Transfer Family Welcome Session Fall 2018 Transfer-Year Experience Program Supporting the Academic Transition to UT Austin Transfer Family Welcome Session Fall 2018

Transfer-Year Experience Program Transfer year is a focus for the University TYE focuses on the academic experience of transfer students Supportive academic and peer networks Programs and services Transfer-year Interest Groups (TrIGs) Signature Courses Texas Transfer Students

Transfer-year Interest Groups Cohort of no more than 20 fellow transfer students Reserved seats in 1-3 courses plus a seminar Peer mentor and staff facilitator College-specific or interdisciplinary

Transfer-year Interest Groups Economic Statistics (MWF)  Intro to Ancient Rome (TTh Lecture & F Discussion Section) TrIG Seminar (W) Professor    Professor & TA Peer Mentor & Staff Facilitator 

Signature Courses What are Signature Courses? Why are they important? Registration options

What Students Have to Say about Their Transfer Signature Courses “As an older student with prior college and military experience, this course has been by far the most enriching experience at this institution. This class has been a breath of fresh air.” “Being able to meet and study with other transfer students made me understand that 1) I was not alone in this, and 2) that if they could overcome it, so could I. In this way, I found a sort of ‘support system.’ Even if my classmates weren’t aware of it, that motivated me to finally see myself as part of the Longhorn family.”

Fall 2018 Transfer Signature Course Topics Love, Mating, and the Brain Young People and Drugs When Worlds Collide The Dr/Patient Relationship Films and Filmmakers of Italy Stress Management How Things Work Modernity and the Art of the Uncanny Global Inequalities in Health Road Movies, Quixotic Journeys Ideas of the Twentieth Century US Foreign Policy Jane Austen on Page and Screen Sleep: Are We Getting Enough? Jerusalem African Americans in Sports Latin American Environmental History/Sustainability

Texas Transfer Students

Next Level Academic Resources Transfer Students Need to Know Longhorn Center for Academic Excellence One-on-One Tutoring for Transfer Students! Group Drop-in Tutoring Express Writing Review Sanger Learning Center One-on-One Tutoring for all Longhorns Study skills support Public Speaking Center

TYE Recap TrIGS Learning Communities 15-20 students enrolled in the same 2-3 courses Weekly seminars with peer mentor and staff facilitator Transfer-Student Signature Courses One course in the core curriculum UGS 302 & 303 formats Transfer only options Introduction to academic rigor 4,000+ seats available for Spring 2018 Texas Transfer Students Student organization One-to-one peer mentoring Academic workshops, study nights, and socials

Welcome to the Longhorn Family! Transfer-Year Experience Program ugs.utexas.edu/tye 512.471.4421 Jeffrey Mayo jeff.mayo@austin.utexas.edu