1. Organizational Leadership Advising
Fallon Willoughby, Advisor

2. What we hope you learn Requirements for Graduation
Requirements of the Organizational Leadership Major or Minor
How to run an iCAP, and check your own progress
Responsibilities for advising
Answer questions

3. Advising Basics
Everyone MUST BE advised, and have their hold lifted before they can register
Advising for the Spring Term will be done in October
Advising for the Fall Term will be done in March
Who is your advisor?
TopNet, Student Services, Registration, View Advisor information
Review the Advising Syllabus on our website:
If you have questions at any time, please see your advisor for help.

4. Organizational Leadership Undergraduate Advisor
Mrs. Fallon Willoughby, M.A.Ed.
TPH 226
Phone:
Fallon attended WKU and graduated in May of 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts in History and English Literature.  While attending WKU, she worked as a tutor in the Alice Rowe Learning Assistance Center, and upon graduating decided to follow the Student Affairs career path.  She returned to WKU, and graduated with a Masters of Arts in Education, Student Affairs in August 2015.  From September 2015 to July 2016, she worked with Americorps as a Kentucky College Coach. Fallon married her high school sweetheart, and together they have an adorable son.  She enjoys spending time with them, reading and writing, and working on her novel.  She also writes book reviews for the Bowling Green Daily News.  Crafting is her new favorite hobby, especially from old books. She is making everything from book page wreaths to book pumpkins. Fall, baking, Lord of the Rings, and Harry Potter are just a few of her obsessions and fandoms.

5. Before Seeing Your Advisor
Print Advising Worksheet from webpage
Please review your iCAP
Review classes offered next semester, and make decisions on what you want to take/need to take
Write those classes down and bring them with you to your appointment
Review any holds on TopNet (other than your advising hold), if any.
Take care of those holds.
Prepare questions you may have
Remember, this is YOUR education – take charge of it!

6. Grades The ABCs of Grades Financial Aid is also GPA dependent
A, B, C, D, F… FN, AU, X, W?
Financial Aid is also GPA dependent
Grades if D, F, FN, AU, W or X can cause a loss of financial aid
Satisfactory Academic Progress – Part of a federal law for students receiving Pell Grants, work study or student loans (GPA/Credit Hours)
Certain classes/majors may require you to earn a certain grade
Your grades and hours taken determine your academic standing:

7. 5th Week Assessment
All freshmen and sophomores in developmental classes, 100 level classes, and 200 level classes
Instructors indicate:
Passing
D/F
Excessive Absences
Early enough to withdraw from a class
Still time to turn things around
Follow-Up by instructors, residence hall staff
Organizational Leadership advisors will follow up with students on D/F and Excessive Absences on the 5th Week Assessments.

8. BS in Organizational Leadership Requirements
48 semester hours:
24 hours in the leadership core
24 hours in identified electives
University requirements for admission, continuance in the program, and graduation
Students who transfer to WKU with an applied associate degree (e.g., Associate of Applied Science) receive a 12-hour waiver from the overall upper-level course requirement.
The following restrictions apply to this major: no more than 24 semester hours from the School of Journalism and Broadcasting; no more than 30 hours in courses administered by the Gordon Ford College of Business; no more than 12 upper-level semester hours from the Gordon Ford College of Business.

9. Minor in Organizational Leadership
21 semester hours
applicable to any undergraduate student desiring a minor
Students must earn a grade of “C” or above in the courses required for this minor.
LEAD 200, 325, 330, 395, 400, and two electives chosen in consultation with the Leadership Studies advisor.

10. JUMP Program
Joint Undergraduate-Master's Programs provide students the opportunity to complete both an undergraduate and graduate degree in approximately five years. Qualified students who have been admitted to a JUMP may complete a maximum of 18 graduate hours as an undergraduate student and count a maximum of 12 hours on both the undergraduate and graduate transcript. Students will apply to the Graduate School upon or before earning more than 18 graduate hours.
The requirements to do the Organizational Leadership JUMP Program is to have at least a 3.0 GPA Overall, and have completed credit hours. 
The standard plan for the program would look like this:
LEAD 500 would replace LEAD 400.
LEAD 525 would replace LEAD 330.
LEAD 540 would replace LEAD 440.
LEAD 550 would replace LEAD 450.
If you have any questions about this program, or would like to participate in it, please contact us.

11. Colonnade Requirements
Your advisor can also help with questions about the Colonnade Program
Colonnade classes are required for all WKU students in Bachelor’s degree programs
Colonnade is new beginning for students who started WKU in Fall 2014, so be careful when getting course suggestions from friends and family—they may have had a different set of requirements than you

12. iCAP Interactive Curriculum & Academic Progress
iCAP is a degree audit that can be run through TopNet
An iCAP can be run to check completion of Colonnade requirements, major/minor requirements, or a What-If major/minor

13. iCAP Diagrams to help understand overall progress.
GPA is important to note.
Must have a 2.0 to graduate
If a transfer student, you must have a 2.0 GPA from your WKU specific classes as well.
Make sure you major is correct.
When overall requirements are in good standing, or fulfilled within your iCAP they are green, versus when they are not and are in red.

