College of Business Virtual Transfer Orientation

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College of Business(Virtual Transfer Orientation)
118 Hitting the Jackpot with Virtual
Orientation Example College Advising Part 3
Undergraduate Studies
?2005 by Kelly Mitchell Jeanne Takeda For
NACADA Conference Las Vegas
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Welcome to theCollege of Business

• The purpose of this Virtual Orientation is to
• Introduce the academic advising staff
• Explain the evaluation of transfer credits
• Provide information regarding courses and
  registration
• Make you aware of some important University
  policies

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Introductions
Boca Campus - Academic Advising Staff

• Donna Cooke Associate Dean of Undergraduate
  Studies, Special and Intl Programs
• Marc Rhorer Director of Undergraduate Studies
• Mavis Brown Academic Advisor/ Weekend BBA
  Coordinator
• Tiffany Nicholson Academic Advisor and
  Graduation Coordinator
• Kelly Mitchell Academic Advisor
• Ruben Cureses Academic Advisor
• Randall Roberts Academic Advisor
• Casey Thomas Academic Advisor
• Ken Bozarth Academic Advisor
• Davie Campus - Academic Advising Staff
• Rebecca Green Academic Advisor/ Associate
  Director
• Kenna Oleary Academic Advisor

Melanie Lanza Placement Internship
Coordinator [phone] Fleming West 116
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Contact Information

• Boca Campus Advising (Palm Beach)
• Fleming West Room 102
• [phone]
• Broward Campus Advising (Davie)
• Liberal Arts Room 411
• [phone]
• MacArthur Campus Advising (Jupiter)
• [phone]
• Port St. Lucie Campus Advising (Treasure Coast)
• [phone]

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Online Electronic Resources

• Go to www.fau.edu for course schedule other
  information
• Go to www.business.fau.edu (College of Business
  website) to schedule an advising
  appointmentselect Undergraduate Programs
• Go to www.facts.org for transcripts, degree
  audits advising help
• Go to www.collegesource.org for most university
  catalogs (useful for transfer course
  descriptions)
• Within one week of completing this virtual
• orientation, your advising hold will be lifted,
• allowing you to register for classes. You may
  register
• online through OASIS www.oasis.fau.edu.

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Evaluation of Transfer Credit

• Your transfer credits will be evaluated and
  applied to your records.
• Any transfer courses that have not been approved
  may require a petition - your advisor can assist
  with this during an individual appointment (bring
  course descriptions).
• Course requirements for each major are listed
  online at,
• www.business.fau.edu gtgtUndergraduate Programs
  gtgtMajor Programs.

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www.business.fau.edu
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Academic Plan. . .

• The next few slides will present courses needed
  to meet the General Education/ Core requirements,
  Pre-Professional requirements, Business Core and
  selected Major Requirements.
• These slides will help you with registration for
  the upcoming semester. Have pen and paper on
  hand.
• You should schedule (online), a follow-up
  academic advising appointment approximately 4
  weeks after the semester begins to go over your
  program requirements in detail.

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Administrative Items

• Registration Holds
• Student records may be placed in a hold status
  because of financial or other obligations to the
  University. While the students records are on
  hold, registration will not be permitted nor will
  transcripts be released. Records will be held
  until the obligation is cleared.
• CLAST (College Level Academic Skills Test)
• The CLAST is a State of Florida mandated
  achievement test designed to measure students
  attainment of college-level communication and
  mathematics skills. The test consists of four
  subjects Essay, English Language Skills,
  Reading, and Mathematics. Students are required
  to pass all four subtests within a specific time
  frame.
• (Ask your Academic Advisor for details)
• Gordon Rule
• This rule, also State of Florida mandated,
  requires students to successfully complete 12
  semester hours of course work to meet a total
  writing requirement of at least 24,000 words and
  6 semester hours of mathematics at or above the
  level of College Algebra with a grade of C or
  better.
• (Ask your Academic Advisor for details)

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Foreign Language

• All degrees require a minimum of 2 high school
  years of the same foreign language with passing
  grades.
• Majors in General Economics, International
  Economics, and International Business Trade
  must complete 2 college semesters of the same
  language, or have equivalent competency
  (CLEP/bilingual proof).
• If you lack the foreign language required for
  your program, add it to your list of possible
  courses to take.

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General Education Requirements
English Composition

• 6 hours of
• ENC 1101 ENC 1102
• 6 hours of
• Appreciation of art, music, theater, film,
  literature, religion, ethics, philosophy, etc.
• 6 hours of
• Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geology, Nutrition,
  etc.

Humanities
Natural Science
Starting from this point on, keep a cumulative
list of courses for which you have the
prerequisites, but have not completed. The
courses on your list make up your potential
schedule for the upcoming semester.
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Pre-professional Coursework
Prerequisite Courses - Many of the following
courses are prerequisites for Business Core
Courses. These courses should be priorities in
scheduling.

• ECO 2013 (Macroeconomics)
• ECO 2023 (Microeconomics)
• ACG 2021 (Financial Accounting)
• ACG 2071 (Managerial Accounting)
• ISM 2000 (Information Systems Fundamentals)
• MAC 2233 (Methods of Calculus)
• STA 2023 (Statistics)
• Not required for Health Administration
  majors admitted before
• fall 2005 term.

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Business Core(for all majors except Health
Admin., Intl. Gen. Economics)
C- or better grade required, if admitted to the
College of Business before Fall 2005.

