Welcome to Academic Advising Part Two

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Welcome to Academic Advising Part Two

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Snapshot of this session

• Advising at Western
• Major related information
• Tools and information for choosing classes
• Start making schedule of classes
• Register tomorrow morning

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Advising Relationship

• Advising today and tomorrow
• with faculty and student advisor
• Ongoing advising support
• through freshman year
• Academic Advising Center (OM 380), and Student
  Outreach Services (OM 110), for help with
  questions and concerns
• Official University communication is email
• Check and read often
• Forward Western email to personal email account

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Departments in the Social Sciences

• Social Sciences
• Anthropology
• Communication Sciences and Disorders
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Linguistics
• Physical Education, Health Recreation

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Departments in Humanities

• Humanities
• Communication
• English
• History
• Journalism
• Liberal Studies
• Modern and Classical Languages
• Philosophy

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Departments in Business and Economics

• Business and Economics
• Accounting
• Decision Sciences
• Economics
• Finance and Marketing
• Management

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Departments in Fine and Performing Arts

• Fine and Performing Arts
• Art and Art History
• Dance
• Music
• Theatre Arts

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Programs in Education

• Education
• Early Childhood Education
• Elementary Education
• Human Services
• Secondary Education
• Special Education

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Departments in Environmental Studies/Science

• Environmental Studies and Geography
• Environmental Science

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Departments in Math and Natural Sciences

• Math and Natural Sciences
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Computer Science
• Geology
• Mathematics
• Physics
• Engineering Technology

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Pre-Health Sciences Programs

• Pre-health programs
• Dentistry
• Medicine
• Pharmacy
• Veterinary medicine
• Physical Therapy (see Dr. Knutzen in the fall)
• Nursing (Dr. Knutzen in the fall)

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Tools for Making a Schedule of Classes

• Student Advising Sheet
• Transfer Equivalency Report (TER)
• Classfinder
• Online Timetable

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Individualized Student Reports

• Student Advising Sheet
• Transfer Equivalency Report
• GUR Evaluation (covered previous hour)

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Student Advising SheetMath Placement

• The Math Placement Test (MPT) is required for
  accurate placement into a math course.
• Math enrollment options exist that do not require
  the MPT. Consult your advisor for help selecting
  the appropriate class.

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Student Advising Sheet English Placement

• English 101 must be completed by the time you
  reach 45 credits (typically the first year)
• SAT Verbal of 710 or above or ACT of 28 or above
  exempts you from English 101
• English 100 is recommended with SAT of 440 or
  lower or ACT of 16 or lower

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TER
Transfer College
Course Equivalents
TT code
XX code
Transfer Grades
GUR Attributes
Total Transfer Credits
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Timetable
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Timetable
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Developing a Class Schedule

• Building an appropriate schedule
• Credit Load 15 Credits (3-4 classes)
• Seek variety of class sizes
• Consider curiosity, interests abilities
• Take GUR unless you have a DTA-AA
• Can use Sample Freshmen Schedules in the Degree
  Planning Guide, pg 65 66 for examples
• Consider impact of other commitments work,
  family, sports

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To Register You Will . . .

• Log into Web4U
• Use Capital W with ID number
• PIN is the same you used to register for
  Summerstart
• PIN problems
• Will register by completed credits for future
  quarters, not including current quarter classes.
  Does include transfer credits.

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Registration Policies

• Registration occurs in four phases
• Course Withdrawal policy on page 73 of DPG
• First two weeks of quarter, free drops
• Weeks 3 through 7 require late drop privilege
• Students given 2 annual late drop privileges each
  fall

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Making a Schedule for Registration Tomorrow

• Use lab time now to continue creating schedule.
• Share tentative schedule with family
• Ask questions of advisors
• Math questions see Dr. Ypma in BH 202

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Your Next Step

• Return to this room tomorrow morning according to
  the registration time on your envelope label.
• Bring schedule of classes, Degree Planning Guide,
  TER, GUR evaluation, Student Advising Sheet, and
  Catalog with you for registration.
• Registration location on envelope label