Purdue University College of Liberal Arts

Current Students

STAR 2012 College of Liberal Arts Agenda

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7:00 – 8:00      June 18-July 12: Check in at Elliott Hall of Music (ELLT), Lobby

8:00 – 9:00      General Welcome - Location TBD
 

9:00 - 9:15       Move to the College of Liberal Arts Welcome Session in Class of 1950 Lecture Hall (CL50) main lobby.  You will be escorted to this location by a College of Liberal Arts representative.

9:15 – 10:00    General orientation meeting in CL50 room 224

10:00 - 10:30   Several departments and specialty areas will have specific information provided in group meetings. Students are expected to attend meetings in their area of interest.

Communication – BRNG 1254
 English – BRNG 1238
Pre-Law – BRNG 1242
Study Abroad – BRNG B206
 Visual and Performing Arts – BRNG 2280
 Social Sciences: Anthropology, History, Sociology, Philosophy, Political Science, Interdisciplinary Studies
(What can I do with a Liberal Arts major?) - BRNG B222

Undecided students – BRNG B247
Non-Liberal Arts Majors – BRNG B260


10:30 - 11:00   Honors Program and Dean’s Scholars information meeting – BRNG 1284

 Students with SAT (Verbal and Math) scores of 1800 or higher, an ACT composite score of 26 or higher, or those who graduated in the upper 10% of their class are eligible to take Honors classes and should plan to attend. Students who have been accepted into the Dean’s Freshman Scholar Program should also plan to attend.

10:30 – 5:00    From this point on, your day will vary depending on your advising appointment. You will begin registration for courses; take your foreign language placement test*, and Advanced Credit Exams in other areas of interest you wish to pursue.

 

REMINDERS:

KEEP YOUR SCHEDULED ADVISING APPOINTMENT in Beering Hall room 1114.

REGISTER FOR CLASSES in Matthews Hall room 1116

HAVE YOUR STUDENT ID PICTURE TAKEN in the Purdue Memorial Union room 130.

*Foreign language placement tests are given on a walk-in basis from 10:30 to 4:00 in Stanley Coulter Hall room 231. Testing ends at 4:00. French, German, and Spanish tests take about thirty minutes. Latin, Japanese, and Russian tests take up to one hour. Math Advanced Credit Exams are given at 1:30 in MATH 175 (the building just north of BRNG). You will need a green authorization form from your advisor for each exam you would like to take.



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