Academic Orientation

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Academic Orientation

• July 1, 2010

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Baccalaureate Degree

• Coursework
• Lower Level Hours 100 200
• Developmental (Builds skills, counts toward
  course load, does not count toward degree)
• College-Level
• Upper Level Hours 300 400
• Writing Proficiency Requirement

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Coursework

• General Education Requirements(Core Curriculum)
  42 Hours
• Major-Specific Courses
• Minor
• Electives
• Total Program 120 Hours

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Core Curriculum Mission

• The mission of the core curriculum is to prepare
  students for academic and professional success,
  social responsibility, and personal growth by
  providing educational experiences that integrate
  written and oral communication, critical
  thinking, problem solving, analytical and
  creative activity, and technical proficiencies.

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Through the core curriculum courses, students
will

• develop competence in communication skills,
  basic mathematical principles, critical thinking,
  problem solving, and in the use of technology
• acquire knowledge and appreciation of human
  cultures and artistic endeavors
• develop the basis for an understanding of the
  environment
• recognize the importance of maintaining health
  and wellness and
• integrate knowledge and understanding by studying
  the interrelationships of the disciplines. 

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General Education Requirements
Cr
Communications ENGL COMS 9
Mathematics MATH 107 or higher 3
Lab Science BIOL, CHEM, PHYS, GEOL 7
Visual Performing Arts ART, F A, IT, MUSC, THEA 3
Humanities ENGL Literature course or PHIL 101 3
History HIST 201 202 6
Government POLS 201 202 6
Social Behavioral Sciences 3
Wellness 2
Total 42
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Writing Proficiency Requirement

• Meet Writing Proficiency Requirement through
  Writing Intensive Program
• 4 Writing Intensive (WI) courses
• ENGL 111 (1301) 112 (1302)
• 2 upper level WI courses within the major or
  designed for the degree plan

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Course Load

• Minimum for Full-Time 12 Hours (4 courses)
• Average 13 16 Hours (4-5 courses)
• General Education Requirements (3-4 Courses)
• Major Exploratory Course
• Maximum 19 Hours (6 courses)
• Issues to consider
• Work
• Commuting time
• Weekend commitments
• Other activities

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New Student Advising Report

• Demographics
• Test Scores (Highest Only)
• Placement
• Mathematics
• English
• Reading
• Holds
• Coursework

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Mathematics Placement Rules
Based on Test Scores Based on Test Scores Based on Test Scores Based on Test Scores Based on Test Scores Based on Test Scores Based on Test Scores
MATH THMA ASTA COMM ACPM ACTM SATM
100 lt229 lt37 lt38 lt62 lt16 lt459
101 230-269 38-44 39-59 63-84 17-19 460-499
107 270 45 60 85 20 500

• Required during Fall Semester
• MATH 100 (Developmental)
• MATH 101 (Developmental)
• MATH 107 or Higher (Unless TSI complete)

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College-Level Mathematics Placement Examination

• Eligible for enrollment in
• MATH 107, 108, or 110
• Interested in enrolling in MATH
• 109 Plane Trigonometry
• 111 Math for Business II
• 118 Pre-calculus
• 120 Calculus I
• 131 Introduction to Probability and Statistics
• Complete exam by scheduling appointment with
  Student Assessment Services (254-968-9423 MATH
  Building, Room 201)

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English Placement Rules
Based on Test Scores Based on Test Scores Based on Test Scores
ENGL ACTE SATV
100 lt14 lt390
111 15 400

• Required during Fall Semester
• ENGL 100 (Developmental)
• ENGL 111 (Unless TSI complete)
• ENGL 112 (Unless TSI complete) Requires credit
  for ENGL 111 1301

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Holds Clear to Register

• Everyone
• Academic Advising Required Departmental
  Advising Required by Faculty Advisor on
  Thursday afternoon at end of advising appointment
• Orientation by FYE on Thursday afternoon
• ???????????? (Info Only) Not a hold
• As Need
• No Deposit Handled during check-in
• TSI Advising Required After TSI meeting on
  Thursday _at_ 1245pm in TSC Room 219
• Others Need to see department(s) before you can
  register

