathered or collected.
    7. Submitting, as your own work, a computer program or part thereof which is not the result of your own thought and efforts. Contributions to a computer program from external sources must be acknowledged and properly documented.

  • Plagiarism
  • Plagiarism is representing someone else's ideas, words, statements or other works as one's own without proper acknowledgment or citation. Examples of plagiarism are:
    1. Copying word for word or lifting phrases or a special term from a source or reference without proper attribution.
    2. Paraphrasing ­ using another person's written words or ideas, albeit in one's own words, as if they were one's own thought.
    3. Borrowing facts, statistics, or other illustrative material without proper reference, unless the information is common knowledge, in common public use.

  • Internet Plagiarism
  • Students may not use Internet source material, in whole or in part, without careful and specific reference to the source. All utilization of the Internet must be thoroughly documented.

  • See also www.lsa.umich.edu/english/undergraduate/plag.htm


  • Unacceptable Collaboration
  • Collaboration is unacceptable when a student works with another or others on a project, then submits a written report which is represented explicitly or implicitly as the student's own work. Using answers, solutions, or ideas that are the result of collaboration without citing the fact of collaboration is improper. Engaging in collaboration when expressly instructed to do your own work.


  • Falsification of Data, Records, and Official Documents
  • includes:
    1. Fabrication of data
    2. Altering documents affecting academic records
    3. Misrepresentation of academic status
    4. Forging a signature of authorization or falsifying information on an official academic document, grade report, letter of recommendation/reference, letter of permission, petition, or any document designed to meet or exempt a student from an established College or University academic regulation.


  • Aiding and Abetting Dishonesty
  • Providing material or information to another person with knowledge that these materials or information will be used improperly. This includes both deliberate and inadvertent actions.


  • Unauthorized or Malicious Interference/Tampering with Computer Property
  • Unauthorized or malicious interference or tampering with computer property is considered an academic offense and, as such, is subject to College judicial sanction.
  • Other Grievance Procedures
  • Students also have non-judicial means to redress other grievances.
    1. Students may appeal any supposed act of unfair or improper grading through the grievance procedure established by that department or program of the College; students may contact the Assistant Dean for Student Academic Affairs for information and assistance; and
    2. students may register a complaint with the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs, which is empowered to assist a student in seeking just treatment through whatever College or University procedure may be appropriate.

  • SOURCE: LSA International Student Handbook www.lsa.umich.edu/saa/international/handbook/conduct.html
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  • Student Groups
  • There are two offices on campus that can facilitate the formation and organization of student groups, The Student Organization Accounts Service and The Michigan Student Assembly. The Office of Student Activities and Leadership is associated with the Office of the Dean of Students. The Michigan Student Assembly is a body elected by students.
  • The Office of Student Activities and Leadership
  • 2205 Michigan Union
  • 763-5900
  • www.soas.umich.edu.
  • The Office of Student Activities & Leadership exists to help student organizations in discovering opportunities that include membership in a club, getting involved in campus-wide events, participation in activities designed to develop leadership skills, and provide
  • consultation.
  • The Michigan Student Assembly
  • 3909 Michigan Union
  • 763-3241
  • www.umich.edu/~msa/
  • The Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) is the central student government at the University of Michigan, representing students from every school and college. It is the official student voice at the University. MSA facilitates communities between students and the University administration and advocates student issues and concerns.

  • MSA distributes almost $200,000 per term to student groups. They work in cooperation with the Office of Vice President of Student Affairs to represent student concerns and opinions to the Board of Regents. MSA is committed to protecting students' rights. They are an important part of student involvement in the University's decision making process.
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  • Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP)
  • The Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) offers outstanding undergraduates the chance to work closely with faculty in an intensive summer research experience. SROP gives undergraduate students first-hand exposure to the graduate school experience and faculty life by placing them with faculty whose work is closely related to their academic interests and career goals. Students work under faculty mentorship either on an individual basis or as part of a research team. Research teams may also include graduate students, research scientists, and other SROP students.

  • The Summer Research Opportunity Program was initiated in 1986 by the CIC Graduate Deans to encourage talented undergraduate students to pursue graduate study and subsequently academic careers. That first year 99 students participated in the program. Since this program began, close to 6,000 students have participated.

  • Students work under the mentorship of experienced faculty members as part of a research team that may also include graduate students, research scientists, and other SROP students. By the end of the eight week program, participants have been exposed to a variety of research skills and contributed to projects and research that is a vital part of the academic experience. The research work and the SROP seminars and workshops give participants realistic groundwork for advanced study, helping them prepare for graduate degrees at the University of Michigan.

  • Program Duration
  • Eight weeks, from mid-June to early August. The application deadline is usually in mid-February.

  • Eligibility Requirements
  • Students from groups historically underrepresented in the humanities, arts, social sciences, engineering, and physical or natural sciences are eligible. Primary preference is given to African Americans (Blacks); Native Americans (American Indians); Hispanics/Latinos/ Latinas; Asian Americans in fields where they have been historically underrepresented; and women and men of any racial/ethnic background in fields where their gender group is significantly underrepresented.

  • Applicants
  • must:
  • Participants
  • receive:
    1. Three equal stipends over the course of the program
    2. Round-trip travel expenses
    3. University housing*
    4. A certificate of merit and attendance in the program
    5. Access to campus facilities, e.g., library, athletic and health facilities
  • *Food expenses will be the responsibility of the student


  • SOURCE: Rackham Office of Fellowships and Recruitment, Summer Research Opportunity Program www.rackham.umich.edu/Fellowships/srop.html
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  • Commencement Reference
  • There is a comprehensive web site that explains the details about commencement called the Graduate's Guide. You can find it at www.umich.edu/~gradinfo/. The general information page at this site includes information on:
  • The sub-section, "Spring Commencement for all graduates, but with an undergraduate emphasis," includes information on:
  • All undergraduate degrees and the University's honorary degrees will be conferred at this program.
  • SOURCE: The Graduate's Guide www.umich.edu/~gradinfo
  • Reception Reimbursement Policy
  • Effective: 2/26/99

  • Eligibility
  • Units are encouraged to plan a departmental ceremony/reception to honor their graduates in the Spring. Funds are provided to assists departments with this expense. The College will reimburse departments and programs for 75% of the maximum allowable amount, which may be calculated at either $5.00 per each graduating senior, or $250.00, whichever is greater. For example: if a unit has 200 graduating seniors, it may spend up to $1,000 (200 X 5) total, and will receive a $750 ($1000. X 75%) rebate from the college.

