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Road Map to Graduation
Your guide to graduating in four years
September 23,2013
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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
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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
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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!
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Quiz Question
What are three ways to touch base with a Merrill Adviser?
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Quiz Question
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Where can you check to see which GEs you have completed?
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Quiz Question
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By when must you complete the Composition 1 & 2 (C1 &C2) requirements?
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Quiz Question
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When is the last day to add, drop or swap classes?
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Quiz Question
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When is the latest date you can declare your major?
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Need to find the exit ramp?
• Part-time attendance• Leave of absence • Readmission
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Questions?
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