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Center for Exploratory Studies
• Exemplary practice for undecided students (National Academic Advising Association)
• Exploratory Studies - largest UC “major” at 1695– Up 245 bacc. as of Fall 2013 (plus 386 at regionals – new program)
• Advise Exploratory Studies & major-changers
• “Just stick to the gen. ed. and pick a career” is poor but well-intended advice
What Matters
• Early, intentional academic exploration
• Individual, personalized attention• Course selection• Structure and coordination of process
and information• Accessible comparative tools• Timeframe matters – a year or less
CES Advising Model
• Specially trained professional advisors focus on teaching academic and career pathways
• Relationship development with assigned advisors – highly personalized, one-on-one
• Mandatory-to-intrusive advising• Blackboard advising organizations and social
media• Student satisfaction at 93% + high quality
perception• Caseload management• Increasing student retention & enrollments
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UC Exploration Process• Pre-orientation surveys & tailored orientation process
• In-depth conversation with advisor (intake)
• Personality styles, career interests, abilities and career values assessessed
• Major interests assessment• Academic proficiencies assessed• Common patterns identified• Majors investigated more in-depth (curriculum, faculty
and requirements)• Experiential investigation
Exploration Resources• Variety of interest-centered learning communities
and freshman seminars (not “University 101”)
• Discovering UC Course• Accessible web tools
– UC’s “What Can I Do With My Major?” site– MyPlan – assessments plus career research results &
database– Academic program descriptions & curriculum guides– Exploration “Toolbox”
• Experiential learning components– Service learning– Academic internships– Connections to program faculty & exploration courses– Connections to academic clubs/organizations
Course Schedule Samples
Openly ExploringENGL 1001 or Freshman SeminarDiscovering UC or HumanitiesSocial Science or History(1-2 courses of identified interest areas)
Business InterestENGL 1001ECON 1001, Intro. To MicroeconomicsCOMM 2081, Business CommunicationMATH 1044, Applied Calculus IMGMT 1053, Business Foundations
Nursing InterestENGL 1001BIOL2001C, Anatomy & PhysiologyCHEM 1020, Intro. To Chem. & Biochem.CHEM 1020L, LabSOC 1001, Intro. To Sociology
Engineering InterestENGL 1001CHEM 1040, General Chemistry ICHEM 1040L, LabENED 1020, Engineering FoundationsENED 1090, Engineering Models I
Shared Commitment
Contact Information
Tara Stopfel WardenProvostal Liason for Advising
(513)[email protected]
Allison Logan, Ph.D.Director, Center for Exploratory Studies
(513)[email protected]