Road Map to Graduation

Your guide to graduating in four years

September 23,2013

Today’s mile stops

• Road Map to Graduation• Graduation Requirements & Navigation Resources• Avoiding speed bumps on your journey• Majors: Clarifying your direction • Scenic byways• Questions?

Pay attention: it may pay off in the end!

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4-year Road Map to Graduation

Year one: Adjust & Explore

Year two: Explore & Prepare

Year three: Enhance your Education

Year four: Prepare for the Future

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First Year To-Dos • Meet with one of us!• Take career assessment on the career center website• Research potential majors; consider possible back-ups• Identify the requirements for declaring potential majors• Take foundation courses in areas of interest and evaluate

your performance in these courses • Prepare to apply for a summer internship

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Graduation Mile Posts

• General Education Requirements• University & Campus Requirements• College Requirement• Major Requirements• 180 credits• 2.0 GPA & no more than 25% P/NP Grades

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Mile Post: General Education Requirements

Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC)

Ethnicity and Race (ER)

Interpreting Arts and Media (IM)

Mathematical and Formal (MF)Reasoning

Scientific Inquiry (SI)

Statistical Reasoning (SR)

Textual Analysis and Interpretation (TA)

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WritingComposition Requirements

(C1 & C2)Disciplinary Communication (DC)

Perspectives (choose one 5-credit course)Environmental Awareness (PE-E)Human Behavior (PE-H)Technology and Society (PE-S)

Practice (choose one 2-credit course)Collaborative Endeavor (PR-E)Creative Process (PR-C)Service Learning (PR-S)

One course = One Requirement

Navigation Resources (GPS)

• Your Merrill Advising Team• my.ucsc.edu– Academic Advisement Report– Student Academic Summary

• Major Department Advising • General Catalog • Undergraduate Advising Center

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Watch out for speed bumps!

• Finish composition requirements on time• Always verify your course enrollments• Watch your speed, the quarter system flies by• Understanding grading policies & academic probation

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You’re making good time!

• Composition Requirement 1 (GE Code: C1)– Satisfy C1 by passing MERR 80A, by previously passing

AWPE, or AP exam or transferable university-level composition course.

• Composition Requirement 2 (GE Code: C2)– Satisfy C2 by passing MERR 80B or WRIT 2 or earning a

grade of C or better in a UC-transferable English composition course (see an advisor to verify transferability

Must be completed by your 7th quarter of enrollment

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Enrollment Deadlines

• Add/Drop/Swap Classes: Wed. Oct. 16– Last day to change class schedule using your portal

• Withdraw from a class: Wed. Nov. 6– Last day to submit a petition for a W grade by seeing an

academic advisor (at Merrill)

• Winter 2014 Priority Enrollment: Nov. 14– Check your Student Portal for your enrollment appointments – Meet with an advisor to answer any questions– Enroll at the earliest time possible

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Evaluating your progress – UCSC Grading Policy

• GPA– Pass no pass grading

• Other types of grades– Incomplete (I)– Withdraw (W)

• Repeating a course• Academic Probation

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Rules of the Road

• Read the syllabus for each course carefully.• Make a plan to study for 6 hours each day.• Complete reading assignments before lecture.• Review lecture notes at the end of every day. • Start assignments early and ask for help if you need it.• If you fail a quiz, assignment, or test – get help right

away.

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Do you need roadside assistance?

Learning Support Services• Modified Supplemental Instruction (MSI)• Tutoring– Drop-in tutoring for Writing & Math– On-line Tutor Signup System

Time Management• Online workshop

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Declaring your major…which way to go?

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Major Declaration

• All UCSC students are proposed majors until they go though the declaration process.

• Check your department’s web site for their declaration procedure (keep in mind you may have to attend a department meeting or complete prerequisites).

• Plan ahead! Start this process well in advance of the deadline.

Declare your major by the end of your second year.

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Majorly Confused?

Don’t worry… there’s help

Resource Fair/Majors FairTomorrow 1:00 – 3:00

Merrill Courtyard

***Career Center: Selecting a

Major WorkshopOctober 14 at 4:00 pmNovember 20 at 5 pm

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Don’t forget those scenic byways!• Education Abroad Program (EAP)

– Most students go in their junior year– Cost is similar to UCSC (sometimes less!)– Must start application process early

• UCDC, Intercampus Visit & Domestic Exchange• Student Organizations (SOAR) • Jobs & Internships • Volunteer Connection

• PE and Recreation – Intramural sports, weekend trips and classes

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Be sure to check out the fall festival tomorrow at 3 PM, East Field

Other important welcome week activities

• Core Course meeting Wednesday – 1:00 pm in Classroom Unit 2 lecture hall.

• Department Orientations – Tuesday morning • Merrill Resource Fair and Majors Fair – Tuesday, 1:00• EOP Student Welcome – Wednesday, 10:30-11:30

am, Charles E Merrill Lounge

Thursday – Classes Begin!

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Quiz Time!

Quiz Question

What are three ways to touch base with a Merrill Adviser?

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Where can you check to see which GEs you have completed?

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By when must you complete the Composition 1 & 2 (C1 &C2) requirements?

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When is the last day to add, drop or swap classes?

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When is the latest date you can declare your major?

Need to find the exit ramp?

• Part-time attendance• Leave of absence • Readmission

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Questions?

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