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September, 2004 Dear Student, Welcome to the University of Maine Hutchinson Center. It is important to us that your educational experience at the Center be a positive and productive one. In the current academic year, the UMaine Hutchinson Center offers approximately 40 live on-site courses from the University of Maine, and 200+ courses from UMaine and other UMaine System campuses delivered through Instructional T.V., Compressed Video (our two-way conferencing system) and over the Internet. Undergraduate and graduate courses are offered in virtually every subject area. The Center is proud to announce that it now offers a complete 4-year program in Psychology as well as an M.B.A. and an M.S.W. The purpose of this web version of our Handbook is to provide you with basic information on how the Center operates, its policies and procedures which will guide your course of study, and how to get answers to your specific questions. We wish you the very best of luck in your studies this term and hope you will call on us when you need help. Please stop in to say hello. Sincerely, Margaret
Malmberg ,
Ph.D. DEGREES AVAILABLE University of Maine, Orono ·
Certificate Program in Business Administration (pre-M.B.A.) The Certificate of Post Graduate Studies in Business Administration provides college graduates without prior business education with an understanding of the functional areas common to all business enterprises. This program furnishes the broad training necessary for successful business management in a rapidly changing environment. The Certificate program consists of the following six core courses: BUA
325 - Principles of Management and Organization Upon completion of these courses, a college graduate is prepared to succeed in the MBA program. Bachelor of University Studies (B.U.S.). The University of Maine (Orono) provides a special program, which can be completed at the Hutchinson Center, for adults with extensive previous life and academic experience. See Dr. Malmberg for details on this program. First two years of a Bachelor's Degree (Gateway Program). Are you interested in earning a Bachelor's degree but unable to spend four years away from mid-coast Maine to do it? The Hutchinson Center and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Maine are collaborating on creating the foundation for four-year programs at the Center to make it easier to earn a degree at the University while maximizing residence in the mid-coast area. Although advanced work in your major will eventually require you to spend time in residence at or commuting to Orono, you may now pursue a substantial amount of General Education coursework, required of all UMaine degrees, at the Center. In many majors, you will find that introductory courses in your field are offered here, too. Plans to widen this gateway to the Bachelor's degree include additional offerings every year, many of which will to be offered live at the Center. If you are admitted to a four-year degree program at the University of Maine, you will receive vital services to connect you to Orono programs. For example, you will be linked with a University of Maine advisor through email and through regularly scheduled appointments at the Hutchinson Center. Your advisor will help you anticipate opportunities and requirements in your chosen major, as well as help you plan a realistic schedule of course work at both sites. Moreover, from the beginning of your enrollment in a bachelor's degree program, you will find transportation and assistance to explore the Orono campus, meet faculty and students in your major, and use its extensive research and cultural resources, the better to achieve your goal of a four year degree. By carefully selecting from live teaching and distance learning courses offered at the Center, a student may complete over sixty credits applicable to a UMaine BA/BS degree. Depending on the individual student's major, up to the first two years of a four-year program could be completed at the Center.
University of Maine, Augusta Complete (A.S. and B.S.) degrees offered statewide and available at the Hutchinson Center are: Bachelor's Degrees in Business Administration, Library and Information Technology, and Mental Health and Human Services. Associate degrees in Business Administration, General Studies, Liberal Arts, Library and Information Technology and Social Services. (See Dr. Malmberg for program specifics and general advisement.) TYPES OF COURSES OFFERED One of the best places to get current schedules, course descriptions and other information is on our web page: www.hutchinsoncenter.umaine.edu or call the main office at 338-8000 or 1-800-753-9044. 1.
