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New Freshman Academic Advisement
Step 3:
Creating your Fall Course Request
Show me choices for an
Exploratory semester
Not knowing what you want your major to be is not
unusual for first year students. In high school,
you are introduced to only a handful of the
possible areas of study that are available at the
University at Albany, and it is important to have
the freedom to explore in your first year.
Remember that following a Major Academic Pathway
(MAP) at this time does not prevent you from
changing directions in the future.
However, if none of the MAPs in
Step 2
reflect your interests, you can use one of the
Exploratory Semesters that we have created to
request coursework that gives you the opportunity
to learn more about general academic areas, while
satisfying graduation requirements. We have
grouped the Exploratory Semesters into the main
subject areas that are taught at UAlbany.
The three options for Exploratory Semesters are
listed below. Once you have decided which one
best matches your interests, please click the link
at the bottom of the screen to create your Course
Request Form.
The Course Request Form will assist you in
choosing appropriate courses, based on these
Exploratory Semester options. For example, a
student choosing the Humanities and the Arts
Exploratory Semester will be prompted to choose 5
courses of interest from each General Education
category listed: Humanities, Arts, Social Science,
Global+Cross Cultural Studies, as well as
Electives.
There is a link to the course descriptions for all
available classes, at the top of the Course
Request Form. You should use this link to
fully explore your course options before making
final decisions.
To be sure that the advisor creating your course
schedule has all the necessary information to
prepare an appropriate schedule for you, the
Course Request Form requires that you complete
each question/section fully. In this example, if
you select only four classes in the Arts category,
your form will not transmit successfully, and will direct you back
to select a fifth class.
Click
here to see a sample Exploratory semester
Course Request Form at the Final Review stage.
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Exploratory Semester
worksheets |
First semester courses |
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Humanities and the Arts |
One
Humanities course
One
Arts course
One
Social Science course
One
Global and Cross Cultural course
One
Elective course |
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Social Sciences |
One
Social Science course
One
Natural Science course
One
Humanities course
One
Information Literacy course
One
Elective course |
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Cultural and Historical Perspectives |
One
US History course
One
Global and Cross Cultural course
One
Natural Science course
One
Arts course
One
Elective course |
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