  • Approval
  • No pre-approval from the Dean’s Office is required for the use of the LS&A Commencement funds. For additional information contact Karen Higgs in the Dean’s Office at 615-2515.

  • Procedure
  • Units may pay for their events from an expendable (non-general fund) chartfield combination (Chart-Com) only. All reimbursements will be made to the same expendable Chart-Com from which the expenses are paid. Once the expense hits the Statement of Activity, send a copy of the SOA to Karen Higgs, and she will do a Journal Entry to credit your Chart-Com.


  • SOURCE: LSA Commencement Reimbursement Policy www.lsa.umich.edu/dean/bud/travhost/commencementhost.html
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  • Miscellaneous University Resources for Students
  • Campus Information Centers (CIC)
  • First Floor, Michigan Union
  • 763-INFO
  • www.umich.edu/~info
  • CIC serves as the comprehensive information and referral source of UM by providing accurate and timely information about campus resources, services, and events.
  • Career Planning and Placement
  • (734) 764-7460
  • www.cpp.umich.edu/
  • Career Planning and Placement (CP&P) serves both undergraduate and alumnae on career counseling and planning issues. Services and resources include:
  • Center for the Education of Women
  • 330 E. Liberty
  • 998-7080 or 998-7210
  • www.umich.edu/~cew
  • The Center for the Education of Women (CEW) is active in working to ensure that the University is responsive to the needs of women. CEW has a three part mission of service, advocacy, and research. CEW also offers a wide variety of programs, events, scholarships, internships, and counseling.
  • Counseling and Psychological Services
  • 3100 Michigan Union
  • (734) 764-8312
  • www.umich.edu/~caps/
  • Counseling and Psychological Services provides confidential and personal counseling, free of charge, to all currently enrolled students. Services include individual, couple, and group therapy, as well as consultation, referral, and crisis intervention. The counseling process is aimed at helping students re-solve personal difficulties and acquire the skills, attitudes, abilities, and knowledge that will enable them to take full advantage of their college experience.
  • Departmental Leaflets
  • www.lsa.umich.edu/saa/publications/leaflets
  • The University of Michigan career leaflet series, "Guides for Planning an Education" is intended for high school juniors and seniors interested in: learning about a career area, knowing what type of education will be needed for entrance to the career, and briefly learning how the University of Michigan will prepare them for the career. Career leaflets include general information about employment and an overview of typical occupations in the career area. Information is provided about appropriate educational preparation in high school, college, and post-graduate levels.
  • English Language Institute (ELI)
  • 3004 North University Building
  • (734) 764-2413
  • www.lsa.umich.edu/eli/
  • The English Language Institute offers instruction in the English language to non-native speakers enrolled in the University. In addition, the ELI offers workshops in the Spring and Summer for International Graduate Student Instructors (IGSIs) in conjunction with the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) and offers language courses throughout the academic year for non-native speaking IGSIs. The ELI operates a Writing Clinic and a Speaking Clinic as one-on-one facilities for those who have taken or are taking ELI courses in the relevant areas or are deemed not to need regular classroom instruction.
  • The Work/Life Resource Center
  • 2072 Admin. Services Bldg.
  • 936-8677
  • Email: fcrp@umich.edu
  • www.umich.edu/~hraa/familycare
  • This program provides information and referral information regarding child care, elder care, and care for those with disabilities throughout southeast Michigan and across the country. The program operates the Kids Kare at Home program, providing in-home care for the sick children of faculty, staff, and students. In addition, they provide educational programs and problem-solving assistance.
  • Housing Information Office
  • 1011 Student Activities Building
  • 763-3164, TDD: 763-7781
  • Email: Housing@umich.edu
  • www.housing.umich.edu
  • Primary source of information for all facets of housing for students on the Ann Arbor campus. Whether they're looking for housing on- or off-campus, in a cooperative, or in a family housing community, the Housing Information Office can make the search as efficient as possible.
  • Human Resources and Affirmative Action
  • www.umich.edu/~hraa
  • The Human Resources and Affirmative Action Office serves to support the University's mission of teaching, research and public service by providing leadership and service in all aspects of human resource management, including:
  • The Institute for Research on Women and Gender
  • 460 West Hall
  • 764-9537
  • Email: irwg@umich.edu
  • www.umich.edu/~irwg/
  • The Institute for Research on Women and Gender provides stimulation, coordination and support for research on women and gender at the University of Michigan. The Institute encourages and facilitates activities that link research in Women's Studies, disciplinary departments, interdisciplinary programs and the professional schools. This research explores differences and commonalities among and between women and men in the multicultural United States and internationally. It also sponsord public events that present cutting-edge research, by providing seed money for new projects, and by offering support for research by graduate students.