Live 1) Live courses are taught on-site in Belfast through the University of Maine, Orono campus departments and their faculty. 2) I.T.V. (interactive television) courses are broadcast from campuses throughout the state and received in Belfast. Although center staff videotape all classes received (EXCEPT for Compressed Video-see below), most instructors expect students to attend class when it is being aired so that interaction can occur between instructor and student. Students who have missed a class due to illness should contact the Center to arrange to view the tape. Tapes are usually kept for half of the semester only, so students should plan accordingly. Due to copyright and administrative issues, tapes must be viewed at the Center. Attendance sheets are in the class folder. It is your responsibility to sign in at every class. Class work and exams returned by your Instructor will be placed in your course attendance folder. 3) Compressed Video (two-way conferencing) provides immediate interaction (audio and visual) between the instructor and the students. If you take a course via compressed video, please note that these classes are NOT TAPED so they are not available for viewing at a later date. Keep this in mind as you plan your schedule for the semester. 4) Online/Internet courses. Online courses are delivered through the Internet. You'll read class materials, take quizzes, and communicate with your instructor and fellow students on the Internet. If you don't have a computer at home, you may use the computers at the Hutchinson Center. Although you won't attend scheduled classes, a few online courses require you to go to a classroom for meetings and/or proctored exams. Some courses use streaming audio and video to deliver course content and require computers with special hardware, software plug-ins, and fast Internet connection speeds. Check the course listing to see whether your course requires a computer with multimedia capability. (Multimedia is used in conjunction with programs such as First Class, WebCT, or Blackboard.) A staff member will be available at the Center at all times. Classes in which an exam or quiz is being administered will have an on-site proctor. The proctor will collect exams, quizzes, or assignments and return them to the professor for grading. When turning in assignments, it is a good idea to make a copy of your work before submitting it. Please take the time to put your name, course number, and SITE on all papers to expedite their return to the correct location. 1. Regular attendance. The Center is open generally from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Monday through Friday as well as several hours on Saturdays and Sundays. When you register for a course, you are expected to attend class. It is for that reason we arrive early and stay late. Should an emergency occur that prevents your attendance, please call the main office (338-8000) and let us know. This small consideration may allow a staff member to close before 10:00 p.m. if there are no other students expected. A video tape of the class you had to miss will be available to you, and that process works as follows: a) All attendance logs will be mailed to the appropriate Instructor every two weeks, to inform them of your class participation. Please be sure to stop in the office and sign in each time you attend a class. b) In the event you miss a class, you should arrange to view the Video Tape in Room 103B, at your earliest convenience. As most UNET instructors (as a matter of policy) will not allow their tapes to leave the building, please do not ask to bring them home. We must comply with ITV policies. Any deviation from this procedure must be approved by the Instructor and the Director of the Center, Dr. Margaret Malmberg. c) If you wish to take an exam at a time other than that specified by the Instructor, we must receive authorization (written or by phone) from the instructor for you to do this. You must make the request to your instructor. At least 48 hours notice should be given to arrange for any special make-up administration.
FirstClass is an on-line discussion and e-mail program used primarily in University of Maine courses. (Some UMaine courses use WebCT and FirstClass together.) WebCT is a Web-based program used primarily by the University of Maine for course content, on-line discussion, tests and surveys, and on-line resources. There is a short guide that serves as an overview of the WebCT features you are most likely to see in your course at www.learn.maine.edu. (QuickGuide: WebCT, 1-877-947-4357 (HELP), help@umit.maine.edu Blackboard/Course
Info is a course development tool which allows your instructor
to teach all or part of your course on the Web. Blackboard is
frequently used by the other system campuses (UMA, etc.). You
can do some or all of the following in your course, depending
on how your instructor sets it up: GENERAL
POLICIES Although the Hutchinson Center encourages a student's family to visit, children are not to be brought to any class whether live or ITV. We must respect the fact that all students deserve to gain the most from their classes and distractions in any form, including cell phones, are discouraged. Pets are not permitted in the Hutchinson Center at any time. The only exception would be for seeing eye dogs or any pet certified as being essential to the well being of a student, staff or visitor. The reasons for this are many and can be shared on request. Unless it has been reserved for another use, our Atrium is available to our students as a study area, a place to visit, have a meal or snack with a friend, or just for some quiet time. Any items found on the premises are placed in a "Lost & Found Drawer" in the office. Please ask in the front office if you are missing something that may have been left here. REGISTRATION
PROCEDURES Before you can enroll in some courses, you must have completed other courses (prerequisites) or placement tests. Certain courses may require advanced standing or the permission of the instructor. Check the course description carefully for these special conditions. Free advising and academic placement testing are offered all year long. Please call the main office to schedule an appointment.
PLACEMENT TESTING AND COURSE PREREQUISITES To make an appointment for testing, please contact the office at the Hutchinson Center. ADD
/ DROP POLICY AND PROCESS FOR CREDIT COURSES In the event of a special emergency, a Student Retroactive Financial Form can be submitted by the department to the Dean of the College. The student will provide a letter of verification for the requested adjustment (i.e. for health/medical matter a letter from the attending physician, etc.) in order to process the retroactive adjustment request. Drop
Policy For Professional Development Courses
TUITION COSTS Graduate The
following fees apply when you register for courses: The
following fee applies only to ITV and Online courses: Other University fees may apply.
