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Departmental Drop-In Advising and Placement

Thursday, August 29, 2024

Drop-In Departmental, Placement, Pre-Professional Advising, OCEL

Representatives from all academic departments and programs will be available for individual drop-in consultations. If you are not sure which math or language course is right for you, or if you received a 4 or a 5 on an AP exam (or equivalent IB or A-level examination) and want to take an intermediate-level course, or if you are interested in a special permission (SP) course such as music lessons, this is the time to get the information and/or permissions you need. Be sure to bring your registration form with you.

Foreign Language Course Placement Advising (and Placement Exams)

  • 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
  • Chicago Hall/Sanders Classroom/Blodgett Hall (See locations)

All foreign language departments will be open to students for placement advising (See locations). Please note that while Arabic is part of the Program in Africana Studies, Arabic advising will take place in Chicago Hall 103. For French and Francophone studies in Chicago Hall 102, please bring your laptop if possible, as there is a limited amount of computers available.

Music Theory Placement Advising and Placement Exam

  • 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
  • Skinner Hall, Room 205

Music Faculty will be available to meet with students who wish to take the advanced placement exam, in order to test out of MUSI 105 (Music Theory I), directly into MUSI 106 (Music Theory II, offered in Spring semester). This exam expects outstanding proficiency in four-part writing and voice-leading, harmonic (roman numeral) analysis, and figured-bass realization.

Math/Statistics Advising

  • 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
  • Rocky 305 (Math/Stat Department Lounge)

Faculty members will be available for Math/Stat advising and to answer questions. Math/Stat advising will also take place in the Bridge for Laboratory Science Atrium from 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Natural Science and Math/Statistics Advising

  • 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
  • Bridge for Laboratory Science Atrium

Faculty members will provide information about the programs and departments in natural science and math at Vassar. They will discuss curricular offerings and answer questions. Math/Stat advising will also take place in the Math Department lounge, Rockefeller 305.

Physics Placement Exam

  • 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
  • Sanders Physics, Room 201