All students are part of the University College
until they are admitted to a major degree program in the College
of Arts and Sciences, the School of
Business and Economics, or the School
of Education. (Click here for upper
division admission requirements.) The University College provides assistance
to students from the time they enter the university until they complete the
University College Core Curriculum and fulfill all requirements for
unconditional acceptance into a major degree program. The University College
seeks to provide an academic environment that will enable and motivate students
of varied background to achieve academic success.
The goals of the University
College are to assist all students in their transition to the university; to
provide effective mentoring and advisement to students; to offer strong programs
of academic support in reading, writing, mathematics, critical thinking, and the
natural sciences; and to work with other academic units to ensure that students
develop the fundamental skills and knowledge necessary for success in all
academic majors.
Programs and Services
To assist students in their
transition to the university, The University College coordinates the Freshman
Year Initiative (FYI). The University College is comprised of several
academic support programs:
For further information on these
programs, see the Services page.
The Early
Alert Warning System allows faculty members to inform the University College
of freshmen who are experiencing academic difficulty. This information is
submitted to the student's Mentor who advises the student on ways to improve.
A number of other FSU programs
work closely with the University College to recruit and assist students,
including
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Student Support Services,
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The Educational Opportunity
Centers Program,
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Educational Talent Search,
and
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Upward Bound.
Assessment
The University College assesses
its programs through several measures: monitoring retention
and graduation rates (for preliminary
information about the 1996 freshman cohort graduation rate) and through the
results of two surveys conducted in Freshman Seminar: the Freshman
Seminar End of Year Survey and a Computer Usage
Survey. The University College works with University
Testing Services to collect and review results from Student
Satisfaction Surveys and the Rising
Junior Examination. The results of these assessment efforts are used
each year in planning for the next academic year. We also use the Sophomore
and Senior Survey Results and the UNC
system-wide results from the Sophomore and Senior Surveys to assess the
effectiveness of the University College.
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