Course Management

1
Course Management

• Manage Your College Career
• Developed and Designed by Birma Gainor

2
Intro

• Course Management crucial to college success.
• Stay on track, stay focused.
• YOU are responsible for your own course
  management.

3
Advice Overview

• Course Management
• Academic Advising
• Course Selection

4
Academic Advising

• Advisors
• Schedule courses to keep you on track to finish.
• Advise you what should and should not take.
• Help you achieve success ultimately YOU Are
  responsible.

5
Academic Advising cont

• When seeing your advisor
• Familiarize yourself with your requirements
  BEFORE seeing him or her.
• Take control of your own success.
• Do not limit your session to getting signatures
  and finding out what courses to take.
• You AND your advisor develop your plan of action
  towards finishing your course of study.

6
Course Selection

• You need to know
• What courses are required for your program of
  study.
• What you are interested in taking.
• If you need remedial help in any area.

7
Course Selection cont

• Familiarize yourself with course content by
  looking at the course description.
• If you dont like a description, you may not like
  a course. Dont sign up for classes hoping you
  will like them. You probably wont.
• If it is a required course, do what you need to
  do to engage yourself in the course.

8
Course Selection cont

• If you have not chosen a plan of study, take core
  courses (100 level).
• Use core courses to
• Expose yourself to different majors this may
  help you choose
• Take courses that everyone needs get basic
  courses out of the way

9
Course Selection cont

• Remember your goals. Course selection works with
  your reasons for being in school to help you get
  the most out of your college experience. Both of
  these work together with advising for the most
  success.

10
Course Selection cont

• Academic advising course selection course
  management
• Be an active participant chart your own path!
  Do not rely on someone else to pick your
  direction. You may end up going somewhere you do
  not want to go.

11
Course Selection cont

• BE PROACTIVE! Make sure you have all the
  information you need to make informed decisions
  about your college career.
• Semesters are shorter than you think plan for
  the next semester early.

12
Course Selection cont

• Ultimately, course selection will help anyone,
  but especially those who are planning to go to a
  4 year institution. Being on the ball now will
  lead to an easier time later.

13
Questions?

• Please talk to one of the staff members if you
  have more concerns or if you would like
  assistance.