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College-Level Coursework

• Listed on Report
• From official college transcripts (i.e., not
  high school transcripts)
• Not Listed on Report
• When building schedule, need to tell Orientation
  Advisor
• When reviewing schedule with Faculty Advisor,
  need to tell him/her

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College Transcripts

• Your responsibility to submit Official
  transcripts to Undergraduate Admissions.
• If the coursework is mathematics and/or English,
  the transcript needs to be submitted before the
  beginning of Fall 2010.

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Questions Answers
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Timely Graduation
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Timely Graduation

• Tuition Rebate
• Undergraduate Funding Limit
• 3-Peat Rule
• Texas State 6 Drop Policy
• http//www.tarleton.edu/registrar/timelygraduatio
  n/index.html

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1,000 Tuition Rebate

• Program Purpose To provide a financial incentive
  for a student to complete the bachelor's degree
  with as few courses outside the degree plan as
  possible. Minimizing the number of courses taken
  by students results in financial savings to the
  students, their parents and the state.
• http//www.tarleton.edu/registrar/timelygraduation
  /1000tuitionRebate.html

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Key Eligibility Requirements for Tuition Rebate

• Students who were Texas Residents during their
  college career, qualify for the 1,000 rebate if
  they have attempted no more than three semester
  credit hours in excess of the minimum number of
  hours required for their degree. For example, a
  student who completes a bachelor's degree that
  requires 120 credit hours with no more than 123
  credit hours attempted may qualify for this
  rebate.
• Must graduate within four calendar years for a
  four-year degree or within five calendar years
  for a five-year degree

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Why Timely Graduation is Important

• Undergraduate Funding Limit Rule
• The State of Texas provides that there is now a
  limit on the number of attempted hours an
  undergraduate Texas resident may attempt while
  paying in-state tuition at any public institution
  of higher education.
• Enrollment in any Texas public institution for
  Fall 2006 and thereafter no more than 30
  attempted hours over degree requirement. Ex
  12030 150 hours before being charged the
  excessive hours fee.
• Types of hours that count toward the
  Undergraduate Funding Limit rule include
• All semester credit hours attempted at Tarleton
  State University that were state funded at the
  undergraduate level, regardless of whether they
  count towards a degree
• All state funded transfer hours attempted from
  any Texas public institution of higher education
  that the student attended
• Hours attempted or hours dropped after the
  official census date of a semester
• Optional internships
• Repeated courses

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Undergraduate Funding Limit

• This Legislation is an attempt to offer a
  financial incentive to encourage students to
  complete degree requirements in a timely manner
  (Texas Education Code 54.014).
• Students are then subject to penalty of an
  additional 100 per semester credit hour for
  excess hours beyond their degree program. (12
  hours an additional 1200 dollars)
• How do students gain excess hours? Drop classes
  unnecessarily, change their major often, take
  classes unrelated to their major, and often
  repeat classes. These actions can lead to
  additional fees being charged. 
• http//www.tarleton.edu/registrar/fundlimit.html

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3Peat Rule

• This Legislation was passed by the State of Texas
  to discourage students from repeating courses
  unnecessarily.
• This has a financial impact on students who
  attempt the same course for a third time.
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• Texas residents will be charged an additional
  100 per credit hour for the repeated course.
  This provision is described in the Texas Higher
  Education Coordinating Board Rules (Chapter 13,
  Subchapter B, 13.25).
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3Peat Rule

• WHERE CAN I GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT
  3-PEAT RULE?
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• To read more about this program, please see Texas
  Higher Education Board Rules (Chapter 13,
  Subchapter B, 13.25).
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• Contact your Advisor for information.
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• View website at
• http//www.tarleton.edu/registrar/timelygraduation
  /threePeat.html

