Foundations of Your PSU Education

Pre-Health Students

Transfer Orientation 2016

Overview

•Materials– Student Handbook– Course Listings– Transfer Evaluation (T-Eval)

•Welcome, Pre-Health Students•Graduation requirements•Interpreting your T-Eval•Pre-Health requirements & considerations•Planning your schedule•Tips for your first year•Next steps

Welcome, Pre-Health Students!

•Our pre-health advising team is here to help you with:

–Advising for your pre-health goal

–Course planning

–Services to prepare you to apply to professional health programs- workshops, newsletters, mentoring, how to gain experiences, etc.

•We offer: 14 different pre-professional health tracks such as pre-med, pre-nursing, pre-dentistry, and pre-pharmacy

•Transfer programs and programs requiring bachelor’s degree

Graduation RequirementsStudent Handbook: page 23

Degree Requirements

180 credits with72 upper-division

(300/400 level)

www.pdx.edu/advising/requirements-for-a-baccalaureate-degree

Additional Requirements

www.pdx.edu/advising

WRITING REQUIREMENT2 composition writing courses required*may be satisfied with transfer courses

SECOND LANGUAGE (for Admission) 2 years of high school foreign languageOnly required if you:Graduated high school in Oregon in 1997 or later* Not the same as 2 years required for BA degree

ELECTIVESMay need additional credits to earn 180 total or 72 upper division.

Degree RequirementsStudent Handbook: page 23

Degree requirements can be completed as part of other requirements

2 years college level language*4 credits Fine and Performing Arts

4 credits Math OR Science8 credits Science/Social Science/Math

8 credits Arts & Letters

4 credits Math (105 or higher)12 credits Science (8 credits with lab)

12 credits Arts & Letters/Social Science

* Not the same as 2 years high school level required for admission

Art Practices majors onlyEmphasis on fine arts

Music majors onlyEmphasis on music coursework

www.pdx.edu/advising/bachelor-arts-bachelor-science-and-bachelor-music

Degree Requirements

General Education

University Studies Urban Honors

Freshman Inquiry (FRINQ)

Year-long sequence=15 total credits

Sophomore Inquiry (SINQ)

3 courses=4 credits each

Senior Capstone 1 course=6 credits

Honors Foundation Year-long sequence=15 total credits

Urban Discourses3 courses=12 credits

Honors Thesis6 -10 credits

Upper Division Cluster3 courses=12 credits total

www.pdx.edu/unst www.pdx.edu/honors

Student Handbook, page 24-26

Transferring 30-89 credits: General Ed during your first term

Student Handbook page 25-26

University Studies Urban Honors

Urban Discourses

4 credits each

HON 201 Urban Social Sciences

HON 202 Urban Humanities

HON 203 Urban Ecology

Sophomore Inquiry (SINQ)

4 credits each

Choose one of 14 optionsExample:

UNST 254 Popular Culture

Register for class & Mentored Inquiry

• All 3 courses required• Take in any order• Applies to University writing

requirement

• 30-59 credits: 3 SINQ courses required• 60-74 credits: 2 SINQ courses required• 75-89 credits: 1 SINQ course required• One SINQ must be from cluster theme• Applies to University writing requirement

www.pdx.edu/unst www.pdx.edu/honors

Choose course from 1 cluster theme

Transferring 90+ credits: General Ed during your first term

Student Handbook page 25-26

University Studies Urban Honors

www.pdx.edu/unst www.pdx.edu/honors

Upper Division Cluster3 courses=12 credits total

Honors Seminars and/or Internship

4-12 credits

HON 407

• Students choose seminar, internship or combination

• All 3 courses must be in same Cluster• Cannot use courses from major• Can apply to BA/BS requirements

Example: MUS 355U

Music History from Popular Culture

Major Requirements

• Pre-Health is not a major• Choose a major that interests you• Where do you find requirements?

• PSU Bulletin or website

• Undecided or exploring?• Talk with your pre-health adviser

• What if you change your major?• Credits still apply to degree (electives)• Update your major and your pre-professional

health program in Banweb

www.pdx.edu/undergraduate-programs

Interpreting your Transfer Evaluation (T-Eval)

• Legend – what do all of those abbreviations mean?

Interpreting your Transfer Evaluation (T-Eval)

1. # of credits accepted by PSU2. Transfer GPA

3. Term course was taken (chronological)

4. PSU equivalent• Direct equivalent or unknown:

• LD (lower-division)

• UD (upper-division)

• You can request a re-evaluation

by department

5. # of quarter credits accepted • semester credits multiplied by 1.5

• Course grade

• T = Transfer grade

• TV = Grades combined from 2 courses

• No grade is included for vocational credits

• Original course title, institution where it was taken, and course number

Interpreting your T-Eval: Credits

Interpreting your T-Eval: Bachelor of Science

Interpreting your T-Eval: General Education

Considerations for Pre-Professional Health students

Inside the Classroom:•Science sequences

– Co-requisites, pre-requisites, math placement•Helpful courses and seminars: Intro to Pre-Med, Intro to Pre-Nursing, application workshops•Course Planning Guide (cpg.sa.pdx.edu)

Outside the Classroom:•Gaining experience in your healthcare field•Resources for being successful

– Pre-Health Advisers– Listservs & Student Groups– Learning Center, Writing Center, Math Tutoring

Find courses in Course Listing booklet or BanwebFull-time = 12 or more credits

Remember most sequences begin in fall (watch 101, 102, 103)

Planning your First term schedule

Meet with your pre-health and major advisers regularly (required at least once)

Check your PSU email regularly Use campus resources (tutoring, counseling, activities) Plan realistic short-term goals

Degree Requirements

Sample Fall Schedule:4 cr Math (ie. MTH 111, MTH 112, STAT 243)5 cr Science (ie. BI 207, BI 211/214, CH 221/227)5 cr General Ed (FRINQ or Honors Foundations)

Using the Course Listings

• Course Reference Number (CRN): important number for registration• Course Numbering

100/200: lower division=freshman/sophomore level 300/400: upper division=junior/senior level

•Days/Time: MWF=Mon/Wed/Fri OR TR=Tues/ThursMilitary time—subtract 12 for “real” time

banweb.pdx.edu

Websites to Bookmark

my.pdx.eduBanweb login, email, D2L

PSU Bulletin:www.pdx.edu/oaa/psu-bulletin

Degree Maps:www.pdx.edu/undergraduate-programs

Advising & Graduation Requirement Info:www.pdx.edu/advising

Pre-Health Information:http://www.pdx.edu/clas/pre-health-programs

Course Planning Guide:cpg.sa.pdx.edu

•Meeting with your pre-health adviser:–Small group setting at orientation–Remember to bring your “snapshot” and

materials

•Advising begins promptly at 11:00am

•After advising, register in Millar Library, room 170 (first floor)

•ID photo/access badge in Neuberger Lobby

Next Steps