Frequently Asked Questions

Academic Exploration Program

The Academic Exploration Program's advising program for undeclared students is designed to provide its students with opportunities to participate in a variety of activities in which they are taught to evaluate and use the results of academic and occupational assessment in selecting majors and possible careers.

The Academic Exploration Program provides:

.  support and guidance through individual academic advising
.  workshops and seminars
.  library and computer resources
.  collaborative programming with other student support    resources throughout the campus community

The Strong Interest Inventory (SII)

The SII is based on the idea that individuals are more satisfied with majors and more productive in jobs that they find naturally interesting. Also, individuals work better with people whose interests are similar to their own. The SII takes about 25 minutes to complete and contains 317 items that measure your individual interests in a wide range of occupations, occupational activities, hobbies, leisure activities, and types of people. Your interests are compared to thousands of individuals who report being happy and successful in their jobs. Majors with which you match up best are listed for you to consider and you are given a personalized report that identifies your "best match" career choices based on your interests and includes concise job descriptions. Afterwards, you will meet with an academic advisor to review your results and answer your questions about the major best suited to you.

Facts.org

FACTS.org is Florida's official online student advising system! High school students, college students, parents, and even counselors can use the services provided on this website to help plan and track educational progress in Florida! FACTS.org is provided free by the Florida Department of Education to help students make informed choices about their education.

The purpose of a transient form is to find out how courses at another institution will transfer into UCF before you take the course. There are 2 types of transient forms, one for students attending a Florida State School, and one for students attending a Florida Community College or out of state school.

The following steps will help you complete a transient form:

• From the UCF Registrar's office or an academic advising office, pick up a copy of either the:
  
  *Transient Student Approval Form (Non-SUS/Florida Institution) for Florida Community Colleges or out of state schools.
  *Transient Student Form (SUS of Florida ) for Florida state universities.
  
• Fill out the personal information on the form.
• Look up the website for the institution that you want to take the transient course(s) at. Find the prefix and course number for the course(s) you want to take (PSY = prefix; 2012 = course number).
• Indicate the prefix and the number of the course(s) from the "other" institution in the appropriate boxes on the Transient Student Approval Form. This will enable an advisor to look it up to see how it transfers into UCF.
• If you want to take a course which counts towards your major (not a General Education Program course) the form signed by an advisor in the academic advising office in your college .
• If you want to take a course which counts towards your General Education Program, or counts as a general elective, the form can be signed by an advisor in your first-year advising office.
• Give your form to a peer advisor who will print out your degree audit and check to see if you have met the requirement for the General Education Program, and also check your GPA.
• The peer advisor will give your form to an available advisor to sign for the course. If an advisor is not readily available, the peer advisor will take your from and ask you to return the next day to pick it up.
• FYAE keeps a copy in your file. You take a copy to the UCF Registrar's office. You then take the original to the "other" institution and follow their admission/registration procedure.
• When you have completed the course(s), you must go to the registrar's office at the "other" institution and make arrangements for the grades to be sent to UCF.