  • The Institute offers a unique approach to concerns with real work issues by increasing the existing ties between the liberal arts and professional schools at the university. The Institute also builds on a strong multicultural and international foundation with ties to ethnic studies programs and the International Institute. Finally, a central goal of the Institute is to communicate important advances in empirical and theoretical scholarship on gender and women to the public.
  • International Center
  • 603 East Madison
  • Ground Floor (South Wing)
  • Michigan Union
  • (734) 764-9310
  • www.umich.edu/~icenter/
  • The International Center provides information, advice, and referrals for those in the University community who are participating in or considering an international experience. American and international students, faculty, staff, visiting scholars, and alumni may obtain information regarding options for overseas study, scholarships, internships, work, volunteering, travel, and international careers through individual consulting and informational programs. University of Michigan international students and scholars can rely on the International Center for support services, general information, orientation, and advice about visa and immigration issues, employment, cross-cultural issues, taxation, health insurance, and other practical concerns important to the successful program completion and quality of life of international students.
  • Language Resource Center
  • 2018 Modern Languages Building
  • (734) 764-0424
  • www.umich.edu/~langres/
  • The LRC houses a variety of state-of-the-art multimedia equipment to enable students to practice with the audio, video, and computer-based materials used in all introductory language and literature courses. A large number of materials – particularly international television programming brought in from one of the LRC's three satellite dishes, as well as computer-based programs are available for students who just want to browse.
  • M-DENT
  • www.rackham.umich.edu/StudentInfo/MDENT.html
    1011 North University
  • 763-6933
  • M-DENT is an optional, pre-paid dental plan which emphasizes preventative care. There are no co-payments, deductibles, yearly maximums or claim forms. The plan is available to all undergraduate and graduate, full and part-time students at UM. Spouses and dependents are also invited to become members when the student enrolls. To participate, you must register for it each year. When you subscribe to the M-DENT Dental Plan you will be treated at the School of Dentistry by staff or highly trained students under the supervision of licensed faculty dentists. The plan has the benefit of offering dental care at a lower cost than in most private offices but will require a greater time commitment on the part of the patient.
  • Office of Budget and Planning
  • www.umich.edu/~oapainfo
  • Office of Budget and Planning provides student, faculty, staff, and institutional information. Have you ever been asked to find out statistics like undergraduate enrollment by gender, or where your department graduate program ranks nationally? Have you ever wondered how many new freshmen enrolled in 1999? (5,559) Or how many Asian faculty there are at UM? (393 in 1999) Or how many books there are in the UM libraries? (7,071,842) These and lots of other interesting statistics can be found at their web site.
  • Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives
  • 3009 Student Activities Building
  • 936-1055
  • www.umich.edu/~oami
  • The Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives (OAMI) offers a variety of programs designed to enhance and expand educational opportunities for UM students who have a commitment to diversity in an academic environment. The office collaborates with a number of academic and non-academic units, national organizations, and community organizations in implementing a variety of programs and initiatives. OAMI works with various units within the University like the Division of Student Affairs, the Center for Afro-American and African Studies, and the College of Engineering to create academic multicultural opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students.
  • Office of Financial Aid
  • 2011 Student Activities Building
  • 764-6600
  • or
  • 1212 Pierpoint Commons
  • Email: financial.aid@umich.edu
  • www.finaid.umich.edu
  • The Office of Financial Aid (OFA) administers financial aid programs, helps students locate financial resources, and assists students with budgeting. General financial counseling is available to students even if they are not currently receiving financial aid. Students apply through OFA for grants, loans, and Work-Study employment. Most aid awards are based on demonstrated financial need. Short-term emergency loans are available for educationally related expenses.
  • Office of Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Affairs
  • 3200 Michigan Union
  • 763-4186
  • Email: lgbta@umich.edu
  • www.umich.edu/~inqueery
  • The Office of Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Affairs provides a comprehensive range of education, information and advocacy services and works to create and maintain an open, safe and inclusive environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students, faculty, and staff, their families and friends, and the campus community at large.
  • Office of the Ombuds
  • 3000 Michigan Union
  • 763-3545
  • Email: assist-me@umich.edu
  • www.umich.edu/~ombuds
  • The Ombud is dedicated to assisting students with problems in any area of the University and cutting through bureaucratic red tape confidentially and promptly. The Ombuds Office is committed to justice and fair treatment of all members of the University of Michigan community. The office
  • provides an informal avenue of redress for students' problems and grievances which arise in the course of interacting with the institution. By considering problems in an unbiased way, the Ombud works to achieve a fair resolution of disputes. As an advocate for just and fair treatment, the office works to protect the rights of all parties involved. The office also assists members of the University community by detecting actual or potential systemic problems and recommending changes in policy and practice to address them. The Office of the Ombud offers the following core services:

  • Office of Student Conflict Resolution
  • 6015 Fleming Bldg.
  • 936-6308
  • www.umich.edu/~oscr
  • This office is responsible for administering the Code of Student Conduct. The Code sets forth the values of our University community, establishes the types of behaviors which violate those values, and establishes a process for resolving allegations of misconduct.
  • Department of Public Safety and Security
  • Non-emergency: 763-1131
  • Emergency: 911
  • The Department of Public Safety and Security manages the task of providing a safe environment for the University community. The Department operates 24 hours a day.
  • MSA Student Accident and Health Insurance Plan (Chickering/Aetna)
  • www.uhs.umich.edu/uhs/services/insurancestud.html
  • Eligibility
  • UM students who carry 6 or more credit hours during the year of purchase, including currently enrolled undergraduates, students who are currently not enrolled and students who are between semesters Graduate students who are taking courses, preparing dissertations, doing research, studying for preliminary examinations or on detached study Children, spouses or domestic partners of the above

  • Basic Review of Coverage
  • MSA Student Insurance is a health plan administered by the Chickering Group and underwritten by Aetna. You should see a primary care clinician at University Health Service to manage all your medical care and to avoid any deductibles for services outside UHS. Emergency Care fees may be covered anywhere. Non-emergency medical care may be covered.

