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ADVISING ROADMAP: Declaring a Concentration Do you know what you want to concentrate in? Yes! I’m totally sure. Go talk to the Concentration Advisor in your department Check out the concentration requirements online Join the DUG listserv and start going to DUG events! Ask about the decaration process. You can declare on ASK anytime! Figure out which pre-reqs to take next semester/year! Maybe? I’m deciding between two or three Explore Focal Point and dept websites to learn more about reqs! Have you taken classes in all of these depts? Ask upperclassmen in these departments for advice! Yes! I’m totally sure. Yes! I’m totally sure. No, not yet! Take some! Go for intro classes that will give you a solid foundation in each field. Yes! Loved them all. Talk to your professors! Explain what you want to study and seek their advice. Go talk to each dept’s concentration advisor about the differences between them all. Join the DUG listservs & go to DUG/dept events to talk to concentrators Talk to your Meik and the Departmental Meiks Go to relevent club events or meetings and talk to upperclassmen there! No, I have no idea! Talk to your Faculty Advisor, go to deans’ Open Hours, and ask your favorite professor(s) for advice Take more in the depts of your fave classes this year and in totally new depts too Talk to faculty and deans! Keep exploring new classes! Ask your friends about cool classes they’d recommend! Explore Focal Point! Find concentrations that intrigue you and go talk to the Concentration Advisors or faculty about them! Talk to upperclassmen! Get advice from your Meik and other peers: we’ve all been here! Go to random DUG and dept events that interest you and talk to concentrators there Join new clubs related to your academic interests and ask other students there how they chose By April 1, 2016: Declare your Concentration! What if I want to do two (or more!) concentrations? Is one a science and one an art? (S.cB vs.A.B.) Is one a science and one an art? (Sc.B vs. A.B.) If even doubling isn’t interdisciplinary enough for you, consider an Independent Concentration! If even doubling isn’t interdisciplinary enough for you, consider an Independent Concentration! If even doubling isn’t interdisciplinary enough for you, consider an Independent Concentration! If even doubling isn’t interdisciplinary enough for you, consider an Independent Concentration! Go talk to the Curricular Resource Center about creating your own concentration. Nope, both A.B. programs Talk to faculty in both departments and make sure doing both will be manageable! Look at all the reqs for both and start making a course plan now to get them all done. Pick one department to declare in first. You can add the second one later on! Decide this by looking at pre-reqs and how many classes are only for concentrators. Yes! Note: You cannot get both Sc.B and A.B. degrees in four years. Think about if you want to do a 5-year program to get both degrees Talk to Dean Adentunji for more info! While you can’t get two separate degrees, you can still double concentrate in an art and science if you plan well! Or consider doing an individual or Group Independent Study Project (GISP or ISP) at some point to tie different subjects together! Declare your Sc.B first and add the A.B. later. Also consider doing both concentrations as A.B.! Created by the Undergraduate Council of Students Academic and Administrative Affairs Committee

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Page 1: ADVISING ROADMAP: Declaring a Concentration · go talk to the Concentration Advisors or faculty about them! Talk to upperclassmen! Get advice from your Meik and other peers: we’ve

ADVISING ROADMAP:Declaring a Concentration

Do you know whatyou want to

concentrate in?

Yes! I’mtotally sure.

Go talk to theConcentration Advisor

in your departmentCheck out theconcentration

requirements online

Join the DUG listservand start goingto DUG events!

Ask about the decarationprocess. You can declare

on ASK anytime!Figure out which

pre-reqs to take nextsemester/year!

Maybe? I’mdeciding between

two or three

Explore Focal Pointand dept websites to

learn more about reqs!

Have you taken classes in all of

these depts?

Ask upperclassmenin these departments

for advice!

Yes! I’mtotally sure.

Yes! I’mtotally sure.

No, notyet!

Take some! Go forintro classes that

will give you a solidfoundation in each field.

Yes! Lovedthem all.

Talk to your professors! Explain

what you want tostudy and seek

their advice.

Go talk to each dept’sconcentration advisorabout the differences

between them all.

Join the DUG listservs &go to DUG/dept eventsto talk to concentrators

Talk to your Meik andthe Departmental Meiks

Go to relevent club eventsor meetings and talk to upperclassmen there!

No, I haveno idea!

Talk to your Faculty Advisor,go to deans’ Open Hours,

and ask your favoriteprofessor(s) for advice

Take more in the depts ofyour fave classes this year

and in totally new depts too

Talk to facultyand deans!

Keep exploringnew classes!

Ask your friends about cool classes

they’d recommend!

Explore Focal Point!

Find concentrationsthat intrigue you and

go talk to the Concentration Advisors or faculty about them!

Talk toupperclassmen!

Get advice from yourMeik and other peers:

we’ve all been here!

Go to random DUGand dept events thatinterest you and talk

to concentrators there

Join new clubsrelated to your

academic interestsand ask other students therehow they chose

By April 1, 2016:Declare your

Concentration!

