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New Freshman Academic Advisement
Step 3:
Creating your course request form.
We have developed an online form to assist you in the process of
selecting the courses for your first semester, and
as a way for you to give us other important
information we need to make your schedule.
The Course Request Form will prompt you to choose
courses that are listed on the first semester of
your MAP.
For example, here is the first
semester of the Anthropology MAP:
A Ant 108
Arts Gen Ed
US Diversity and Pluralism Gen Ed
Elective
Elective
"A Ant 108"
is a required major course that all students
choosing this MAP will take. Any specific
course that is listed on the first semester of
your MAP is a required major course, and will
already be listed on your Course Request Form.
"Arts Gen Ed" and "US
Diversity and Pluralism Gen Ed" are
courses that will satisfy general education
requirements. Students following this MAP
will be presented with lists of available courses
in each category and are prompted to identify 5
classes of interest from each list, to allow for
flexibility in creating an appropriate schedule.
"Elective" means any
course offered at the university. Students
following the Anthropology MAP will be presented
with appropriate elective choices, and will be
prompted to identify 5 classes of interest for
each Elective slot.
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 4 classes in
the Arts category, your form will not transmit
successfully, and
will direct you back to select a 5th class.
Click
here
to see a sample of a completed Anthropology Course
Request Form.
Other Things To
Consider:
Read the options
below and click the appropriate links for
information that pertains to your academic plan.
Once you have read through the information,
proceed to the bottom of this page to start the
Course Request Form.
1. AP, IB, and College
credit
New students sometimes enter
their freshman year with college credit from
Advanced Placement Exams, International
Baccalaureate Exams, and local college and
university courses. As part of your Course
Request Form we will ask you to list all
exam and college credit that you have already
earned or that you think you may earn. (We
realize that you may not have received all of your
AP scores yet.) Your advisor will take this
information into account when creating your
schedule. For example, if you have taken the
Psychology AP exam and your MAP requires you to take A Psy 101, your
advisor will make an appropriate substitution.
To learn more about AP Exam
equivalencies click
here.
To learn more about IB exam equivalencies click
here.
2. Pre-Health Students
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3. Pre-Law Students
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4.
Honors College (opens in
new window)
5. Project Renaissance
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6. Math Placement
Information
If you plan to take a Calculus course, please
click
here.
7.
Freshman Year Experience courses
Small classes that focus on transitional issues
and methods to enhance student success. These
classes are not available to students enrolled in
the Honors College or Project Renaissance.
UFSP 100 (1-credit): University Seminar
A class that meets once per week over the fall
semester with a member of the teaching faculty.
Course enrollment is limited to 20 students per
section. Course topics vary, and will be available
during the Summer Planning Conference
(orientation).
UFSP 101 (1-credit): University Seminar.
The University Seminar is designed to introduce
first-year students to the University at Albany
community and to assist them in understanding the
academic expectations, intellectual challenges,
and personal opportunities available to them as
learners. Students will gain a greater
understanding of themselves and of what it means
to be a member of a diverse University community
and will gain an appreciation of both the
advantages and the responsibilities that accompany
their membership. The course will focus
particularly on the expectations for students as
they join an intellectual community – a community
of scholars engaged in active and collaborative
learning -- as well as the breadth of academic and
intellectual options available to them. The
objectives of this course will be achieved through
praxis and written reflection.
UUNI 100 (3-credit): Freshmen Year Experience.
Designed to help you become a more effective
student. During the course of the semester, you
will learn about the college
experience—experiences unique to first year
students, transitional stages that you may
undergo, and coping strategies that can help you
pass through this phase of college life. You will
learn how to use and locate important campus
resources,. You will learn about who you are and
how that information helps you choose a major and
a career. Finally, you will learn how to increase
your chances of succeeding at the University at
Albany.
ECPY 120 (3 credit): The Psychology of Academic
and Personal Effectiveness. Examination and application of psychological
theory and research in learning, memory,
motivation, decision making, behavioral
self-control, and young adult development with
implications for academic performance and personal
effectiveness.
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