| Important Dates |
Academic
Calendar
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Policy
on secular and religious holidays
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Dates of major religious holidays
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The University keeps no official list of religious
holidays. Keeping Penn’s policy on secular
and religious holidays in mind, however, you
may wish to consult one of the following websites
for information on the dates of religious holidays
during 2003-04:
Interfaith Calendar of the Mall Area Religious Council
Infoplease.com
Emory
University, Office of the Dean of the Chapel and Religious Life
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| Ordering Books |
There are three bookstores on or near campus used
by Penn faculty to order course books:
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Penn
Bookstore
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The official bookstore of the University of
Pennsylvania; run by Barnes and Noble.
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House of Our Own |
Independent academic bookstore specializing in Cultural Studies, History, literary criticism, Politics, Radicalism, and Social Sciences. Features new and used books.
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Penn
Book Center
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An independent academic bookstore serving the
university community.
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| Reserve Readings |
Van
Pelt Library will help you make standard (hard copy)
and electronic reserve materials available to your
students. Standard
reserves are placed in the Rosengarten Reserve
Room in the basement of Van Pelt Library.
Electronic
reserves will be uploaded to your courses’ Blackboard
site. You can also provide links to licensed
information and data bases, e-journals,
and library image collections. You must
establish a Blackboard site for your course
first.
Blackboard is
a user-friendly tool for creating and managing
course web sites. More information on Blackboard,
including how to request a Blackboard site for
your course can be found under "Teaching Your
Course."
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| Course Scheduling |
Penn courses are scheduled within a system of time
blocks, which can be found at this link.
Questions about when your classes are scheduled
should be directed to your Department Chair.
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| Course Affiliations |
Descriptions of the Sector Requirements
Description of the Quantitative
Data Analysis requirement
Information about affiliating with CWiC (Communication Within the Curriculum)
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