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Home About RAP Complete List of RAPs FAQ RAP Facts & Features Contact Us How to Join Resources & Links Academic Support For Faculty & Instructors Thatcher Language House First-Year Experience First-Year Seminars "Being a part of Emerging Scholars provided me with a really close-knit community of students based on our common interests and experiences. The friends I made through the rap are still my best friends today, three years later." Megan Sutor-Segoshi ********** Check out the complete list of Spring 2010 RAP classes ********** Residential Academic Programs - RAP Academic Learning Communities for First-Year Students Make lifelong friends Live & study with like-minded individuals Have 1 or 2 small Gen Ed classes in your residence area Join a RAP! Choose a topic of interest and be part of a group of students who have a few first semester classes together and live in the same residence hall. Please note: RAPs listed here are for Fall 2009 - RAPs for Fall 2010 will be posted in early spring! RAPs for ANY First-Year Student Careers in Education Careers in Law Careers in Public Health Connecting Arts & Society Global Opportunities Health Sciences Investigating Democracy Literary Studies Politics Today Scientific Connections Social Justice & Activism Sustainable Environment RAPs for Undeclared Students Focus Connections Focus Enterprise RAPs for Declared Majors Communication Majors Computer Science Majors Engineering Majors Nursing Majors Performing & Visual Arts Majors Psychology Majors RAPs for Commonwealth College Students Honors RAPs RAPs by Invitation or Application BioTAP Emerging Scholars English TAP Isenberg Fellows Partners in Education
Pamela R. Marsh-Williams, Ph.D. Assistant Provost & Dean This website is part of Undergraduate Advising & Learning Communities. We provide undergraduate students a variety of opportunities and services designed to facilitate the best academic experience possible. 609 Goodell Building, UMass Amherst. UA&LC Units: Undergraduate Advising, Residential Academic Programs, Domestic Exchange Programs, Five College Interchange
Important Note for ALL students: Students who wish to join one of these communities but require accommodations due to mobility or other disabilities should contact Disability Services at 413- 545-0892 for assistance and additional information, as all such students must first register with Disability Services in order to qualify for services. Disability Services and the Housing Assignment Office will work with otherwise qualified students to accommodate their needs. The University has a practice of relocating programs and activities when necessary to make the programs and activities accessible to persons with disabilities. Web Hosting by GAIA Host Collective