College of Education

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College of Education Human DevelopmentDepartme
nt of Teaching, Learning, and Culture

• Freshman Sophomore
• Group Meeting
• Tuesday, October 4, 2005
• MSC 224

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FRESHMAN/SOPHOMORE GROUP MANDATORY MEETINGFall
2005

• YOU ARE A SOPHOMORE IF YOU HAVE 59 HOURS OR LESS
• Mandatory Advising Sessions for Sophomores are
  schedule for October 10 21
• YOU ARE A FRESHMAN IF YOU HAVE 29 HOURS OR LESS
• Mandatory Advising Sessions for Sophomores are
  scheduled for October 24 November 4
• You may call or come by the week before your
  scheduled session to make an appointment for
  anytime during the three week period.
• Office Hours
• Monday through Thursday 800 a.m. 600 p.m.
• Friday 800 a.m. 500 p.m.
• WE ARE NOT CLOSED DURING THE LUNCH HOUR
• Q-drop day November 4, 2005

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Advisors

• Advising Office Heaton Hall - phone for
  appointments 845-5312
• Jennifer Bishop, B.A. jbishop_at_coe.tamu.edu
  458-3602
• Vince Hernandez, B.A. vhernandez_at_coe.tamu.edu 845
  -5392
• Avery Pavliska, M.Ed. apavliska_at_coe.tamu.edu 845-8
  407
• Justin Smith, B.A. jsmith_at_coe.tamu.edu 862-2065
• All students are blocked from registration until
  they are advised.

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Planning for Your Semester

• Website of importance
• http//www.coe.tamu.edu/advising
• Updated regularly
• Please bookmark
• You will be paying for 15 hours during fall and
  spring semesters. Please come to advising
  session with an idea of which courses you will
  take in the spring and summer of 2006.
• Please let an advisor know if you are taking
  coursework at a junior college so s/he can give
  you the correct TCCN course number.

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Grade Exclusion

• Any student who entered AM as a first time
  student may elect to have 3 AM courses of D, F,
  or U that were taken during their first year
  excluded from your cumulative GPR.
• Grade exclusion can affect classification if
  excluding a course lowers your hours below 30, 60
  or 95 hours.

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Field-Base Course Information

• All field-based coursework will only meet for
  lecture the first week of class.
• You will not meet in the public schools during
  your first week.
• Please note that some early childhood courses
  require concurrent enrollment and enrollment in
  the same section.
• This applies to ECHE 321 331.

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Courses in other Departments

• INST 210, EPSY 320 (TECA 1354, PSYC 2314, or PSYC
  2308) , and EPSY 435 are Educational Psychology
  courses and require you to see Christy Porter
  (845-1874) if you need to be forced.
• We CANNOT force you into any of these courses.

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Catalog Requirements

• Students on Catalog 128 must have 2 years of the
  same high school foreign language or complete 2
  semesters in college. This is required for
  graduation from Texas AM University but will not
  be applied to the degree plans in the College of
  Education.
• PLEASE NOTE YOU MUST HAVE A 2.75 TO BE ADMITTED
  INTO THE UPPER LEVEL COURSES AND YOU MUST
  MAINTAIN THIS GPR.
• Failure to do so will result in you not being
  admitted to teacher education and possibly asked
  to leave our department.
• There are no Ds allowed on Catalog 128.
• You are responsible for adhering to course
  prerequisites and requirements.

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Probation and Review

• At the end of each semester your GPR will be
  reviewed.
• If you entered TAMU as a freshman, after three
  semesters if you do not achieve and maintain a
  2.75 GPR, you will be dismissed from the
  Teaching, Learning, and Culture Department.
• If you entered TAMU as a transfer student, after
  two semesters if you do not achieve and maintain
  a 2.75 GPR, you will be dismissed from the
  Teaching, Learning, and Culture Department.
• At this point you will need to transfer to
  another college at Texas AM to pursue a degree.

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Admission to Teacher Education

• To be admitted into Teacher Education, you must
  meet the following requirements
• At least 45 hours of course work on degree plan
• Completion of ENGL104, and TEFB 273 or INST 210
• Completion of Math 141/166 and Math 142/131
• Completion of 8 hours of science courses
• 2.75 GPR
• EDIS/INST when students successfully complete
  all requirements they apply for Teacher Education
  during their advising session
• The advisor will then enter information into a
  database indicating the semester and year
  admitted (eg. 05C Fall).
• You will be assessed a 200 fee for the next
  semester.

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Suggested Courses for Freshmen

• PK-4 Degree Plan
• POLS 206 or 207
• THAR 101, MUSC 201 see page 18 of Catalog 127
  for a complete list of VP Arts
• GEOG 301, 305 or 202
• KINE 198
• KINE 199 must take S/U
• MATH 142 OR 131
• TEFB 273
• COMM 203
• ENGL 104
• If you have finished ENGL 104 you can take ENGL
  203,210, 241 or 360
• MATH 141 OR 166
• BIOL 111 or BIOL 113/123
• CHEM 106/116
• GEOL 101 OR GEOG 203
• GEOG 201 OR 304 OR ECON 202 or ECON 203
• HIST 105 OR 106
• HIST 226
• PHYS 205

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Suggested Courses for Freshmen

• Middle School Language Arts/Social Studies
  Degree Plan
• POLS 206 or 207
• THAR 101, MUSC 201 see correct page of your
  catalog for a complete list of VP Arts
• KINE 198
• KINE 199 must take S/U
• MATH 142 OR 131
• TEFB 273
• COMM 203
• ENGL 104
• If you have finished ENGL 104 you can take ENGL
  203, 210, 227, 228, 222, 221, 231, 232, 241, OR
  360
• MATH 141 OR 166
• BIOL 111
• GEOL 101 OR GEOG 203
• GEOG 304 OR ECON 202 OR ECON 203
• GEOG 201 OR 202
• HIST 105 and 106
• PHYS 205

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Suggested Courses for Freshmen

• Middle School Math/Science Degree Plan
• POLS 206 or 207
• HIST 105 or 106
• THAR 101, MUSC 201 see correct page of your
  catalog for a complete list of VP Arts
• KINE 198
• KINE 199 must take S/U
• MATH 142 or 131
• TEFB 273
• COMM 203
• ENGL 104
• MATH 141 or 166
• BIOL 111 or BIOL 113/123
• CHEM 101 or CHEM 106/116
• BIOL 112
• GEOL 101 or GEOG 203
• HIST 226
• ANTH 205 or ARTS 149 or ARTS 150 (HUMANITIES)
• PHYS 201 or PHYS 205

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Other Information

• Co-enrollment Forms You must have a signed
  permission form from an advisor to co-enroll in
  courses at another institution.
• You will not be able to do any correspondence
  work.
• If you take coursework at another institution,
  Internet or other, make sure the courses are on
  the TCCN system. It is your responsibility to
  check with an advisor to make sure you are taking
  the correct coursework.
• You need to have all coursework transferred to
  Texas AM prior to semester before Student
  Teaching do it now if you can.
• Please check your neo accounts to get your
  registration date and time. You will have 48
  hours to register.
• PLEASE DO NOT PANIC IF YOU CAN NOT GET 12 15
  HOURS. STOP BY THE ADVISING OFFICE DURING OPEN
  REGISTRATION AND WE CAN HELP YOU.

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Forcing for Spring 2006

• Justin Smith is now doing all forcing for TLAC
  courses.
• E-mail jsmith_at_coe.tamu.edu
• Please include your full name, UIN, course, and
  section number.