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Comprehensive Studies Program (CSP)
G155 Angell Hall; (734) 764-9128
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/csp/

The Comprehensive Studies Program (CSP) provides support services to more than 2,000 University of Michigan undergraduates, 500 of them first-year students. Intensive course sections, smaller than most classes, are enriched classes that meet an additional hour each week. CSP introductory classes are offered in biology, chemistry, English, mathematics, physics, and Spanish. In addition, CSP provides tutorials for several LS&A courses in which students can benefit from personal attention, such as courses in foreign language, the natural sciences, economics, math, and accounting. Academic advising and personalized counseling happens frequently if you participate in CSP. An advisor will be assigned to you who will help you explore your interests, aptitudes, needs, academic goals, and career objectives. You'll probably meet with the same counselor from the time of your orientation to the time you graduate. CSP advisors have specialized training so they can help on a wide range of practical and personal issues.

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Honors Program
1218 Angell Hall; (734) 764-6274
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/honors/

Honors is a four-year program that provides opportunities to students with superior ability for greater depth of study throughout the undergraduate years. Among the features of the Honors Program are special honors courses and honors sections in regular courses, opportunities to participate in the research projects of faculty members, or in individual research, faculty-student seminars, special academic advising, and summer independent reading for academic credit. Students are admitted to the Honors Program by invitation of the Director, though in
quiries are welcomed from any highly motivated student.

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Lloyd Hall Scholars Program (LHSP)
Alice Lloyd Hall; (734) 764-7521
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/lhsp/

The Lloyd Hall Scholars Program offers a collegial, interdisciplinary, academic environment in which entering students can enjoy the personal and intellectual advantages of a small group setting while exploring the resources of the larger University. A number of LS&A courses are taught in the Hall, usually by instructors who themselves live in the Hall. Sound academic advising and a strong range of co-curricular activities are key aspects of the Program. An historic leader of multicultural understanding on this campus, the Program admits each year about 300 first-year students, more than 60% from out-of-state.

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Michigan Community Scholars Program
1503 Washington Heights; (734) 647-4860
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/mcs/

The Michigan Community Scholars Program provides an academic experience for tomorrow's leaders in a diverse world. The Michigan Community Scholars Program offers advantages of close contact with staff and a friendly social environment while enhancing access to the numerous resources of the University of Michigan through unique activities. The seminar is a weekly opportunity to explore issues of importance to students during their undergraduate years. The subject mastery workshops (in math, chemistry, English, and physics) emphasize collaborative learning. Students applying to the Program agree to a five hour a week commitment to participate in a seminar and workshop and live in Mary Markley Residence Hall.

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Residential College (RC)
133 East Quad; (734) 763-0176
http://www.rc.lsa.umich.edu/

The Residential College (RC) is a four-year degree-granting college within LS&A devoted exclusively to undergraduate education. It has classrooms, faculty, and advising offices, studios and residence facilities located in East Quadrangle, an average enrollment of 950 students, and a faculty of about 50 professors and lecturers in social sciences, humanities, sciences, arts, music, and languages. The goal of the RC is to provide its students with a liberal arts education within an atmosphere that fosters the pursuit of academic excellence and encourages the development of their individual interests and talents. RC classes are small and informal with free and often lively exchange of ideas between faculty and students.

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Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP)
715 North University Avenue, Suite 201;
(734) 998-9381
http://www.umich.edu/~urop/

UROP is an opportunity for first- and second-year students to form research partnerships with leading UM faculty engaged in original research. The program features over 200 research projects covering most academic disciplines, special student services including peer advising, research peer groups, academic and career workshops, and the opportunity to earn either academic credit or work-study pay for conducting research.

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UROP in Residence (UIR)
Mosher-Jordan Hall; (734) 936-6536

UROP in Residence (UIR) offers 135 students all the benefits of the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) plus the chance to live together as a small, supportive community on the third floor of Mosher Jordan Hall. UIR students can elect special sections of English Composition, mathematics, chemistry, and engineering courses and all UIR students enroll in an interdisciplinary course, Introduction to Research. Students in this course have had the University Art Museum opened exclusively to them to participate in a seminar and gallery talk about Surrealism and the next week have learned about the Human Genome Project and how one can extract DNA in one's kitchen. Students in the program take leadership writing for the UIR newsletter, organizing community service projects, attendance at cultural events and participation in intramural teams.

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Women in Science & Engineering Residence Program (WISE)
Mosher-Jordan Hall; (734) 936-6536
http://www.umich.edu/~umwise/

The Women in Science and Engineering Residence Program is designed for students concentrating in science, mathematics, or engineering. Students live together and are invited to participate in a number of varied academic and social activities throughout the year. Among Program offerings: course sections specifically reserved for Program members (math and chemistry); academic and career workshops; study groups; and awesome tutors Students completing their first year who remain in the program may become Big Sisters to new first-year students.