  • For more information about coverage, please visit the UHS web site.
  • Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center (SAPAC)
  • 715 N. University
  • 998-9368 , crisis line 936-3333
  • www.umich.edu/~sapac
  • The Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center has professional counseling staff available to provide individual and group counseling for survivors of sexual assault, dating/domestic violence, stalking, and sexual harassment in the University community. The staff is also available to assist friends or family members, or non-offending partners of survivors. The Crisis Line is staffed by trained volunteers who are available to provide crisis intervention and information and referral over the phone, as well as provide outreach teams to assist at hospitals, police stations, and residence halls in the event of an emergency. All counseling services are confidential. Stop by or call for an appointment.
  • Services for Students with Disabilities
  • G219 Angell Hall
  • (734) 763-3000
  • www.umich.edu/~sswd/ssd
  • Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) provides services to students with visual impairments, learning disabilities, mobility impairments, or hearing impairments. They also work with students who have chronic health problems or psychological disabilities. SSD offers services which are not provided by other University offices or outside organizations. Services provided include accessible campus transportation, adaptive technology, sign language and oral interpreting, readers and other volunteers, guidance for course accommodations, and requests to modify degree requirements. All services are free of charge. Before and after a student enrolls at the University, SSD staff are available to answer questions and provide referrals concerning admission, registration, services available, financial aid, etc. In addition, SSD can help assess the need for modified housing, attendants, interpreters, transportation, classroom accommodations, note-takers, and adaptive equipment. Some might be particularly interested in the Volunteer Reader Program, which is run by SSD. It consists of students reading material onto cassette for use by students with visual impairments or print disabilities. The primary qualification the reader must have is a clear speaking voice. Volunteers are also needed to edit scanned printed materials to be put onto disk. The primary qualification for this task is strong text editing skills. To request additional information call (734) 763-3000 (Voice/TDD)
  • Student Accounts Office
  • 2226 Student Activities Building
  • 764-7447 or toll-free at 1-877-840-4738.
  • This office is a division of the Accounting Department and mainly handles the paperwork. This is the first place to go if your check is not available when it should be, or if it has the wrong amount, etc.
  • Student Employment Office
  • 2503 Student Activities Building
  • (734) 763-4128
  • www.finaid.umich.edu/employ/
  • The Student Employment Office keeps an up-to-date listing of Work-Study and non Work-Study positions, on and off campus. Students can view the positions available on the Student Employment website at: www.finaid.umich.edu/employ/. The Student Employment Office also processes the student's employment forms once they have been hired for a position.
  • Student Legal Services
  • http://studentlegalservices.dsa.umich.edu/
    2304 Michigan Union
  • (734) 763-9920
  • Student Legal Services, which is supported by student fees, provides legal advice and representation to currently enrolled University students in landlord/tenant disputes, divorce and family law, criminal defense, consumer issues, and wills. Notary and true copy services are also available. Student Legal Services cannot assist in disputes with the University or other enrolled students. Appointments are necessary as legal advice is not given over the phone.
  • University Health Service (UHS)
  • 207 Fletcher
  • 764-8320
  • www.uhs.umich.edu
  • The University Health Service (UHS) provides comprehensive outpatient medical services to students, faculty, and staff. Unlike most other health care institutions, students may receive services at UHS without the hassle of getting a referral from their primary care physician beforehand.
  • Writing Workshops
  • Sweetland Writing Center
  • 1139 Angell Hall.
  • 764-0429
  • www.lsa.umich.edu/swc/help/workshop.html
  • The Writing Workshop is the College of LSA's equivalent to a writing center. Whereas most writing centers around the country are staffed with graduate and undergraduate students, the SWC Writing Workshop is staffed primarily by professional writing teachers with faculty status. Writing Workshop serves all LSA undergraduates and Rackham graduate students, as well as any undergraduate from any college enrolled in an LSA course. Undergraduate students can make a thirty-minute appointment by phone up to a week in advance or drop by on a walk-in basis. ESL, learning disabled, and graduate students are permitted one-hour appointments.

  • Students can schedule one appointment per week by calling several days in advance. They may also receive help on a walk-in basis if there are openings in the schedule.

  • Students may also schedule one meeting per semester for non-academic writing, e.g., personal statements.
  • SOURCE: LSA Undergraduate Student Services Support
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    LSA

  • First Year Seminar Program
  • 2552 LSA
  • 763-9521
  • Pam Moran (pjmoran @umich.edu), FYS Program Coordinator
  • Evans Young (evansy@umich.edu), Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education.
  • www.lsa.umich.edu/dean/ug/fys/FYSProgram.htm
  • Purpose
  • First Year Seminars are intended to:
  • Administration
  • Coordination
  • The FYS office stays in close contact with key administrators about departmental seminars and maintains a course database using Filemaker Pro. It works closely with Academic Information to ensure that the on-line Course Guide accurately lists each term's first-year seminars. The FYS office helps to allocate approximately 150-200 spaces reserved for students in specific Michigan Learning Communities, such as CSP, MCSP, UROP in Residence and WISE.
  • Publicity
  • The FYS Brochure lists each term's seminar offerings arranged by distribution, along with basic course information and a brief description. The Summer Orientation packet mailed to each incoming LSA student includes a Fall FYS brochure, and all LSA first-year students are mailed a Winter brochure before early registration. Over 500 brochures are distributed each term to faculty, administration, LSA departments, and other UM Schools and colleges whose students enroll in first-year seminars. Academic Advising and several other Schools and colleges receive regular updates on any course additions, cancellations or changes.

  • Enrollment
  • Throughout Summer Orientation, the FYS office monitors enrollment in all seminars, including spaces reserved for MLC participants. Academic Advising receives a weekly list of all open seminars. Time permitting, this list is copied for distribution to students as well as posted on the Web. In sum, the FYS office works closely with Academic Advising, CSP and incoming students who want to enroll in a first-year seminar.
  • Information Resource
  • The FYS Program sponsors a workshop at the beginning of each term to bring together new and experienced seminar faculty to discuss the unique challenges and joys of teaching first-year students. Before classes begin, all instructors receive an extensive packet of helpful information, some pedagogical aids as well as handouts of a more practical nature, e.g. Housing's faculty meal program, LSA Media Services, Film and Video Library, teaching tips from CRLT, and instructions for setting up a class e-mail group. The FYS office also encourages all faculty to solicit early feedback from their students by sending them a suggested mid-term evaluation form.
  • Courses
  • First-year seminars follow one of two models:

  • Distribution Seminar
  • Introductory Composition Seminar
  • Beginning Fall 99, the college lowered the maximum enrollment from 25 to 20 students for FYS distribution courses. For FYS Intro. Comp. sections, the enrollment cap remains at 18 students.
  • Enrollment must be restricted to first-year students (sophomores by permission of instructor only). It is imperative to designate a freshmen-only reserve cap for all open spaces with a start date before the beginning of early registration. See Time Schedule section on Enrollment Management in the General Student Services Reference Manual for instructions on setting up Fall term First Year Seminars.
  • Proposing New Courses
  • If an instructor wants to teach the same UC seminar offered in a prior term contact the First-Year Seminar Program along with any changes such as course title, description, day and/or time. For details about submitting proposals, go to the FYS Program homepage: www.lsa.umich.edu/dean/ug/fys/FYSProgram.htm

  • For new topics, the FYS office needs the following information in order to review a proposal:

    1. completed faculty information sheet (download link at above website);
    2. one-page course proposal stating primary goal and focus of seminar, reading assignments, class format and instructional style, and methods of evaluation;
    3. detailed description for the LSA online course guide that includes your course requirements;
    4. brief description of 60-75 words (2-3 lines) for the FYS brochure.

