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for UO Parents. Guide to Academics. IntroDUCKtion Schedule. Today - Academics Revealed Ask the experts Lunch Q & A panel at 3:45 Tomorrow 8:30 – See you in class!. First-Year Student Wisdom. Manage schedule Go to class Get to know your faculty Seek advice - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Guide to Academicsfor UO Parents
Today - Academics Revealed• Ask the experts• Lunch• Q & A panel at 3:45
Tomorrow• 8:30 – See you in class!
IntroDUCKtion Schedule
First-Year Student Wisdom
• Manage schedule
• Go to class
• Get to know your faculty
• Seek advice
• Use campus resources
• Be open to new experiences
Liberal Education for the 21st Century:
Essential Outcomes
Knowledge of Human Cultures and the Physical and Natural World
Intellectual and Practical Skills
Personal and Social Responsibility
Integrative Learning
General EducationMajor
Electives
UO Bachelor’s DegreeUO Bachelor’s Degree
General Education
Arts & Letters Social Science Science Writing Math Language Multicultural
Is this image “real”?Is this image “real”?
ARH 206: History of Western Art III
Arts & Letters
ARH 206: History of Western Art III
Arts & Letters
Is this image “real”?Is this image “real”?
(top) Gustav Courbet - Stone Breakers, 1849(bottom) Jean-Francois Millet - The Gleaners, 1857.(top) Gustav Courbet - Stone Breakers, 1849(bottom) Jean-Francois Millet - The Gleaners, 1857.
Can a farm be economically viable and environmentally sustainable?
Can a farm be economically viable and environmentally sustainable?
EC 333: Resource & Environmental Economic Issues
Social ScienceEC 333: Resource & Environmental Economic Issues
Social ScienceCan a farm be economically viable and environmentally sustainable?Can a farm be economically viable and environmentally sustainable?
How do nutrients flow between the various components of this ecosystem?
How do nutrients flow between the various components of this ecosystem?
BI 130 – Intro to Ecology
ScienceBI 130 – Intro to Ecology
Science
How do nutrients flow between the various components of this ecosystem?How do nutrients flow between the various components of this ecosystem?
How does our built environment reinforce assumptions about culture & lifestyle?
How does our built environment reinforce assumptions about culture & lifestyle?
INTL 250: Value Systems in Cross-Cultural Perspective
MulticulturalINTL 250: Value Systems in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Multicultural
How does our built environment reinforce assumptions about culture & lifestyle?How does our built environment reinforce assumptions about culture & lifestyle?
“The Groups”
Arts and Letters
Social Science
Science
Explore both breadth and depth: ~4 courses in each
Writing
WR 121 & 122 or 123Previous credit (AP)Priority registration
Fall A-GWinter H-OSpring P-Z
Math
• Previous credit (AP)• SAT or ACT Scores• UO Math Placement
One year of college-level math = Bachelor of Science (BS)
Where to start?
Language
2 yrs equivalent of college-level language = Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Where to start?• Begin a new language• Many languages offered• UO placement to continue from HS• Previous credit (AP)
Multicultural Requirement
Choose 2 courses total, from different categories
American CulturesIdentity, Pluralism, & ToleranceInternational Cultures
First Year Programs
General Education
Major
Electives
FIGs Questions about FIGs or Freshman Seminars?
Visit us at lunch!
Freshman seminars
Freshman Interest Groups
What is a FIG?
Cohort of 25 students
2 courses in general-education and/or major
Academic & Social Transition
1 faculty-led seminar
Undergraduate TA
A complete fall term schedule = FIG + 2 courses
Popular Fall 2009 FIGs:
…Choose from 61
Freshman Seminars Exclusively for First-Year Students Dedicated faculty teach topics of interest Offered each quarter
Popular Fall 2009 Seminars:Buddhism Through Art
Consuming Agendas: Food and Society
Reinventing Yourself
Travel and Adventure Writing
You Are Here: How Mapping is Changing the Planet and Your Life
• Get to know a faculty member• Learn about campus resources• Receive individual advising• Connect with 25 students fall term• Earn one upper-division credit
Transfer seminars are fall & winter terms only
Transfer Seminars
Business
Cross-Disciplinary
Journalism
CHOOSE THE SEMINAR FOR YOU
Society of College Scholars
• Colloquia
• Small general education courses
• HS GPA 3.75 or by application
http://scs.uoregon.edu/
How it Works • Quarter system – fall, winter, spring, summer
• Average 4 courses per term
• Total credits – 180 (about 45 courses)
First-Year– Broad Exploration
Sophomore – Choose a Major
Junior – Study Abroad! 2nd major!
Senior – Transition to Future
Yes, PS 205, PS 199 & Rel 101No – take WR 121 in Winter
Take SPAN placement? Or maybe start new language with Italian …then take 101
Score puts me at MATH 095. Do I need to take this in fall? Ask advisor. Do I need math for environmental studies major?
ARH 204 – History of Western ArtDAN 251 – Looking at DanceAAD 250 – Art and Human ValuesEC 101 – Contemporary Economic IssuesHIST 191 – China Past and PresentINTL 250 – Values Systems
MATH 243 – Intro to StatisticsPHYS 152 – Physics of Sound and MusicGEOL 101- Earth’s Dynamic InteriorARH 207 – History of Indian ArtMUJ 350 – History of Jazz
J 201 – Media and Society
ANTH 199 – Consuming Agendas
Is it too late to declare another major?How will my community college credits count? Will they count towards any general ed?
Schedule Possibilities for Fall
• FIG (Freshman Interest Group)
• Society of College Scholars
• Group Requirements (AL, SS, SC)
• Math and/or Language
• Writing 121 (fall: last name A-G)
• Multicultural courses
• Major coursework
• Electives:Freshman SeminarsAny other course of interest
9.0 cr
4.0 cr
4.0 cr
Thriving at the UO
High School College•Grading
• Strategic learning
• Roles and resources
• Student Handbook• University Catalog• Academic Advising
- Office of Academic Advising- Major advising in academic departments- Office of Multicultural Academic Success (OMAS)- Disability Services- Support Services for Student Athletes
• University Teaching and Learning Center
Academic Resources
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