The New School Graduate Program in International Affairs

Advising and Registration for New Students for the the Fall 2010 semester 

We are pleased to announce that early summer registration online for entering Graduate Program in International Affairs students opens on July 6th and closes August 9th.  

To help you prepare for registration, the Graduate Program in International Affairs is offering online and in-person advising opportunities on the following dates and times:  

• Mon. 6/28: On-campus Advisement Session - 6:00-7:30pm  (location: 66 West 12th Street: room 518)  
• Tues. 6/29: Online Advisement Chat - 2:00-3:30pm  
• Wed. 6/30: On-campus Advisement Session - 2:00-3:30pm  (location: 66 West 12th Street: room 601)  
• Thurs. 7/1: Online Advisement Chat - 5:00-6:30pm  

If you are unable to participate in Advising Week, contact Philip Akre, Assistant Director, at 212.206-3524 or akrep@newschool.edu  

Please read the attached pdf and the web registration tutorial carefully and thoroughly. You will find more information on advising week and the online registration process.*   

Also, our Midsummer New Student Reception takes place on Wednesday, July 21, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Theresa Lang Student and Community Center, 55 W 13th Street, 2nd floor.  We look forward to having you participate in the upcoming advising sessions.

*This document contains information critical to the registration process.  It includes the university's refund schedule as well as the add/drop/withdrawal schedule--with specific dates.  [IMPORTANT NOTE: if a course is dropped once the semester has begun (even if the class doesn’t meet until later that week or even the following week) and if it is not replaced with another course of equivalent credit value, A LATE DROP FEE WILL BE CHARGED: 10% of the course tuition in week one, 20% in week two, 30% in week three, 40% in week four, and 100% thereafter.]

In preperation - 

Review the GPIA Fall 2010 courses.

To audit a language course, fill out an ADD form in the GPIA office.

Read the GPIA Student Handbook.

Special notes:

• You must take the required courses in an appropriate sequence.
• You must take the Foundation course and three electives for a Concentration.
• 2010 IFP participants must register for the appropriate IFP (choose the dropdown to select 6 credits when you are registering).
• HOLDS - In preparation for registration you need to check your account in My New School for any holds that will prevent you from registering.  You can view your holds by logging into My New School and clicking on the "Student" tab. Under the heading "Self Service/Alvin" please click on "Student Academic Information" and then "View Holds."  Here you will see a list of any holds that are currently on your account.  The office that placed the hold will be listed, as well as a phone number for that office to call for further information.  In addition, below are some of the phone numbers for those offices.  Any hold will need to be removed by the office that placed it so please be in touch with them directly.