The newsletter for students admitted to the University of Iowa's
Bachelor of Applied Studies external degree program
Summer 2007
Volume 2, Number 2
Guided Independent Study Courses now Semester Based
Guided Independent Study (GIS) courses are now available only in the semester-based format. Remember that registration must be requested in accordance with The University's fall, spring, and summer registration periods. Here is a summary of the GIS changes:
1. Paying Balance in Full
If you choose to pay the full amount of the contracted items, you will pay the total shown as the "Balance Due" by the date indicated on your bill.
2. Deferred Payment Plan
By paying the Minimum Periodic Payment listed on the billing statement you will automatically become enrolled in this plan. Students will have their contracted items (Tuition, Room and Board) billed in three installments during the Fall and Spring semesters as follows:
Fall Semester - August, September, October
Spring Semester - January, February, March
A $20.00 Deferred Payment Fee will be assessed on the last installment of the semester if you choose this billing option.
During the Summer Semester installments will be billed as follows:
Summer Semester - June, July
A $15.00 Deferred Payment Fee will be assessed on the last installment of the summer semester if you choose this billing option.
BAS Success Story: James Stoneton
James Stoneton is one of two people who graduated this May from the Bachelor of Applied Studies (BAS) program. These are the first two people to graduate from this two-year-old program. Here, James tells about the path that led him to the BAS program. He reports that he is now eligible for a transitional teaching certificate in Maine.
I have attempted to finish a bachelor’s degree at least three times in my life (more if I feel the need to be truly honest). My life has been filled with detours: marriage, 2 daughters and an administrative career.
My original intent when I graduated from high school in 1989 was to become a teacher. My mother is a teacher, my brother is a teacher and my wife is a teacher. I started to work part time as I began college in order to have some spending money. Very slowly, I got sucked into making money and about the time I decided to get married I chucked the college path and chose the career path. Salaried administration, another word for cheap labor! Ten years and two children later, my wife went back to work, and I decided enough was enough--throw out the old career and enter my original one, education.
There was one small problem. I never finished my degree!!! This meant that I wasn’t eligible for certification above an educational technician II. How was I ever going to finish my degree at night with two young children and a wife? My brother had taken several classes from The University of Iowa’s GIS program and suggested it. I tried it and loved it! I took more away from the online format than I ever had in a lecture format, received much better feedback on individual assignments and most important of all, could work it around my schedule.
It became a nightly routine: tuck the kids in, visit with the wife and at 8:30 start working at the computer for 2-3 hours a night. Some classes took me eight weeks (I could accelerate during my vacations), some closer to 20, but not one ever interfered with my role as a father or a husband. I would still be working on my school work, one class at a time if it were not for the flexibility of GIS.
Fall 2007 Online Courses Available From Iowa State University
More information about the courses below may be found through Iowa State University, Continuing Education and Distance Education, Ames, IA 50011. Telephone: 515-294-6222.
For information on enrollment, cost and start date link to: http://www.lifelearner.iastate.edu/
Veterans: The University of Iowa Veterans Association is Here for You
Web site: http://www.uiowa.edu/~uiva/
Address: Room 203 Communications Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
Telephone: (319) 384-2020
The University of Iowa Veterans Association (UIVA) is a group of Veterans and others interested in helping newly arrived veterans or returning reservists at the University of Iowa to adjust and integrate into University life. Additionally, the group plans to support everyone still serving in the armed forces and their families, and to raise the awareness of fellow students of the sacrifices being made on their behalf every single day. This is not a pro-war or anti-war group; it is a pro-service member group plain and simple, so people of all political ideologies are welcome.
This UIVA Newsletter was created with the intent to inform student veterans of issues and news affecting the veterans’ community, raise awareness of opportunities and activities for veterans on and off campus, and further serve the University of Iowa Veterans Association by being one more resource for veterans on campus to use to get the most from their college experience.
The Newsletter offers advice and information including the following summary in a recent issue from a meeting with Kelly Carrell, a counselor in the UI Office of Student Financial Aid:
Financial Aid Tips
After completing FAFSA you should receive a postcard from UI confirming.
If you receive no postcard confirming your FAFSA, CALL the UI Office of Financial Aid at (319) 335-1450 or (800) 553-4642.
Remember you also have to turn in a copy of your Tax Return and a UI 2007-2008 Verification Form for Self-Supporting Students (can be found on ISIS in Student Records: Financial Aid).
Montgomery GI Bill doesn’t affect your eligibility for subsidized loans.
If you recently have separated from Military Service, that counts as loss of employment under Special Circumstances on #17 on the Verification Form.
Be upfront and honest; if you aren’t they can take money back.
Independent Student
As a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces, you are automatically a self-supporting student and are eligible for more assistance. If you are a National Guard or Reserve member, you are eligible if you have been on active duty for as little as a day. If not, you also qualify if you:
[W]ere born before January 1, 1984, enrolled in a graduate or professional program at the beginning of the 2007-2008 school year, legally married on the day you file the FAFSA, an orphan or ward of the court (or have been until age 18), have children who receive more than half of their support from you, have dependents (other than your children or spouse) who live with you and receive more than half of their support from you, from the date you file through FAFSA through June 30.
A new distance education course debuts in fall 2007. 01P:185/024:170 Grant Writing in the Arts will be available for 3 semester hours. You may view a description via ISIS.
The course will be offered on the World Wide Web, and students will take part in interactive meetings with the instructor every other week using virtual classroom technology.
Offered interdepartmentally by the School of Art and Art History, the course has been developed as part of the Certificate in Nonprofit Management program. Students in the Bachelor of Applied Studies and Bachelor of Liberal Studies external degree programs may incorporate the certificate courses into their degree work. Students not in the nonprofit certificate program are also welcome to register.
The fall semester runs from August 27 through December 21. Students may register online by going to The University’s ISIS system. You must have an active Hawk ID and password to access the registration system.
| July 1 | Last date to apply for Division of Continuing Education scholarship for fall session. |
| July 17 | Last date for undergraduates to drop individual semester-length courses or withdraw entire registration of semester-based summer session. |
| July 18 | GIS course work due for summer '07 session grades. |
| July 20 | Last date to file second-grade-only option. |
| August 27 | Start of fall semester. |
| October 16 | Undergraduate degree application deadline for December 2007 graduation. |
For additional academic dates and deadlines please see: http://www.registrar.uiowa.edu/calendars/academic.aspx
The University of Iowa Bachelor of Applied Studies external degree program, approved by The Iowa Board of Regents in June 2005, continues to grow. In addition to individualized contact with each of you, we've created this newsletter as a tool to communicate with all students in the BAS program about topics of common concern. The Bulletin is issued in the fall, spring, and summer each academic year. Each edition will provide you with timely information and include articles we hope you'll find interesting. Please let us know what you would like to see included!
Contact Us. . .We're Here to Help You!
The Center for Credit Programs Nancy Romine, Academic Counselor
Division of Continuing Education 800-272-6430 or 319-335-2040
The University of Iowa nancy-romine@uiowa.edu
116 International Center
Iowa City IA 52242 Dian Gottlob, Program Director
800-272-6430 or 319-335-2575 800-272-6430 or 319-335-2035
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8/3/07