14. icap
As will be noted late in the PowerPoint, you need 120 total hours (minimum) to graduate. This section of the iCAP will help you keep track of that.
You also have to take a total of 42 hours UPPER LEVEL.
300 or 400 level classes.
Please watch out for this!
This can keep many here another semester.
Note that IP means In Progress (classes currently enrolled in)

15. iCAP This iCAP is for an Organizational Leadership major.
iCAP breaks down each section of requirements for you.
A minus sign besides a number means that it is not complete.
A plus sign means that you have fulfilled that section.
Each will tell you how many hours you need, and then give you a list of choices for classes.
If you click on the blue class (for ex. LEAD 325), it will give you the class name and description and whether it requires any prerequisite classes (classes you must take first).

16. iCAP The Colonnade Program is a the bottom of your iCAP.
It is broken down by requirements.
Again, this follows the same design. Plus sign – complete, Minus sign – not complete.
Please note your choices.
For Organizational Leadership as your major, you can take Math 109 as your math, or Match 116 (please note that if you want to take statistics, Math 116 is needed).

17. iCAP The next sections of Colonnade.
Please review these carefully and make sure you follow the requirements.
Some people suggest taking all your general education classes first, before beginning major requirements. I do not suggest that, but it is up to you.
To meet your Upper Level requirements without taking extra classes, you do need to do some of your Colonnade requirements in Upper Level classes.

18. iCAP
Connections courses are another section without the Colonnade program.
You must have taken 21 hours of Foundations and Explorations coursework or have Junior standing to take these classes.
Please note that LEAD 450 counts as both a Section 2 connections course and for our major (you kill two birds with one stone, so to speak).

19. iCAP Your World Language Proficiency must be meet by junior standing.
If you decide to take a different language than what you had in high school (so you had Spanish in high school but now want to take French), you must take 101 and counts toward the requirement, not 101.
If you do the same language, you can enroll into 102, without 101.
Your general electives will show here. These classes did not count towards your major, minor, or Colonnade.
You should try to have very few general electives.
Finally at the bottom is courses without submitted grades, which should be whatever you are currently enrolled in.

20. TopNet TopNet is your online source of university information:
Class offerings/registering for classes
Scheduling an advising appointment
Student schedule
5th Week Assessment
Unofficial student transcript
Change of Major Form
ICAP
Financial Aid (accepting loans, etc)
Employee services if you work as a student worker (paystub, etc)
Personal information (sign up for emergency text alerts, checking your address, etc.)

21. TopNet – Adding and Dropping Classes
Login to TopNet
Click on Student Services
Click on Registration
Click on Select Term. Choose the term you want to change (Fall 2015). Submit.
Click on Register/Add/Drop Classes
To drop a class, use the drop-down menu next to the course you want to drop. Click Submit Changes at the bottom of the screen.
To add a class, you can type in the course CRN# into a gray box and click Submit Changes. If you do not know which course you want to add, click on Course Search to see available options.

22. Looking at Holds Log into TopNet Click on Student Services
Click on Student Records
Click on View Holds
Any holds will be listed, with a phone number to call and a brief description
Your advising hold will be lifted during your advising appointment.
Please take care of any other holds on your account.

23. Blackboard Requires student WKU Net ID#/password for login
Online course system that is required to use in many courses
Course syllabus is often located here
Grades may be posted on BB
Discussion Board forums
Class notes and power points
*Note that although many WKU instructors use Blackboard, not all instructors do. *

24. Resources for You Leadership Library (located in 220)
For full information, see website
Organizational Leadership Website
Pages of resources
Links to helpful centers on WKU’s Campus
Advising Syllabus

25. Graduation Reality Minimum of 120 hours needed
12 hour minimum to be full time
BUT… 12 hours X 8 semester = 96 hours
15 hrs/semester = 120 hours in 4 years
Or winter and summer hours can be taken to supplement spring and fall classes
Developmental courses (course number of less than 100) do not count towards total hours for graduation or overall GPA
If you fail a course, all is not lost.
You can repeat a maximum of six courses.
To discuss this policy, see your advisor

26. Tips for Academic Success
Attend class
Notify your instructor before missing a class if possible, with a professional
Do the required reading
Complete assignments on-time/early
Keep coursework high on your priorities
Academic Dishonesty will earn you an F
Check your WKU /Blackboard every morning

27. More Tips for Academic Success
Get to know your instructors
Get to know your academic advisor
Treat school as a full-time job (40 hours a week)
Make study time a regular part of your day
Make friends in class… the kind that will help you, not the kind that will distract you
Get tutoring/help when you need it
Get involved in your major’s student organization

28. In Conclusion Ask Questions See your advisor
Keep track of your own education
Learn
Participate in campus activities
Get to know your advisors and instructors
Prepare for an exciting future!