What is "regional center"? Hi. I am Tom Arnold. I am supposed to pick up a packet from the regional center for marine research. I am doing an internship there this summer.

Is the track meeting of the US university held only on weekend? How long will it last? Professor Hi Samantha, how did your track meet go? Samantha Great! I placed first in one race and third in another. Professor Congratulations! You must practice a lot. Samantha Three times a week pre-season, but now that we're competing every weekend, we practice 6 days a week from 3:30 till 5:00.

What does " I haven’t offered it in quite a while now "mean? He said he IS teaching that course . Student Exactly. Professor Johnson is going to be taking a sabbatical to do research in France during the second half of the year. So without him around, I am not sure how I could do a senior thesis on The Canterbury Tales. I mean, the focus of his teaching and research is unique around here. Professor Yes. I understand. It would be difficult to do your paper without professor Johnson around. Hmmm… would you allow me to try to sell you on an alternate plan? Student Well, you can try. But Chaucer is sort of my hero, if you know what I mean. Professor Well, I am teaching a course on the literature of the Renaissance in the first half of the year. It’ll meet late in the day, so it won’t interfere with your teaching. And I haven’t offered it in quite a while now, so I doubt you ever studied that period on the college level. Student No. I haven’t. Professor If you would be interested in taking the course, I’d be happy to give you supplemental readings, and I’d also be happy to

What is a tutoring center in the US university? Do we need to pay for the tutoring? Professor: Well, uh, have you been to the tutoring center? Student: No, not for geography anyway. Isn't that just for when you need help with writing, like an essay or a research paper. Professor: Oh, no. you can get tutoring in a lot of subjects. Some graduate students from this department tutor there.

What does " field experiences" means in US university? Student: It could be that I have taken 2 basic courses but coupled both of them with field experiences. Registrar: What do you mean? student: Well, I could only take intro courses because there were no intermediate level courses available for those particular topics. My chair person told me that if I did independent field research in addition to the assigned work in each course; they would count as intermediate level courses. My classmates, well, some of my classmates, did this for an easy way to meet their intermediate course requirement, but I did it to get the kind of depth in those topics I was going for. As it turned out I really enjoyed the field work. It was a nice supplement to just sitting and listening to lectures.