1. UVA Undergraduate Engineering
SUMMER ORIENTATION

2. WHAT WE’LL COVER - SUCCESS BEYOND ACADEMICS - WHO ARE YOUR FACULTY?
- WHO WE ARE
- SUCCESS BEYOND ACADEMICS
- WHO ARE YOUR FACULTY?
- GETTING TO KNOW YOUR FIRST YEAR SCHEDULE
- UNDERSTANDING TEMPLATES
- Q&A

3. WHO
ARE WE?

4. Joe Rehder
Engineering Undergrad Manager
Phone:
Will Guilford
Asst. Dean for Undergraduate Education
Phone:
Lisa Lampe
Director of Undergrad Success
Phone:
Jesse Rogers
Engineering Undergrad Registrar
Phone:

5. Alex Hall
Asst. Dean of Students
Phone:
Blake Calhoun
Asst Dir. Of Undergrad Success
Phone:
Liz Ramirez-Weaver, LCSW
CAPS Embedded Therapist, SEAS
Phone:
Vicki Gist
Asst Dean of Students
Phone:

6. WHAT MAKES UP SUCCESS?

7. ACADEMICAND NON-ACADEMIC SUCCESS Seeking Support
Knowing and utilizing resources
Embracing Challenges
ACADEMICAND
NON-ACADEMIC SUCCESS
Success is more than excelling academically

8. EMBRACING
CHALLENGES
FIRST YEAR AVERAGE GPA: 3.25

9. IF YOU PERFORMED POORLY ON AN EXAM IN A CLASS, WHAT FIRST STRATEGY WOULD YOU USE?
TALK TO A FRIEND
STUDY HARDER
TALK TO A PROFESSOR
SEEK TUTORING
JOIN A STUDY GROUP

10. IF YOU PERFORMED POORLY ON AN EXAM IN A CLASS, WHAT FIRST STRATEGY WOULD YOU USE?
TALK TO A FRIEND
33-41%
STUDY HARDER
26-33%
TALK TO A PROFESSOR
20-27%
SEEK TUTORING
0-5%
JOIN A STUDY GROUP
0-1%
Roksa, J. (2019). Facilitating academic success for diverse students in SEAS [PowerPoint slides]. Personal Communication

11. KNOWING AND UTILIZING RESOURCES ACADEMIC QUESTIONS
YOUR PROFESSOR
LISA LAMPE & BLAKE CALHOUN
YOUR ADVISOR
FREE, 1-1 TUTORING
SCHEDULE AND CREDIT QUESTIONS
JESSE ROGERS & JOE REHDER
NON-ACADEMIC QUESTIONS
ALEX HALL
COUNSELING AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES
LIZ RAMIREZ-WEAVER
CENTER FOR DIVERSITY IN ENGINEERING
KNOWING
AND
UTILIZING
RESOURCES

12. SEEKING SUPPORT FORM STUDY GROUPS BALANCE YOUR TIME
GET HELP EARLY AND OFTEN
G ET TO KNOW YOUR PROFESSORS
SEEKING
SUPPORT

13.    
STEREOTYPES
ABOUT PROFESSORS

14. GETTING TO KNOW YOUR
FIRST YEAR SCHEDULE

15. “STANDARD” FIRST SEMESTER COURSES
Course Title
Subject & Course #
Credits
Applied Math (APMA) Single Variable Calc I or
Single Variable Calc II
Multivariable Calc III
APMA 1090*
APMA 1110
APMA 2120 4
Intro to Chemistry for Engineers
CHEM 1610 3
Chemistry Lab
CHEM 1611 1
Intro to Engineering
ENGR 1624
Sci, Tech, & Contemporary Issues OR
Humanities & Social Science Elective
STS 1500 OR
HSS Elective
* APMA 1090 Counts as a 3-credit unrestricted elective

16. OPTION 1: 1090 1110 2120 OPTION 2: 1110 2120 OPTION 3: 2120
APPLIED MATH – WHERE SHOULD I BEGIN?
OPTION 1:
1090
1110
2120
OPTION 2:
1110
2120
OPTION 3:
2120

17. Honors Engineering Math Sequence Course Title Subject & Course #
LOVE MATH? WANT A MORE IN-DEPTH TREATMENT OF MULTIVARIATE CALCULUS?
Honors Engineering Math Sequence
Course Title
Subject & Course #
Scored 5 on BC exam, or took approved college course equivalent to Single Variable Calc II
Honors Engineering Math I
APMA 2511
2511
2512

