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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

Thriving at the UO

High School College

• Strategic learning

• College knowledge

• Roles and resources

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

http://www.uoregon.edu/photo_archives/2004gallery/_summer/honors_library.html

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 FIG Assistant (FA)

A complete fall term schedule = FIG + 2 courses

Popular Fall 2011 FIGs:

…Choose from 68

Freshman Seminars Exclusively for First-Year Students Dedicated faculty teach topics of interest Offered each quarter

Popular Fall 2011 Seminars:Writing for Art: Art of Writing

Buddhism Through Art

Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies

Science Fiction: A New Mythology

What’s New in the News

You Are Here: How Mapping is Changing the Planet and Your Life

Breaking Barriers

An Exploration of Comedy in America

From Gothic Script to Graphic Novel

Russian Humor

Students talk to their adviser about these opportunities!

After the 1st Year?

Second Year Seminars

Talk to your adviser about these opportunities!

Second Year Seminars

ARH 399 Art and Politics From Michelangelo to Youtube

ENG 399 Sex, Gender, and Science Fiction

HIST399 Language, Thought, and World History

Fall Term

EC 399 From Asia to Wall Street

ES 399 Race and Resistance in U.S. History

PSY 399 Imaginative Minds

Winter Term

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College Scholars

• Colloquia

• Small general education courses

• 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(Consider a Second Year Seminar)

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)

• College Scholars

• Group Requirements (AL, SS, SC)

• Math and/or Language

• Writing 121 (fall: last name A-G)

• Multicultural courses

• Major coursework

• Electives:Freshman SeminarAny other course of interest

9.0 cr

4.0 cr

3.0 cr

E-mail

E-mail is the official form of communication at the UO.

• 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

• UO Libraries

Academic Resources

Fall is the first

step!

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97403-1299 | T: (541) 346-3053 | F: (541) 346-3485

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University of Oregon | 1501 Kincaid Street | Eugene, OR

97403-1299 | T: (541) 346-3053 | F: (541) 346-3485

http://library.uoregon.edu/

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http://www.uoregon.edu/~oimb/

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