As always, Seniors are allowed to register first, and it follows in chronological order Juniors, Sophomores, and First-Year Students. (Class status depends on earned credits.)  

Graduate Students and Seniors: April 2nd, 12:01 a.m.

Junior Students: April 3rd, 12:01 a.m.

Sophomore Students: April 4th, 12:01 a.m.

First Year Students: April 5th, 12:01 a.m.

Open registration: April 9th     

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact a professional advisor: Melissa in Tower 2126, Jessica in Tower 2138, or David in Tower 2140 or e-mail advisement@css.edu. 

Check out the Advisement Web Page and Advisement Manual for major schemas, pre-professional program guides, and a General Education checklist.

Alternate PIN's may be pulled from the system at any time.    

Use the following when pulling your advisee information:

Advisees for: 2012 Spring Semester

ALT PIN's for: 2012 Fall Semester  

Here's the link to pull your advisees' Alternate PIN's and registration dates:   

https://www2.css.edu/app/advising/advisorlookup/indexadvisor.cfm

Financial Reminder: Financial aid packages are sometimes determined by the number of credits. If students have too few credits, the College may need to return some funding to the federal and/or state government. Note: The College and federal government considers 12 credits full-time whereas the State requires 15 credits.  

Your advisees' completed CSS academic history is available in CAPP through Banner Web. This program allows you to do a degree audit and determine the degree requirements your students have and have not completed. For more information or instructions on how to use CAPP, click here or contact David Bauman at dbauman@css.edu or 723-6179. 

Summer Courses

It's not too late for students to register for summer courses. Summer Alternate PIN's are the same as the Spring Alternate PIN's. 

Traditional undergraduate students can register for summer classes at any campus at the $395/credit rate. A financial aid form will be available on COR soon although aid is typically limited to loans. Contact OneStop for details. Students should contact OneStop for details.  

To view all course offerings this summer, click here. Note: There are a variety of term lengths ranging from two to eight weeks; for more information on term dates, check out http://www.css.edu/Administration/Registrar/Academic-Calendar/Summer-2012-Academic-Calendar.html.   

Summer Housing   

Summer housing contracts will be available in early April in the Residential Life Office. Contracts are available for short and long term.  Students can stay on campus from May - August for $875 and will be housed in the brick apartments (Pine, Maple, Willow, and Birch).  If students would like to learn more about summer housing options, please encourage them to attend one of the information sessions scheduled in April.  Students who attend one of these sessions may receive $100 off their summer housing fee. Below are the details:

Summer Housing Information Sessions:

April 15 - 8:30 p.m. Science Auditorium

April 16 - 7:30 p.m. Science Auditorium

Core Requirement for the Global, Cultural, and Language Studies major

This seminar course investigates language, culture, media, representation, and power through a variety of disciplinary and theoretical lenses, at a level of depth suited to juniors and seniors. We utilize frameworks such as subaltern, transcultural, and dependency theory alongside Western theories and tools such as postcolonial, poststructuralist, Marxist and feminist theory, and most importantly, apply them. A valuable course for students in History and Politics, Management, Social Work, or the Health Sciences.

GCL 3200: Popular Music and Political Movements

TR 2-3:40 p.m. (Elyse Carter Vosen)

Fulfills Cultural Diversity and Fine Arts Requirement

What distinguishes great artistic performance? Is it about beauty, or power? What kinds of stories does music allow a people to tell? Is music the soundtrack to a social movement, or the driving force behind it? Can a war of words and sound constitute revolution?   Does popular art help more people hear the voices no one would otherwise listen to? Are capitalism and revolution mutually exclusive? This course examines social and political movements-the collective efforts of marginalized people to change history-from the unique perspective of popular music performers who have used speech, song, and poetry as liberating and mobilizing forces for political action.

GCL 4411: Strangers in Their Own Land

MWF 1-2:05 p.m. (Elyse Carter Vosen)

Fulfills the Writing Intensive Requirement

This literature course examines the consequences of colonization on the cultural consciousness of a people by responding to the following questions: What implications do the effects of colonization have for literature written by a once subjugated people who have not had control over their own space? Whose personal history has been detoured by the intrusion of a colonizer? Whose sense of time, space, selfhood, and expression is dictated by an outsider's interpretation of the meanings of all of these? And ultimately, how does a postcolonial writer negotiate or construct reality through literature? Students read novels from four different postcolonial contexts to consider these questions.        

RUS/ENG 2280

Course to fulfill the Cultural Diversity and Literature Requirement & count toward fulfillment of the Russian minor, GCL major

Mania, myth or multiple dimensions? In works ranging from the prison camps of the Gulag to the postmodern chat room, from dystopia to za-um, from bitter Soviet satire to Silver Age poetry, Russian writers explored myriad responses to totalitarian rule, its decline and collapse, seeking escape through chair legs and chicken legs, laboratories and labyrinths. Discover modern Russian prose and poetry in English translation while examining the cultural, historical, religious and economic transformations that provided the backdrop for the literature of this turbulent period. Discuss works by authors including Nabokov, Ilf and Petrov, Bulgakov, Brodsky, Tolstaya and Pelevin.

