Enrollment 101 Preparing to Enroll: Tips for New Students Presented by The Office for Academic & Pre-Professional Advising

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Types of advisors Orientation Office for Academic & Pre- Professional Advising – Exploratory Major/Department Pre-Professional

OPA PERSPECTIVE- Meeting with My Advisor

COMPONENTS OF YOUR DEGREE

WHERE ARE MY PEOPLE? Humanities Majors? Social Sciences Majors? Life Sciences Majors? Engineering & Information Technology Majors? Undergraduate Studies/Exploratory (Undecided) Majors? Pre-Professional/Allied Health Students?

General education categories English Composition Arts & Humanities (3) Social Sciences (3) Mathematics Science (2, one lab course required) Culture (1-2, depending on major) Foreign Language at the 201-level

FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE First-Year Seminar (FYS)              "Take an FYS course because it introduces you to friends on campus, familiarizes you with the campus resources available including the Career Center, AOK Library, and Writing Center, and affords you the opportunity to explore a unique topic that you have an interest in. "  " It was different because we were provided a lot of resources and help for our assignments, and basically our professor guided us on how we could succeed in her class. " Introduction to an Honors University (IHU)           "I learned from my instructor and peer facilitator each Friday on how to properly find academic help on campus, work on time management, and also get involved in student life. My instructor is still my mentor to this day and is the advisor to one of my student organizations, and without her I would not be the student leader I have become today.” 

PLACEMENT TESTS Placement in UMBC courses depends on: College Coursework completed at other Institutions AP, IB, CLEP Scores UMBC Placement Test Results Reading English Math

All campus resources are free! Retriever Learning Center Math & Science Tutoring Center Writing Center Tutoring in individual course subjects Supplemental Instruction (SI) – peer led review sessions Study Groups Professor Office Hours Student Disabilities Services

QUIZ TIME!

Question 1: How many individual majors at UMBC offer students the option of both a B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) OR B.S. (Bachelor of Sciences)? Name two of them.

Answer 1: There are SIX majors that offer both degree options: Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Geography & Environmental Studies, Individualized Studies, Mathematics, and Psychology Answer found on pg. 20

Question 2: Sara has taken three levels of French in high school. Does she have to take a language course at UMBC? If you think the answer is no, why is she done? If you think the answer is yes, what course does she need to take?

Answer 2: Yes Sara has to take language She needs to take French 201 (French 103 would also be acceptable answer, why?) Answer found on pg. 9

Question 3: What qualifying score do you need to earn on the English Lang or Lit AP Exam in order to receive credit for English 100 (Composition) at UMBC? 

Answer 3: Students need to earn a 4 or 5 on either English Lang or Lit AP to receive ENGL 100 credit. Answer found on pg. 41

Question 4: UMBC offers free tutoring!  What office coordinates appointment tutoring in individual subjects as well as drop in tutoring for writing, math and sciences?

Answer 4: The Academic Success Center coordinates all the tutoring on campus Answer found on pg. 3

Bonus Question- Know your OPAs! What are we majoring in at UMBC? Find our majors!

Follow us on Instagram! @umbc_advising For help after orientation Office for Academic & Pre-Professional Advising Sherman Hall, B Wing, Room 224 410-455-2729 oapa@umbc.edu www.advising.umbc.edu Follow us on Instagram! @umbc_advising