  • Tips for Writing a First Year Seminar Proposal and Course Description

    1. Title your seminar so as to make it appealing to first-year students.
    2. Present the primary goal and focus of the seminar and in a few sentences describe what students can expect to encounter in the way of thought-provoking questions, problematic issues or social/intellectual dilemmas.
    3. Indicate the class format and your instructional style. To what extent will you encourage discussion, use films, make yourself available to students?
    4. Describe your methods of evaluating student performance, e.g. classroom participation, exams, length and types of papers, independent research or group projects, oral presentations, instructor and/or peer evaluation.
    5. Include examples of the texts that will be included in assigned readings.
    6. Although prerequisites are generally discouraged for seminars, please indicate clearly in both the course proposal and course description if any are required.
    7. Finally, in addition, please write a second even shorter description, for inclusion in the First-Year Seminar brochure:
    8. Using language from the longer course description, describe your course in 2-3 sentences max (60-75 words) that will make it appealing to first-year students. The First-Year Seminar brochure is distributed to all first-year students. Previous brochures can provide many helpful examples.
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  • LSA Honors Program
  • The Honors Program exists to meet the needs of the most intellectually ambitious students in the College. Honors provides rigorous work in Honors courses and sections, offers individual advising for each student each semester, and creates special opportunities for individual study and supervised research. As a small program in a huge institution, Honors serves as "home" for its students and helps them navigate the complexities of the university as a whole.
  • Curriculum
  • Honors students are expected to pursue a rigorous and adventurous course of study. In the first year, students complete the Honors Literature and Ideas requirement by electing a humanities course on the ancient Greeks(Great Books or Classical Civilization) in the first term, and another Honors humanities course in the second term. Otherwise, an Honors program is comprised of at least two Honors courses each semester: These include special Honors introductions in several fields(philosophy, psychology, English, physics); Honors sections of standard courses(political science, chemistry, history); and Honors sophomore seminars. Mathematics offers three different Honors beginning sequences for students with different interests. Also counted as Honors are most upper-level courses, and other courses may be converted to Honors by a contract between student and professor.
  • Admissions
  • The Honors Program reviews the applications of students who have been admitted to LSA and invites 10 to 12% of each freshman class to enroll. The average first-year Honors student for the fall of 1998 had an SAT total slightly above 1400, an ACT composite of 32 and a high school GPA slightly above 3.8. Students whose scores and grades are in that range can expect to be invited to Honors after they have been admitted to the College of LSA. Students who are not invited to participate in Honors may request special consideration in writing -- either by mail or email (honors.admissions@umich.edu).

  • Visiting students who would like to be evaluated for participation in the Honors Program may submit a written request to the Honors office while they are on campus.

  • Honors Admissions considers a number of factors when reviewing students: the high school GPA; the difficulty of the curriculum; teacher and counselor recommendations; the student's intellectual interests, enthusiasms, and goals; achievement test scores, SAT and ACT scores, and the student's essay. The Honors student body is diverse, with a range of backgrounds, scores, and grades.
  • Students who are not invited to participate in the fall of their first year may request admission for the winter of the first year or the fall of the second year. At the beginning of the third year, students may apply to a departmental Honors Concentration Program. Students who meet departmental criteria are eligible to apply whether or not they have previously been in the Honors Program.

  • Students may be enrolled in Honors along with other LSA programs, and may pursue joint programs with other schools and colleges.


  • SOURCE: LSA, The Honors Program www.lsa.umich.edu/Honors
  • Departmental Honors
  • Several LSA departments also administer departmental honors programs. Application to these programs vary between departments. Generally these programs require extra concentration requirements, often in special Honors seminar classes, as well as the writing of an Honors Thesis. For details on a specific department's honors program, visit that department's web site. Departments with honors programs are listed and linked from the Honors web site at www.lsa.umich.edu/Honors/concentrations.html.
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  • Sweetland Writing Center
  • The Sweetland Writing Center (SWC) was established to invigorate writing in the disciplines—from the first year through the dissertation. The overriding purpose of the College writing program is to provide students with both beginning and advanced instruction in college-level writing. SWC supports writing throughout the curriculum by offering the following programs and services specifically designed for undergraduates, Graduate Student Instructors (GSIs) and faculty.
  • First Year Writing Program
  • All LS&A students must fulfill the First-Year Writing Requirement, either by taking Writing Practicum followed by a first-year writing course, or by taking a first-year writing course alone. Placement in an appropriate writing course in LS&A is based on student self-assessment. This voluntary placement system is designed to allow students to select the course that will most appropriately challenge them. Students who have taken a first-year writing course at another college or university may be able to use that course to satisfy the First-Year Writing Requirement. See SWC’s web site for more information about transfer courses.
  • Advanced Writing in the Disciplines Program
  • All LS&A students must fulfill the Upper-level Writing Requirement (ULWR) any time after completing their First-Year Writing Requirement. Through the Advanced Writing in the Disciplines Program (AWDP), the Sweetland Writing Center develops models for writing instruction, approves courses in advanced writing in the disciplines, funds and trains GSIs to assist in advanced writing courses, offers workshops and seminars for faculty and GSIs, and consults with individual instructors.
  • Courses
  • Writing Practicum (ECB 100 and 102) is a two-credit course taught by SWC faculty. This ungraded course offers students the opportunities to improve their ability to organize, develop, and support ideas, analyze complex materials, and use evidence and reasoning to support their own claims. This course requires biweekly tutorial sessions with the instructor; this concentrated attention has proven crucial to the success of students with limited writing experience.
  • Seminar in Peer Tutoring (ECB 300) and Directed Peer Tutoring (ECB 301) is the sequence of courses that guide undergraduates to develop expertise with writing so that they are prepared to assist their peers in a supportive tutoring environment.
  • Writing in the Disciplines (ECB 993) is a one-credit course required of all GSIs assigned to Advanced Writing in the Disciplines courses for the first time. This seminar provides GSIs with experience in creating writing assignments, commenting on student writing, organizing peer critiques, grading, and holding conferences with students.
  • Writing Support
  • The Writing Workshop provides one-on-one consultation and instruction to both undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in LS&A courses. Staffed by professional teachers of writing, the Writing Workshop offers assistance on all aspects of the writing process, from organization to grammar and revision. The Peer Tutoring Program and On-Line Writing Lab offer the same writing assistance, but are staffed by trained advanced undergraduates.
  • Faculty and Graduate Student Development
  • The Sweetland Fellows Seminar brings together committed faculty and graduate students from across LS&A for sustained, advanced study of writing and writing pedagogy. The Seminar meets weekly for one term a year; local and national experts in writing visit the Fellows, working with them as a group as well as individually. Faculty Fellows are released from one course in order to participate and departments are remunerated for that release. Graduate Fellows are given a stipend for their term of participation. The following term, Faculty Fellows teach writing-intensive courses based on their disciplinary expertise while Graduate Fellows teach a first-year writing course focused on their discipline.
  • Workshops and Consultations
  • Besides consulting with individual instructors on writing in the disciplines, SWC faculty collaborates with CRLT on workshops for new GSIs and for individual departments’ instructors. SWC also offers an informal series of faculty development workshops on such topics as ESL writers, technology and writing, and multicultural writing classes.
  • Resource File
  • SWC has a collection of materials on composition theory and pedagogy available to instructors. A list of the materials is on-line at the SWC web site under "Writing Pedagogy."
  • High School Outreach
  • SWC faculty travel to Michigan high schools to consult with teachers about ways to increase the amount of writing students do and improve the quality of student writing across the disciplines. One-day symposiums are also held to bring together teams of teachers from dozens of Michigan high schools for the opportunity to evaluate expectations about writing in high school and to clarify the University’s writing requirements.

