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Who is my Academic Advisor?

Allison Harms ‘11

• Texas A&M Class of 2011

• B.A. in History

• Part-Time Master’s Student in

Higher Education

Administration

• Office: O&M, Room 105

• Phone: 979-845-2559

• Email: [email protected]

• Appointments:

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mailto:[email protected]

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What is an Academic Advisor?

• An Academic Advisor:

• Assists with course registration

• Answers questions about college life

• Refers you to campus resources

• Helps locate enhanced undergraduate experiences

• Helps navigate and decipher degree plans, policies, and

procedures

Don’t know something? ASK!

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When Should I Visit My Academic Advisor?

• Before registering for your next semester

• When you are struggling with a course

• When you aren’t sure what office to contact about a

question

• When you are thinking about participating in a high-impact

experience (i.e. Study Abroad, Internship, Undergraduate

Research)

• When you have general questions about your major

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ENVP Advising Folder

• Keep this folder until you graduate!

• Contents:

• Advising Syllabus

• Student Information Sheet

• Conference PowerPoint

• Degree Plan

• 4 Year Ideal Degree Plan

• Unofficial Transcript, if applicable

• AP Scores, if applicable

• Suggested Courses for Fall 2016

• Blank Schedule Worksheet

• First Semester Checklist for Success

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Environmental Programs Structure

Environmental

Programs

Department of

Atmospheric

Sciences

Department of

Geography

Department of

Geology and

Geophysics

Department of

Oceanography

B.S. in Environmental Studies (Environmental Policy/Social Science)

B.S. in Environmental Geosciences (Environmental Science)

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Environmental Programs Organization

• Director of Environmental Programs: Dr. Christian Brannstrom

• Environmental Faculty (Representatives from across departments in

the College of Geosciences)

• Program Coordinator for Environmental Programs: Allison Harms

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Who hires ENGS and ENST Graduates?

• Natural resource firms

• Large Corporations (ExxonMobil, BP, ConocoPhillips)

• Mid-stream oil and gas

• Federal, state, and local governments

• Regulatory agencies: EPA, TCEQ

• Municipal government: planning department

• State government: coastal planning agency

• Consulting firms

• Remediation

• Site Assessment

• Environmental Impact Assessments

• Other

• Firms specializing in environmental law

• Nonprofit organizations

• Education

• Graduate or Professional Education

• Law, Environmental Sciences, Urban Planning, Business

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Is there a need for ENGS and ENST students in the workforce?

YES, because of four imperatives:

• Firm profitability

• Compliance with environmental regulations (“license to operate”)… “The

CFR [Code of Federal Regulations] is job security”

• Compliance with societal demands (“social license to operate”)

• Rigorous science

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Society needs professionals who ensure firm

profitability while maintaining compliance with

environmental regulations (“license to operate”)

and societal demands (“social license to operate”)

using rigorous science

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Enhanced Undergraduate Experiences

• Internship Credit

• Up to 6 hours of internship credit can be used toward

ENVP degrees

• Examples of past internships: Public Policy Internship

in Washington D.C. (Department of Energy), City of

College Station, TAMU Sustainability Office, Keep

Brazos Beautiful, Environment Texas, Texas

Commission on Environmental Quality, Environmental

Protection Agency

• Undergraduate Research

• Work on a research project with faculty in a variety of

Geosciences disciplines

• Study Abroad

• Earn credit during the summer or a full semester

• Locations where our students have studied abroad in

the past: Costa Rica, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand,

Belgium, the United Kingdom, Turks and Caicos,

Germany

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Get Involved

• Student Representative on the Environmental Programs Advisory

Committee (EPAC)

• Environmental Programs Involvement Committee (EPIC)

• Join other campus, state, or national organizations

• Attend the MSC Open House: Sunday, September 4, 2016 from 1-5PM

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Strategies for Student Success

• Complete the First Semester Checklist for Success from your ENVP Advising

Folder

• Check your TAMU email daily!

