Warren Wilson College Catalog 2018 – 2019
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Warren Wilson College Catalog 2018 – 2019 The Warren Wilson College Catalog is primarily an online document, and the current version can be found here: www.warren-wilson.edu/academics/catalog P.O. Box 9000 1-800-934-3536 Asheville, NC 28815-9000 Fax: 1-828-298-1440 www.warren-wilson.edu 2 Warren Wilson College Catalog 2018 - 2019 0.1 Academic Calendar August, 2018 08/21/18 New and Transfer Student Orientation (Aug 21-26) 08/26/18 Returning Student Check-In/Residence halls open at 1:00pm 08/27/18 Academic Convocation 08/27/18 Courses begin Semester I/Term 1 (8:00am-12:30pm); Work Crews Meet (1:45pm-3:45pm) September, 2018 09/03/18 Labor Day Holiday- no classes; College offices closed 09/04/18 New and ST Course Proposals due to Academic Affairs for Spring 2019 09/05/18 Deadline for Semester I/Term 1 Drop/Add 09/10/18 Summer Term Incomplete grades due to Registrar 09/10/18 Semester II/Term 4 Incomplete grades due to Registrar 09/21/18 Course schedule revisions for Spring 2019 due to Registrar 09/21/18 Deadline to Withdraw/Pass from Term 1 Courses 09/27/18 Board of Trustees Meeting (Sep 27-29) October, 2018 10/01/18 Spring Semester Study Away applications due 10/01/18 Book orders for MFA Winter Residency (Winter 2019) due to Bookstore 10/02-07/18 Homecoming/Family Weekend (Oct 5-7) 10/11/18 Book orders for Semester II/Term 3 and 4 (Spring 2019) due to Bookstore 10/12/18 Courses end Term 1 10/12/18 Exam Day Term 1 - Exams begin 2:30pm 10/13/18 Exam Day Term 1 - Exams end 2:30pm 10/13/18 Last day of Work for Term 1 10/13/18 Residence halls close - 1:00pm 10/14-21/18 Fall Break (Oct 14-22) (begins Oct 13, 1:00pm - ends Oct 21, 1:00pm) 10/15/18 Spring Faculty-led Study Away course deadline 10/16/18 Mid-Semester/Term 1 grades due to Registrar 10/21/18 Residence Halls reopen - 1:00pm 10/22/18 Courses resume Semester I/begin Term 2 10/22/18 Academic Advising begins for Spring 2019 10/25/18 Deadline for Term 2 Drop/Add 10/25-27/18 Board of Trustees Meeting (Oct 25-27) 10/31/18- Registration for Spring 2019 (Oct 31-Nov 7) 11/07/18 November, 2018 11/02/18 Deadline to Withdraw/Pass from Semester I Courses 11/05/18 Senior Letters for Dec grads due to Department Chairs 11/05/18 Term 1 Incomplete grades due to Registrar 11/16/18 Deadline to Withdraw/Pass from Term 2 Courses 11/19/18 Senior Letters for Dec. graduates due to Registrar 11/21-25/18 Thanksgiving Break (Nov-21-25) -College offices closed December, 2018 12/11/18 Courses end Semester I/Term 2 12/12/18 Reading Day 12/13-17/18 Exam Days (Dec 13-17) 12/16/18 Reading Day 12/17/18 Last day of Work for Semester I/Term 2 12/17/18 Last day of Semester I/Term 2 (7:00pm) 12/17/18 Deadline for Independent Study Proposals (to Registrar Office) 12/18/18 Residence halls close - 1:00pm 12/18/18 Winter Break (Dec 18-Jan 14) 12/19/18 College offices closed - Dec 19 - Jan 2 12/20/18 Semester I/Term 2 grades due to Registrar Warren Wilson College Catalog 2018 - 2019 3 January, 2019 01/03-13/19 MFA Winter Residency (Jan 3-13) 01/10-12/19 New Student Orientation (Jan 10-12) 01/13/19 Returning Student Check-In and Residence Halls Open 1:00pm 01/14/19 Courses begin Semester II/Term 3 (8:00am-2:30pm); Work Crews Meet (2:30-5:00pm) 01/21/19 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - College offices closed 01/22/19 Deadline for Semester II/Term 3 Drop/Add 01/28/19 Semester I/Term 2 Incomplete grades to Registrar February, 2019 02/07-10/19 Board of Trustees Meeting (Feb 7-10) 02/08/19 Deadline for Withdraw/Pass from Term 3 Courses 02/12/19 New and ST Course Proposals for 2019-20 due to Academic Affairs 02/15/19 Summer School schedule proposal due to Academic Affairs 02/21/19 Fall Semester Study Away applications due 02/28/19 Course schedule revisions for 2019-20 due to Registrar March, 2019 03/01/19 Courses end Term 3 03/01/19 Last day of Work for Term 3 03/01/19 Exam Day Term 3 - Exams begin mid-day 03/02/19 Exam Day Term 3 - Exams end mid-day 03/03/19 Residence halls close - 1:00pm 03/05/19 Mid-Semester/Term 3 grades due to Registrar 03/02-10/19 Spring Break (Mar 2-10) (begins Mar 2, 1:00pm - ends Mar 10, 1:00pm) 03/12/19 Book orders for Term 5 and 6 due to Bookstore 03/14/19 Fall