  • SOURCE: Sweetland Writing Center Administrative Manual 5/01
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  • Study Abroad
  • International Programs (Study Abroad)
  • G513 Michigan Union
  • (734) 764-4311
  • www.umich.edu/~iinet/oip/
  • The University of Michigan's Office of International Programs (OIP) administers over 70 programs in 36 countries on six continents. OIP programs are designed to enrich the undergraduate experience by offering students opportunities for cultural immersion, intensive language learning, and participation in another educational system.
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  • Interdisciplinary Program on Organizational Studies
  • 3016 East Hall
  • 647-3887
  • Prof. Richard Price, Director (ricprice@umich.edu)
  • www.lsa.umich.edu/orgstudies
  • Beginning in Fall Term 2001, Organizational Studies will be an interdisciplinary concentration program, emphasizing the influence of economic, psychological, sociological, information, and political factors on individuals and complex organizational systems. The field is concerned with how organizational systems function, their effects on individuals and the larger society, and with the processes of organizational change. The program combines established social science approaches to organization with new issues raised by the contemporary revolution in information. These two emphases in the program are intended to make graduates of the program attractive job candidates or applicants to graduate studies. The curriculum is designed to provide: (1) core courses in key disciplines fundamental to organizational theory and research, (2) cluster and elective courses to provide breadth in understanding links between the individual and organizations on the one hand, and organizations and society on the other, and (3) courses designed to provide field based experience in organizational research, analysis and practice. The concentration is also designed to balance the study of challenging theoretical issues with diverse and refined methods of empirical inquiry.

  • Students may find this concentration appropriate preparation for graduate work in business administration, communication, education, engineering, industrial and organizational psychology, public health, public policy, social administration, the sociology of work and organizations, and related fields.

  • Organizational Studies may be elected as an interdepartmental concentration program beginning September 5, 2001, pending approval by the Presidents’ Council of the State Universities of Michigan.

  • Students must apply for and be accepted into the concentration program. Application for the concentration will be made in the winter term of the sophomore year. Students should have completed or be enrolled in courses meeting prerequisites (Econ 101, Psych 111, and Soc 100) at the time of application. Appointments may be scheduled with the concentration advisor, Prof. Richard Price, 3016 East Hall, by calling (734) 647-3887.


  • SOURCE: Interdisciplinary Program on Organizational Studies brochure, 8/01
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  • Living Learning Communities
  • The Best of Both Worlds
  • Michigan Learning Communities (MLC) combine the personal attention of a small college environment with the unparalleled resources of a large research university. Be a part of a friendly, supportive and intellectually stimulating community while you take advantage of everything the larger Michigan campus has to offer.
  • Faculty-Student Interaction, Intellectual Engagement
  • Faculty meet with students in the residence hall for office hours or over lunch or dinner, for fireside chats about research, ideas, and personal projects, or they invite groups of students to join them at art and cultural events on campus. Students take selected classes together and build friendships with their classmates, talk late into the night about books, assignments and life goals, work together on community service projects, and collaborate on research projects.
  • Individual Attention, Lasting Friendships, Diverse Community
  • MLC programs are small, scholarly and diverse communities that link intellectual ideas and good friendships that often last a lifetime. Students invite faculty to dinner and participate in study groups and sports teams. Students create college learning communities with peers from a diverse set of social backgrounds representing a wide range of high schools across Michigan, the United States, and throughout the world.
  • Learning Inside and Outside the Classroom
  • Students join MLC programs because they know learning takes place 24 hours a day. In addition to special course offerings, there are always activities going on in the programs, including field trips, speakers, picnics, community service projects, sports, research projects, etc.
  • Student Involvement, Student Leadership
  • MLC programs give students the opportunity to stand out in college as individuals and as leaders. Students organize activities, design creative programs, and help shape their community.
  • Transition from High School to College
  • The small size, friendly environment, and special activities and programs of the MLC helps ease the transition to college and supports students to be successful and achieve their personal goals.
  • Residential and Non-Residential
  • Residential programs are located in a University Residence Hall and require students to live in the specific hall where the program is housed. Students may participate in just one residential program. Residentially-based MLCs all have in-house academic advisors, a library, a computing site, and a staff of live-in residential staff.

  • Non-residential programs have no residential requirement and are located at different sites on campus. Students may apply to participate in both a non-residential and residential program, although it is important to realistically assess the ability to manage participation in multiple programs along with the student's academic course requirements. These programs offer a range of support services that vary from peer advisors to mentors to faculty instructors.
  • Varying Themes and Options
  • Students can choose the program that best fits their personal interests. Programs have different requirements, more or fewer classes, larger or smaller numbers of students, and emphasize different types of activities. All programs work to create a supportive and caring learning environment for students. See Program Descriptions for detailed information about each program.


  • SOURCE: University of Michigan Learning Communities, www.umich.edu/~mlcprogs/
  • Comprehensive Studies Program (CSP)
  • G155 Angell Hall
  • (734) 764-9128
  • www.lsa.umich.edu/csp/
  • CSP is an academic support program of the University of Michigan. While our target population is to serve students of color who are "underrepresented in higher education," the nearly 2,000 students in the Program include a cross-section of undergraduate students at the U-M in every college or school.

