First year advising Pre-Health Science

1. First year advisingPre-Health Science Successfully Registering for your first semester

2. First Year Advising Presentation Gwen Hansen and Nancy Kingsley As your guides • Pre-Health Science • Pre-Nursing • Nursing • Progression of “Major” titles that all refer to the Nursing Major

3. The school of nursing welcomes you! • We are your Nursing Advisors for as long as you continue in the Nursing Major • Where are we located? In the “PPH” Building with the School of Nursing • It’s a short walk, or parking is available right outside our building.

4. Today’s Goals • Orientation Success Pack Modules • Understanding the Nursing Major • Course Options for your First Year • Understanding your ARR • Email Set-up & How to Register • Register for your Fall courses

5. Your CSUSM Email account • Check your CSUSM email on a regular basis. • This is the only way the University c0mmunicates with students. • We communicate often with our students via email about deadlines and important information! • You can have your CSUSM email forwarded to your personal email.

6. Academic Requirements Report (ARR) • Provides academic evaluation for: • Transfer Courses • Test Credit (AP, IB, CLEP) • Displays Graduation Requirements • Monitors requirements that are MET and those that you NEED

7. What is the add/drop period? • First two weeks of each fall and spring term of school • Can add classes via a permission number obtained by the professor • Can drop classes on your own via your Student Center in MyCSUSM • We offer Drop-in Advising (no appointments are necessary) during the Add/Drop period.

8. What is a Walk-Away ‘F’? • If you are registered for a course and you stop attending or have never attended: • It is your responsibility to officially drop the course! • Your professor WILL NOT drop you • If you do not drop the course you will receive a WU grade. WU=F

9. AP/IB Information • AP scores of 3 or higher and/or IB scores of 4/5 or higher on HL exams • May give you college units • May satisfy general education and/or major requirements • For AP equivalencies, visit: • http://www.csusm.edu/academicadvising/ap/index.html • When you are registering for courses, be sure to speak with one of us about AP,IB or CLEP credit.

10. Language-other-than-English Requirement (LOTER) • Language at intermediate-level • Third semester /‘201’- level language • Approved Study Abroad programs • AP, IB or CLEP exams • Proficiency exam High school language will not clear this requirement unless you passed an AP language exam with a 3 or higher SAT Subject Exam? Doesn’t meet LOTER at this time.

11. How to Determine which Language Level to Take: If completing ASL at a community college, must complete through ALS III. See the University LOTER Web site for courses elsewhere that meet this requirement.

12. CSUSM General Catalog (electronic) • Contains all • Policies • Procedures • Requirements • List of majors • Major/minor requirements • Course descriptions

13. Impacted Program Two Levels of Impaction Criteria Level One: Entry to Science Courses Level Two: Entry to actual Nursing Program You must apply to the School of Nursing to get admitted to the Nursing Program Use the Nursing Web site to learn more:http://www.csusm.edu/nursing/current/prenursing/index.html The Nursing Major

14. Traditional Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program • Referred to as the Traditional BSN Program • Time Frame for degree completion • Minimum 5-year Program

15. To be considered for advancement into science courses next year By the end of your first spring term, you need to have completed your A1, A2, A3 and B4 Statistics courses with grades of C or better, and have a minimum GPA in these courses of 2.75. Students will be rank ordered and approved students will get guaranteed seats in the four science courses in their Sophomore year. If you don’t complete these four courses with a grade of C or better, or if you don’t get selected after your first year to move into the science courses, you will have to spend an extra year trying to get into the science courses.

16. workshop series for the Pre-health science major • FY Workshop Series: Fall 2012 and Spring2013 • We will contact you in the fall semester, letting you know that it is time to sign up for the 1stmandatory Pre-Health Science Advising Session • Today we will help you to get registered in your first semester of courses. • The Fall mandatory workshop will cover: Review of your progressNursing Impaction CriteriaCourse registration for spring

17. Nursing Web Site http://www.csusm.edu/nursing/ Our Nursing Web site, under Current Students, under Pre-Health Science Students, is full of useful information for you!

18. Use your Blue Course planner to select other courses Beware of Upper-Division courses! Do NOT take any 300 or 400 level courses during your first year!!

19. Signing up for courses: • Some of you may have received instructions from a special program to register in a specific section of GEL 101, or some of you may learn that you have been pre-registered in this course. • GEL 120 this summer equals GEL 101. • Unless you earned AP credit in Math, all of you need to enroll in a math course this fall! Follow the pink Math sheet (side with A-B-C) • If continuing in a Language other than English to meet LOTER, add this course to your fall schedule.

20. If you change your major… • See the Academic Advisor for the new major ASAP! • Be sure to complete a Declaration of Major form at the time you meet with your new Academic Advisor • General Education courses may be different.

21. Pull out your student handbook • Last page in handbook • List all courses registered for Fall 2012 • Don’t leave registration room until you get a signature from Advisor

22. Questions? www.csusm.edu/academicadvising

23. Presented by O-team! When finished registering, set up your email THANK YOU, O-TEAM!!!