1. Transfer Student Advising

2. Agenda Advising at CI Degree Requirements Tools for Schedule Building
Question & Answer Session

3. Academic Advising Website
Advising Team
ASSIST, Transfer Bootcamp, and catalog.
Academic Advising Website

4. What Do Academic Advisors Do?
We explain and help with:
GE requirements and graduation requirements
Staying on track for two-year graduation
Low grades
Understanding rules and policies
Referrals to campus resources
Any non-major requirements
*This is very different to what your community college counselor did*

5. Community College Counselor
Help with classes
Degree progress
Transferring
Financial Aid
Can register you in classes
Evaluate your transcripts
Approve repeats of classes
Career Counseling
1-2 minutes - Alyssa

6. CSUCI Records & Registration Faculty Advisors or Program Advisors
Forms
Transcripts
Registration
Records & Registration
Faculty Advisors or Program Advisors
Academic Advisors
Graduation Requirements
Major
Advising
Graduate Studies Center
1-2 minutes - Monica
Financial Aid

7. Academic Advising Model
Shared Advising Model
Academic Advising (us)
Major Advising (Faculty, who you met earlier)

8. Academic Advising Appointments
Scheduled appointments
Degree planning, low grades
Express Advising
Group Workshops
Degree Progress
Grad Check
Student Success Series
-Show info on appointments, faculty advisor list and workshop information
-Advise them to meet with faculty advisor before they schedule an appointment with us because most of their questions are major related

9. Major Advising Meet with a Faculty Advisor:
Questions about major, including capstone
Projected course offerings for major
Staying on track for two-year graduation
Major course substitutions
Research and graduate programs
Career options for major
Study abroad
*You schedule appointments directly with your faculty advisor *

10. Components of a Degree 120 units, 40 upper-division
70 units from community college; 50 university units (including AP, IB & military)
Major
General Education (GE)
American Institutions
Multicultural Perspectives (MP)
Foreign Language (“C-” or better)
Upper Division GE (UDGE)
Electives, if needed
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11. Upper Division GE - UDGE
9 units required (three courses)
One course from each:
GE Area B, C and D
Must be taken at a CSU

12. Online University Catalog
Policies/Procedures
Programs and Degrees (Majors & Minors)
GE/Graduation Requirements
Course descriptions
UDGE, MP, double-counting link for MP/UDGE’s. Major Degree Planner, mention double counting UDGE and MP. Faculty Contact Information.

13. Transfer Model Curriculums (TMCs)
If you are a TMC student, also known as “AA-T or AS-T”
Some of the major requirements may vary
Check the Catalog for TMC requirements
If not reflected on CARR contact records and registration.
BUS, ECS, MATH, BIOLBA (only), check CARR for verification.

14. Schedule of Classes Academic Calendar
Add/drop deadlines (called “Change of Program Table” on website)
Course Offerings
Include how to find GE – UDGE and online classes

15. University Transfer Courses
UNIV 300 (1 unit course)
UNIV 349 (3 unit course – variable topics)
Meets UDGE-D
Topics include:
Transitioning to the University
Campus Resources
Study Strategies
Creating an Academic Plan
Career and Graduate School Planning

16. Registration Full-time = 12 units; Maximum = 18 units
Add and drop courses the first 3 weeks of semester on myCI
Starting January 21st, add by obtaining permission number from instructor
Drop (no permission number needed)
Weeks 4-12, only serious and compelling reasons for withdrawal
It is your responsibility to verify your schedule
Students on waitlists are automatically added
-Might recommend taking a lighter load than they did at the CC in the first semester here.

17. Scheduling Suggestions
Any remaining lower division major courses
Upper division major courses
UDGE courses (Upper Division GE B, C and D)
Foreign language (one semester college level)
American Institutions
Multicultural Perspectives (MP) Course
-Emphasize that this is NOT the community college and that it will not be as easy as it was then.
-For social science majors suggest English 299 for help with writing.
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18. Pre-requisites Enforced
If prerequisite met, but blocked from enrollment, contact Records:
Took similar course, but not in ASSIST:
Contact Program Chair
Check w/ Instructor 1st day of class or week prior
Tell students that if they have questions about major pre-reqs to ask faculty advisor in next session

19. Schedule Building Register online this afternoon
Using your course interest list and the schedule of classes, begin building possible schedules
Have alternate classes to choose from as classes fill

20. CI Academic Requirements Report CARR
Online tool to track academic progress
Follow using Degree Progress Checklist
sent by Records of completed evaluation.
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21. Finding the “CARR and Transfer Credit”
(CI Academic Requirements Report)
Navigate to CI Records
Select your Student Center
Select My Academics
Navigate to CI Records
Select your Student Center
Select My Academics

22. My Academics Overview
Click on “View my advisement report” to bring up the CARR report

23. CARR Header Information
Major
Academic Status
Graduation term if you applied
Records contact information
Icons used throughout the report

24. CARR General Headers

25. Sample Transfer Credits
Log into MyCI
My Academics
View my transfer credit report
Review transferred course and CI course equivalencies
Questions:
Take note of how many units you transferred in.
Max is 70 units from community college (might see adjustments if over 70 units from cc)
If over 70, GPA and content still counts, just not units
Maximum of 70 units from CC, not including other university, AP, IB, CLEP, or military units.

26. Graduation Guide

27. csuci.edu/academics/advising
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