• Take advantage of campus resources (Library, Career Center, Academic

Success Center, Supplemental Instruction Sessions, Free Tutoring, University

Writing Center)

• Meet your professors – visit office hours

• Go to class!!!

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Curriculum – Environmental Geosciences

Year 1

Fall Semester Spring Semester

BIOL 111 – Introductory Biology I (4 hours)

GEOS 105 – Intro to Environmental

Geoscience (3 hours)

MATH 151 – Engineering Math I (4 hours)

ENGL 104 – Comp. and Rhetoric (3 hours)

GEOS 101 – Freshman Seminar (1 hour)

Total Hours for Fall Semester - 15

BIOL 112 – Introductory Biology II (4 hours)

MATH 152 – Engineering Math II (4 hours)

GEOG 201 – Introduction to Human

Geography (3 hours)

POLS 206 – American National

Government (3 hours)

Total Hours for Spring Semester - 14

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Year 2


Introductory Geosciences Course A –

ATMO, GEOG, GEOL, OCNG (4 hours)

CHEM 101/111 – Fundamentals of

Chemistry I (4 hours)

Creative Arts Elective (3 hours)

PHYS 201 – College Physics (4 hours)


Introductory Geosciences Course B –


CHEM 102/112 – Fundamentals of

Chemistry II (4 hours)

POLS 207 – State and Local Government

(3 hours)

Communications Elective (3 hours)


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Year 3


GEOG 330 – Resources and the

Environment (3 hours)

STAT 303 – Statistical Methods (3 hours)

Environmental Theme Elective (3 hours)

Language, Philosophy, and Culture Elective

(3 hours)

Technical Elective (3 hours)


GEOG 390 – Principles of GIS (4 hours)

GEOL 420 – Environmental Geology

(3 hours)

American History Elective (3 hours)

Environmental Policy Elective (3 hours)



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Year 4


GEOS 470 – Data Analysis Methods in

Geosciences (3 hours)






GEOS 405 – Environmental Geoscience:

Capstone (3 hours)






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Spring SemesterThemes:

• Biosphere

• Climate Change

• Coastal and Marine Environments

• Human Impact on the Environment

• Water

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Curriculum – Environmental Studies

Year 1


Introductory Geosciences Course A –


GEOS 105 – Introduction to Environmental

Geoscience (3 hours)

MATH 141 – Business Math I (3 hours)

POLS 206 – American National

Government (3 hours)

GEOS 101 – Freshman Seminar (1 hour)


Introductory Geosciences Course B –


ENGL 104 – Comp. and Rhetoric (3 hours)

GEOG 201 – Introduction to Human

Geography (3 hours)

MATH 142 – Business Math II (3 hours)

Creative Arts Elective (3 hours)


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Year 2


ECON 202 – Principles of Econ. (3 hours)

GEOS 210 – Climate Change or GEOG

205 Environmental Change (3 hours)

POLS 207 – State and Local Government

(3 hours)

Communications Elective (3 hours)

Life and Physical Science Elective

(4 hours)


PHIL 314 – Environmental Ethics (3 hours)

Geosciences Elective (3 hours)

Language, Philosophy, and Culture Elective

(3 hours)

Life and Physical Science Elective

(4 hours)

Free Elective (3 hours)


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Year 3


AGEC 350 – Environmental and Natural

Resource Economics (3 hours)

GEOG 330 – Resources and the

Environment (3 hours)

GEOG 335 – Pattern and Process in

Biogeography (3 hours)

STAT 303 – Statistical Methods (3 hours)

Geosciences Elective (3 hours)


GEOG 380 – Workshop in Environmental

Studies (3 hours)

GEOG 390 – Principles of GIS (4 hours)




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Year 4


GEOG 304 – Economic Geography

(3 hours)

GEOS 430 – Global Science and Policy

Making (3 hours)



Free Elective (3 hours)


GEOS 405 – Environmental Geoscience:

Capstone (3 hours)

RENR 470 – Environmental Impact

Assessment (3 hours)



Free Elective (3 hours


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Changes Coming Soon to ENST

Spring Semester

Themes:

• Urban Environment

• Occupational Health and Safety

• Environmental Regulation and Compliance

• Geographic Information Science and Technology

(GIST)

• Global Environment

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Core Curriculum

• Foreign Language Requirement

• Two units of the same language in high school or one year in college or

demonstrate proficiency by exam

• International and Cultural Diversity – 6 hours

• GEOG 201 counts as 3 hours

• Try to “double count” a course that also counts for Creative Arts,

Language, Philosophy, and Culture, or General Elective (ENST)

• Study abroad!