18. APMA
PLACEMENT TEST
The Placement Test is required and gives you a personalized recommendation on your fall calculus course

19. “STANDARD” SECOND SEMESTER COURSES
Course Title
Subject & Course #
Credits
Applied Math (APMA) Single Variable Calc II or
Multivariable Calc III
APMA 1110
APMA 2120 4
Intro to Programming
CS 1110, 1111, or 1112 3
General Physics I
PHYS 1425
General Physics I Lab
PHSY 1429 1
Sci, Tech, & Contemporary Issues OR
Humanities & Social Science Elective
STS 1500 OR
HSS Elective

20. COMPUTER SCIENCE OPTIONS

21. APPLIED MATH: WAHOO WELCOME (DAY BEFORE CLASSES START)
COURSE PLACE OUT
APPLIED MATH: WAHOO WELCOME (DAY BEFORE CLASSES START)
COMPUTER SCIENCE: SEE COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
“Placing out” of a course allows you to move forward in the curriculum and explore other course offerings.
You will not receive credit towards your GPA for courses you place out of (example: if you place out of APMA 1090, then you will not get an ‘A’ grade for the course).

22. WHAT DO I HAVE CREDIT FOR?
DOES THIS COURSE COUNT?
WHAT DO I HAVE CREDIT FOR?

23. ACADEMIC REQUIREMENT REPORT
“WHAT IF” REPORT
ANSWERS: WHAT DO I HAVE CREDIT FOR, AND HOW WILL IT APPLY TO MY CURRENT COURSE OF STUDY?
ANSWERS: HOW WILL MY CURRENT CREDITS APPLY TO A DIFFERENT COURSE OF STUDY (SUCH AS A DIFFERENT MAJOR)? WHAT COURSES DO I NEED TO PURSUE A DIFFERENT COURSE OF STUDY?
LEARN MORE ABOUT SIS

24. ENGINEERING MAJORS DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
3RD-8TH SEMESTER: MAJOR SPECIFIC DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
IN MOST CASES, STUDENTS DECLARE THEIR MAJOR IN THEIR SECOND SEMESTER AND BEGIN MAJOR SPECIFIC COURSEWORK IN THEIR
THIRD SEMESTER
ENGINEERING MAJORS DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

25. ADVISING
AND
TEMPLATES

26. UVA ENGINEERING ORIENTATION WEBSITE
TEMPLATES ARE USED FOR FAIRNESS ACROSS ORIENTATION SESSIONS
CROSS OUT CLASSES ON TEMPLATE FOR WHICH YOU HAVE CREDIT
*COMPUTER SCIENCE DOES NOT APPEAR ON TEMPLATES, AS MOST WILL TAKE IT NEXT SEMESTER. IF YOU HAVE ROOM, YOU MAY ADD IT THIS SEMESTER
NO MORE THAN 19 CREDITS IN YOUR FIRST SEMESTER ✗

27. SAMPLE TEMPLATE AND EXCEPTIONS
EXAMPLE WRITE-INS FOR TEMPLATE
INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE
MATH AND SCIENCE I ELECTIVE
HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE ELECTIVE (HSS)
CS 1110
CS 1110
CS 1110
WHAT IF…
HAVE CHEM I CREDIT
ANTH 1051
ANTH 1051
START WITH CALC II (APMA 1110)
ANTH 1051 DISC
WANT CS TO REPLACE CHEM I
WANT TO ADD HSS ELECTIVE
CS 1110 LAB
SEE THE UNDERGRADUATE RECORD FOR FULL LIST OF ADVANCED PLACEMENT CREDIT
CS CS 1110 LAB
ANTH ANTH 1051 DISC

28. ESPECIALLY FOR RODMAN SCHOLARS
INSTEAD OF TAKING ENGR 1624 IN THE FALL, RODMAN SCHOLARS TAKE
ENGR 1410 IN THE FALL AND 1420 IN THE SPRING

29. ACADEMIC DEADLINES DEADLINE DATE COURSE ADD SEPTEMBER 10
NON-ENGINEERING COURSE DROP (INCLUDES CHEM/PHYS)
SEPTEMBER 11
ENGINEERING COURSE DROP
OCTOBER 15
WITHDRAW
OCTOBER 22
ENGINEERING MAJOR DECLARATION
EARLY MARCH
ACADEMIC DEADLINES

30. Q & A