Faculty-led Study Away course deadline 03/10/19 Residence halls open - 1:00pm 03/11/19 Courses resume Semester II/begin Term 4 03/14/19 Deadline for Term 4 Drop/Add 03/18/19 Senior Letters for May graduates due to Department Chairs 03/22/19 Deadline to Withdraw/Pass Semester II Courses 03/27/19 Book orders for MFA Summer Residency (Summer 2019) due to Bookstore 03/27/19 Work Day (Tentative) Classes canceled April, 2019 04/01/19 Book orders for Semester I/Term 1 and 2 (Fall 2019) due to Bookstore 04/05/19 Deadline for Withdraw/Pass from Term 4 Courses 04/08-12/19 Registration Week for Fall Semester (Apr 8-12) 04/08/19 Senior Letters for May graduates due to Registrar 04/26/19 Courses end Semester II/Term 4 04/29-30/19 Capstone Carnival (Apr 29-30) May, 2019 05/01/19 Reading Day 05/02/19 Board of Trustees Meeting (May 2-3) 05/02-03/19 Exam Days (May 2-3) 05/04/19 Reading Day 05/05-06/19 Exam Days (May 5-6) 05/06/19 Last day of Semester II/Term 4 05/06/19 Last day of Work for Semester II/Term 4 05/07/19 Senior grades due to Registrar by 12:00pm 05/07/19 Residence halls close for Summer Break 1:00pm (non-graduating students) 05/10/19 Final grades due by 5:00pm 05/1019 Honors & Awards Event 05/10/19 Deadline for Independent Study Proposals (to Registrar Office) 05/11/19 Commencement 05/12/19 Residence Halls close for graduating seniors - 1:00pm 05/27/19 Memorial Day - College offices closed June, 2019 06/03/19 Summer courses begin Term 5 (tentative) 4 Warren Wilson College Catalog 2018 - 2019 06/05/19 Deadline for Term 5 Drop/Add 06/13/19 Deadline to Withdraw/Pass Term 5 Courses 06/26/19 Courses end Term 5 July, 2019 07/01/19 Summer courses begin Term 6 07/04/19 Independence Day - College offices closed 07/04-14/19 MFA Summer Residency (Jul 4-14) 07/05/19 Deadline for Term 6 Drop/Add 07/11/19 Deadline to Withdraw/Pass Term 6 Courses 07/25/19 Courses end Term 6 07/29/19 Final grades dues for Terms 5 and 6 Warren Wilson College Catalog 2018 - 2019 5 0.2 Warren Wilson College Catalog 0.2.1 Nondiscrimination Policy Warren Wilson College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender or gender identity, age, marital status, disability, or sexual orientation, in the administration of its educational policies, recruitment or admission of students, scholarship, grant or loan programs, athletic or other College administered programs, employment procedures, training programs, promotion policies or other related personnel practices. The College prohibits taking any retaliatory action against any employee for opposing a practice that he or she believes to be discriminatory, including the filing of an internal grievance or a charge with a state or federal civil rights enforcement agency. (Approved by the President, June 26, 2012) 0.2.2 Title IX The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding Title IX: Paul Perrine Dean of Students and Title IX Coordinator Dodge, Second Floor PO Box 9000 Asheville, NC 28815-9000 [email protected] Office phone: 828.771.3768 For more information, and for a list of deputies, you can go to: www.warren-wilson.edu/student/center-for- gender-and-relationships/title-ix If you want to learn more about your rights, or if you believe that the college is violating Federal law, you may contact the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, at (800) 421-3481 or [email protected]. If you wish to fill out a complaint form online, you may do so at: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/complaintintro.html 0.2.3 Disclaimer This publication is not a contract or an offer to contract. The College reserves the right to change information or conditions contained in this publication without notice. The information contained in this document is current as of July 2018. 6 Warren Wilson College Catalog 2018 - 2019 0.3 From the President As Warren Wilson College’s 8th President, I am proud of our history and excited about our future. Founded in 1984 as the Asheville Farm School to provide Appalachian boys not only an education but also practical skills for living, Warren Wilson evolved over time to become a distinctive four-year co-educational institution that offers a truly integrated, highly experiential, quality education with the development of the whole person in mind.