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What Students Should Know

What Students Should Know. Advising Policies, Procedures, & Dates. They’ve Arrived. “Academic Advising is the only structured activity on the campus in which all students have the opportunity for one-to-one interaction with a concerned representative of the institution” -Wes Habley.

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What Students Should Know

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  1. What Students Should Know Advising Policies, Procedures, & Dates

  2. They’ve Arrived “Academic Advising is the only structured activity on the campus in which all students have the opportunity for one-to-one interaction with a concerned representative of the institution” -Wes Habley

  3. Academic Preparation • Responsibility & roles • I  Is  is iS S • Time on task & expectations • Top 10 list  Campus culture

  4. Sample top 10 list 10. Go to class everyday! -Participate and engage. 9. Read assigned text before class. 8. Review lecture notes after class. 7. Use the Writing Center. 6. Track your grades. 5. Use a planner. 4. Go to office hours. 3. Check Ram email every day. 2. Daily remind yourself why you are here. 1. SEE YOUR ACADEMIC ADVISOR!

  5. Academic Preparation • Responsibility & roles • I  Is  is iS S • Time on task & expectations • Top 10 list  Campus culture • Acculturation • What does preparedness mean to students? catalog.colostate.edu – Section 1.7

  6. College Coursework • 45 contact hrs/semester • 150 min/week  FAR less than HS (240-300). • Clarify for students what this means • less class = more independent study • Class components • Lecture is more than Power Point slides! • Active/passive presence & participation • What was required in their HS classes? Do you know? • Lab/Recitation

  7. Advising Process • What do you believe advising should be? • What might students think? • CSU General Catalog • www.catalog.colostate.edu Section 1.7 • Resources & support • Do your advisees know logistics? • How to make an appt? • Required? Best time? Adv Code? Holds? • 1:1? Peer? Group? Walk-in support?

  8. Transfer Evaluation • Transfer Evaluation Office • Centennial Hall, 970-491-7159 • Wildcard credits • Appearance: HIST1++ or HIST1++3D • Still credits toward grad • Check dept. reqs & subs • Course re-evaluation option • AP/IB credits • See Registrar’s website (transfer credit link) • Preview caution – credits post late

  9. Schedule Changes • Deadlines registrar.colostate.edu • Add: 1st week w/o override; Drop: Census (~2wks) • Waitlist procedures & cautions • Withdraw: • “W” posts; tuition assessed • University Withdrawal: Withdrawn from all courses • Friday before finals deadline • No grades, no credits, tuition assessed • Referral & follow up

  10. 2nd Majors & Minors • Students to complete on campus • Not on Admissions App • Not Preview option • What is student’s expectation • Will double major meet this? Minor? Experience?

  11. Graduation Requirements • catalog.colostate.edu – Section 2.2 • DARS function • Students = RAMweb “My Undergrad Degree Plan” • What do you expect of your advisees? • Not a substitution for advising. • Dept should know reqs & subs. • 120 credit minimum • 42 Upper Division (UD) credits (300+)

  12. Grades • catalog.colostate.edu - Section 1.7 • Plus/minus can be assigned • (B=3.0; B-=2.667; C+=2.334; C=2.0) • Repeat/Delete • Incomplete • Caution. Agreement – get details. Arrange w/prof. • Do not register. • Changes to “F” if not settled in one year.

  13. FERPA • FERPA protects student records • Positive protection • FAMweb – student controlled access to RAMweb • When approached by parent for information • Encourage connection (parent & student) • Best non-specific information • Release forms

  14. Resources • CSU General Catalog • National ACademicADvising Association (NACADA) • www.nacada.ksu.edu • Advising @ Colostate • www.advising.colostate.edu • Professional Advising Network (PAN) • Coalition for Proactive Strategies • Paul Thayer & Linda Ahuna-Hamill

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