1. Welcome to Student Athlete Orientation!

2. Douglas College Athletics 2010 Academic Advising, Course Selection and Student Success

3. Introduction Academic Advisors - Registrar’s Office Room 2700 Book an appointment NOW!  604-527-5478  Drop in appointments available Feel free to meet with any advisor

4. Has everyone Applied? For the Fall 2010 semester? Submitted your official HS transcript?  If not from the Ministry, must be sealed in an envelope from your highschool Do you know your program?

5. How to Choose Courses… Career goals Personal interest Douglas College program University transferable

6. Career Goals… Some careers require specific courses, or degrees to be qualified for employment, some are simply looking for a general credential Good places to find out job requirements www.monster.cawww.monster.ca and www.workopolis.cawww.workopolis.ca Career counselling is also available at Douglas College  http://www.douglas.bc.ca/services/counselling.html http://www.douglas.bc.ca/services/counselling.html

7. Personal Interest… Most programs have elective or breadth requirements for completion of a credential. These courses should be selected based on personal interest, but chosen from a list determined by the University or specific program. Course listing is in the College Calendar http://www.douglas.bc.ca/calendar.html http://www.douglas.bc.ca/calendar.html

8. Douglas College program Program information is available online at the College Calendar: http://www.douglas.bc.ca/calendar.html Program course lists are found by selecting the course and scrolling down

9. University Transferable… In you plan to transfer to University to continue your education (usually from a Diploma/Associates Degree  Bachelors Degree) then you need to be selecting the appropriate courses You should be selecting your courses as if you were currently at the University getting ready for your first semester

10. Using the University Calendar You should be using the University’s calendar that you plan on transferring to, and looking for your Major program, Lower Division requirements = first and second year required courses. SFU - http://students.sfu.ca/calendar/http://students.sfu.ca/calendar/ UBC - http://www.students.ubc.ca/calendar/http://www.students.ubc.ca/calendar/

11. So, if you are planning to complete an English Major at SFU within a Bachelors of Arts, the required courses needed in the first and second years of study are found online. How do we find elective courses that are transferable into your intended program? How do we find the equivalent courses at the college?

12. www.bctransferguide.ca The transfer guide works in two ways Sending (College)  Receiving (University) for determining electives choices

15. …using the transfer guide And Receiving  Sending for specific program requirements Use the University course name and number in the guide

17. Course Scheduling All done online You have control over your schedule Schedule your courses around practices and games and work Secure site  Login: http://www.douglas.bc.ca/application- services.html http://www.douglas.bc.ca/application- services.html Class search: https://banserv2.douglas.bc.ca/prod/bwysche d.p_search_fields https://banserv2.douglas.bc.ca/prod/bwysche d.p_search_fields

18. Pre-Requisites are listed in the Calendar

20. Assessment Tests… If you do not have the High School pre- requisite required to register for a course, you may be able to complete an assessment test English Math Typing See an Advisor to clarify if you need to complete assessment testing

21. Registration – completed online

23. Check your Registration Date and Time

26. Add/Drop Courses

27. General Information GPA Transfer to University

28. GPA Calculating your GPA A=4.0, B=3.0, C=2.0, D/P=1.0, F/UN=0 For (+) or (-) add or subtract.33 Douglas GPA Credits x Grade (numeric value) = Points 3 x B (3.0) = 9.0 5 x C- (1.67) = 8.35 3 x C+ (2.33) = 6.99 ----------------------------- Total Credits = 11 Total Points = 24.34 Divide total points by total credits for GPA 24.34/11 = 2.21 GPA

29. University GPA Universities may calculate your GPA differently from Douglas SFU – all credits counted, but only highest grade of repeated courses counted UBC – most recent 30 credits, including all repeats Universities will only use transferable courses for Admission GPA calculations Use the online GPA calculator available on the Academic Advising webpage

31. Transfer to University All University require specific requirements to transfer. These can be determined by the University calendar SFU – requires min 24 credits (30 for Busn) and W and Q requirements + appropriate GPA UBC – requires min 24 credits including 6 credits of ENGL Dates and deadlines – all Universities will have their own deadlines for application to their programs

32. Academic Advising There are 6 advisors at the college  4 at NW and 2 at DL  8000 students at Douglas College Ways to reach us  Booked appointments – 30 minutes in length (these can have a wait-time of 4-5 weeks during peak periods  Drop-in Advising – 10-15 minutes (Monday to Friday)  Phone Advising  Online Chat

33. Academic Advising Webpage

34. Questions?....