Road Map to Graduation

1. Road Map to Graduation Your guide to graduating in four years

2. 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! Today’s mile stops

3. Year one: Adjust & Explore Year two: Explore & Prepare Year three: Enhance your Education Year four: Prepare for the Future 4-year Road Map to Graduation

4. 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 First Year To-Dos

5. General Education Requirements University & Campus Requirements College Requirement Major Requirements 180 credits 2.0 GPA & no more than 25% P/NP Grades Graduation Mile Posts

6. 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) Mile Post: General Education Requirements Writing Composition 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

7. Your Merrill Advising Team • my.ucsc.edu • Academic Advisement Report • Student Academic Summary • Major Department Advising • General Catalog • Undergraduate Advising Center Navigation Resources (GPS)

9. Finish composition requirements on time Always verify your course enrollments Watch your speed, the quarter system flies by Understanding grading policies & academic probation Watch out for speed bumps!

10. 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 You’re making good time!

11. 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 Enrollment Deadlines

12. GPA • Pass no pass grading • Other types of grades • Incomplete (I) • Withdraw (W) • Repeating a course • Academic Probation Evaluating your progress – UCSC Grading Policy

13. 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. Rules of the Road

14. Learning Support Services • Modified Supplemental Instruction (MSI) • Tutoring • Drop-in tutoring for Writing & Math • On-line Tutor Signup System Time Management • Online workshop Do you need roadside assistance?

15. Declaring your major…which way to go?

16. 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. Major Declaration

17. Don’t worry… there’s help Resource Fair/Majors Fair Tomorrow 1:00 – 3:00 Merrill Courtyard *** Career Center: Selecting a Major Workshop October 14 at 4:00 pm November 20 at 5 pm Majorly Confused?

18. 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 Don’t forget those scenic byways! Be sure to check out the fall festival tomorrow at 3 PM, East Field

19. 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! Other important welcome week activities

20. Quiz Time!

21. What are three ways to touch base with a Merrill Adviser? Quiz Question

22. Quiz Question Where can you check to see which GEs you have completed?

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

24. Quiz Question When is the last day to add, drop or swap classes?

25. Quiz Question When is the latest date you can declare your major?

26. Part-time attendance Leave of absence Readmission Need to find the exit ramp?

27. Questions?