Chapter 1: You and Your College Experience

Office of the Registrar: maintains the academic records of all registered students (class schedules, transcripts, verifying student enrollment, protecting student privacy)

Satisfactory Academic Progress: associated with your financial aid; watched by federal regulations. Depends on:

  1. Completion Rate (completing the credits attempted)

  2. Grade Point Average

  3. Maximum Time Frame (must complete a 60 credit program in 90 credit attempts)

Success in college is measured by the experiences and challenges you faced

    but grades still matter for new jobs after graduation, graduate and professional school

How to calculate GPA

A = 4

B+ = 3.5

B = 3

C+ = 2.5

C = 2

D+ = 1.5

D = 1

F = 0

  • Multiply your letter grade by hours for the course

  • add those numbers together

  • divide total by total number of credit hours

Talking to instructors and students allows one to:

  • feel connected to college

  • educate yourself in perspectives of life

  • Network for future job searches, opportunities, and research

Tips to talk to instructors:

  • prepare with questions

  • introduce yourself (and refer to them as professor)

  • respect the instructor’s time

  • your professor is not dumb, don’t think they are

  • be professional, actually

  • the instructor is passionate; address the subject as such

  • write good emails

If a teaching style does not match your learning style:

  • use your learning strengths

  • form a study group

  • use online resources

  • communicate with your instructor (priv too)

College Terms

Core Courses - general education requirements

Required Courses

Electives

Academic Honesty