Transcript Freshman Advising workshop Spring 2008

Undergraduate Advising Services Center
Freshman Advising Workshop
Pre-Eberly College of Arts & Sciences
Spring 2011
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McNair Scholars Program
If you’re considering graduate studies and are:
• A first-generation and low-income student OR
a member of an underrepresented group
• Have a CGPA of 3.0 or higher
• A full-time WVU undergraduate student
• A US citizen or permanent resident
please visit the McNair Office at 109B Student Services
Center or call 293-4316.
Download application form from www.wvu.edu/~mcnair.
Eberly College of Arts & Sciences
• Refer to your department’s website and the top of
your checklist for information specific to your
major.
B.A.
• Requires four semesters
of the same foreign
language
•(Consider the foreign
language placement exam.)
B.S.
• Requires higher math and
science courses
Minors
• WVU has over 70 minors
• Declare once accepted into your major
• Minor Catalog
– http://advising.wvu.edu/ → A-Z Index → Minor Information
Why do a minor?
•Complement your major/career
•Add an area of emphasis
•Make your resume more competitive
You may be able to count 2 of your minor courses for your objectives.
Summer classes
• WVU
– Sign-up with Fall 2011 classes
– List on Trial Registration Form
• Other institutions
– Complete Transient Form with advisor or at
Residential Advising
– D/F repeats can only be taken at WVU or our
regional campuses-Potomac State and WVU
Institute of Technology (Not at another
institution).
Can complete Transient form with Residential Advisors!
D/F repeat policy
• Any course in which you
earn a D or F until and
including the semester in
which you complete 60 GPA
hours can be repeated at a
WVU school until
graduation. (GPA hours
include all courses with any
grade.)
• The original hours and grade
will no longer affect your
GPA.
• The second attempt is the
grade that counts (for better
or worse)
• Suggested: D/F repeat a
sequential class before
progressing.
– Take BIOL 115 and earn a
passing grade before
taking BIOL 117.
• If you have the Promise
Scholarship and D/F repeat a
course, you may need to take
summer classes.
Courses.wvu.edu
• Use this website instead of STAR to look up classes
• Use CRN#s from this site to register on STAR
• Watch linked courses and restrictions
• Read all notes
• Do not sign-up for P, W, H sections
•Restriction codes in EMI column (R, C, M, A)
Practice
More registration tips
• ENGL 102 (PR: ENGL 101) is a sophomore
course.
• ENGL 101 is a freshman course, sign up for
non-freshman section if a sophomore.
[email protected]
More registration tips
• Must earn a C or higher to advance in MATH
• Math 121 DOES NOT lead to any other math
course
• Math 121 IS NOT equivalent to the math
workshop
– DO not take it until you are sure of your major
• Where are you with math?
Math.wvu.edu
Sophomore advising appointments
• Upperclassmen attend 30- minute,
individual advising appointments
• Make your appointment by phone
or in person
• Schedule early in the semester so
you can register on your priority
date
• Check in with the front desk 5
minutes before your appointment
When you complete the
requirements to go to your
department, go to room 103 to
request the paperwork to
transfer to your department.
Undergraduate Advising Services Center
Go to the UASC site
• Academic planning and registration
information
• GEC alphabetical and objective lists
• Access STAR
Log in using MIX
username and
password
Select
Student Services & Housing
Select
Registration
Stay at this screen,
while we show you the
process to register for
classes.
Select
Add or Drop Classes
Select the correct term:
Fall 2011 or Summer 2011
Spring 2011 if dropping a class
Select “Dropped on Web” and hit “Submit Changes” if you want to
drop a course by the drop date. Print a copy for your records.
Put the CRN #s in the
boxes below.
12345
67890
Select
Student Records
Select
View Holds
Go back to the STUDENT RECORDS PAGE
Hit the BACKSPACE key on your keyboard
OR
the BACK button on your screen
Select
Academic Transcript
Select Submit
Sample Transcript
Priority Dates (Status=earned hrs + current hrs)
• Students registered with the Office of Disability Services,
student athletes, and certain other populations
– Tuesday, March 15
• Sophomores (29 ≥ cr. hrs.)
– Tuesday, April 12
• Freshmen (28 ≤ cr. hrs.)
– Tuesday, April 19
• All Register at 7 AM on STAR.wvu.edu
Date
Only take 1 of:
GEOL 101/102
GEOL 110/111
GEOG 110/111
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