General Education Advisement for Transfer Students New Student Orientation

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General Education Advisement for Transfer
StudentsNew Student Orientation

• Summer 2006
• Academic Advisement Center
• UH 123
• www.fullerton.edu/aac

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Academic Advisement Center

• Located in UH 123
• Web site www.fullerton.edu/aac
• Got questions? Email us at acadvise_at_fullerton.edu
• We provide
• Advisement for GE, University policies
  procedures, academic probation
• Referrals to other offices on campus
• Assistance identifying community college classes
  that satisfy CSUF GE requirements.

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Components of the CSUF Bachelors Degree
Bachelors Degree Minimum 120 Units (Some degrees
require more)
General Education 51 units
Major 36-70 units (Most are 36-51)
Minor or elective units
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Completing the General Education Program

• All students must complete at least 9 units of
  approved GE courses at CSUF.
• This is applies to you EVEN IF you
• Are GE certified.
• Are IGETC certified.
• Earned an AA degree.
• Completed all sections of GE at a community
  college.
• Attended another 4-year institution, including a
  different CSU campus.

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GE Program Overview

• The GE Program is organized into 5 categories for
  a total of 51 units minimum
• I. Core Competencies (9 units)
• II. Historical Foundations (12 units)
• III. Disciplinary Learning (27 units)
• IV. Lifelong Learning (3 units)
• V. Cultural Diversity (3 units)
• Not an additional 3 units as this category is
  simultaneously satisfied with a course from
  either III or IV.

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What you will need for this presentation

• Your printed Titan Degree Audit (TDA)
• Your yellow General Education checklist
• Schedule of Classes
• Pencil/Pen
• Highlighter

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General Education Program Requirements (pg. 35)

• GE Program requires 51 units, including
• 9 units of upper division approved GE courses
• 9 units of approved GE courses taken at CSUF

• 9 units maximum from a single dept, excluding
  units associated with Category I, Core
  Competencies, requirements
• Each course counts in one category only, except
  those meeting Category V, Cultural Diversity
• 3 units in cultural diversity ( courses)
• Usually the same 9 units

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Little Known GE RuleThe 12, 12, 12 Requirement

• All students must accumulate
• 12 units of GE Science and Math
• 12 units of GE Arts and Humanities
• 12 units of GE Social Science
• Transfer GE certification is based on
• 9 units of GE Science and Math
• 9 units of GE Arts and Humanities
• 9 units of GE Social Science
• Students who transfer GE certified are still held
  to the 121212 rule!

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Common Transfer Scenarios

• Student transfers GE certified with 10 units of
  GE science
• 3 units of GE math
• 3 units of GE Life Science
• 3 units of GE Earth or Physical Science
• 1 unit GE science lab
• This student must earn at least 2 more GE science
  or math units to meet the graduation requirement.
• Solution Take a 3-unit upper division GE
  science/math course from the approved list to
  complete the 12 units and earn upper division
  credit at the same time.

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Another Common Scenario

• Student transfers with 6 units of arts/humanities
  and, therefore, is not protected by GE
  certification.
• Student is now held to the CSUF lower and upper
  division GE requirements in Arts/Humanities.
• Student must take HIST 110A plus 3 more units of
  GE Arts/Humanities to accumulate the 12 units
  required.

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GE Rules Continued

• Courses offered by the dept of the students
  major may NOT be used to fulfill GE categories
  III or IV or to fulfill upper division GE
  requirements.
• Cross-listed GE courses May be used by all
  majors for GE purposes except those in the home
  department the home dept is underlined in the
  approved GE list in the class schedule (p. 36-40)

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GE Academic Standards

• Letter grade required for all GE courses
• CR/NC allowed if it is the only grade option
  available.
• Cal State Fullerton has implemented a /- grading
  system. A grade of D- is not passing for any
  course (refer to pages 24 25 of the Schedule of
  Classes)

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Graduation Requirements

• Consult the Bachelors Degree Worksheetp. 28 of
  the Spring Schedule
• Complete your GE and Major requirements
• Accumulate at least 120 units (or more, depending
  on your major)
• At least 40 units of upper division (300-400)
• At least 30 units in residence (24 upper div 12
  of the 24 in the major)

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Graduation Requirements

• Satisfy the Upper Division Writing Requirement
  (p.32)
• Apply for a grad check two semesters before
  graduation
• Finish with a 2.0 cumulative, CSUF, and major
  GPAs
• Review the restrictions on the various kinds of
  units (e.g. CR/NC, etc)