  • Primary Services:
  • Health Sciences Scholars Program (HSSP)
  • (734) 615-0660
  • Email: HSSP@umich.edu
  • www.umich.edu/~mlcprogs/hssp.html
  • The Health Sciences Scholars Program (HSSP) is a new program that will be The Health Sciences Scholars Program (HSSP) is a new University of Michigan undergraduate program that offers first year students interested in pursuing the health sciences and professions an excellent academic experience set in a supportive and focused residence hall community. Beginning with a pilot year in Fall 2001, the program will offer a broad perspective on the most pressing issues facing health care professionals from many disciplines as they promote, manage, deliver, sustain, and improve health in a variety of contexts. The goal of the program is to bring together faculty, students and professionals from a range of disciplines and backgrounds in academic, residential, and real-world settings to explore a broad range of health care issues, and to introduce students to the breadth of the University's talent and offerings in these fields.

  • In its 2001 "pilot" year, the program will admit 60 students who are interested in a variety of health science professions, and, in addition, who are enthusiastic about being leaders and innovators in building the program itself. Students applying to the program should be committed to broadening their understanding of the political, behavioral, environmental, and organizational contexts in which health policy is shaped and implemented, and to working cooperatively and collaboratively with those from other disciplines and backgrounds to reframe what are often portrayed or construed as narrow technical or discipline-based problems. Students who apply to the program should do so with the understanding that this application indicates a commitment to full participation in a required, rigorous two credit, two semester course that combines significant hands-on experience and exposure to a variety of health care professionals and settings with analysis, writing, and group project work. Much of this class will be conducted outside the classroom and will include encountering health care professionals in the contexts in which they work.
  • Lloyd Hall Scholars Program (LHSP)
  • Alice Lloyd Hall
  • (734) 764-7521
  • www.lsa.umich.edu/lhsp/
  • The Lloyd Hall Scholars Program is the University of Michigan's oldest "living/learning community," offering since 1962 an engaging, humane, and diverse educational environment for first and second year students. At LHSP we combine the personal and academic advantages of a small liberal arts college experience with the nearly unlimited opportunities and resources of a world-class university. In our program, learning takes place not only in the classroom but also in the dining hall, lounges, corridors, wherever students and teachers meet and share ideas. The Lloyd Hall Scholars Program and its activities are centered in the Alice Crocker Lloyd Residence Hall on "the Hill," adjacent to the University of Michigan central campus and within easy walking distance of all University facilities. We have our own teaching staff, who live in the building alongside the students and who teach a variety of courses in the residence hall. In addition, faculty from across the University come into Alice Lloyd Hall to teach introductory courses on a variety of topics. Visiting scholars and artists help to fill out our academic calendar. Our aim is to bring the college learning experience into the everyday lives of our LHSP residents.

  • The program welcomes entering first year students and transferring or returning second year students. LHSP students typically take one or two LHSP courses each semester, and fill out the rest of their schedule with courses offered by other schools and departments. LHSP courses are typically smaller and more individually focused than comparable courses elsewhere on campus.
  • Max Kade German Residence Program
  • Dept. of Germanic Languages & Literatures
  • 3110 Modern Languages Building
  • 764-8018
  • Email: maxkade@umich.edu
  • www.lsa.umich.edu/german/gs-maxkade.html
  • With the support of the Max Kade Foundation, the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures sponsors a residence where undergraduates and graduates have the opportunity to learn and practice German in an informal setting. Students at all levels of ability are welcome; beginners learn quickly by interacting with native speakers. Participating in the Program is an excellent way to prepare for study abroad or a summer internship, or to "reacclimate" after spending time in a German-speaking country.

  • The residence is the campus home of a group of students united by a common interest in the German language and the cultures of the German-speaking countries. A graduate student or an advanced undergraduate student serves as the German-speaking Head Resident and helps to create a German language- and culture-based living environment.

  • Kade residents are also able to participate in the many activities available in the residence, such as film series, Kaffeestunden, Sunday dinners, meetings of the German Club, and celebrations of Oktoberfest and Fasching. Students are expected to take a mini-course in the Residence featuring guest lectures by faculty during the Fall semester. The Program also organizes and subsidizes trips to local cultural events such as concerts and theatrical productions. During the Winter Break, Kade residents have the opportunity to travel together with faculty guides for a week-long tour of Berlin. In many cases, the Program is able to offer these cultural experiences free of charge.

  • The Kade Program offers its students help in finding internships in German-speaking countries.
  • Michigan Community Scholars Program (MCSP)
  • 1200 East Ann Street
  • 647-4860
  • www.lsa.umich.edu/mcs/
  • The Michigan Community Scholars Program:
  • Residential College
  • Room 133 Tyler, East Quadrangle
  • 701 E. University
  • 763-0176
  • www.rc.lsa.umich.edu/
  • The Residential College (RC) is a small four-year college of about a thousand students and fifty faculty that is unique among Living/Learning opportunities in the country. RC professors come from a variety of University of Michigan departments in the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. There are also faculty specializing in studio arts, drama, music, creative writing and language study. Many have won awards for their teaching, scholarship, and creative endeavors. All have a special commitment to undergraduate education.

  • Prospective students may apply directly to the Residential College on the UM Undergraduate Admissions Application. In addition, every student admitted to the College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LS&A) is eligible to join the Residential College (RC) on a first-come first-served basis. RC students have all the options available to other LS&A students in terms of courses and majors, the additional opportunities and advantages that membership in this small interdisciplinary college affords. In East Quadrangle, where RC students are required to live during their freshman and sophomore years, students have easy access to their professors' and academic advisors' offices as well as to their classrooms, studios, music practice rooms, library, language lab, computer center and auditorium--all in the Quad.

  • An RC student may concentrate in any one of the more than sixty concentrations available in LS&A and/or complete one of the Residential College's six interdisciplinary concentrations: Arts and Ideas in the Humanities, Comparative Literature, Creative Writing, Drama, Social Science, or the Individualized Concentration (designed by the student and a faculty mentor).
  • Telluride House
  • 1735 Washtenaw Avenue
  • 668-6039
  • www-personal.umich.edu/~tellride/
  • Email: telluride@umich.edu
  • A new residential community at the University of Michigan, Telluride House brings together students who share a passion for intellectual interchange, a dedication to improving public life, and a commitment to self-government. Telluride House offers full room and board scholarships to twenty to thirty undergraduate and graduate students from a variety of academic backgrounds, political views, and cultural perspectives. They come together to form a vibrant community - sharing lively conversation, joint projects, and the dynamic experience of democratic life. Each year, Telluride students plan and implement a major project that improves public life in the Ann Arbor area.
  • Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP)
  • 715 North University Avenue, Suite 201
  • (734) 998-9381
  • www.umich.edu/~urop/
  • The Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) creates research partnerships between first and second year students and University of Michigan faculty. All schools and colleges of the University of Michigan are active participants in UROP, thereby providing a wealth of research topics from which a student can choose. Begun in 1989 with 14 student/faculty partnerships the program continues to grow, offering more first and second year students the opportunity to be part of an exciting research community. Today, approximately 900 students and over 600 faculty researchers are engaged in research partnerships.

