This application is designed to track the declaration of LSA Minors by nonLSA students, and to recor

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This application is designed to track the
declaration of LSA Minors by non-LSA students,
and to record progress toward satisfying Minor
requirements. Data entry is primarily performed
by LSA staff. Reporting on the data may be done
by LSA and non-LSA staff. Staff in other UM
Schools and Colleges will use the data entered
here to add the appropriate minor to the
student's record in M-Pathways. Users are
authorized to add a particular minor to a
student's record. Users within a department may
add or edit a record for a student with a minor
in that department. In cases where a student has
more than one minor, staff have View access to
those records outside of their own department.
For a user with View access, the Save and Delete
buttons will not appear on the different web
pages of this application.
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To begin the data entry process, search for a
student by either entering his/her Emplid,
Uniqname, or part or all of the last/first names.
This will begin a search of data in M-Pathways. A
list of records matching your criteria will be
displayed. Click the link for the appropriate row
of data, or press the "New Search" button to look
for a different student. If the student's name
does not appear after a search, then (s)he does
not have a recent active student record in one of
the Academic Careers approved to allow LSA
Minors.
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In rare instances, a student may have two
different active careers outside of LSA. Their
minor should be attached to just ONE of these
careers. For instance, if a student is in both
Engineering and Music and seeks a MATH minor, it
probably makes sense to attach the minor to the
Engineering record. You will need to discuss this
with the student to make sure. Do not attach a
minor to 2 different career records for the same
student without contacting the Registrar's Office
first. The system will then look in the LSA
database to see if there already exists a minor
declaration record for this student. If there are
one or more records, select the correct record to
edit, or press the "Add New Minor Declaration"
button. Additionally, data from M-Pathways about
this student is displayed so you can easily see
what Academic Plans have been declared.
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The Minor Declaration form contains two distinct
sections A) Declaration and B) Advisor
Endorsement. Normally, just the top portion of
the form will be completed at the point the
student declares and is approved for pursuing an
LSA Minor. The fields Minor and Decl. Approved By
are required and must contain data in order to
save the record.
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• When the student completes or nearly completes
  the minor requirements, the bottom of the form
  should be completed.
• The Requirements field is the key field here. It
  must be set to one of the following values
• This student has met all academic minor
  requirements without current elections or
  additional credit.
• This student will have satisfied all academic
  minor requirements upon successful completion of
  
• This student has withdrawn his/her application
  for this minor.

In general, use the third option for students who
no longer wish to pursue a minor. Deleting a
record should rarely be performed, if ever.
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Use the "Minor Requirements Outstanding/Comments"
field for comments or as a place to list
requirements that are still outstanding. The
Advisor's name associated with the requirements
status and comments should also be entered.
When a new minor is declared for a student, an
email will be generated automatically to staff in
the School/College where the student is enrolled
alerting them to this fact. They will then go
into M-Pathways and enter the minor declaration
for that student. A change in the requirements
status (under Endorsement) will also trigger an
automatic email. Email contacts are Aerospace
Engineering Deborah Laird Music Diana
Strzempek Atmos Ocean Space Sc Margaret
Reid Business Jenny Jasinski Biomedical
Engineering D. Susan Bitzer Kinesiology Linda
Burger Chemical Engineering Christine
Garman Architecture Beverly Turner Civil
Engineering Linda Nagy Nursing Cathy
Mitchell Engineering Wanda Dobberstein Natural
Resources Angela Tapley Engineering Physics,
Nuclear Engineering Pamela Derry Art Design
Brian Banks Industrial Operational Engineering
Pamela Linderman Materials Science Engineering
Judith Hyde Mechanical Engineering Sue Gow Naval
Arch Marine Eng Katherine Stolaruk Nuclear
Engineering Pamela Derry Computer Engineering,
Computer Science, Electrical Engineering UG Admin
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LSA Minors in non-LSA Academic Careers
URL https//www-a1.lsa.umich.edu/data/minors/min
orslogins.asp For access contact Rob Wilke at
rfw_at_umich.edu. For questions contact JoAnn
Peraino at jperaino_at_umich.edu.