• Writing Intensive -2 courses

• 900 Sections

• GEOS 405 is always writing intensive

• Social and Behavioral Science

• ENST must take ECON 202

• ENGS must take GEOG 201

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Core Curriculum• Language, Philosophy, and Culture – 3 hours

• Choose from list at http://core.tamu.edu

• Creative Arts – 3 hours

• Choose from list at http://core.tamu.edu

• Citizenship

• 6 Hours of U.S. History

• POLS 206 and POLS 207

• Life and Physical Science

• ENST:

• Intro Geosciences Course A&B (8 hours)

• Pick 2: BIOL 101, 107, 111, 112, CHEM 101/111 or CHEM 102/112 (8

hours)

• ENGS:

• Intro Geosciences Course A and B (8 hours)

• BIOL 111 and 112 (8 hours)

• CHEM 101/111 and 102/112 (8 hours)

• PHYS 201

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Math Placement Exam

• Transfer Students: Most transfer students are not required to take the MPE. The

exception: If you are planning to take MATH 151 at TAMU, you must have a

grade for MATH 150 at TAMU or an acceptable score on the MPE

• Freshman Students: All incoming freshmen must take the MPE. You will not be

permitted to register for a MATH course unless you have taken the MPE

• The MPE is available in the Howdy portal (howdy.tamu.edu) in the applicant tab.

The MPE takes approximately 90 minutes to complete.

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Credit by Exam

• Credit by exam submitted to TAMU available to view and

accept in the Howdy portal

• Always consult your advisor before accepting AP Credit

or other credit by exam

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Transfer Credits

• Part of the Texas Common Course Number System?

• Transferred in by TAMU equivalent

• Transferred in by title (TRNS XXX)?

• Need a syllabus to see if course is equivalent

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Excess Credit Hour Rule

• If total hours attempted by a resident undergraduate student exceed

more than the allowed over what is required for completion of the

degree plan, they will pay out of state tuition.

• Students initially enrolling in the fall 2006 semester and

subsequent terms: 30 hours over degree plan requirement

• Go to website for complete information and exceptions, as well as

contact information: http://registrar.tamu.edu/general/excesscredhr.aspx

http://registrar.tamu.edu/general/excesscredhr.aspx

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Dropping Courses and Registration Holds

Dropping a Course:

• You can drop a course during the first

5 days of Fall or Spring with no

record

• You can Q-Drop a course up to the

60th class day (Nov. 18th for Fall

2016) and (April 18th for Spring

2017). See your advisor to Q-Drop

• You can only Q-Drop 4 times at

TAMU

Registration Holds:

• There is a hold placed on your

account prior to registering for each

semester. You must meet with your

advisor.

• Degree Planner Hold

• Other Holds

• Hold visible in the Howdy portal

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Course Registration

• We will meet at 1:00 PM in the Blocker Computer Lab to register (1st

Floor)

• Be there no later than 1:15 PM

• Bring the list of suggested courses from your advising folder and if

possible look up the CRNs of the sections that work best with your

schedule during lunch

• Registration will begin at 2:00 PM.

• Course schedule is available at http://howdy.tamu.edu.

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Important Registration Tips

• Lab Safety Acknowledgement: You must accept the lab safety acknowledgement before you register for labs

• If registering for CHEM 101 & CHEM 111 or CHEM 102 & CHEM 112 you must add both classes and CRN’s at the same time!

• If you are not bringing in credit for GEOS 105, you have already been registered for that course and should build your schedule around it.

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