GEIF Advisement

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GEIF Advisement

• General Education Intellectual Foundations
• Updated list of approved IF courses online
• http//www.buffalostate.edu/intellectualfoundation
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• For corrections to students audit sheets
• E-mail audit_at_buffalostate.edu

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General Advisement Issues

• Readmitted students will most often be placed in
  GE2K with few credits, they will be placed in IF
• They can petition to switch back to GEC or GE2K
  will need support note if they can graduate more
  quickly
• Students continuously enrolled in GE2K or GEC
  cannot petition to go to GEIF
• DN audit sheet--Credits completed
• Be VERY carefulDN counts all the credits
  students have signed up for, even current courses
  that are not yet finished. Schedule changes
  failed courses can cause surprises later!
• Look for current courses on audit sheet

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DN Non-Visual Requirements Box

• BSC quality point average (cumulative GPA)
• Must achieve 2.0 to graduate
• Upper division (see next slide)
• Campus residency
• Major residency
• Major GPA
• Must achieve 2.0 to graduate

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Upper-Division Courses

• Upper division courses are generally 300 or 400
  level
• Foreign Language 201 and 202 also count as UD if
  taken in college (but NOT required for GEIF in
  any degree)
• All students must complete a minimum of 45
  credits of upper division courses
• Senate currently reconsidering this issue
• Most (but not all) majors have a high percentage
  of upper division courses

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Foundations of Inquiry

• BSC 101--New course covers
• Introduction to the Liberal Arts
• Critical thinking, analysis of arguments
• Research skills and evaluation of information
  sources
• BSC 101 required of all students who start
  college at BSC Fall 2006 and later
• Does NOT apply to transfer students now
• Fall 2008 is date in current plan to have
  transfer students start taking BSC 301
• Being considered in Senate

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Basic WritingCWP 101 and CWP 102

• Check audit sheet to see if student has any
  exemptions (e.g., AP course)
• Graded A, B, C, E
• No option to take these courses pass/fail
• No grades of C-, D or D supposed to be assigned
• Occasional mistakes occur
• Report them to Dr. Susan Leist, Writing Program,
  TR 100
• DN will NOW enforce rule but did not until very
  recently
• Students should follow college E-repeat policy to
  retake if necessary

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Math/Quantitative Reasoning Requirement

• Requirement may be met through credit-bearing HS
  (AP) courseworkevaluated by Admissions from
  student-submitted HS information.
• ONE of the following courses (one-course rule is
  grandfathered to GE2K students also, although
  they have a longer list of possible courses)
• MAT 103 Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics
• MAT 122 Elementary Mathematics from an Advanced
  Standpoint
• MAT 126 Calculus
• MAT 161 Calculus I
• MAT 311 Introduction to Probability and
  Statistics

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Cognate Foundations

• Need 6 credits in each of four categories
• Arts
• Humanities
• Natural Science
• Social Science
• ONLY designated courses count
• See GEIF quad fold pamphlet
• Web site will have newly-approved courses added
• Two different course prefixes must be represented
  in each category (see next slide)

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Two Prefix Rule for GEIF Categories

• Courses must come from at least two disciplines
  (prefixes) for these Cognate Foundations
• Arts
• Humanities
• Natural Science
• Social Science
• For example, dont recommend two DAN courses in
  the Arts category, or two BIO courses in the
  Natural Science category.

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Foundations of Civilizations

• Foundations of Civilizations (American History)
  3 credits
• Foundations of Civilizations (Western
  Civilization) 3 credits
• Foundations of Civilizations (Non-Western
  Civilizations) 3 credits
• Note Two-prefix rule no longer applies to these
  categories for either GEIF or GE2K students

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Additional GEIF Requirements(non-Foundations)

• Technology and Society (3 credits)
• Will be waived for transfer students with AA or
  AS degrees
• Transfer courses will count if they meet the
  learning outcomes
• Diversity (3 credits)
• Basic Oral Communication
• Will often be fulfilled in the major
• More courses will be added this year and next as
  departments submit them
• Writing Across the Curriculum
• Foreign Language
• see subsequent slides

