IUPUI’S SPAN PROGRAM –FROM A PARENT’S PERSPECTIVE
Miscellaneous We Have Learned:
Parking Permit – We recommend that if your student drives, they
purchase a parking permit. It allows your student access to both the
parking garages and parking lots. Permits may be purchased on line at:
http://www.parking.iupui.edu/. Tickets must be paid or towing will
occur.
Class Cancellations – No matter how well you plan, it is possible for a
class in which your student has registered to be cancelled. This usually
happens within a week of the start of class but can happen as late as the
start of school. Periodically make sure the classes you have registered for
are still listed. If a class is cancelled you must go in and officially drop it
for it to be removed from your bursar account and credit to be refunded.
This has nothing to do with you or the process it just happens.
Reregister as soon as possible into another class.
Student Profile- Your student will have the option of filling out a
student profile. We prefer to provide only minimal information. Usually
the option exists to allow access to the teacher only or the entire class.
While it will be the decision of your student, we have found that only
basic information is best.
Setting up E-mail – The campus assigns an e-mail account for every
student. We recommend they use it. It avoids trying to access and
manage several accounts on a daily basis as teachers and other students
will use that address to contact one another.
Work – Although we as parents would love them to work the college, as
a guideline offers the following:
Course Loads and Work (IUPUI Campus Bulletin 2004-2006)
The following guidelines may assist a student in determining the
appropriate number of credit hours to take in combination with work and
other obligations. Financial aid regulations also affect course load.
Hours Employed Per Week Semester Load Summer Load Status
31-40+ 6 credits 3 credits half-time
21-30 9 credits 4-5 credits three-quarter
0-20 2-17 credits 6 credits full-time status
But we have our own recommendation. No more than 10 hours of work a
week for at least their first year. It is critical that the student still have
time for friends, fun, and the test that “took more time to study for than
they had planned.” Our recommendation is to give them time to find a
balance and still be a teenager.
Miscellaneous We Have Learned:
Parking Permit – We recommend that if your student drives, they
purchase a parking permit. It allows your student access to both the
parking garages and parking lots. Permits may be purchased on line at:
http://www.parking.iupui.edu/. Tickets must be paid or towing will
occur.
Class Cancellations – No matter how well you plan, it is possible for a
class in which your student has registered to be cancelled. This usually
happens within a week of the start of class but can happen as late as the
start of school. Periodically make sure the classes you have registered for
are still listed. If a class is cancelled you must go in and officially drop it
for it to be removed from your bursar account and credit to be refunded.
This has nothing to do with you or the process it just happens.
Reregister as soon as possible into another class.
Student Profile- Your student will have the option of filling out a
student profile. We prefer to provide only minimal information. Usually
the option exists to allow access to the teacher only or the entire class.
While it will be the decision of your student, we have found that only
basic information is best.
Setting up E-mail – The campus assigns an e-mail account for every
student. We recommend they use it. It avoids trying to access and
manage several accounts on a daily basis as teachers and other students
will use that address to contact one another.
Work – Although we as parents would love them to work the college, as
a guideline offers the following:
Course Loads and Work (IUPUI Campus Bulletin 2004-2006)
The following guidelines may assist a student in determining the
appropriate number of credit hours to take in combination with work and
other obligations. Financial aid regulations also affect course load.
Hours Employed Per Week Semester Load Summer Load Status
31-40+ 6 credits 3 credits half-time
21-30 9 credits 4-5 credits three-quarter
0-20 2-17 credits 6 credits full-time status
But we have our own recommendation. No more than 10 hours of work a
week for at least their first year. It is critical that the student still have
time for friends, fun, and the test that “took more time to study for than
they had planned.” Our recommendation is to give them time to find a
balance and still be a teenager.
About IUPUI SPAN
Program- Miscellaneous
We Have Learned
Program- Miscellaneous
We Have Learned
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