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UVA Engineering Summer Orientation Guide

Explore academic and non-academic success strategies, meet faculty, understand scheduling, resources, templates, and advising at UVA Engineering Summer Orientation. Make the most of your first year!

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UVA Engineering Summer Orientation Guide

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  1. UVA Undergraduate Engineering ENGINEERING SUMMER ORIENTATION

  2. WHAT WE’LL COVER • - WHO WE ARE • - SUCCESS BEYOND ACADEMICS • - WHO ARE YOUR FACULTY? • - GETTING TO KNOW YOUR FIRST YEAR SCHEDULE • - UNDERSTANDING TEMPLATES • - Q&A

  3. WHO ARE WE?

  4. Joe Rehder Engineering Undergrad Manager Phone: 434.924.9056 E-mail: jdr6s@virginia.edu Will Guilford Asst. Dean for Undergraduate Education Phone: 434.243.2740 E-mail: seas-adue@virginia.edu Lisa Lampe Director of Undergrad Success Phone: 434.924.0607 E-mail: ll4uu@virginia.edu Jesse Rogers Engineering Undergrad Registrar Phone: 434.924.6326 E-mail: jr7up@virginia.edu

  5. Alex Hall Asst. Dean of Students Phone: 434.924.7601 E-mail: aec5d@virginia.edu Blake Calhoun Asst Dir. Of Undergrad Success Phone: 434.243.33385 E-mail: jdr6s@virginia.edu Liz Ramirez-Weaver, LCSW CAPS Embedded Therapist, SEAS Phone: 434.243.5150 E-mail: er2tn@virginia.edu Vicki Gist Asst Dean of Students Phone: 434.924.7133 E-mail: vlg3q@virginia.edu

  6. WHAT MAKES UP SUCCESS?

  7. ACADEMICAND NON-ACADEMICSUCCESS Success is more than excelling academically

  8. EMBRACING CHALLENGES FIRST YEAR AVERAGE GPA: 3.25

  9. IF YOU PERFORMED POORLY ON AN EXAM IN A CLASS, WHAT FIRST STRATEGY WOULD YOU USE? TALK TO A FRIEND STUDY HARDER TALK TO A PROFESSOR SEEK TUTORING JOIN A STUDY GROUP

  10. IF YOU PERFORMED POORLY ON AN EXAM IN A CLASS, WHAT FIRST STRATEGY WOULD YOU USE? Roksa, J. (2019). Facilitating academic success for diverse students in SEAS [PowerPoint slides]. Personal Communication

  11. ACADEMIC QUESTIONS • YOUR PROFESSOR • LISA LAMPE & BLAKE CALHOUN • YOUR ADVISOR • FREE, 1-1 TUTORING • SCHEDULE AND CREDIT QUESTIONS • JESSE ROGERS & JOE REHDER • NON-ACADEMIC QUESTIONS • ALEX HALL • COUNSELING AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES • LIZ RAMIREZ-WEAVER • CENTER FOR DIVERSITY IN ENGINEERING KNOWING AND UTILIZING RESOURCES

  12. FORM STUDY GROUPS • BALANCE YOUR TIME • GET HELP EARLY AND OFTEN • G ET TO KNOW YOUR PROFESSORS SEEKING SUPPORT

  13. STEREOTYPES ABOUT PROFESSORS

  14. GETTING TO KNOW YOUR FIRST YEAR SCHEDULE

  15. “STANDARD” FIRST SEMESTER COURSES * APMA 1090 Counts as a 3-credit unrestricted elective

  16. APPLIED MATH – WHERE SHOULD I BEGIN? OPTION 1: 1090 1110 2120 OPTION 2: 1110 2120 OPTION 3: 2120

  17. LOVE MATH? WANT A MORE IN-DEPTH TREATMENT OF MULTIVARIATE CALCULUS? 2511 2512

  18. APMA PLACEMENT TEST The Placement Test is required and gives you a personalized recommendation on your fall calculus course

  19. “STANDARD” SECOND SEMESTER COURSES

  20. COMPUTER SCIENCE OPTIONS

  21. COURSE PLACE OUT APPLIED MATH: WAHOO WELCOME (DAY BEFORE CLASSES START) COMPUTER SCIENCE: SEE COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT “Placing out” of a course allows you to move forward in the curriculum and explore other course offerings. You will not receive credit towards your GPA for courses you place out of (example: if you place out of APMA 1090, then you will not get an ‘A’ grade for the course).

  22. DOES THIS COURSE COUNT? WHAT DO I HAVE CREDIT FOR?

  23. ACADEMIC REQUIREMENT REPORT “WHAT IF” REPORT ANSWERS: HOW WILL MY CURRENT CREDITS APPLY TO A DIFFERENT COURSE OF STUDY (SUCH AS A DIFFERENT MAJOR)? WHAT COURSES DO I NEED TO PURSUE A DIFFERENT COURSE OF STUDY? ANSWERS: WHAT DO I HAVE CREDIT FOR, AND HOW WILL IT APPLY TO MY CURRENT COURSE OF STUDY? LEARN MORE ABOUT SIS

  24. 3RD-8TH SEMESTER: MAJOR SPECIFIC DEGREE REQUIREMENTS IN MOST CASES, STUDENTS DECLARE THEIR MAJOR IN THEIR SECOND SEMESTER AND BEGIN MAJOR SPECIFIC COURSEWORK IN THEIR THIRD SEMESTER ENGINEERING MAJORS DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

  25. ADVISING AND TEMPLATES

  26. UVA ENGINEERING ORIENTATION WEBSITE TEMPLATES ARE USED FOR FAIRNESS ACROSS ORIENTATION SESSIONS CROSS OUT CLASSES ON TEMPLATE FOR WHICH YOU HAVE CREDIT *COMPUTER SCIENCE DOES NOT APPEAR ON TEMPLATES, AS MOST WILL TAKE IT NEXT SEMESTER. IF YOU HAVE ROOM, YOU MAY ADD IT THIS SEMESTER NO MORE THAN 19 CREDITS IN YOUR FIRST SEMESTER ✗

  27. SAMPLE TEMPLATE AND EXCEPTIONS • EXAMPLE WRITE-INS FOR TEMPLATE • INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE • MATH AND SCIENCE I ELECTIVE • HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE ELECTIVE (HSS) CS 1110 CS 1110 CS 1110 • WHAT IF… • HAVE CHEM I CREDIT ANTH 1051 ANTH 1051 • START WITH CALC II (APMA 1110) ANTH 1051 DISC • WANT CS TO REPLACE CHEM I • WANT TO ADD HSS ELECTIVE CS 1110 LAB SEE THE UNDERGRADUATE RECORD FOR FULL LIST OF ADVANCED PLACEMENT CREDIT 16950 CS 1110 17362 CS 1110 LAB 10031 ANTH 1051 10034 ANTH 1051 DISC

  28. ESPECIALLY FOR RODMAN SCHOLARS INSTEAD OF TAKING ENGR 1624 IN THE FALL, RODMAN SCHOLARS TAKE ENGR 1410 IN THE FALL AND 1420 IN THE SPRING

  29. ACADEMIC DEADLINES

  30. Q & A

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