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USC DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY

ANTHROPOLOGY MAJOR/MINOR E-NEWSLETTER

2001 (3) OCT. 19

compiled by Gail E. Wagner, Undergraduate Director

NOTE:

Note our new name! The winner of our naming contest is Holly Norton, your ASA president. Note also the wide variety of courses we are offering next semester!

ANNOUNCING:

  1. Liberal Arts Career Week Oct. 22-25
  2. Careers2002 in Jan & Feb has Nov. 23 deadline
  3. Anthropology Course Description Booklet available in office and on web.
  4. Undergraduate advising is Oct. 29 – Nov. 13. See steps on "how to".

1. LIBERAL ARTS CAREER WEEK

"Career Planning Pays!" October 22-25, 2001

Free refreshments & vaulable door prizes!

Open to all students.

Also at www.sc.edu/career/futureevents.html

(Employer panelists include reps from Blue Cross Blue Shield, Pepsi Bottling Company, The Vanguard Group, and United Way of the Midlands)

Earn Your Way to Greater Pay!

Oct. 22, 2:30-3:30, Career Center 602B

Discover how internships and other experiential learning may increase your potential for earning.

$kills for $uccess!

Oct. 22, 4:00-5:00, Career Center 602B

Learn who recruits liberal arts students and ask those that do the hiring what they look for in candidates.

Should I Invest In a Graduate Degree?

Oct. 23, 3:30-4:30, Career Center 601

Decide whether to go, where to go & how to prepare.

Are you $alary $avvy?

Oct. 24, 2:30-3:30, Career Center 602B

Determine realistic salary ranges for various careers.

An Offer You Can't Refuse!

Oct. 24, 5:30-6:30, Career Center 602B

Learn about the factors to consider in evaluating and choosing between job offers.

Paying Your Dues!

Oct. 25, 3:30-4:30, Career Center 602B

Question a panel of hiring authorities on what it takes to survive (and succeed at) the first year on the job.

 

2. CAREERS2002

This national job fair will be held in four locations in January and February including Atlanta and Washington, DC. Majors that are being recruited include Liberal Arts/English, Foreign Languages, and Communications/Publishing among many others. The fair is free, but competitive. Students may only attend by invitation and must apply by sending in a resume by November 23, 2001. For more information, see www.careerconferences.com.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Vicki M. Hamby

Career Center - Program Manager

Liaison to the College of Liberal Arts & the Honors College

University of South Carolina

H. William Close (BA) Bldg. - 6th Floor

Columbia, SC 29208

Phone (803) 777-3966

Fax (803) 777-7556

vmhamby@gwm.sc.edu
  1. ANTHROPOLOGY COURSE DESCRIPTION BOOKLET AVAILABLE.
    2.

    Stop by the Dept. of Anthropology and pick up a course description booklet.

    In it, you will find descriptions of the courses offered next semester:

    what readings, course content, how graded, and any prerequisites. We are

    also about to post this booklet on the Dept. of Anthropology web page.
  2. UNDERGRADUATE ADVISING

Advising for next semester is Oct. 29 – Nov. 13. Follow these steps:

  1. Look at the list of majors and minors posted outside the Dept. of Anthropology

    2. office door, 317 Hamilton. Find out who your advisor is (there have been

    some changes).

  2. Go to your advisor’s door and sign up for an appointment time.

    3. Go sooner rather than later! You should not miss class for advisement.

    Sign up at least 24 hours in advance. Print your name legibly and include

    a way to contact you in case the advisor needs to cancel. If, for some reason,

    you cannot make it to your appointment, tell your advisor at least 4 hours

    in advance.

  3. PREPARE BEFORE COMING TO YOUR ADVISEMENT APPOINTMENT.

    4. Make a list of the courses you want to take and their times.

    Just before your appointment stop by the office and pick up your folder to take

    with you to your appointment.
  4. If you haven’t already had your picture taken, you will need to have your

    5. picture taken in order to pick up your folder.
  5. After you have been advised, immediately fill out the evaluation form on

your advisor and return it along with your folder to the office.