Guide to Academics

1. for UO Parents Guide to Academics

2. IntroDUCKtion Schedule • Today - Academics Revealed • Ask the experts • Lunch • Q & A panel at 3:45 • Tomorrow • 8:30 – See you in class!

3. First-Year Student Wisdom • Manage schedule • Go to class • Get to know your faculty • Seek advice • Use campus resources • Be open to new experiences

4. Liberal Education for the 21st Century: Essential Outcomes Knowledge of Human Cultures and the Physical and Natural World Intellectual and Practical Skills Personal and Social Responsibility Integrative Learning

5. General Education Arts & Letters Social Science Science Writing Math Language Multicultural General Education Major Electives UO Bachelor’s Degree

7. Is this image “real”?

8. Is this image “real”? ARH 206: History of Western Art III Arts & Letters (top) Gustav Courbet - Stone Breakers, 1849 (bottom) Jean-Francois Millet - The Gleaners, 1857.

9. Can a farm be economically viable and environmentally sustainable?

10. Can a farm be economically viable and environmentally sustainable? EC 333: Resource & Environmental Economic Issues Social Science

11. How do nutrients flow between the various components of this ecosystem?

12. How do nutrients flow between the various components of this ecosystem? BI 130 – Intro to Ecology Science

13. How does our built environment reinforce assumptions about culture & lifestyle?

14. How does our built environment reinforce assumptions about culture & lifestyle? INTL 250: Value Systems in Cross-Cultural Perspective Multicultural

16. “The Groups” Explore both breadth and depth: ~4 courses in each Arts and Letters Social Science Science

17. Writing WR 121 & 122 or 123 Previous credit (AP) Priority registration Fall A-G Winter H-O Spring P-Z

18. Math Where to start? • Previous credit (AP) • SAT or ACT Scores • UO Math Placement One year of college-level math = Bachelor of Science (BS)

19. Language Where to start? • Begin a new language • Many languages offered • UO placement to continue from HS • Previous credit (AP) 2 yrs equivalent of college-level language = Bachelor of Arts (BA)

20. Multicultural Requirement Choose 2 courses total, from different categories American Cultures Identity, Pluralism, & Tolerance International Cultures

21. First Year Programs • FIGs Questions about FIGs or Freshman Seminars? Visit us at lunch! General Education Major Electives • Freshman seminars

22. Freshman Interest Groups What is a FIG? Cohort of 25 students 2 courses in general-education and/or major Academic & Social Transition 1 faculty-led seminar Undergraduate TA A complete fall term schedule = FIG + 2 courses

23. Popular Fall 2009 FIGs: …Choose from 61

24. Freshman Seminars Exclusively for First-Year Students Dedicated faculty teach topics of interest Offered each quarter Popular Fall 2009 Seminars: Buddhism Through Art Consuming Agendas: Food and Society Reinventing Yourself Travel and Adventure Writing You Are Here: How Mapping is Changing the Planet and Your Life

25. Transfer Seminars • Get to know a faculty member • Learn about campus resources • Receive individual advising • Connect with 25 students fall term • Earn one upper-division credit CHOOSE THE SEMINAR FOR YOU Business Cross-Disciplinary Journalism Transfer seminars are fall & winter terms only

26. Society of College Scholars • Colloquia • Small general education courses • HS GPA 3.75 or by application http://scs.uoregon.edu/

27. How it Works • Quarter system – fall, winter, spring, summer • Average 4 courses per term • Total credits – 180 (about 45 courses) First-Year– Broad Exploration Sophomore – Choose a Major Junior – Study Abroad! 2nd major! Senior – Transition to Future

29. ARH 204 – History of Western Art DAN 251 – Looking at Dance AAD 250 – Art and Human Values EC 101 – Contemporary Economic Issues HIST 191 – China Past and Present INTL 250 – Values Systems MATH 243 – Intro to Statistics PHYS 152 – Physics of Sound and Music GEOL 101- Earth’s Dynamic Interior Yes, PS 205, PS 199 & Rel 101 ARH 207 – History of Indian Art MUJ 350 – History of Jazz J 201 – Media and Society No – take WR 121 in Winter ANTH 199 – Consuming Agendas Take SPAN placement? Or maybe start new language with Italian …then take 101 Score puts me at MATH 095. Do I need to take this in fall? Ask advisor. Do I need math for environmental studies major? Is it too late to declare another major? How will my community college credits count? Will they count towards any general ed?

30. Schedule Possibilities for Fall • FIG (Freshman Interest Group) • Society of College Scholars • Group Requirements (AL, SS, SC) • Math and/or Language • Writing 121 (fall: last name A-G) • Multicultural courses • Major coursework • Electives: • Freshman Seminars • Any other course of interest 9.0 cr 4.0 cr 4.0 cr

31. Thriving at the UO • High School College • Grading • Strategic learning • Roles and resources

32. Academic Resources • Student Handbook • University Catalog • Academic Advising - Office of Academic Advising - Major advising in academic departments - Office of Multicultural Academic Success (OMAS) - Disability Services - Support Services for Student Athletes • University Teaching and Learning Center

33. Welcome to the University of Oregon Designed by Katie Schumm, OAA