ARE
YOU
TOUGH
ENOUGH
TO
INSPIRE
A WORLD
OF GOOD?
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Welcome to “Navigating Your Success”
ANTICIPATED
CREDITS
• Name (Full Name)
• Any anticipated AP credits
• Any college level courses and where
they were taken
• Any IB credits
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FIRST YEAR ACADEMICS:
NAVIGATING YOUR SUCCESS
Presented by The Office of Academic Advising and
Coordinator of First Year Experience
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INTRODUCTIONS
Jenne Powers
Coordinator of First Year Experience
Malcolm Pace
Assistant Director of Academic Advising
David Reed
Student Success Specialist
Meghan Cassidy
Student Success Specialist
Student Advisors
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AGENDA FOR TODAY
• Explain the academic core
and expectations;
• Discuss the balance
between academics and
other responsibilities as
college students;
• Articulate responsibilities
as a college student and
brainstorm ways to manage
first year schedule;
• Prepare for advising on Day
2 of FYI.
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FIRST YEAR ACADEMIC CORE
English
FYS
HGD
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FIRST YEAR SEMINAR
What is your purpose in pursuing higher education?
What role will you play in the Wheelock community?
• Team approach
• Cohort model
• Personal connections
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WHEELOCK EXPERIENCE CONTINUUM
Strongly
Agree
Agree
Disagree
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Strongly
Disagree
THE WHEELOCK EXPERIENCE
Student Advisors and Orientation Leaders
in small groups
• What does it mean to be a student at a
small college?
• Sharing their own Wheelock experience
(expectations vs. reality)
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TOP 3 ACADEMIC CHALLENGES OF
FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS
• Balancing coursework with other responsibilities
• Prioritizing assignments and estimating time-on task
• Managing the various course expectations set by each
instructor
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ACADEMIC RESOURCES AT
WHEELOCK
• Disability Services
• Academic Assistance
• Peer Tutors
• Writing Center
• Writing Consultants
• Academic Advising
• Student Advisors
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PREPARING FOR ADVISING
First
Year
Seminar
• Critical Thinking and Reflection Course
• 4 Credits
• Includes field placement 3 hours per week
• 4 Credits
HGD
Strongly
Agree
English
120/121
General
Education
Course
• Composition Course
• 4 Credits
• 4 Credits
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Strongly
Disagree
HOW ADVISING AT FYI FITS INTO THE
BIG PICTURE
Fall Semester
•
•
Human Growth
and Development
Strongly
English 120/121
Agree
Spring Semester
Fall Semester
Sophomore Year
• Human Growth and
Development
• General Education
Course
• English
121/General
Education Course
• General Education
Course
• First Year
Seminar
• General Education
Course
• Intended Major/
General
Education Course
• Intended Major
Course
• Major Course
• Major Course
• Major Course
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QUESTIONS?
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OPTIONAL MATH ENTRANCE EXAM
• Students intending to become teachers are required to take
a Concepts and Processes sequence. For students in
elementary and special education, the regular sequence is
three courses, Math 130-132.
• There is an alternate two-course honors version, Math 140141, which requires an entrance exam.
• Students interested in majoring in Math for Teaching or
Math/Science for Teaching should start a Concepts and
Processes sequence their first year; since Mat 140 is only
offered in the fall, these students are encouraged to take the
entrance exam at FYI.
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