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Writing Across the Curriculum

• Students must take 6 credits, usually two
  courses, designated Writing Intensive (W)
• Examples ENG 300W, ANT 144W
• A few departments use portfolio review to satisfy
  the requirement
• Successful completion of ENG 102/CWP 102 is a
  prerequisite
• Course must be designated W the semester it is
  taken
• W courses must be taken at Buffalo State
• Many, but not all, students satisfy this
  requirement with courses in their major

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Foreign Language

• Requirement of proficiency at the 102 level for
  both BA and BS students
• Can be satisfied with high school proficiency
• One year in HS one semester here
• There may be future proficiency test
  complications (will depend on Senate decisions)
• Placement exam needed?
• Recommendation is for students to take the CLEP
  exam. Contact Admissions for information.
• Sign language is allowed to substitute for
  Education, SLP, SWK students.
• NOT approved for all BSC students

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Double-Dipping

• Double dip means that a course satisfies two
  requirements
• Example SOC 240 counts both as Diversity and
  Social Science Foundations, but its still only 3
  credits
• Diversity courses can be double-dipped with ANY
  other requirement (major, minor, GEIF, W, etc.)
• W courses can be double-dipped in ANY way (major,
  minor, GEIF, diversity)
• ONE course from the major can be double-dipped
  into Foundations categories for GEIF students
• NO double-dipping is allowed between
  Foundations categories

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Repeating Courses/Pass-Fail

• Students can repeat courses in which they earned
  E, F, U, D, D, C-
• But TAP does not cover D, D, C- repeats
• Cannot legally take a course for a third time
  without an approved petition
• Appears as illegal repeat on transcript and
  does not count in GPA without petition
• Pass/fail option is approved by advisor
• Major/minor courses cannot be taken pass-fail
• Student must have 15 credits, 2.0 GPA
• Only one P/F course per semester
• Cannot use P/F to repeat a C-, D or D course, or
  to take ENG 101-102/CWP 101-102

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Drop vs. Withdraw

• Dropping occurs during the one-week drop-add
  period
• Course never appears on transcript
• No financial liability
• No effect on financial aid or satisfactory
  academic progress (SAP)
• Withdrawing occurs from Week 2 - end of semester
• W appears on transcript, financial liability,
  counts against SAP
• Course withdrawal deadline around 10th week of
  semester
• Can withdraw from college (all courses) until
  Study Day
• Leave of Absence deadline also Study Day (results
  in W grades)
• Student needs a 2.0 or better GPA to take a leave
  of absence
• Medical leaves can be granted retroactively with
  documentation-forms are processed through Weigel
  Health Center

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Satisfactory Academic Progress and Financial Aid

• Both TAP and Federal financial aid are contingent
  upon Satisfactory Academic Progress
  requirements
• Students must be accepted into a major no later
  than completion of 57 credits
• Federal aid will cover a maximum of 185 credits
  attempted
• W, E, I, U, F, N count as attempted credits
• TAP will cover a maximum of 8 semesters (except
  for EOP students, who get 10 semesters)
• TAP does NOT cover D, D, C- repeats
• Financial aid is affected by GPA
• A one-semester appeal is often possiblestudents
  should follow instructions in letter from FA
  office
• Academic level (class level) is determined, not
  by how many years you have been in college, but
  the number of credit hours successfully
  completed. (F 0-28 hrs. Soph 29-56 hrs.,
  etc.)
• More information at http//www.buffalostate.edu/f
  inancialaid/

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General Tips

• Use the NEW GEIF advisement slips.
• Always give student a completed, signed
  advisement slip as official proof of advisement
  keep copy in file
• Defense against allegations of mis-advisement
• Sometimes advisers recommend specific courses.
  For most GEIF requirements, students need only a
  category, not a specific course, e.g.,
• Specific Course GEIF Category
• FAR 101 Arts
• CHE 100 Natural Science
• Please do not recommend specific course unless
  you KNOW its open or it is needed for E-repeat
  or other reason.