I-SEC Students:

The Spring 2018 schedule of classes is now viewable on PatriotWeb.  Registration will begin on November 7^th. To determine your individual registration time, please check PatriotWeb under "Registration Status and Time Ticket, Override Notification, Wait List Position".   We encourage you to check the schedule of classes frequently on PatriotWeb as the schedule may change.  Also, courses without an assigned instructor are not likely to be, but may be, offered in the upcoming semester.

Please make a note the following information:

• Before registration begins, you will be issued an override to add PUBP 504, PUBP 505, and/or PUBP 506 if you have not taken these courses already.  There is a note on PatriotWeb instructing you to contact me, but this is mainly for those outside I-SEC who want to try to get into these courses.  Anyone receiving this message will receive pre-authorization to add these courses if needed.
• For second-year students, please remember I-SEC core courses have been renumbered.  Grand Strategy has changed from PUBP 771 to PUBP 504.   Ethics and the Use of Force has changed from PUBP 738 to PUBP 506.  If you took these courses with the original numbers, do not retake them under the new numbers.

· For our third-year part-timers, PUBP 505 was listed in Spring 2016 as ‘PUBP 710 - Prac & Thry Pub Pol for Secur’.  If you took that course in Spring 2016, do not take PUBP 505. 

• PUBP 710 is a general elective number that can be taken multiple times with different topics.  Different PUBP 710 courses fall into different I-SEC area requirements (aka buckets).  Please let me know if you have questions about this.
• PUBP 511, PUAD 511, and GOVT 511 are all equivalent options.  To enroll in these courses, students must first pass a screening exam.  Information about this is at http://schar.gmu.edu/511.
• Attached to this email is a list of course options with the relevant core courses and area requirement courses (aka ‘buckets’) broken out.
• Students are encouraged to review the options under the BIOD, GOVT, ITRN, PUAD, and PUBP headings for other elective choices.  Students should consult with an advisor (that’s me!) with any questions about elective eligibility.
• Course syllabi will be posted on the Schar School syllabi page as they become available. If a syllabus is not yet posted, please review previous semesters' syllabi to get an idea of class requirements or contact the teaching faculty directly to inquire.
• All non-Schar courses will have to be pre-approved by your academic advisor (that’s me!) before registering.
• The complete academic calendar and billing dates can be found on the Registrar's website.

Please note the following important wait list procedures:

· Students will be sent e-mails (to their Mason e-mail accounts) when waitlist overrides are issued.  Students will not be able to waitlist for a course if the following apply:

1. They are already registered for another section of the same course.
2. They are already on a waitlist for another section of the same course

· For more information please visit the Registrar's Waitlist Information page.

Finally, to help answer any registration and/or academic advising questions you may have, we will be holding Advising Open Houses on the following dates and times:

Arlington Campus

Student Services Suite 560 in Founders Hall

10/30           4pm-7pm

11/1           4pm-7pm

Fairfax Campus

Room 359 in Research Hall

11/8            10am-2pm

*Students are always welcome to schedule an appointment.

During Advising Open Houses students will be seen on a first come, first served basis.

Best,

Nicholas Stroup

Associate Director of Student Services

Schar School of Policy and Government

703.993.4975

Founders 562 – Arlington Campus

3351 Fairfax Drive MS 3B1

Arlington, VA 22201