October 19, 2010
Vol.Vol.
III, II,
No.No.
3 10
WheelerNotes
The Most Important Twenty Minutes … Again!!!
In the last session of the 2010 New Faculty Orientation
today (October 13), we asked our newest faculty
members to give advice to Advisor Andy on Brandon’s
situation.
This twenty minutes of focused conversation provided in
a one-on-one context is one of the most valuable services
you will provide any student this Fall. Good luck!
Andy’s Answer:
[MATH 1111: see pages 147 and 203 of catalog and
page 3 of Advising Handbook.]
BaskinNotes
Brandon wishes to major in radiologic technology
but has not yet taken a mathematics course. He
made a 440 on the mathematics SAT. What
mathematics course should Andy recommend that
he take next semester?
MATH 1001 Quantitative Reasoning
MATH 1111 College Algebra
MATH 1113 Precalculus
Any of these three will do
Does not have to have mathematics this semester
Our newest faculty very astutely chose the correct answer
(found at the end of this article).
The same new faculty also admonished Advisor Andy on
the way he handled Frederic’s concerns:
Frederic has decided that he wants to go to law
school and desires to discuss this choice with
Advisor Andy. However, when he gets to his
advising appointment, Andy says, “Our focus
right now must be getting you a schedule. We
will worry about that issue after you have
finished the core curriculum.” How is Andy
doing?
These new members of our community correctly
understood that advising is more than schedule building
… and is most effective when time is saved to discuss
such vagaries as choice of major, substance of major,
career connections , or study deficits … whatever is
suggested by the student academic record and student
questions.
Hardship “W” petitions: If students want to appeal a
grade based on personal hardship, please advise them
that
such petitions for a hardship/crisis withdrawal
should be processed before the end of the
semester and in no circumstance will be
considered when filed after midterm of the
following semester. Petitions for a
hardship/crisis withdrawal cannot be filed for a
course if the student has taken the final
examination in the course. (Academic Catalog
2010-2011 p. 50)
You can help save students some time and trouble by
letting them know of this policy. If students in your
classes miss considerable time due to personal hardships,
they should not, in general, take the final exam, as doing
so will prevent them from being able to appeal the grade
based on the hardship.
Other grade appeals: The process for “a student who
believes that his or her grade was incorrectly assigned” is
described on page 59. All grade appeals for that reason
“must be initiated within one semester of the posting of
the grade.”
Call for Proposals: Southern Regional Faculty and
Development Consortium 32nd Annual Conference,
March 25-29, 2011, at Auburn University. Conference
Theme: Reflecting on the Past, Building for the Future.
This year's conference will focus on our roles in
expanding access to learning through effective teaching,
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faculty, and organizational development activities. For
more information:
http://www.srfidc.org/index.php?q=conference.
USG Faculty Development Monthly Series: AAC&U’s
Value Based Rubrics: A Powerful Pedagogical Tool,
November 19 in Athens. Explore the rubrics developed
by the Association of American Colleges and
Universities (AAC&U) to assess student learning.
Termed VALUE rubrics for Valid Assessment of
Learning in Undergraduate Education, they provide a
powerful basis for authentic assessment in fifteen skill
areas. After a brief overview of the VALUE rubrics and
general principles of using rubrics, participants will
become familiar with specific VALUE rubrics, including
those for civic engagement, written communication,
critical thinking, and integrative learning.
Participants will also explore various applications for the
VALUE rubrics, ranging from evaluating student
portfolios to developing ways that students can become
responsible for measuring their own learning success
utilizing a Web 2.0 tool such as Google Sites. In the
process, participants will develop strategies for tailoring
the VALUE rubrics to the specific needs of their own
departments and institutions.
Presenters: Donna Gessell, Ph.D., Executive Director for
Regional Engagement and Professor of English North
Georgia College & State University; Zena MaNais,
Instructional Designer, Center of Teaching and Learning
Excellence North Georgia College & State University.
www.usg.edu/faculty_affairs/workshops/category/acade
mic_year_2010-2011/
Correction: Last month in DEANotes, I mistakenly
referred to the Gordon First-Year Experience course by
its old number. The correct designation is now GFYE
0097.
BursteinNotes
While advising for the Core Curriculum, please bear
in mind:
• Georgia Legislative Requirements: Students
who have taken US history outside of the
university system or received credit through
AP or CLEP tests must take an exam on
Georgia history to satisfy the Legislative
Requirement.
• None of POLS 1101, 2301, or 2401 have
prerequisites, and all satisfy Area E. The only
POLS class with a prerequisite is POLS 2201,
which does not satisfy Area E.
• No History class has prerequisites; each class
is “stand alone.” Therefore, students can take
HIST 1122 without having taken HIST 1121 or
HIST 2112 without having taken HIST 1121.