Honors

HON 3777: The Arab Spring

TR 8 - 9:40 a.m. (Dr. C. Neal Keye)

This course will explore the roots of the various social upheavals and revolutions in the Arab world beginning in early 2011 - "the Arab Spring" from Tunisia and Egypt to Bahrain, Syria, Yemen, and Libya. The first part of the course will trace how the demise of the Tunisian dictatorship and the brutal U.S.-backed Mubarak regime in Egypt by an inspiring display of individual acts of courage and collective people power not only marked the end of two brutal regimes willing to serve the military and economic needs of the neo-liberal West; it also signaled the end of the colonial world order put in place by the British and French mandate system in the Middle East following World War I. In this connection, the second part of the course will focus on the legacy of colonialism in the Arab world, including the history of Arab democracy movements and nationalism in the 19th century, the global dimensions of the so-called Israeli-Palestinian "conflict," and the hidden lives of oil in the region. The third part of the course will focus on the history and anthropology of Egypt from the colonial era to the end of the Mubarak regime.

Marketing Department  

MKT 4500: Bluestone Ad Agency

For Junior and Senior MKT/CTA/CIS students looking for experiential learning opportunities, this course will provide marketing services to local businesses and organizations. Faculty and members of the CSS marketing department provide oversight and mentoring to ensure projects are successfully completed. Clients include Taste of the NFL, Animal Allies, Boys & Girls Clubs, Northern Lights Foundation, Duluth Art Institute and many others. Contact Jen Rosato at 723-6152, jrosato@css.edu or Jordan Milan at 625-4495, jmilan@css.edu for more information.  

Social Work Department

SWK 2240: Introduction to Professional Social Work

MW 2:15-3:45 

This course introduces students to the historical development of the social work profession. The course offers a survey of contemporary social work areas of practice, their historical development, underlying values, ethics and philosophy, and the need for social services in a modern society.  By the end of the semester, students should be able to have clear understandings of what social workers do and if social work may be their career choice.

Theology and Religious Studies 

TRS 2222: A History of Christian Thought

MWF 9-10:15 (Fr. Graham)   

Students will experience the culture and attractions of London! Ring in the new year by visiting a Roman bath...take in the grandeur of Stonehenge...walk the boards at the Globe Theatre...see all the sights! Once the center of the British Empire, London offers an exciting and artistically rich study and travel experience for students of all majors.

Students can choose one of two courses for this two-week study abroad program (December 28, 2012 - January 11, 2013). Travel plans and much of the itinerary will be shared by the two groups, including museum visits, various theatre performances, and an overnight excursion to the city of Bath and nearby Stonehenge. Fall semester financial aid is applicable.Click here for more information and course offerings.  

Mexico: Cuernavaca Quest   

This is a 10 credit, six week summer study abroad program with service-learning in Cuernavaca, México May 16th - June 25th. This exciting program combines academic work and experiential education focusing on social justice issues. It promotes personal transformation through the integration of knowledge, action, and reflection. All credits earned in this program can count towards a major or minor in Spanish and/or Global, Cultural, and Language Studies (formerly LIS) and some can count for Gen. Ed. Click here for more information and course offerings. 

Ireland 2013: Studying in Ireland is not as expensive as you might think...

Did you know that all CSS financial aid and scholarships follow you when you enroll in the College's Ireland in the Spring program? Click here for more information and course offerings.   

Journey to India - HITEC City

HITEC City stand for Hyderabad Information Technology Engineering Consultancy City, a major technology township which is at the center of the information technology industry in Hyderabad, A P. Students will be conducting research with Arshia Khan and Karen Peterson on one of many possible topics in Paris or London and India from December 27, 2012 - January 11, 2013. For information, contact Arshia at akhan@css.edu or Karen at kpeterse@css.edu.

Summer Travel to Tanzania 

Steel Band 

Do you know that CSS has an authentic Caribbean cultural experience right here on campus (steel band)? Do you know that we have a world drumming ensemble that frequently visits local schools and shares a music education program with our area's youth? Did you know that our music "pep" ensemble on campus is a drumline (without the band!) and that we perform at football and hockey games? If not, now you do! What are you waiting for? Join the Groove. Meet new people, get a credit if you need it, increase your social circle, and be open to new experiences! And the best part--all three ensembles are open to any CSS student, regardless of prior experience. Contact Jeremy Craycraft at jcraycra@css.edu for more information about these unique opportunities.   

The CAS, located in Tower 2129, offers free academic assistance to any CSS student. One-on-one and group tutoring is available for: Math, Chemistry, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Biology, Anatomy, Physics, and much more. Supplemental Instruction (SI) is also provided through the CAS for: BIO 1036, CHM 1120, CHM 2210, BIO 1110, and PSC 2002. Check out the CAS website for more information or to request a tutor or contact Jessica Johnston at jjohnsto@css.edu for more details.