Instructors:

Dr. Maria Teresa Velez	Andrew Huerta	Nura Dualeh
UA Administration Building room 322	McNair House 1031 N Mountain	McNair House 1031 N Mountain
mvelez@grad.arizona.edu	ahuerta@u.arizona.edu	nura@email.arizona.edu
621-7815	626-6961	626-7475
Office Hours: By Appointment	Office Hours: By Appointment	Office Hours: By Appointment

 

Course Purpose:

 

UNVR 496A is a requirement of the UA Ronald E. McNair Achievement Program (MAP) and will count as the student’s mandatory meeting time with his/her McNair Advisor. This course is primarily designed to assist MAP and McNair Scholars work together in preparing final applications for graduate programs, national fellowships, or summer research opportunity programs.

 

Course Requirements:

 

As a community of aspiring professionals in academia, the following is required for all UNVR 496 students.

·         Attend class, arrive on time, and come fully prepared. Students who cannot meet this requirement are asked to drop the course and work with McNair staff individually.

·         For those students who did not present at the UA McNair Summer Colloquium, you are required to present your summer research this semester as part of UNVR 496a. Presentations will last 10 minutes. Please note that anyone is welcome to attend these presentations, so please invite family, friends and anyone you think might be interested in participating in McNair.

·         Develop a list of graduate programs and/or summer research opportunity programs that match your academic interests.

·         Present a short overview of potential graduate programs individually or as part of a small group.

·         Complete a final and flawless CV to be used in applications to graduate programs or summer research experiences.  

·         Complete a final and flawless Personal Statement to be used in applications to graduate programs, national fellowships or summer research experiences.

 

Course Assignments:

 

·         All students are required to complete a CV. Requirements for your final CV will be handed out and discussed in class.

·         All students are required to complete at least one version of a personal statement. Requirements for your final statement will be handed out and discussed in class.

·         All students are required to request letters of recommendation from their faculty in a timely and respectful manner. Requirements for these requests will be handed out and discussed in class.

·         Please note that full credit will not be granted to CV’s and Personal Statements that do not meet the requirements of the course.

 

Course Grading:

 

Grading will be based on the following course assignments. Final grades will be based on your total of 100 points:

 

Attendance and Participation	30 points
CV	30 points
Personal Statement	40 points

 

UNVR 496a Course Schedule:

 

August 28	Class overview, updates, & letters of rec
September 4	National fellowships, McNair waivers, application tracking
September 11	Personal statement requirements and samples
September 18	1st half of statement or 1st draft of statement – peer review
September 25	2nd half of statement or 2nd draft of statement – peer review
October 2	CV requirements and samples
October 9	CV due – peer review
October 16	CAPS – Stress and your graduate education
October 23	Discussion
October 30	Presentations
November 6	Discussion
November 13	Presentations

                                     

Syllabus Note:
Information contained in the course syllabus may be subject to change with reasonable advance notice as deemed appropriate by the instructors.

 

University Policies:

All students are to be aware of and expected to follow UA policies (in addition to those of the external institution where they are conducting summer research) since they will be receiving UA credit for this course:

 

Policies against plagiarism, etc., within Student Code of Academic Integrity:

http://deanofstudents.arizona.edu/academicintegrity

 

Policies for student code of conduct: 

http://deanofstudents.arizona.edu/policiesandcodes/studentcodeofconduct

 

Policies for the availability of reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities:

http://drc.arizona.edu/teach/syllabus-statement.html