• BUL 4421 (Prerequisite - Junior Standing)
• ISM 3011 (Prerequisite - ISM 2000 or equivalent)
  
• MAN 3025 (Prerequisite - Junior Standing)
• MAR 3023 (Prerequisite - Micro Macroeconomics)
• FIN 3403 (Prerequisite - Financial Managerial
  Accounting)
• International Component Course
• QMB 3600 (Prerequisite - Calculus Statistics)
• Economics Requirement (Prerequisite - Micro
  Macroeconomics)
• ENC 3213 (Prerequisite - ENC 1101 1102)
• NOT required for Accounting Majors, instead take
  BUL 4331

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Health Administration Majors only
You can register for one (or both) of the Health
admin courses below. These are generally the
prerequisites for the remaining major courses.

• HSA 4110-Health Care Organization
  Administration -
• HSA 4111- Health Delivery Systems
• Additional Health Administration required
  courses
• Health Law - HSC 4640    (pre HSA 4110 or 4111)
  Planning in Health Organizations - HSA 4140   
  (pre HSA 4110 or 4111) Health Research - HSA
  4700    (pre HSA 4111 or 4110 Stats) Health
  Practicum - HSA 4817 (6 credits)    (pre 90
  credits SEE CATALOG)
• ISM 3011
• ENC 3213

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International General Economics Majors ONLY

• Prerequisite - Micro Macroeconomics for all
  upper division economic courses
• ECO 3101 Intermediate Microeconomics
• ECO 3203 Intermediate Macroeconomics
• ECO 4223 Money Banking
• ECO 4221 Introduction to Econometric Methods
• Additional hours of 3000/4000 level Economics
  Courses
• (3) International Economics Courses ECS 3013,
  ECO 4704, ECO 4713
• (6 credits) 2 additional upper-division
  economics courses (pre see catalog)
• Additional hours of 3000/4000 Courses
• (12 credits) 4 social science cognate classes,
  preferably specializing in a region
•   Free elective - ENC 3213 (highly recommended,
  Prerequisite ENC 1101 1102/ Technical writing
  is not sufficient)

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Accounting Management Information Systems Majors

• MIS Majors
• IF pre-requisite
• ISM 2000 is fulfilled,
• then register for
• ISM 3011 and ISM 3230
• if full-time. Part-time
• students should take only
• ISM 3011 or consult an
• advisor.

• Accounting Majors
• IF pre-requisites
• ACG 2021 2071 are
• fulfilled, then register
• for ACG 3131, ACG 3341,
• TAX 4001 or ACG 3402
• (highly recommended.)

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Your List of Classes

• At this point you should have a list of about 5
  classes.
• If you do not please go back and review the last
  6 slides.
• Scenario 1 if you transferred to FAU with less
  than 60 hours, you may be lacking in your general
  education and pre professional requirements.
  Therefore your list should consist of any
  outstanding classes from the above areas.
• Scenario 2 if you transferred to FAU with an AA
  degree from an accredited Florida Institution,
  then your General Education Requirements are met.
  Therefore you should be finishing up any
  preprofessional requirements that are
  outstanding. In addition to taking classes from
  your Business Core and Major Requirements.
• EXTREMELY IMPORTANT Do not sign up for any
  course, that you think, you may have already
  taken.
• Check with your advisor first.

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Schedule Examples
No Business Core or Major courses included in
this schedule. Only General Education and
Preprofessional courses.
No General Education courses included in this
schedule. Only PreProfessional and Business core
courses.
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College of Business Majors

• Economics
• Finance
• Health Administration
• Hospitality Tourism Management
• International Business Trade
• Accounting
• Management
• Marketing
• Management Information Systems
• Real Estate
• specialized majors within these departments
  exist, see web address for details

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Document Bag

• Find a bag, large envelope or small box to keep
  all of the papers.
• Keep items such as, but not limited to
• 1. Admissions records
• transcripts, immunization records, test scores,
  catalog
• 2. Class assignments
• test, quizzes, papers, syllabus, notes
• 3. Advising materials
• forms, transfer evaluation and recommended
  course sheets

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Enrich your College Experience

• Get involved on campus - www.fau.edu/student/activ
  ities/clubs/
• For example, Accounting or Marketing Association,
  Alpha Kappa Psi or Delta Sigma Pi (Business
  Fraternities), FAU Ambassadors (Orientation
  Leaders), Student Government.
• Participate in a Study Abroad
• The College of Business offers many study abroad
  programs. See your advisor for details.
• Participate in a College of Business Internship
  (561-297-2819)
• See Melanie Lanza in Fleming West 116
• Career Placement/Internship Alumni Relations
• www.collegeofbusiness.fau.edu/careercenter/
• Participate in a Co-Op (561-297-3520)
• See Career Development Center
• www.cdc.fau.edu

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Study Abroad
Study Short or Long Term / In English or not!

• Three Types
• Pay Local Tuition and take a course in another
  country
• 1. Field Experiences- 1 week long
• Past tours Costa Rica, Brazil, Greece, and
  England
• 2. Short Summer Course- 2 weeks long per class
• Past summer courses Spain and Germany
• 3. Semester/yr Abroad- (Summer/Fall/Spring)
• FAU Affiliations BRAZIL, ECUADOR, GERMANY,
• PORTUGAL, SPAIN, and FINLAND
• For more info Contact Kelly Mitchell (561)
  297-3932

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Final Thoughts

• Remember to schedule an appointment to meet with
  an Academic Advisor either in person or via phone
  4 to 6 weeks after the semester begins.
• If you have any questions or you need more
  information about anything in this virtual
  orientation, please meet with an Academic
  Advisor.