Academic Advising and Support
PCC 228 - Ext. 1674

All students work with an academic advisor who serves to support them in completing their education. Advisors help students:

• navigate academic programs,
• choose courses,
• explore careers,
• learn about opportunities for Independent Study and study abroad,
• achieve academic success during their time at Northland; and 
• understand Northland's academic requirements and regulations.

In addition, Northland provides instructional tutoring that's available for all students. Tutoring is offered in writing, mathematics, chemistry, modern languages, biology, geology, economics, and psychology. Additional support is available through a program of supplemental instruction in several key courses. (Contact Student Success for more information.) Faculty members are also a good source of support for further assistance.

New Student Orientation
PCC 209 - Ext. 1823

New students participate in a variety of required orientation activities and programs designed to welcome them into the Northland community. Outdoor Orientation provides 3-, 5- and 12-day trips, student-athlete trips, and a North Country overnight trip. In addition, students are introduced to the programs, services, and people who will assist them during their time at Northland.

Disability Services
PCC 206 - Ext. 1340

Northland College is dedicated to the idea of providing equal educational opportunities to all qualified students and strives to integrate qualified students with disabilities as equally as possible into all aspects of college life.

Guided by Section 504 of the Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Northland College will endeavor to ensure that enrolled students with disabilities are given equal opportunity for full participation in all of its programs without discrimination, and with the aid of reasonable, effective, and appropriate accommodations or adjustments. The federal government defines a person with a disability as any person who (1) has a physical or mental impairment, (2) has a record of such impairment, or (3) is regarded as having such impairment, which limits one or more major life activities such as self-care, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning or working.

The responsibility for college success ultimately rests with the student. Students with disabilities are encouraged to take an active role in advocating for their needs and securing services and reasonable, effective, and appropriate accommodations. Students with disabilities shall be guaranteed access to the services that are reasonable and necessary to accommodate their disabilities and that assist them in achieving their full potential as students.

The accommodations, services, and adjustments requested by students with disabilities must be reasonable and necessary. The request for services must be made well in advance, preferably before the start of classes.

First Year Experience Course
PCC 228 - Ext. 1674

The Northland Seminar is a required one-credit course for new Northland students with fewer than 24 transfer credits. The course provides an introduction to college life that engages students in activities characteristic of an environmental liberal arts education. Topics are designed to develop curiosity and openness to new ideas, retrieve and manage information, grow in self-knowledge, establish meaningful relationships, and demonstrate personal responsibility.

ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2004-2005

ALL SESSION 2004 (15 WEEKS)

WINTER SESSION 2005 (15 WEEKS)

SPRING SESSION 2005 (4 WEEKS)

SUMMER SESSION 2005 (5 WEEKS)