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6 Drop Policy

• Undergraduate students enrolled at Tarleton State
  University are only permitted a total of 6
  dropped courses, including any transfer courses
  dropped at another Texas public institution of
  higher education (Section Bill 2183, 80th
  Legislature THECB Regulations, Chapter 4,
  Section 4.10 (a)).
• Courses dropped before the census date (with no
  record) or while withdrawing from the University
  do not count as dropped courses under the six
  drop limit.
• Students are encouraged to review the Tarletons
  drop dates and deadlines so they are not
  penalized when dropping a course.
• http//www.tarleton.edu/registrar/limitForDrops.ht
  ml

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6 Drop Policy - Definitions

• A dropped course is a course a student is
  enrolled in after the census date who does not
  complete the course and receives a grade of Q as
  the final grade.
• This drop will be recorded on the students
  academic transcript.

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6 Drop Policy Exceptions

• Exceptions
• Courses dropped under the following documented
  circumstances are considered acceptable
  exceptions to this regulation and will not be
  counted towards the limit of six drops
• Courses dropped while the undergraduate student
  was enrolled at an institution of higher
  education located outside of the State of Texas
  and not receiving funding from the State
• Courses dropped while the undergraduate student
  was enrolled at an institution supported by
  private, rather than public funds
• Courses dropped because of severe illness or
  other debilitating conditions that affects the
  students ability to satisfactorily complete the
  course
• Courses dropped because of the students
  responsibility for the care of a sick, injured,
  or otherwise needy person if the provision of
  that care affects the students ability to
  satisfactorily complete the course

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6 Drop Policy Exceptions

• Courses dropped because of the death of a person
  who is considered to be a member of the students
  family or who is otherwise considered to have a
  sufficiently close relationship to the student
  and the persons death is considered to be a
  showing of good cause
• Courses dropped because of the students active
  duty service as a member of the Texas National
  Guard or any branch of the armed forces of the
  United States
• Courses dropped because of the active duty
  services as a member of the Texas National Guard
  or any branch of the United States of any member
  of the students family who is considered to have
  a sufficiently close relationship to the student
  that the persons active military service is
  considered to be a showing of good cause
• Courses dropped because of a change in the
  students off campus work schedule that is beyond
  the control of the student and that affects the
  students ability to satisfactorily complete the
  course
• Courses dropped for other well-documented good
  cause and approved by the Vice President for
  Academic Affairs.

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6 Drop Informational/registration holds

• Students who drop a course after the census date
  will have the following informational/registration
  holds added to their academic record. This
  information is a warning system for students so
  they are aware of how many drops they have
  remaining according to the 6 Drop Policy.
• D0- 0 Drops Remaining (this will restrict
  registration)- Student should contact the
  Registrars Office for assistance.
• D1- 1 Drop Remaining (info only)- will not
  restrict the student from registration- WARNING!
• D2- 2 Drops Remaining (info only)- will not
  restrict the student from registration.
• D3- 3 Drops Remaining (info only)- will not
  restrict the student from registration.
• D4- 4 Drops Remaining (info only)- will not
  restrict the student from registration.
• D5- 5 Drops Remaining (info only)- will not
  restrict the student from registration.
• D6- 6 Drops Remaining (info only)- will not
  restrict the student from registration.
• Students may review these and other student hold
  information at
• http//www.tarleton.edu/registrar/holdInfo.html

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What the student can do to avoid these penalties

• Do not drop courses unnecessarily.
• Do not withdraw from the university unless
  necessary. ( Doesnt count toward 6 drop, but
  does count toward UG Funding Limit).
• Work on core courses until you have decided on a
  major.
• Invest a lot of thought when deciding on a major.
  
• Avoid getting Fs in courses.
• Review the Academic Calendar for official drop
  dates and deadlines for each semester.

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Moral of the Story

• Take care of business and graduate within a
  reasonable time frame and it will save you

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Questions Answers