What if I want todo two (or more!)concentrations?

Is one a scienceand one an art?(S.cB vs.A.B.)

Is one a scienceand one an art?(Sc.B vs. A.B.)

If even doubling isn’tinterdisciplinary enough

for you, consider anIndependent Concentration!

If even doubling isn’tinterdisciplinary enough

for you, consider anIndependent Concentration!

If even doubling isn’tinterdisciplinary enough

for you, consider anIndependent Concentration!

If even doubling isn’tinterdisciplinary enough

for you, consider anIndependent Concentration!

Go talk to the Curricular Resource Center

about creating your ownconcentration.

Nope, bothA.B. programs

Talk to faculty in bothdepartments and makesure doing both will be

manageable!

Look at all the reqs forboth and start makinga course plan now to

get them all done.

Pick one departmentto declare in first. You

can add the secondone later on!

Decide this by looking atpre-reqs and how many

classes are only forconcentrators.

Yes!

Note: You cannotget both Sc.B and A.B.degrees in four years.

Think about if you wantto do a 5-year program

to get both degrees

Talk to DeanAdentunji for

more info!

While you can’t get twoseparate degrees, you can stilldouble concentrate in an artand science if you plan well!

Or consider doing an individual orGroup Independent Study Project

(GISP or ISP) at some point to tiedifferent subjects together!

Declare your Sc.B firstand add the A.B. later.

Also consider doing bothconcentrations as A.B.!

Created by the Undergraduate Council of Students Academic and Administrative Affairs Committee

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RESOURCES ROADMAP: ADVISORS & CO-CURRICULAR OPTIONS

Do you want tokeep your current

faculty advisor?

Yes

No

Make sure they'll be here next year

and can still be your advisor next year.

You’re good to go!Make sure to stay

in touch.

Do you know whoyou want instead?

Yes, I’ve got a professor

in mind!

No, I justwant someone

else.

Make sure they’llbe here next year,

then ask them!

If they agree, go into ASK and request

them as your advisor

Consider a professorfrom this year.

Go to their officehours and ask!

You can also consider declaring your

concentration by the end of this year to get aConcentration Advisor.

Do you want anotherpeer mentor or more

peer advising next year?Yes,

of course!

Check out theseresources instead!

Go to Faculty AdvisingFellow events! Keepan eye out for event

signups by email.

Go to Dean of the CollegeOpen Hours! There aredeans available everyday to talk to students

in Univ Hall and JWW.

Sign up for a MAPS(Matched Advising

Program for Sophomores)mentor in September!

Keep in touch withyour Meiklejohn!

Go to DUG events!!!

While you will no longerhave an RC/MPC/WPC,

you will have a CA(Community Advisor)

in your dorm to talk to!

You can (and should)still go to MPC

workshops though!

Check out all of thesespecialized student-led peer advising resources!

WiSE: Womenin Science andEngineering

WiCS: Women inComputer Science

NSP: NewScientist Program

1vyG: For first-gencollege students

Do you know what you’re

doing thissummer? Yes

No,help!

Congrats! Next year, ifyou’re unpaid, apply

for LINK funding!

CareerLAB canhelp! Start goingto their events.

Ask your favorite professorsfor advice! They might know of of opportunities in your field(s)

you haven’t thought of.

Talk to upperclassmen in yourclasses and clubs! Ask what

they’ve done over the summerand if they have any advice.

Browse Brown Connectfor internship

opportunities andalumni connections.

Go to walk-in hoursMon-Fri, 1:30-3:30

to get help fromPeer Career Advisors!

Consider going to JanLab next winter

break to get a head start!

Also check out UCAN(University Career

Action Network) forintercollegiate listings.

Do you wantto study abroad?

No,thanks.

No

Go talk to OIPwell in advance!!

Talk to your advisorbefore making any

final decisions.Decide when you’re going.Make sure to plan aheadand work your conc reqs

around when you’re gone!

Make sure you’re ontrack to complete your

language reqs for foreignlanguage programs!

Talk to your friends wellahead of next spring’s

lottery to figure outhousing arrangments.

Thinking aboutpursuing an

independent researchexperience or project?

I want todo research!

I’m interestedin fellowships.

Go talk to the Dean of the College’s

fellowship office!

Some fellowships you canapply for soph or jr year,

so keep an eye out!

Talk to your professorsand see if you can help

with their research!

Apply for an UTRA!They’re offered each

semester and summer.

Check out some ofthe Swearer Center’s

fellowship opportunities!

Consider applyingto become an

Engaged Scholar!

Yes!

Go to next section!

WIB: Womenin Business

Quest Scholars: forlow-income students

NSBE: NationalSociety of Black

Engineers

MAPS: MinorityAssociation of

Pre-Med Students

Created by the Undergraduate Council of Students Academic and Administrative Affairs Committee