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Detailed descriptions regarding all courses can be found on the LSA Course Guide, which you can reach by clicking on the title of each course. Also posted on the LSA Course guide is the OS Waitlist Policy. Please pay special attention to this! Registration procedures are also listed below. Have fun planning for an invigorating fall semester!

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Exploring Careers in OS will allow students to learn about career options/choice(s) and gain confidence in their ability to make career decisions today and in the future. Students will develop “intentional and focused” job search tools, tactics and skills based on an appreciation of employer expectations; Gain understanding of the elements of a successful job/internship search; and Gain insights into the “critical success factors” for professional and life success, including thinking like an employer, finding mentors, learning how organizations work.
Seniors will have sole access to register for OS 395 until Monday, April 13th. On April 13th, there will be 10 seats reserved for seniors and 10 seats reserved for juniors. As of April 20th , the remainder of the open seats will be for OS concentrators at large to be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

The USKE project is designed to explain the financial (stock market), technological, and organizational performance of high-technology companies and industries (e.g. infotech/software & biotechnology) in the U.S. Students who are interested in innovation, entrepreneurship, finance, or consulting, as well as those who intend to go on to graduate work in business, law, or the social sciences will gain valuable experience doing work on cutting edge organizational topics in this OS 490 seminar. Both juniors and seniors are encouraged to apply. For those who are interested it may be possible to continue work beyond the fall semester as a paid or for-credit undergraduate research assistant on the project.
Students may register with instructor permission only. Interested students should write Professor Owen-Smith jdos@umich.edu a page long statement explaining your interest in the course, why you would be a good contributor to a research team, and any relevant course-work or experience that you may have. Also, attach a copy of your resume. He will be accepting only 12 students. Please submit your summaries to Professor Owen-Smith by Friday, April 10th .

This course teaches negotiation and dispute resolution skills to undergraduate students interested in careers in the for-profit and non-profit sectors. The main goal of the course is to explore negotiation strategies and concepts to enable students to analyze and achieve success in bargaining and dispute resolution situations. A secondary goal is to identify and examine decision-making biases and social influence strategies so that students can effectively communicate messages, persuade others, and be aware of their own and others’ cognitive biases. This course will comprise negotiation exercises, mini-lectures, class discussions, and guest speakers. [NOTE: Professor Garcia is offering another section of this course as PSYCH 487 from 6:00-9:00 pm as well. If this time works best for you, you may elect to register for this section. This course will also count in Cluster A or in Cluster C.]
Seniors will have sole access to register for OS 495 until Monday, April 13th. On April 13th, there will be 10 seats reserved for seniors and 10 seats reserved for juniors. As of April 20th, the remainder of the open seats will be for OS concentrators at large to be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

In the first half of the course, we will pose and answer questions about the nonprofit sector’s emergence in the United States; its changing relations with government and with the for-profit sector; the current state of the nonprofit sector; and its likely future. Attention to the nature of civil society abroad will shed light on the unique role of nonprofits in the U.S., while comparative analyses of different domains of U.S. nonprofit activity (the arts, education, healthcare, etc.) will provide an in-depth understanding of the processes and issues that divide and structure the nonprofit sector internally. In the second half of the course, drawing on readings in law, public policy, and business, we will develop practical knowledge of the special challenges that come with managing and working for a nonprofit organization. Among the topics we will take up in this half of the class are the formulation of nonprofit mission and strategy; the management of relations with boards, committees, volunteers, and employees; and marketing and fundraising for nonprofits.
Seniors will have sole access to register for OS 495 until Monday, April 13th. On April 13th, there will be 10 seats reserved for seniors and 10 seats reserved for juniors. As of April 20th , the remainder of the open seats will be for OS concentrators at large to be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.