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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 over 2,000 UM 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 occurs frequently for CSP students. Each student will be assigned an advisor who will help him/her explore interests, aptitudes, needs, academic goals, and career objectives, and who will likely continue to advise the student from orientation through to graduation. CSP advisors have specialized training so they can help on a wide range of practical and personal issues.

Honors Program

1228 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 inquiries are welcomed from any highly motivated student.

Residential College (RC)

133 East Quad, (734) 763-0176

http://www.rc.lsa.umich.edu/

The Residential College (RC) is an academic unit within the College of LS&A, with over 50 faculty and about 900 students, which offers a four-year liberal arts education in the context of a unique living-learning experience. RC students are encouraged to develop their individual interests and talents while pursuing academic excellence; they benefit from being members of a small college community with full access to the resources of a world-class university. RC courses tend to be small and informal, with free and lively exchanges of ideas between faculty and students. RC first-year and second-year students live and learn in East Quadrangle.

Michigan Community Scholars Program (MCSP)

Couzens Hall, 1200 East Ann Street, (734) 647-4860

http://www.lsa.umich.edu/mcs/

The Michigan Community Scholars Program brings together students and faculty who have a strong commitment to community, community service, and academic study. Through courses, social programs, study groups, and service projects, students strive to model an ideal community in terms of friendship, values, responsibility, diversity, social justice, celebration, collaboration, and caring. MCSP helps students make an easy transition from high school to college and prepares students for leadership roles on campus and in their future careers. MSCP students live and learn in Couzens Residence Hall.

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 600 research projects covering most academic disciplines. Special student services include peer advising, research peer groups, academic and career workshops, and the opportunity to earn either academic credit or work-study pay for conducting research.

Women in Science & Engineering Residence Program (WISE)

Mosher-Jordan Hall, (734) 936-6536

http://www.umich.edu/~wiserp/

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. Program offerings include course sections specifically reserved for Program members, academic and career workshops, study groups, and tutors. After completing their first year, students remaining in the program may become "big sisters" to first-year students.

Health Sciences Scholars Program (HSSP)

Mary Markley Hall, HSSP@umich.edu

http://www.lsa.umich.edu/mlc/hssp.html

The Health Sciences Scholars Program brings together faculty, students, and professionals from a range of disciplines and backgrounds to explore a broad range of health care issues in a supportive and focused residence hall community. HSSP students enroll in a two-credit course each term in which they take a broad perspective on pressing issues facing health care professionals from many disciplines as they promote, manage, deliver, sustain, and improve health in a variety of contexts. HSSP students also participate in study groups, academic advising, and student-centered programming examining career, research, and volunteer opportunities in the health sciences.

Lloyd Hall Scholars Program (LHSP)

Alice Lloyd Hall, (734) 764-7521

http://www.lsa.umich.edu/lhsp/

LHSP offers a collegial, interdisciplinary, academic environment in which entering students can enjoy the personal and intellectual benefits 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 wide range of co-curricular activities are key aspects of LHSP. An historic leader of multicultural understanding on this campus, LHSP admits each year over 300 first-year students, more than half of which are out-of-state and international students.

Max Kade German Residence Program

3110 Modern Languages Building, 764-8018, maxkade@umich.edu

http://www.lsa.umich.edu/german/gs-maxkade.html

Residents of the Kade Program have the opportunity to learn and practice German in an informal setting: students at all levels are welcome. Kade student-residents are also able to participate in the many activities available in the residence, such as film series, Kaffeestunden, and a mini-course featuring guest lectures by faculty. The Kade Program also organizes and subsidizes trips to local cultural events, and trips abroad to Berlin, Vienna, or Munich over Spring Break.

UROP in Residence (UIR)

Mosher-Jordan Hall, (734) 936-6536

http://www.umich.edu/~uir/

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 the program take leadership writing for the UIR newsletter, organizing community service projects, attend cultural events, and participate in intramural teams.

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