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SCHOOL OF INFORMATION STUDIES

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

MLIS Orientation ischool.uwm.eduChad Zahrt Assistant Dean

Spring 2014

PantherLink

pantherlink.uwm.edu

Always check your PantherLink email

All official communication between

SOIS/UWM and you will come through

PantherLink – your UWM email account

We do not use your personal email for School-related communication

SOIS-GR email list

Automatically a member

Email important news and information

specifically related to SOIS: New courses, announcements Registration news Events, etc.

Stay Connected!

Email**PhoneDrop-InChatSkype

**Always include your student ID 99X-XX-XXXX in emails

Attend events!

Not on campus? Check out the SOISistream

www4.uwm.edu/sois/resources/it/iStream/

Your Information

If you change your name, address, telephone number, or personal email address:

Make changes in PAWS

AND

Provide SOIS with changes

Academic Advisors

Sharon Lake: salake@uwm.edu

Twyla McGhee

twyla@uwm.edu

Here to help!

Academic Advisors

Transfer of Credits

Course Exemption Requests

Exception Requests

Registration problems and questions

Academic Advisors

Contact prior to graduation

Audit your transcript to insure degree completion:

Core courses (B or better)

Total credits (30/36)

GPA (3.0)

Faculty Mentor / Advisor

You should contact your faculty mentor

Assists you in setting up an academic plan, selecting appropriate electives, offering career advice

Faculty Mentor

Who is my Mentor?

1. On your SOIS admission letter

2. In PAWS as your “advisor”

Graduate School

Sets Policies & Procedures for all Graduate

programs at UWM

www.graduateschool.uwm.edu/students/policies/

If you do not enroll in both spring & fall semesters you may have to submit a re-entry application to the MLIS program and the Graduate School

If you plan to drop out of the MLIS program, please let us know

Core Courses

Electives

Exam or Thesis

Graduation

MLIS Degree

Core Courses

Should take core courses at the beginningof your program

Minimum of B required (not B-)

If you do not earn a B or better, mustretake the course – pay tuition twice!

Core Courses

501 Foundations of Library and Information Science

511 Organization of Information

571 Information Access and Retrieval

591 Research in Library and Information Science

www4.uwm.edu/sois/programs/graduate/mlis/degreereq.cfm

Electives – Lots to choose from

INFOST 714 Metadata

INFOST 745 Library Services for Children and Young Adults

INFOST 861 Seminar in Intellectual Freedom

INFOST 685 E-Publishing and Web Design

MLIS Degree Options

Transcript-Designated Concentrations

Coordinated Degrees

Be a Generalist!!

Do Fieldwork

Schedule of Courses

www4.uwm.edu/schedule/

Course Day/Time/Location

Course Dates

Online/Onsite

0XX= onsite2XX= online

PAWSPanther Access to Web Services

www.paws.uwm.edu

Sign in usingePanther ID

ePanther Password

Same ID and Password for your PantherLink account

Desire 2 Learn – D2L

Online course platform

d2l.uwm.edu/

All courses have D2L site

Registration

Date/time registration appointment in PAWS

Sent a reminder/noticePantherLink

Snail MailSOIS – Registration Starts Soon

Register at appointment time

Semesters/Terms

Fall/Spring Terms

15 or 16 Weeks

Summer Terms are Variable

6, 8, 10 or 12 Weeks

Important Dates

Important Dates

Add/Drop/Withdraw

Tuitionwww4.uwm.edu/current_students/register_course_info/important_dates.cfm

Also at:

www4.uwm.edu/schedule/

Important Dates

Deadlines and dates for registering,

dropping, and withdrawing from semester

are your responsibility

Full Courses

If you cannot register for a course, use the Wait List function in PAWS.

If wait list is full, email soisinfo@uwm.edu

Wait List Email

Subject Header: Closed Course

Body of Email:

Course number and section

And/Or

Class ID #

Permission Numbers

Enrollment in a closed course is by permission number only

You will be sent a permission number to your PantherLink email

Degree Completion

Maintain a grade point average (GPA) of

at least 3.0 in all coursework taken toward

degree program

Pass all Core Courses (B or better)

Degree Completion

Must successfully pass

Proficiency Exam

OR

Thesis

Degree Completion

Can elect either option at any time, however

should choose early to accommodate any

additional requirements (thesis)

Proficiency Exam

Register for exam after fulfilling followingcriteria:

Completed all FOUR core courses

If admitted with deficiency, the deficiency hasbeen cleared

www4.uwm.edu/sois/programs/graduate/mlis/profreq.cfm

Thesis

Assemble thesis committee as early as

possible

Additional required course INFOST 890 Research Methods

Must take at least three credits of thesis

courseworkINFOST 898 Master’s Thesis

Graduation

To apply for graduation, you must be registered for at least one credit hour

INFOST 888 Candidate for DegreeThis course is NOT required for graduation!

SOIS Online

SOIS Websiteischool.uwm.edu

Graduate Frequently Asked Questionswww4.uwm.edu/sois/programs/graduate/mlis/faq.cfm

Resourceswww4.uwm.edu/sois/resources/

www4.uwm.edu/sois/resources/it/virtuallab/

Virtual Lab

Student Support

Conference Participation

Work the SOIS booth!

Conference Presentation

Study Abroad

Austria

Korea

South Africa China

Taiwan

Mail Lists

soisjobsJobs, Internships, Fieldwork Opportunities

soisnewsNews and Events

www4.uwm.edu/sois/resources/it/maillists.cfm

SOIStech

Support for the Virtual Lab

Support for SOIS computer labs

soistech@uwm.edu

414.229.5275

Pantherfile

Secure online file storagepantherfile.uwm.edu/xythoswfs/webview/xythoslogin.action

UITSUniversity Information

Technology Services

For general technical issues/help (PantherLink, D2L, etc.):

Call:Extension 4040 on campus(414) 229-4040 off campus

Email help@uwm.edu

www4.uwm.edu/uits/help/index.cfm

Virtual Lounge

SOIS D2L Student Virtual Lounged2l.uwm.edu/

For use by all SOIS studentsParticipate in discussions

Connect with other students

Important information and announcements

PAWS Tutorials

Adding, Dropping, Swapping, Editing, Wait List, Grades, Finances

www4.uwm.edu/paws/training/?action1=webbasedtraining#student

ePantheridIf you don’t have one…

Go to www.epantherid.uwm.edu

Activate new ePanther account & password

Change existing ePanther password

Reset forgotten ePanther password