From jhedge@u.washington.edu Thu Jan 30 08:25:43 1997 Received: from jason03.u.washington.edu by lists.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW96.08/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA72048; Thu, 30 Jan 97 08:25:42 -0800 Received: from homer34.u.washington.edu (homer34.u.washington.edu [140.142.77.15]) by jason03.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW96.12/8.8.4+UW96.12) with ESMTP id IAA13994 for ; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 08:23:11 -0800 Received: from localhost (jhedge@localhost) by homer34.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW96.12/8.8.4+UW96.12) with SMTP id IAA188972 for ; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 08:25:41 -0800 Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 08:25:41 -0800 (PST) From: Jeffrey Hedgepeth To: "UW and comm. coll. adviser info exchange" Subject: Re: Essay/Foreign Language In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII DTA's don't have to write the essay, or fill in the other supplementary application, however it may be helpful for them if they are from a potential economically and educationally disadvantaged background. My program gives a special look at these students, if they qualify for UW EOP under these categories. However, we wouldn't know about this special status without the information required in the supplemental application. Jeffrey Hedgepeth Director of Business Educational Opportunity Program UW School of Business, Box 353200 137 Mackenzie Hall Seattle, Washington 98195 685-3400 On Wed, 29 Jan 1997, Dick Newcomb wrote: > Chequita-- > > I don't know what languages are going to be offered this coming > summer yet, but last year there were 15-credit intensive first-year > offerings in: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Czech, French, German, > Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Kirghiz, Korean, Russian, > Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tajik, and Uzbek. There were ten-credit > offerings in Latin and ancient Greek as well. > > Some of the offerings may be different this coming summer, > because some departments tend to alternate what they teach, but I'd > be surprised if Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Swahili, > Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese, and Japanese weren't offered--plus some > others. Students who are interested in another language in particular > could call the department that offers it and find out what the plans are. > > Maybe I should mention that these intensive language courses are > not easy, especially for people who have never studied a language > before! > > Good news for DTA students: they don't have to write the essay. > > --Dick > *************************************** > Richard D. Newcomb > Associate Director > Undergraduate Advising Center > 9 Communications Building, Box 353760 > University of Washington > Seattle, WA 98195-3760 > (206) 543-4906; fax 685-8299 > rnewcomb@u.washington.edu > [or dickn@advising.artsci.washington.edu] > *************************************** > > > Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 15:57:00 -0800 > Reply-to: uwcc@u.washington.edu > From: Chequita Williams-Cox > To: "UW and comm. coll. adviser info exchange" > > Subject: Essay/Foreign Language > X-To: UW Discussion Network > > Hello, > I just completed a transfer workshop on my campus and I > have two > questions which came up about UW which I thought I should > double-check > the answer: > > 1. Do you still offer the intensive (15 credit) summer > foreign > language for students who need to complete the foreign language > admission/graduation requirement? What are the languages? > > 2. Will the essay you require for admission (starting Fall > Quarter > '97) be required of students who transfer with the direct transfer > degree? > > Chequita Williams-Cox > Bellevue Community College > > .