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Conversation 2

Listen to a conversation between a student and her academic advisor.

Advisor: Thanks for stopping by, Shelly. Professor Miller sent me an email and I thought we’d better have a little chat. Student: Professor Miller? The Art History professor?

Advisor: Yes.I’m concerned because mid-term grades are due in a couple of weeks and he says you haven’t completed a single assignment for his course, and he didn’t want to turn in a failing grade without making sure that…

Wait! I’m not taking his course. I dropped it.

Advisor: You did? Well, according to the Registrars Office, you are still enrolled in it. I pulled up your file. Your schedule shows that you are officially enrolled in Introduction to Art History with Professor Miller, Islamic Art with Professor Kamble…well, here, you look at it. You are registered for five courses.

Student: But I’m enrolled in only four courses this semester ! mean, I did sign up for Introduction to Art History initially, but when Professor Kamble gave me permission to enroll in his Islamic Art course, I dropped Professor Miller^ course, or at least I intended to. I had to. They meet at the same time.

Advisor: I see. So your admission to the Islamic Art course was not contingent on your completion of the Art History course.

Student: Well, Professor Kamble waived the prerequisite in my case because he felt that I had enough background in art history to handle his course. But you know, now that I think about it, maybe I just added Professor Kamble’s course and forgot to drop Professor Miller’s course.

Advisor: I guess it’s possible. Still I’m surprised we didn’t catch it earlier in the semester Didn’t you and 丨 meet at the end of the second week of classes to finalize your course selections?

Student: No. I mean, I remember getting an email about setting up a meeting with my advisor, but I thought it was only for people who had an enrollment problem or something they needed to work out. I didn’t realize it was a requirement.

Advisor: Well, ifs strongly recommended that students meet with their advisors early in the semester. And now you can see why. But there’s no real harm done.

However, don’t forget to file a formal withdrawal from Introduction to Art History with the Registrar^ Office by Friday when the withdrawal period ends. And you might want to apologize to Professor Miller as well.

Oh, I’ll definitely make a point of dropping by his office to explain what happened!

was just so focused on getting admitted into the Islamic Art course and so happy when Professor Kamble said I could take it that I kind of forgot about everything else.