ACADEMIC DEGREE STRUCTURE

The BeginningThe Beginning

All URI students start in University College for Academic Success (UCAS) until they:

•Are positive about their major and meet individual college admissions requirements.

•Have a minimum of 24cr. completed with a 2.0 average (or GPA designated by desired program)

The rules of thumbThe rules of thumb

• Once students reach 75 credits they must matriculate into a degree granting college (DGC)

• Use academic maps and the E-campus degree audit to ensure student is making progress towards desired degree

• Be fully enrolled (“Take 5 finish in 4”) for a timely graduation

How to transfer to your DGCHow to transfer to your DGC

• Once the student met the requirements, they should fill out a Transfer to Degree-Granting College Form **http://web.uri.edu/advising/forms/**

How to transfer to your DGCHow to transfer to your DGC

• Either the advisor or college liaison may submit this to their respective records secretary for processing. If the student is still in UCAS, the file is then sent to the degree college for signatures by the chair and dean

• Transfer from University College to the College of Continuing Education (Providence Campus) and vice versa – Some students wish to transfer from UCAS to the College of Continuing Education (CCE) or vice versa. Please refer these students to a UC professional advisor. A Change of Administrative Unit form will be processed if the student qualifies.

General Education – How to decide?General Education – How to decide?1.The University requirement describes the basic pattern for General

Education at URI. Each college may, however, modify this program so that the number of credits required in certain areas may be increased or reduced. Some colleges and curricula require students to take specified courses in some areas. The course list notes those courses approved for the University General Education Program which are not approved for Arts and Sciences students and those not approved for students pursuing Engineering curricula. EXAMPLE: CELS, Fa/Lit, LET, FL.

2.When selecting courses for General Education, students should consider their program. Some courses are more pertinent to a wide variety of majors than others. Students who are uncertain about their choice of major or who are considering a change should select those General Education courses which will fit into both their present and potential majors.

3 .In general, courses in a student’s major may not be used for General Education credit.Exceptions:

Students following majors in the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Human Sciences and Services, or in the BGS program of the College of Continuing Education may not count credits within their major toward fulfilling their General Education requirements except in the skill areas of communications and math. A student concentrating in English, for example, may not select an English literature course for general education credit in Fine Arts and Literature. This restriction does not apply to a second major when a student chooses to double major. B. Students majoring in programs in Business, Engineering, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Environment and Life Sciences may not count credits earned within that college toward fulfilling the General Education requirements except in the skill areas of communications and math. Nursing students, for example, cannot receive Letters credit for NUR 360, Impact of Death on Behavior; students in Environment and Life Sciences cannot receive Natural Science credit for AVS 101, Introduction to Animal Science.

General Education – How to decide?General Education – How to decide?

General Education – How to decide?General Education – How to decide?

4.All courses on the list of those approved for the General Education Program carry 3 credits, unless otherwise noted.

5.Some courses have been approved for more than one General Education area, but they may be used to fulfill a General Education requirement in only one of those areas. If a course has been approved in a second area, that area is noted within brackets following the course description. [L] means, for example, that the course has also been approved for the Letters area as well as for the area in which it is listed, but students may use that course to count for only one General Education area.

General Education – How to decide?General Education – How to decide?

6.Although many students fulfill their General Education requirements during their first two years, it is not always necessary or advisable to do so. Students interested in off campus study (e.g., National Student Exchange, Study Abroad) may find it easier to meet General Education requirements than those in their major at other institutions.

7.All entering freshmen and new transfer students with less then 24 credits are required to take URI 101, Planning for Academic Success in their first semester.

8.Click HERE learn more about petitioning colleges for substitutions for Gen Ed

Remember AP or IB Credits!Remember AP or IB Credits!

• A student who takes AP or IB classes might get some credit for courses at URI. Check on this before selecting Gen Ed’s to ensure a student doesn’t take a class they’ve already earned credit towards.

AP and IB Credit**Advanced Placement and IB Scores Accepted**If you've completed college-level courses in high school and passed the Advanced Placement Examination or International baccalaureate exam with an approved test score, you may be eligible to receive URI credit. Please refer to the table hyperlinked above for acceptable scores. Only higher level IB scores of 5-7 are accepted.

• The math courses that freshmen typically take fall into four categories: Prep courses, General Education courses, Pre-Calculus, and Calculus courses.

• Check the placement score and assign the appropriate math according to **THESE** suggested classes.Be mindful of major specific info.

• ALL incoming students MUST take the math placement exam.

• Be familiar with MTH 099 & MTH 101

Which MATH class should I take?Which MATH class should I take?

• For Business Majors...MTH 110, MTH 131 and BUS 111: From the point of view of the College of Business a student transferring into a business program with a C- or better in MTH 131 is automatically waived through BUS 111. From the point of view of the Mathematics Department credit for BUS 111 fulfills the general education mathematics requirement of 3 credits. Business majors not prepared to take BUS 111 should first take Math 110

Which MATH class should I take?Which MATH class should I take?

Which MATH class should I take?Which MATH class should I take?

• NON-STEM AND NON-BUSINESS MAJORSNon-STEM and non-business majors who want a course that satisfies the Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning (MQ) General Education requirement should take one of the following:MTH-105 ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICAL CODEBREAKINGMTH-106 MATHEMATICS OF SOCIAL CHOICE AND FINANCEMTH-107 INTRODUCTION TO FINITE MATHEMATICSMTH-108 TOPICS IN MATHEMATICSMTH-109 POLITICS AND MATHEMATICSMTH-208 NUMERACY FOR TEACHERSSTA-220 STATISTICS IN MODERN SOCIETYCSC-101 COMPUTING CONCEPTS

What Language should I take?What Language should I take?

• Do I have to take a language?– If you are going to get a B. A. degree, or a B. S. in Business, yes.– If you are doing another B. S. degree, you have the choice between language study

and taking two “Cross Cultural Competence” courses. • The language requirement is a proficiency requirement. We have defined that level

of proficiency as equivalent to successfully completing a 104 level language course. You can do this in several ways:

– Take a proficiency exam. If you “pass” it, you are exempt from the language requirement. In this case, you do 0 courses. (N. B. You  do not receive credit for this.)

– Start with a 104 course or any 3 credit course at a higher level (200 and up). If you pass that course, voilà, your language requirement is finished. In this case, you do one course.

– If your background does not allow you to start at at least the 104 level, then you need to take two courses at whatever level is appropriate for you. In this case, you will do the maximum of  two courses.

– Study Abroad!

What Language Should I take?What Language Should I take?

• I’ve heard that you can get extra credit for taking certain courses. Is this true? Yes, you can. There are two possibilities:

– If you have had three years of language in school and take the 104 course  as your first course here, you will get three additional credits. (C grade)

– If you have had four or more years, take any three credit course at the 200 level  as your first course here and you will get the additional three credits. (C grade)

• Do I have to continue in the language I studied in high school to satisfy the requirement?

– No. If for whatever the reason you decide that you would rather study a different language, you can satisfy the requirement by taking 101 and 102 in the language of your choice. This is a good opportunity to try a language you might have wanted to study but wasn’t available to you in high school or just to start fresh in another language.

What about Honors?What about Honors?

Students may make an appointment in e-Campus with the honors advisor. Inquiries regarding classes and/or the honors program may also be directed to: URIhonors@etal.uri.edu

Advising is broken down as follows:

Freshmen and sophomores (in UC):Prof. Cheryl Foster, Associate DirectorLippitt Hall, Room 300Hcherylfoster.uri@gmail.com

Sophomores and above

Deborah Gardiner, Program Coordinator

Lippitt Hall, Room 300A

debg@uri.edu