1. Academic Communities

2. Your Student’s Academic Place at UNM UNM is a BIG place – made up of Colleges and Schools (Fine Arts, Engineering, Arts & Sciences, Univ.College….. ) made up of Departments that offer Courses … to your student Your student’s academic home, either: 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)

3. Appropriate Placement for Success; Progress to Degree Core Math, English required for ALL students ACT scores determine initial placement COMPASS re-test to challenge placement throughout summer Quantitative Reasoning, Critical Text Analysis support courses for students who test below cut off scores.

4. Foundational Skills for Success at UNM Content Knowledge: Discipline-specific, facts: Obtaining evidence and data Google Integration:Combining content to Solve Problems, Think Critically about evidence and data Link ideas, concepts Collaboration: Strategies for effective teamwork Intercultural communication Impact: Community Engagement; 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 - 14 jobs by age 38. Every year, more than 30 million Americans are working in jobs that did not exist in the previous year.

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 Scholarship & Service Learning

7. Academic Values for Success Diversity & Intercultural Knowledge Problem Solving Critical Thinking Community Engagement Integrative LearningCreative Thinking Teamwork & Collaboration

8. For more information…. Kate Krause:kkrause@unm.edukkrause@unm.edu First Year Programs: firstyear.unm.edu Honors: honors.unm.edu General Information: unm.edu --> UNM A-Z for specific departments