WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

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Welcome!
WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
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Agenda

• Advising at WWU
• Graduation Requirements
• Evaluation of Credits
• Major Requirements/Declaration
• Math Placement
• Registration Planning

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Advising at Western Human Resources

• Students are responsible for seeking advising and
  understanding academic policies.
• Faculty and staff provide major advising in
  departments.
• Professional advisors in Academic Advising
  Center, Old Main 380 provide general and
  pre-major advising.

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Advising at WesternWeb Resources

• Departmental web pages Major Guides
• Declaration of major and requirements
• Clubs and professional organizations
• Job and career information
• Advisor contact information

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Major Guides
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Advising at WesternPaper resources

• Bulletin
• Academic departments and programs arranged alpha
  within each college
• Course descriptions
• Academic Policies (pages 30 37)
• Appendices
• Degree Planning Guide
• A self-advising publication

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Graduation Requirements (DPG p. 6)

• Minimum of 180 credits
• General University Requirements (GUR)
• 60 credits
• Major 55-110 cr.
• Writing Proficiency 3-5 cr.
• Electives 0-60 cr.
• Minimum 60 credits upper division study 300 and
  400 level classes
• Minimum cumulative WWU GPA of 2.0

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General University Requirements (GUR)(DPG p. 7)

• Communication and Critical Analysis
• English 101
• One additional course from Block B or C
• Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning
• One of 4 options
• Humanities
• 12 credits minimum. Complete 3 or more courses
  from at least two departments from list
• Social Sciences
• 12 credits minimum. Complete 3 or more courses
  from at least two departments from list

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General University Requirements (GUR)

• Comparative, Gender and Multicultural Studies
• One course from Block A AND one from Block B
• Natural Sciences
• A sequence from Option I or
• 3 courses from Option II (complete both A and B)
• Section A - 1 course from 2 of 4 areas
• Section B - 1 additional course from list

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Declaring Your Major (DPG 61)

• Connect with academic department for help with
• Evaluating transfer credits (with
• TER) for major
• Fulfilling major requirements
• Fill out major declaration card with departmental
  advisor
• Submit completed card to Registrars Office, Old
  Main 230

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Benefits of Declaring a Major

• Connect with departments and its resources
• Have a major advisor
• Gain access to major classes
• Timely graduation

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Degree Evaluation and Transfer Equivalency Report

• Students access reports through WEB4U
• Curriculum, Advising, and Program Planning (CAPP)
• Follow steps on page 69 of DPG
• Transfer Equivalency Report
• Follow steps on page 70 of DPG

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Math Placement Test

• If you plan to enroll in a math course (for major
  or GUR) you must first take the Math Placement
  Test unless you have taken a calculus course.
• Test Information is available in Old Main 120 and
  on the Testing Center web site.
• See Math Department, Bond Hall 202, 650-3785, for
  questions or exceptions.

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Registration

• Students register through Web4U
• Follow steps on p. 68 of DPG
• Phases of Registration
• Phase I limited to 17 credits, some depts.
  restrict classes to majors
• Phase II credit limit and most dept.
  restrictions lifted. Students can make schedule
  changes
• Phase III is first week of classes. Schedule
  changes continue
• Phase IV Weeks 2 through 7 drop classes only

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Late Course Withdrawal Privilege

• Each student given two annual late withdrawal
  privileges in the fall for use during calendar
  year.
• Course withdrawal from third week through seventh
  week permitted only with unused late withdrawal
  privilege.

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Registration resources

• Timetable of Classes
• ClassFinder prior to registration
• Class Search in WEB4U during registration
• Advisors in academic departments
• Advisors in Academic Advising Center, Old Main
  380

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Registering for Classes
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Web4U
User ID Starts with a capital W PIN First
six digits of your social security number
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Add/Drop Registration Screen
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Completed Schedule Example
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Search Results
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Registration Errors
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Be Aware

• Your GPA does not transfer from your previous
  school(s)
• You may experience a drop in your GPA from your
  previous school(s)
• You might have to make other adjustments
• Balancing work
• Managing family obligations
• Building a support network

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Campus Resources

• Academic Advising Old Main 380 650-3851
• Admissions - Old Main 200, 650-3440
• Career Services - Old Main 280, 650-3240
• Financial Aid - Old Main 265, 650-3470
• Registrar - Old Main 230, 650-3430
• Tutorial and Academic Skills Center - Old Main
  387, 650-3855
• Writing Center College Hall 09, 650-3219

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Your Next Steps . . .

• Visit departments
• Pick up your I.D. - Edens 110
• Buy your books
• After today you can contact
• Academic Advising Center
• Old Main 380
• 360-650-3850, advising_at_cc.wwu.edu