Conversely, a student can take 1121 or 2111
after having taken 1122 or 2112.
• While PSYC 2103 does not have a
prerequisite, it does not qualify as an Area E
elective.
• While ECON 2105 and ECON 2106 are both
Area E electives which can be taken separately
and in any order, we recommend that Students
complete MATH 1111 before enrolling in
either economics course.
While advising students planning on majoring in
business, please bear in mind:
• Since virtually every bachelor’s program in
business to which business majors would
transfer requires at least MATH 1113 (and
often calculus), students intending to major in
business should be strongly encouraged to
satisfy their area A math requirements with
either MATH 1111 or, with sufficient
preparation, MATH 1113. Business students
satisfying area A with MATH 1111 should
consider taking MATH 1113 as their third
Area D course.
• Students with a specific expectation regarding
where they want to complete their bachelor’s
degree should meet with one of the Business
faculty (Calhoun, McCarron, Joshi, Smyth,
Johnson, Burstein) early in their Gordon
career to be sure they’re aware of specific
entrance requirements to the school for which
they’re aiming.
• Unless students have a math SAT above 500
(or equivalent ACT) we recommend that they
not take Accounting before they take Math
1111 or higher; new freshmen tend to struggle
in Accounting, even if they have had
accounting in high school.
• BUSA 2106 has no prerequisites, and while
BUSA 1105 and 2106 satisfy the same area F
requirement, several four year programs prefer
students to have taken BUSA 2106.
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CranfordNotes
Cranford on Physical Education: Please remind
students that beginning with the Fall 2010 catalog, no
PHED class (including PHED 1001-Health and Wellness
and PHED 1010-Physical Fitness) can be used to satisfy
Area B requirements. All PHED courses, with the
exception of PHED 1040 (for Physical Education majors)
can only be used to satisfy Area F.
Cranford on Nursing: All students with the exception
of those with a 450 Math SAT or 19 ACT score will be
required to take BIOL 1111 or CHEM 1151-- a
prerequisite to BIOL 2110K-Anatomy and Physiology I.
If the student has satisfactorily completed either of these
courses they will have satisfied the requirement. Please
note that Anatomy and Physiology labs are a separate
CRN number. Students must register for the CRN
number attached to the lab portion of the course.
The required GPA for application to the nursing program
is 2.5 overall and an acceptable TEAS score is 67.
Students should make an attempt to see advisors before
November 1 to discuss application to the nursing
program or to obtain other career information.
MilewiczNotes
Honors Advisement and Honors Classes for the
Spring Term
All honors courses fulfill core requirements, just as their
non-honors counterparts do. Additionally, Honors
Colloquia may be taken more than once for credit as long
as the topics for each do not duplicate.
Please also note that students may not self register for
honors courses. They need to contact me
(mmilewicz@gdn.edu) to be placed in those sections. My
door is always open and I welcome your referrals.
Honors Application Deadlines
•
•
March 1st, 2011
May 1st , 2011
As the fall progresses I hope you will consider
encouraging your best students and advisees to apply to
the Honors Program. We have some exciting academic
and co-curricular events for honors students this year. If
you or your students wish to reference our continuing
calendar of honors events, it may be found at:
http://honorsevents.gdn.edu/
All Honors Program requirements, including an
interactive online application, are available online at:
http://www.gdn.edu/honors
Thank you for your continued support.
TR
9:3010:20
Milewicz, M
CRN
Building
Room
Instructor
2 Honors
Colloquium
Time
Hrs
A
Days
Sect
COLQ
2994H
Title
A. Secondary Education majors. Students who plan
to teach high school DO NOT follow the Area F for
Education. These students should be told three
things.
Course
I know that many of you advise students who plan to be
teachers some day. With the nearly constant rulechanges that afflict the Education Division, this can be a
difficult task. Here are a few things you may need to
know for this round of advising.
Max Enroll
Seats Avail
O’SullivaNotes
As we look forward to pre-registration and advising
please note that we welcome honors and quality nonhonors students into honors classes. I hope you will
encourage your best advisees to consider honors courses
during our advisement period. There are three honors
courses offered this spring:
IC 307 623
0 0
Modern Political Ideologies:
This course is designated as an honors course and serves
as an introduction to modern political ideologies.
Through readings and discussions we will examine the
development of political ideologies since the 17th century,
including conservatism, liberalism, socialism, and communism.
There are no prerequisites for this course, other than permission
from the instructor.