FINANCIAL
AID AND SCHOLARSHIPS Osher
Scholarships You qualify for an Osher II Scholarship if you: are a Maine resident, are a high school graduate or GED recipient, have never completed a college course, will commit to completing a college course. Osher Scholarship II provides an award to be applied toward the following for one developmental, 100, or 200 level course: tuition, required books, and all fees associated with the course. Interested students must complete the Osher Scholarship II Request Form Hutchinson Center Scholarship. The Fred Hutchinson Scholarship is designed to pay $500 toward the cost of your first UMaine college course and is designed to help bridge the initial cost until you are eligible for other aid. Applications for the University of Maine Hutchinson Center Scholarship will be reviewed on a first come / first served basis each semester. Jarvella Scholarship. To qualify for the Shirley and Ronald Jarvella Scholarship, the applicant must be a single head of household, a part-time student, taking any 3 credit (or more) University of Maine course at the Hutchinson Center (courses taken for audit are not eligible), and responsible for the tuition payment (not employer sponsored or covered by any other scholarship). Aspirations Scholarship. The Maine Legislature and the University of Maine have created a program whereby high school juniors and seniors with an academic average of a "B" or better, a recommendation from a guidance counselor, and parental permission may take a "live" college level course free of tuition charges. Please complete and submit the UM Aspirations Form for processing and approval. Veterans Benefits. The Hutchinson Center welcomes Veterans and will actively assist in counseling support and benefit processing. Other: Senior Citizen Tuition Waiver. The University of Maine System provides a need-based tuition waiver for Maine residents aged 65 or older who meet certain financial eligibility criteria. Please request a waiver form if you are eligible.
TEXTBOOKS AND COURSE MATERIALS Books for UM (Augusta), distance courses (ITV and online), contact the UMA Bookstore at 1-800-621-0083 or online www.umabookstore.com Fax 1-800-243-7338. Books and course packs, including syllabi, for all UMS distance learning courses are available for purchase by mail, fax, phone or in person from the UMA Bookstore. When purchasing your books, be sure to ask for the appropriate course packs for your classes. Syllabi are not available at sites or centers and must be ordered from the UMA Bookstore. UPS does not deliver to P.O. Boxes. The Hutchinson Center assists students with "Textbook Buy-Back" for the U Maine (Orono) campus during the final week of the Fall and Spring Semesters. Check the Bulletin Board at the Hutchinson Center for information, forms and deadline information.
OBTAINING
TRANSCRIPTS To obtain an official transcript, you may pick up a request form from the Center office, or mail or fax a written request that includes the following: FULL
NAME as it appears on your record. Please include your maiden
name, if married, or any other name used while enrolled at the
University. Office
of Student Records or FAX it to (207) 581-1314 2.
Requesting a Transcript from University of Maine, Augusta Transcripts
of these records are not furnished to individuals, other institutions,
or prospective employers without the express consent of the
student concerned. OBTAINING
YOUR GRADES A few words about PINS: If you've never changed your PIN for accessing student information by phone or the web, it should still be set to your birth date. If you were born on March 11, 1944, for example, it would look like this: 031144. If you've changed your PIN, but can't remember your new one, call the registrar's office of the campus where your records are kept, and they will change it back to your birth date. (Students with records on UMA's files are also invited to call UNET Teleservice at 1-800-868-7000; students at University Centers may ask staff to re-set their PINS, as well.) If you log in to WebDSIS using your birth date, it will ask you to change your PIN to a new 4 to 8 digit number to insure your privacy. Because you can choose any 4 to 8 digit number that you want, take advantage of the opportunity to select something that will be easy to remember. If you forget it, University staff are able tio re-set it for you.