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Upper Division Writing Requirement (p. 32)

• There are two components of the Upper Division
  Writing Requirement
• Complete the designated upper division writing
  course(s) specified by your major
• Pass the Junior Level Examination in Writing
  Proficiency (EWP)
• When should you do this?
• If possible, take the designated writing course
  in your junior year.
• Take the EWP after successfully passing the
  writing course, ideally at least by the time you
  submit your grad check

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Keeping Track of Your Progress Toward the Degree

• Check your TITAN Degree Audit (TDA) before and
  after you register for classes.
• The TDA is an automatic system that reads your
  community college transcripts and sorts the
  classes into the various GE categories and Major
  requirements.

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Checking your progress

• As you take courses at CSUF, those courses appear
  on your degree audit.
• Utilizing this resource will help you stay on
  track and avoid surprises as you approach
  graduation.

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TDA Review Process

• Initially, the TDA is produced by the program
  reading your scanned transcriptsthis is the
  preliminary TDA.
• Some time in your first semester, you should
  receive a postcard indicating that your TDA has
  been reviewed and, if necessary, corrected.

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TDA Limitations

• The Titan Degree Audit system is a complex
  computerized program that lifts information from
  the transcripts you provide.
• The system works best when the transcripts are
  limited to one or two local community colleges.
• In most cases, the system does not read
  transcripts from other 4-year institutions or
  from community colleges outside of CA community
  colleges that send us few transfer students may
  also fall in this category.

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Examining Your TDA

• Well look at a sample TDA
• Follow along with your own TDA and your yellow GE
  checklist
• On the yellow checklist, place a in the
  MET column if your TDA shows a for that
  category
• If your TDA shows a - for a category, place a
  
• in the TAKE column

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Examining your TDA

• Your yellow sheet may have courses highlighted
  with a box around them
• These are courses that may double count for
  your major collateral/co-related courses AND
  General Education.
• Ask an advisor for further information about
  these courses

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Where do you go with questions about your TDA?

• Advisors in the AAC are familiar with the TDA and
  can help you interpret it.
• Sometimes the TDA program misreads a community
  college transcriptthis can result in
• The class being overlooked and not applied to the
  appropriate GE or Major requirement.
• The class being sorted into the wrong GE
  category.
• You can email an inquiry about your TDA by
  clicking on the email address found on the TITAN
  Online screen where you access the TDA.

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Academic Probation

• Students are on academic probation whenever
  either the CSUF or the cumulative GPA drops below
  2.0.
• Students who transfer with a GPA between 2.0 and
  2.5 are at risk for academic probation because
  they have little margin for error.

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Probation/Disqualification

• Being on probation is a warning that your
  academic performance must improve or face
  disqualification from the University.
• DQ when you have dropped below the following
  grade point average
• Sr. (90 units or more)1.95 gpa
• Jr. (60-89 units) 1.85 gpa

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Transitioning to Upper Division Studies
Community College vs. Cal State Fullerton

• Lenient drop policy allows you to drop a course
  until a week before final exams
• Allows you to count courses taught by your major
  department to double count for GE
• All advising done in one generalist counseling
  office

• Strict drop policy requires you to drop a course
  within the FIRST TWO WEEKS of the semester
• Does not allow courses taught by your major
  department for count for GE
• GE Advising done in the Academic Advisement
  Center, major advising done by a faculty member
  in the department

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Transitioning to Upper Division Studies
Community College vs. Cal State Fullerton

• Adding closed classes is done on paper with the
  instructors signature through Admissions
  Records
• Instructor will drop you from a course if you do
  not attend

• Adding closed classes is done with electronic
  permits, and the student uses TITAN Online to add
• You are responsible for dropping classes on TITAN
  Online. Failure to do so could result in a WU,
  which is equivalent to an F in your GPA

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Transitioning to Upper Division Studies Tips for
Success

• Upper Division courses, in general, require more
  self-discipline and initiative.
• There may be fewer student supports such as
  study guides or review sessions.
• In upper division courses, students engage in
  more integrative thinking and produce work that
  reflects their own synthesis of the materials
  learned in and out of class.

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Preparing for Upper Division courses

• If you are at risk for probation (2.0-2.5), we
  encourage you to take fewer units in the first
  semester.
• Seek consultations with your instructors during
  office hours. Utilize all resources available!

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