1. Finding an Academic Community

2. Your Student’s Academic Place at UNM
UNM is a BIG place – made up of
Less than 10 Colleges and Schools
Dozens of Departments
Hundreds of Courses
Your student’s academic
home today:
Declared Major or Program
Exploratory, Pre-Health: University College
Your student can:
Change Majors; change Colleges
Take courses in other Colleges (sometimes)
Design his or her own Major (within limits)
UNM
Colleges
Departments

3. Appropriate Placement for Success; Progress to Degree
Core Writing and Math are required for ALL students
ACT/SAT scores determine initial placement; Re-test to challenge placement
Support for students who test below cut off scores:
Foundational Math
Critical Text Analysis
Versions of English Composition
All students can succeed when
appropriately placed & supported.

4. The Core: Foundational Skills for Success
Content Knowledge: Obtaining and assessing credible evidence and data Google
Integration: Combining content to
Solve Problems & Think Critically
about evidence and data
Collaboration: Teamwork
Intercultural Communication
Impact: Community Engagement;
Civic Responsibility

5. Why these Learning Outcomes?
Your student’s future:
More than 1/3 of the entire US labor force changes jobs ANNUALLY.
Today's students will have 10 or more jobs by age 38.
Every year, more than 30 million Americans are working in jobs that did not exist the previous year.
One estimate: 47% of U.S. jobs will be automated in a decade or two.

6. Academic Options: All students, All majors
First Year Transition Seminars
Interdisciplinary “Big Question” classes
Paired Learning Communities:
Core Course plus second core or topics course
Innovation Academy courses
Honors College Seminars
Pre-health Mentorship
Themed Residence Halls
Community Engaged Learning & Research
STEM Collaborative Programs

7. For more information…. Kate Krause: kkrause@unm.edu
Placement:
First Year Programs: firstyear.unm.edu
General Information: --> UNM A-Z
in the top bar for specific departments and programs.
We welcome your sons and daughters to UNM!