  • UROP was one of several initiatives created to improve the retention and academic achievement of under-represented students on the University of Michigan campus. Today, the program includes both minority and majority students but maintains its original emphasis on underrepresented minority students and an emerging focus on women in science students.
  • UROP in Residence (UIR)
  • Mosher-Jordan Hall
  • 200 Observatory
  • (734) 936-6536
  • www.umich.edu/~uir/
  • In the 1996-1997 school year, UROP in Residence was created to offer the benefits of the larger UROP program to a smaller community of students. Today, approximately 130 first year and sophomore men and women live together on the 3rd floor of Mosher Jordan Hall. Students gain invaluable hands-on research experience and develop critical thinking, problem solving, and analytical skills by being paired with a faculty research partner. Students work an average of 6-10 hours per week during the entire academic year on their research project. In April of each year students are given the option of giving either an oral or poster presentation on their research at the UIR Spring Research Symposium.
  • Women in Science & Engineering Residence Program
  • (WISE)
  • Mosher-Jordan Hall
  • (734) 936-6536
  • www.umich.edu/~wiserp/
  • Founded in 1993, the University of Michigan's Women in Science and Engineering Residence Program is an academically supportive living-learning community where women with similar academic interests and educational and career goals can learn from as well as with one another.

  • The WISE Residence Program brings together over 120 first year and sophomore women to live together on the fifth floor of Mosher Jordan Hall.

  • WISE RP women are enrolled as majors in all areas of the Colleges of LS&A and Engineering, as well as all areas in the Schools of Nursing and Natural Resources and Environment and the Division of Kinesiology. The women have a wide variety of professional interests- from landscape architecture to sports medicine; pathology to atmospheric and oceanic sciences; biomedical engineering to patent law.
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  • Inteflex
  • The Inteflex Program is not currently admitting students. For more information, please contact the office below.

  • Inteflex Medical School Office
  • 734-763-3265
  • University of Michigan
  • 4107C Medical Science Bldg. 1
  • Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0611

  • Or contact Alice Reinarz,
  • Director, LSA Advising Center
  • Director, Inteflex Program
  • at areinarz@umich.edu


  • SOURCE: Alice Reinarz, Director, LSA Advising Center
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  • Miscellaneous LSA Resources for Students
  • See also University Resources for Students.
  • Language Resource Center (LRC)
  • 2018 Modern Languages Building
  • 812 E. Washington Street
  • (734) 764-0424
  • www.umich.edu/~langres/info
  • The Language Resource Center has a diverse collection of unique resources and facilities, open to students and faculty on the University of Michigan Campus.

  • The LRC is anchored by a 35 station open computing lab available to both faculty and students. In addition, there are audio stations, video stations, textbooks and dictionaries, a free-reading text library, audio tapes, video tapes, software, realia, and copy machines. Space is available for students to work individually, in small groups or with their classes.

  • Additional faculty recources include all materials listed above, as well as equipment reservation and loan services, two 25 station computer classrooms for group use, video and audio collections with over 4000 items, a pedagogical resource text library, multimedia development stations, and space for office hours or tutorials.  The Center also provides satellite services, video duplication and standards conversion, audio and video production, workshops, FLIT development, and curricular consultation.

  • Faculty and student services are detailed further in their respective sections on this site.
  • Math Lab
  • B860 East Hall
  • (734) 936-0160
  • www.math.lsa.umich.edu/~meggin/mathlab.html
  • The University of Michigan Mathematics Laboratory (Math Lab) is a walk-in tutoring service available free to all UM students. Tutoring is available for mathematics courses numbered through 217. Though help is not regularly available for other courses, we will attempt to answer the questions of any UM student who comes to us for mathematics help.
  • Physics Help Room
  • 1416 Randall Lab
  • (734) 764-2192
  • www.physics.lsa.umich.edu/helproom/default.htm
  • The Physics Help Room was created to help students who are taking the Introductory Physics classes. It is located in 1416 Randall Lab. The Help Room is a place where students taking the introductory physics course can go for help. The Help Room is staffed by a combination of GSI's whose only teaching duty is tutoring in the Help Room, GSI's who teach the introductory labs, and faculty who teach in introductory classes. All of the Help Room staff are able to answer questions from any physics class.
  • Science Learning Center
  • 1720 Chemistry Building
  • (734) 764-9326
  • www.umich.edu/~slc/
  • The Science Learning Center (SLC) is an interdisciplinary resource center which supports teaching and learning in the five natural science departments: astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, and physics. Located in the atrium of the Chemistry Building, the SLC facilities include computer labs, graduate student instructor and study group meeting alcoves, and a loan desk for reserve and research materials. SLC programs are designed to improve student learning and involvement in the sciences, particularly in the introductory courses.
  • Sweetland Writing Center (SWC)
  • 1139 Angell Hall
  • (734) 764-0429
  • www.lsa.umich.edu/swc/
  • The Sweetland Writing Center helps students write successfully in their undergraduate courses. One of the most valuable services offered by the SWC is Writing Workshop. Any LSA student, any student enrolled in an LSA course, and any graduate student may schedule an appointment with an experienced SWC faculty member. This can include help with writing assignments, from finding a topic and developing an argument to polishing a paper.

  • Students may also obtain assistance with personal statements for graduate or professional schools or work on a specific writing problem (e.g., writer's block).

  • Students seeking assistance may drop in or schedule an appointment by calling (734) 764-0429. The Writing Workshop is located in 1139 Angell Hall during the day and in some residence halls on a few evenings.

  • Because students often feel most comfortable talking about their writing with peers, many prefer to visit the peer writing tutors rather than faculty in the Writing Workshop. The peer tutors, upper-level undergraduates who have completed the seminar in peer tutoring, are located in a computer classroom adjacent to the Angell Hall Computing Site. Peer tutors are available on a walk-in basis Sunday through Thursday evenings, from 7 to 11 P.M.
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