TRANSFERRING CREDITS The
following general principles adopted by the University of Maine
System govern transfer of courses from one institution to another. Transfer
Credit, Including Prior Learning Credit The University of Maine accepts academic work completed with grades of "C-" or better at regionally accredited institutions of higher education towards meeting the requirements of a UMaine baccalaureate degree. The dean's office of the college to which the student is applying completes the official evaluation of transfer credit after admission to the university. Approved candidates will receive an evaluation along with their letter of acceptance. Transfer credit evaluations are usually not performed for non-degree students. Transfer students normally must complete the equivalent of the senior year at the University of Maine to be eligible for a UMaine degree. This normally means that the final 30 credits needed to complete the degree must be in University of Maine courses. An academic department may require that some minimum number of courses be completed within that department to earn a University of Maine degree in that discipline. These departmental residency requirements are noted in the description of each academic program elsewhere in this catalog. All students are also required to pass English 101 or an approved equivalent with a grade of C or better, and to complete UMaine's general education requirements. Transferred courses that have direct UMaine equivalents fulfill the same general education categories as their UMaine counterparts, except for "writing intensive" courses. Students may request approval of transferred courses for meeting the writing intensive requirement by submitting course materials (usually a syllabus) documenting the portion of the grade based on writing, and the opportunity to rewrite assignments. Transferred courses that do not have exact UMaine equivalents, but are accepted for elective credit, may meet general education requirements. The determination will be made by the dean's office of the appropriate UMaine college. If the course title and description are insufficient to make the determination, the dean's office will request further materials from the student. Departments offering the comparable courses at the University of Maine make the decisions about the course equivalency of transferred courses. Exceptions to equivalencies (different equivalents, waivers of curricular requirements based on transfer credit, or limitations on transfer credit applied to degree requirements) may be allowed and recorded at the college or department level, but will not appear on the official evaluation or University of Maine transcript. The University of Maine has formal transfer agreements with several institutions. The provisions of these transfer agreements take precedence over any of the general policies described above.
Credit
From Within the University of Maine System: Credit
from Regionally Accredited Institutions: Credit
from International Institutions: Prior
Learning Credit Some
Sources of Prior Learning Credit: Credit by national examination: CLEP and AP tests are most widely recognized (for UMaine policy regarding these tests, see the Attending the University of Maine section of this catalog). Other tests may also be recognized (DANTES, PEP, etc.). If you have already taken the test, submit an official score report and as much information about the test as possible. If you are contemplating testing, please contact the Division of Student Academic Services. Such exams may not be allowed to substitute for certain courses in the academic major. Credit
for military experience or corporate training programs normally
will be allowed according to the recommendations of the American
Council on Education (ACE) and National Program on Noncollegiate
Sponsored Instruction (PONSI). Credit allowed in this way normally
counts for elective credit only.
OFF-CAMPUS INTERNET COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS o an Internet connection through an Internet Service Provider (A 28.8 kbps link is the minimum acceptable speed for Web browsing; a 56K connection is highly recommended if your course includes multimedia components, including streaming audio and video using RealPlayer or QuickTime.) Note: although you may own a 56K modem, your connection speed may be considerably lower at times.
A few courses may require enhanced computers such as those with a sound card. These courses are identified in the printed and on-line Course Guide, and detailed specifications will be listed on course Web sites. The best way to gauge whether your computer will deliver adequate performance is to try it out. SNOW & CLASS CANCELLATION POLICY Except for rare instances, the Hutchinson Center will remain open. Be aware of the location from which your ITV course is being broadcast. On a storm day, listen to MPBN, which will announce ITV origination campuses that are closed. For information on the Center closing, listen to the local radio station. Up-to-date information on cancellations is also available by checking the Hutchinson Center website announcement section at www.hutchinsoncenter.umaine.edu
LIBRARY SERVICES UM Fogler Library, Orono Web
Sites http://www.library.umaine.edu/ill/ http://www.library.umaine.edu/govdoc/forfaculty.htm http://www.library.umaine.edu/reference/askalib.htm Points
of Service Resources
UM, Augusta and University College Services: Off-Campus
Library Services are available on line at: MARINER provides access to books, articles, Web sites, and other on-line information resources for students, faculty and staff at the UMS. Every ITV location is equipped with computers that can access MARINER. Center staff can help you with information on using this system. Students planning to use MARINER should obtain a library card. To order a card and/or receive a brochure outlining library services, call the library toll free number, 1-800-339-READ (7323). Brochures are also available at the Center.
Library
Cards Book
Requests Book
Delivery/Return Patrons are responsible for items borrowed from the library on their library card, and you will be billed for lost or damaged materials. Books should be returned to the center on or before the due date for shipment back to the lending library. There is no charge for this service. Loan
Policies/Renewals
OBTAINING AN E-MAIL ADDRESS
STUDENT
IDENTIFICATION CARD
SERVICES AVAILABLE AT THE HUTCHINSON
CENTER Senior
College: Placement/Assessment
Testing: Advising
Services: Please call or stop into the office to make an appointment with any of the above.
MBNA EMPLOYEES TAKING COURSES AT THE HUTCHINSON CENTER PLEASE: 1. Identify yourself as an MBNA employee. The Hutchison Center will enter you s a prepaid student. 2. Fill out the following four forms:
a. Tuition Prepayment Course Approval (MBNA) MBNA
students must register with the Hutchinson Center AS WELL AS
submit MBNA's To
take Graduate Level Courses if you have not been admitted as
a graduate
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