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Current as of March 21, 2007

Department Name: Sociology

Undergraduate Adviser Name: Chaniqua Ross

Office Location: 424 Barrows Hall

Email Address: socadv@berkeley.edu

Phone: 510-642-3330

Fax: 510-642-0659

Departmental Website: http://sociology.berkeley.edu

1. Is there a specific time frame in which students are required to declare a major in your department? If yes, when?

No.

2. Does the Undergraduate Adviser (staff) sign the Education Abroad Program academic planning form, or must a faculty adviser (professor) sign?

The Staff Undergraduate Adviser.

3. Should we advise students to make an appointment to have their academic planning form signed in your department? If so, do they need to bring a transcript or any other supplemental materials with them to their appointment?

No appointment is necessary. Drop-in hours are M-F, 9-12 and 1-4pm. They simply need to bring the form filled out with them.

4. What is the maximum amount of major credit given for courses taken during the education abroad program? Is this maximum calculated by number of courses or by units of credit? Please explain.

Students may "transfer" up to 6 courses (must be 3 units or more) to fullfill major requirements.

5. Are students in your department able to undertake senior honors theses the semester following EAP participation or are there restrictions? Please explain.

Our honors program is a Fall/Spring sequence that must be taken in that order during the students' senior year.

6. Does your department calculate EAP grades into the departmental GPA?

Yes.

7. Are EAP grades counted towards departmental honors?

Yes.

8. If you represent a department which teaches foreign language, does your department award major credit for the courses taken during the Intensive Language Program (ILP) portion of the EAP program? If so, please explain.

N/a.

9. Does your department distribute a special information sheet for your majors which includes advice on how to articulate participation with EAP with the major?

No.

10. If yes, do you also provide this information on your departmental website? What is the URL?

N/a.

11. Finally, most EAP students are required to officially declare their major before departure. Returning EAP students who attempt to register through Tele-BEARS from abroad need adviser codes to pre-enroll for courses. What is your departmental policy on releasing advisor codes (AC's) to EAP students?

We ask the student's to either email or call us, identify themselves as EAP students, and we give them the adviser code at that time.