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Douglas College Athletics 2010 Academic Advising, Course Selection and Student Success

Introduction Academic Advisors - Registrar’s Office Room 2700 Book an appointment NOW!   Drop in appointments available Feel free to meet with any advisor

Has everyone Applied? For the Fall 2010 semester? Submitted your official HS transcript?  If not from the Ministry, must be sealed in an envelope from your highschool Do you know your program?

How to Choose Courses… Career goals Personal interest Douglas College program University transferable

Career Goals… Some careers require specific courses, or degrees to be qualified for employment, some are simply looking for a general credential Good places to find out job requirements and Career counselling is also available at Douglas College 

Personal Interest… Most programs have elective or breadth requirements for completion of a credential. These courses should be selected based on personal interest, but chosen from a list determined by the University or specific program. Course listing is in the College Calendar

Douglas College program Program information is available online at the College Calendar: Program course lists are found by selecting the course and scrolling down

University Transferable… In you plan to transfer to University to continue your education (usually from a Diploma/Associates Degree  Bachelors Degree) then you need to be selecting the appropriate courses You should be selecting your courses as if you were currently at the University getting ready for your first semester

Using the University Calendar You should be using the University’s calendar that you plan on transferring to, and looking for your Major program, Lower Division requirements = first and second year required courses. SFU - UBC -

So, if you are planning to complete an English Major at SFU within a Bachelors of Arts, the required courses needed in the first and second years of study are found online. How do we find elective courses that are transferable into your intended program? How do we find the equivalent courses at the college?

The transfer guide works in two ways Sending (College)  Receiving (University) for determining electives choices

…using the transfer guide And Receiving  Sending for specific program requirements Use the University course name and number in the guide

Course Scheduling All done online You have control over your schedule Schedule your courses around practices and games and work Secure site  Login: services.html services.html Class search: d.p_search_fields d.p_search_fields

Pre-Requisites are listed in the Calendar

Assessment Tests… If you do not have the High School pre- requisite required to register for a course, you may be able to complete an assessment test English Math Typing See an Advisor to clarify if you need to complete assessment testing

Registration – completed online

Check your Registration Date and Time

Add/Drop Courses

General Information GPA Transfer to University

GPA Calculating your GPA A=4.0, B=3.0, C=2.0, D/P=1.0, F/UN=0 For (+) or (-) add or subtract.33 Douglas GPA Credits x Grade (numeric value) = Points 3 x B (3.0) = x C- (1.67) = x C+ (2.33) = Total Credits = 11 Total Points = Divide total points by total credits for GPA 24.34/11 = 2.21 GPA

University GPA Universities may calculate your GPA differently from Douglas SFU – all credits counted, but only highest grade of repeated courses counted UBC – most recent 30 credits, including all repeats Universities will only use transferable courses for Admission GPA calculations Use the online GPA calculator available on the Academic Advising webpage

Transfer to University All University require specific requirements to transfer. These can be determined by the University calendar SFU – requires min 24 credits (30 for Busn) and W and Q requirements + appropriate GPA UBC – requires min 24 credits including 6 credits of ENGL Dates and deadlines – all Universities will have their own deadlines for application to their programs

Academic Advising There are 6 advisors at the college  4 at NW and 2 at DL  8000 students at Douglas College Ways to reach us  Booked appointments – 30 minutes in length (these can have a wait-time of 4-5 weeks during peak periods  Drop-in Advising – minutes (Monday to Friday)  Phone Advising  Online Chat

Academic Advising Webpage

Questions?....