guide to academics
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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
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Guide to Academicsfor UO Parents
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Today - Academics Revealed• Ask the experts• Lunch• Q & A panel at 3:45
Tomorrow• 8:30 – See you in class!
IntroDUCKtion Schedule
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First-Year Student Wisdom
• Manage schedule
• Go to class
• Get to know your faculty
• Seek advice
• Use campus resources
• Be open to new experiences
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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
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General EducationMajor
Electives
UO Bachelor’s DegreeUO Bachelor’s Degree
General Education
Arts & Letters Social Science Science Writing Math Language Multicultural
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Is this image “real”?Is this image “real”?
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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.
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Can a farm be economically viable and environmentally sustainable?
Can a farm be economically viable and environmentally sustainable?
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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?
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How do nutrients flow between the various components of this ecosystem?
How do nutrients flow between the various components of this ecosystem?
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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?
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How does our built environment reinforce assumptions about culture & lifestyle?
How does our built environment reinforce assumptions about culture & lifestyle?
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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?
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“The Groups”
Arts and Letters
Social Science
Science
Explore both breadth and depth: ~4 courses in each
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Writing
WR 121 & 122 or 123Previous credit (AP)Priority registration
Fall A-GWinter H-OSpring P-Z
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Math
• Previous credit (AP)• SAT or ACT Scores• UO Math Placement
One year of college-level math = Bachelor of Science (BS)
Where to start?
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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)
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Multicultural Requirement
Choose 2 courses total, from different categories
American CulturesIdentity, Pluralism, & ToleranceInternational Cultures
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First Year Programs
General Education
Major
Electives
FIGs Questions about FIGs or Freshman Seminars?
Visit us at lunch!
Freshman seminars
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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
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Popular Fall 2009 FIGs:
…Choose from 61
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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
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• 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
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Society of College Scholars
• Colloquia
• Small general education courses
• HS GPA 3.75 or by application
http://scs.uoregon.edu/
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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
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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?
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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
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Thriving at the UO
High School College•Grading
• Strategic learning
• Roles and resources
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• 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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