Future Year Calendar 2010-11

Student Records and Registration

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Academic Policies
For a complete list of Olin's academic policies, please reference the current student handbook and / or the current college catalog. You can view an electronic copies of these documents at:

• Current Olin Student Handbook (PDF)
• Current Olin Course Catalog (PDF)
• Olin Self Study (OSS)
• Spring 2010 Registration Packet (Offerings and Schedule Grid)

Courses, Curriculum, Schedules and Registration
Olin College's curriculum is managed by the college's Academic Recommendation Board (the ARB). You can review your degree requirements, course descriptions and other relevant data on the curriculum by accessing the current college catalog or by visiting the ARB's site at http://arb.olin.edu/.

In May 2009, the ARB restructured the Olin Self Study (OSS) graduation requirement. Under the new structure students may complete the OSS graduation requirement in one of five ways: 1) Advanced Independent Study, 2) Advanced Research, 3) AHS Capstone Project, 4) E! Capstone Project, or 5) an ARB approved course. All students must fill out an OSS completion form, regardless of how they choose to complete this requirement.

The Student Records office works in conjunction with the ARB and the Dean of Faculty to develop semester schedules for each registration period. The college adopted a standard template for scheduling in May of 2004. Click here to view the template. Nominally, courses at Olin are four (4) semester hour credits and meet for 200 minutes per week during a thirteen (13) week semester. Some laboratory, design or project courses may vary from this standard pattern.

Course registration generally takes place in November for the spring semester and in April (or August for new students) for the fall semester. Materials are distributed to students and advisers approximately 10 days prior to registration. For additional information, please reference Registration Process in the Academics section of the current student handbook.

Registration Booklets: Click on the options below to view our present and archived registration materials. These also include the schedule of classes in list and grid formats.

Upcoming:  Fall 2010 to be released in late March / early April

Current:  Spring 2010 Registration Booklet and Course Offerings Updated 6 Nov 2009 
                 Spring 2010 Co-Curricular Offerings

Archives:    Fall 2002 Registration Booklet
  Spring 2003 Registration Booklet
  Fall 2003 Registration Booklet
  Spring 2004 Registration Booklet
  Fall 2004 Registration Booklet
  FA04 Co-Curricular Descriptions & Registration
  Spring 2005 Registration Booklet
  SP05 C0-Curricular Descriptions & Registration
  Fall 2005 Registration Booklet
  Fall 2005 Co-Curricular Descriptions & Registration
  Spring 2006 Registration Booklet
  SP06 Co-Curricular Descriptions & Registration
  Fall 2006 Registration Booklet
  FA06 Co-Curricular Descriptions & Registration
  Spring 2007 Registration Booklet
  SP07 Co-Curricular Descriptions & Registration
   Fall 2007 Registration Booklet
  FA07 Co-Curricular Descriptions & Registrations
   Spring 2008 Registration Booklet
  SP08 Co-Curricular Descriptions & Registrations
   Fall 2008 Registration Booklet
  FA08 Co-Curricular Descriptions & Registrations
   Spring 2009 Registration Booklet
  SP09 Co-Curricular Descriptions & Registrations
  Fall 2009 Registration Booklet and Course Offerings
  FA09 Co-curricular Description & Registration

Eligible Olin students are allowed to take one course at a host BBW school per semester. Students taking courses at another school should be careful to follow all academic policies, deadlines, etc. related to the host school. In order to submit a cross-registration request, use the cross-registration portlet under the Students tab at http://my.olin.edu. The StAR Center will work with the host school to facilitate the registration. For a list of offerings at the host schools, see the BBW link section located on the left.

Olin welcomes students from Babson, Brandeis and Wellesley to register for Olin courses. All courses except for the first year Integrated Course Blocks (ICBs) are eligible for cross-registration with the permission of the Olin faculty member. BBW students should send a request for a course through their Registrar's Office to the Student Accounts and Records (StAR) Center. Cross-registration request forms can be found at the home institution. You may view Olin's offerings in the current registration booklet found above.

Cross Registration Forms

• To Olin Cross Registration (PDF)

• Fall 2009 Final Assessment Schedule NOW available

Transcripts & Enrollment Verifications
Official and unofficial transcripts are available through the StAR Center. Transcripts represent all work within the Olin Continuum. Transcripts contain confidential information and can only be requested in writing from the student. Students can request a transcript in one of four ways. Complete a transcript request form and submit it in person, by mail, by fax or by e-mail (from an Olin account) to star.center@olin.edu. Please allow a minimum of two days for processing.

Enrollment verifications for Olin students are available through the StAR Center. Verifications are often required for health insurance and scholarship notification. You may request a verification in writing, via e-mail to star.center@olin.edu or via fax to 781-292-2344.

FERPA (Family Education Rights and Privacy Act)
FERPA is a federal law that protects the privacy of students' educational records. Please refer to the current student handbook for specific details about the act.

Also, please note that Olin College may release directory information to outside parties without a signed release. Olin's directory information is defined as name; local address and phone number; email address; photograph; degree program and major / minor; dates of attendance; full and part-time status; degrees; honors and awards. Students have the absolute right to not allow disclosure of directory information if they so choose. To do so, a student must complete a Request to Prevent Disclosure.

• If fulfilling the OSS requirement with an AHS or E! capstone project, approval of the project will go through those program committees.
• If fulfilling the OSS with research, the research must be a second semester of research with the same faculty member to insure advanced level work at a 3000 or 4000 level. The research must also include a significant self-study component, receive a grade, and allow the student to contribute on an intellectual level to a field, and produce a relevant deliverable such as a literature review or work towards a research paper appropriate for submission.
• If fulfilling the OSS with an Independent Study, the work must be sufficiently advanced to be considered equivalent to a 3000 or 4000 level course, an Olin faculty member must be the primary point of contact for the activity, and the project must receive a grade.
• If fulfilling the OSS requirement with an ARB approved course, the student must take the class for a grade. Courses can only be submitted for qualification to the ARB by faculty members. If a student believes they are taking a course that should fulfill the OSS requirement they should discuss this with the faculty member.