ENGL
1102H
I1 3 Honors
English
Comp II
MWF
12:0012:50
Janssen, D
ACAD
110
241
0 0
PSYC
1101H
A
TR
12:301:45
Mayo, J
IC 116 714
0 0
3 Honors
Intro to
Psychology
1. First, their Area F courses must be in the area
they plan to teach (for example Math teachers
would follow the Math major). EDUC
courses can no longer count in Area F for
secondary education majors.
2. Second, it is still a good idea for these
students to take the EDUC 2110, 2120, and
2130 courses as electives if they can because
these courses will be needed eventually for
their bachelor’s degree work.
These courses can count in Area B.
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3. Third, since there really is no secondary
education major anymore, all students who
plan to teach secondary school should follow
the major of the area they plan to teach
(math, biology, history, etc.) and they will,
therefore, be told to change their advisor to
someone in that department.
B. Early Childhood or Middle Grade majors. For
these students, the Education Division does group
advising each semester. For this semester those
advising dates are Oct. 18 2-3 pm, Oct. 19 6-7
pm, and Oct. 27 2-3 pm. If you have an early
childhood or middle grade student who does not
come to one of these sessions, they need to check
in with the Education Division soon to see what
they missed. Two bits of information will be
particularly important for you to pass along to
these students, however.
1. First, none of these students can continue
to count PE courses in Area B. Even the
3 hour PE courses cannot count here.
These go in Area G.
2. Second, early childhood majors
must take their Area A math course and
Area D lab science course as soon as
possible because these courses are now
prerequisites for Area F courses in the
major. Dates & Deadlines
Oct 18
Oct 19
Oct 27
Oct 19
Education Division – Group Advising
18th & 27 th 2 P M – 3 PM Russell 211
6 PM – 7 PM Russell 211
19th
Academic Contests
Oct 20
Oct 21
Student Recital Applied Music Students
2 PM–Fine Arts Open to public/Free Admission
Academic Contests
Oct 25
MNS Speaker Series 2 PM IC 112
Oct 27
Nov 1
Galileo Training – “Films on Demand”
2 PM Teaching Area of Hightower Library
Benefits Fair 10-4 PM Fnd Rm
Nov 8
APC Meeting 2 PM IC 209
Nov 1-19
Early Registration for Continuing Students
Nov 10
GeorgiaVIEW Training 2 PM IC 102
Nov 11
Gordon Speaker Series 6 – 9 PM SC Auditorium
Nov 15
Faculty Senate Meeting 2 PM R208
Nov 17
Brown Bag Conversations 2 PM Fnd Rm
Nov 18
Nov 22
New Student Orientation
Group Advising & Registration Spring 2011
MNS Speaker Series 2 PM IC 112
Nov 23
Residence Halls close at 4 pm for Thanksgiving
Nov 24
Administrative Offices are open
Nov 24-26
Thanksgiving Holidays for Faculty & Students
Nov 25-26
Nov 28
Thanksgiving Holidays for Administrative & Staff
College Closed
Residence Halls reopen at 4:00 PM
Nov 29
APC Meeting 2 PM IC 209
Dec 1
Dec 6
Student Recital – Applied Music Students
2 PM – Fine Arts Auditorium
Open to public/Free Admission
College Chorus/Concert Band
7:30 PM – Fine Arts Auditorium Free Admission
JURIES
Applies Music Majors
TBA Fine Arts 116 Not Open to the Public
Last Day of Classes
Dec 7-10
Final Exams & Book Buy Back at Bookstore
Dec 10
Residence Halls close at 4:00 PM for Christmas
Dec 20Jan 3, 2011
Jan 4
College Closed for Christmas Holidays
Jan 5
Faculty Report
Jan 6
New Student Orientation – Alumni Hall
Group Advising & Registration
Auditions -- Program Admission/Scholarships
9 AM – 5 PM Fine Arts High School Students
Open Registration
There are new advising sheets for all of the Education
majors, and these sheets have all these changes (and
more!) on them. If you would like to have copies of
these, just contact the Education Division and we will
send them to you. It would also be a good idea to
encourage your advisees, especially those who say they
did not come to one of the group advising sessions, to
come see an advisor in Education as a second set of eyes
for their schedule and program. The rules change so
quickly for Education that it’s hard to keep up with
them. Students should just get used to checking
frequently with the Education Division.
Dec 2
Thanks so much for all you do for the Education
students. If you have any questions about all of this, just
call or email.
Jan 7 & 8
Dec 6
Jan 7
Staff Report
Jan 10
Last day to withdraw & receive full tuition refund
Payment Deadline for Early & Open Regist 4:00 PM
Spring 2011 Classes Begin
Jan 10 – 11
Late Registration
Jan 10-13
Drop / Add
Jan 13
Last day to receive a refund for reduction of hours
Pymt DL for Late Registration & Drop/Add 4:00 PM
Jan 7
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