WHEN YOU ARRIVE ON
CAMPUS TO BEGIN CLASSES
or
Things We May Have Forgotten to Tell You
Please check to see which items apply to you:
- If you have not passed an audition on your principal instrument, call 205-348-7110
and ask Pam Woodard to help you set one up before classes begin. You cannot
pass "Go" or collect $200 until you have completed this step.
- Pay your fees by the deadline on your bill or your schedule will be scratched
and you will have to start over the day before classes begin, which is a very
unpleasant thing to do.
- If, during Summer Orientation, you arranged to have your books selected
and gathered together for you, pick them up as directed. Congratulations!
You've saved yourself some hassles.
- If you didn't make these arrangements, follow these directions: With your
schedule in hand, visit the bookstores (please note that this is a plural
word) and purchase the texts for your classes. Pay special attention to the
section number for courses outside music, as there may be different texts
for different sections. Save your receipts. Refunds are impossible without
receipts. The bookstores are the University Supe Store in Ferguson, the Supe
Store in Tutwiler, the Alabama Bookstore on the Strip, the Alabama Bookstore
on Bryant Drive, and the College Store on Bryant Drive. It is sometimes necessary
to go to all five in order to get the books you will need, so allow plenty
of time and patience and take a bottle of water for the trek.
- Be sure to pick up the "Introduction to Music Therapy: Theory and Practice"
text for MUS 180. There is no course pack or other material for this course.
- Be sure to get a very good calendar which you can carry everywhere and in
which you will keep all your appointments and assignments. There will be far
too many things to remember in your head.
- Attend any activities associated with Bama Blast, Convocation, or other
"welcome to freshmen" festivities.
- One or two days before classes begin, come to Moody and find my office
(#253). Check the bulletin board right beside my office door to see if there
are any further instructions.
- While you are facing my office door, look down the hall to the right and
locate the bulletin board where articles of interest to music therapy students
are posted regularly.
- One or two days before classes begin, come to Moody and find the
CMTA (Capstone Music Therapy Association) bulletin board. It is on the first
floor, right where the two wings of the building meet. Write the time, date,
and place of the first meeting into your calendar. You will need to check
all three of these bulletin boards regularly to make sure you are up-to-date
on important matters.
- One or two days before classes begin, come to Moody and find the
studios for your applied teachers, principal and secondary. Check their bulletin
boards for instructions about scheduling your applied lessons (This will likely
take place on the first day of classes at 3:00 p.m.). TAKE YOUR CALENDAR
(SEE #5 ABOVE) AND YOUR CLASS SCHEDULE WITH YOU when you sign up for lesson
times. Inquire about meeting times for rep classes and write these in, too.
- One or two days before classes begin, walk around campus and locate
the room where each of your classes will meet. On the appropriate day, begin
attending scheduled classes. Try very hard not to miss the first class
meeting of any course.
- You have been issued a myBama account, which includes a bama.ua.edu email
address. I will send regular email communications to this address, so if you
prefer to use another account, arrange to forward mail from your bama account.
Instructions are on the myBama page which pops up after you log in, under
the title "myBama tools".
- On the first Friday of the semester, attend your first School of Music Convocation
at noon in the big concert hall. Announcements and instructions are often
given at this convo. Music convo is a regular event and should appear on your
schedule (MUS 010).
- If you need to ask a question and can't find me (253 Moody), leave a message
at 348-1432 or e-mail me at cpricket@bama.ua.edu.
Don't add or subtract any courses from your schedule without checking with
me. I am your advisor and I know the music therapy curriculum; other students
and faculty are not familiar with your degree's requirements. So check with
me. We can communicate via email or you may make an appointment to talk in
person.
- Take comfort in the fact that by Labor Day, at the latest, all problems
will have been solved and you will be on your way to a happy year.
- Even better, after this first semester, everything gets easier!
Carol Prickett
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