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What's an academic advisor?
Each student is assigned an academic advisor. This person is a professional who is dedicated to helping students make a successful academic transition and complete their degree in a timely manner.-Freshmen students receive advising from one of the following first-year advising offices, Academic Services for Student Athletes (ASSA), or Student Academic Resource Center (SARC), or Multicultural Academic and Support Services (MASS), or First Year Advising and Exploration (FYAE).-Sophomore students receive academic advising from their appropriate college and/or major department office. -The Program requirements are assigned an advisor from their college and/or major department. This person is usually a faculty member.
What is the CLAST test?
The College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) is designed to ensure that students have achieved certain math, English language, essay and reading skills. All students seeking an Associate of Arts or Baccalaureate degree from UCF are required by the State of Florida to satisfy the CLAST requirement. You must take the CLAST before you earn 60 or more hours of credit or you will be restricted to enrollment in 1000 and 2000 level classes until you do take the CLAST. Information regarding preparation for the CLAST exam or alternatives for meeting the CLAST requirement may be obtained from the Student Academic Resource Center, PH 113, 407-823-5130 or http://www.testing.sdes.ucf.edu/clast.php. The CLAST is offered statewide once per semester. Students must register in advance at the University Testing Center, PH 106.'
What is a degree Audit?
| The degree audit is not your official UCF transcript, but a map to show what courses you must successfully complete to graduate. It gives you important information: |
- your cumulative and major grade point average (GPA)
- the courses that are required for your degree
- the courses you have passed, failed or repeated
- the courses you must still take (indicates how everything you have taken, or registered for, counts in reaching your goal.
Where do I go for tutoring?
- The Student Academic Resource Center (SARC). SARC provides students with free individualized and small-group tutoring in biology, chemistry, computer science, economics, English, foreign language, physics, reading, statistics, and many other disciplines. SARC also offers Supplemental Instruction (SI), a series of weekly study sessions for students taking historically difficult courses. SI is provided for all students who want to improve their understanding of course material and improve their grades. Attendance is voluntary. It's a chance to get together with people in your class to compare notes, to discuss important concepts, to develop strategies for studying the subject, and to test yourself before your professor does. At each SI session, your SI leader, a competent student who has previously taken the course, will guide you through course material. SARC is located in PH 113, and can be reached by phone at 407-823-5130, or on the web at: http://sarc.sdes.ucf.edu
- There is also a Math Lab dedicated to helping any and all students that need guidance in the many different fields of Mathematics. Their phone number is 407-823-3498, and their web page is http://www.math.ucf.edu/~mathlab/
- For writing assistance, contact the University Writing Center (UWC). The UWC allows you to collaborate with others on any kind of writing you do: group projects, business memos, research papers, composition essays, lab reports, grad school applications, CLAST prep, senior thesis support, letters, resumes, etc. Their phone number is 407-823-2197. Their website can be found at: http://www.uwc.ucf.edu You can also e-mail them at uwc@mail.ucf.edu.
- Finally, you'll want to check with the academic departments to see what type of tutoring they offer as well.
I've got a form that needs to be completed by a UCF official indicating that I'm a student here-who can help me with this?
Enrollment verification for any purpose can be done in the Registrar’s Office, room 161 of Millican Hall.
What is the "third attempt surcharge"?
All students enrolled in the fall 1997 term and after, regardless of when they started at UCF, are subject to third attempt surcharges. This includes all undergraduate courses that you either repeat or register for the third time, including completed courses, withdrawals and grades of incomplete. Courses taken before the fall of 1997 do not count toward the total. At this time, when you enroll in a course for the third time, you will be charged a rate approximately equal to out-of-state tuition. What does this all mean? Now more than ever it is important that you carefully plan your program of study with the assistance of your academic advisor and complete the classes in which you enroll!!
Where do I go to take an interest test or to find out what careers I would be good at?
- The Career Resource Center is found in Ferrel Commons, rm. 185 (407-823-2361). The Center runs five career expos and fairs, over 100 weekly career planning mini-classes, and hosts several hundred employer recruiting visits each year and also offers a three credit hour course on Career Planning.
- The University Counseling Center, located next to Health Services in building 27 (407-823-2811), offers a professional staff of psychologists and counselors to assist students through educational, vocational, and career counseling.
- The MyMajors survey is a short online assessment that gives students a list of majors for consideration. The results of the survey are based on the student’s interests and abilities. MyMajors provides a starting point for students in the major and career exploration process. Students who are interested in taking the MyMajors assessment should discuss this option with their academic advisor.
