1. Welcome to Summer Springboard @ JMU
Nancy Harris – Freshman Advisor for Computer Science
Contact information is on the bookmark.

2. Purpose of Freshman Advising
Help with transition from high school to college
Serve as your main resource while teaching you to be independent & responsible
Teach you how to navigate through academic policies and procedures
Help you develop realistic academic goals

3. It is your responsibility as a JMU student to…
Know & fulfill the degree, major & general education requirements
Choose a major and career path
Use ecampus for academic planning and resources
Contact your advisor
Serves as your main resource for academic questions
You will have several advisors during your JMU career…
~ Now until Feb 2011 – Freshman Advisor ~ Feb 2011 or when you declare – Major Advisor ~ Pre-Professional, Minor, or Second Major Advisor if applicable

4. Meet Your Catalog!
Organization of catalog—academic policies, colleges, majors, etc.
Degrees and majors
AP/IB scores
Information on majors
Course descriptions, specifically Gen Ed

5. Catalog Scavenger Hunt

6. What is a Credit Hour?
One credit hour represents one 50-minute class period each week for lectures
Most classes are 3-credit hours MWF – 50 min. classes T TH – 1hr 15min classes
MW – 1hr 15min classes
Labs are 1-credit hour and meet for one to three hours
Some classes are 4-credit hours because they have a lab or discussion group that is a required part of the course
Most students take credit hours each semester which equates to 4 or 5 classes 6

7. Sample Catalog Course Description - prerequisite and corequisite
GSCI 101. Physics, Chemistry and the Human Experience (3, 0). 3 credits.
A survey of the fundamental concepts, principles and ideas of chemistry and physics. Particular emphasis is placed on understanding the development of the principles and their application in understanding the world around us. Prerequisite or corequisite: One of the following: MATH 103, MATH 107, MATH 205, MATH 220, MATH 231 or MATH 235.
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8. James Madison University Graduation Requirements
A Minimum of 120 Credit Hours is Required to Graduate
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9. Baccalaureate Degrees at JMU
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Credit Hours
·        General Education courses 41
·        Foreign language courses 0-14
(intermediate level required)
·        Philosophy course 3
(in addition to General Education courses)
·        Major concentration courses 62-76
and electives Total credits
Bachelor of Music (B.M.) Credit Hours
·        General Education courses 41
·        Core music program courses 27
·        Major concentration courses
and electives
Total credits
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Credit Hours
·        General Education courses
·        Quantitative requirement 3
(in addition to General Education courses)
·        Scientific Literacy requirement
(in addition to General Education courses)
·        Major concentration courses
and electives
Total credits
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.)
Credit Hours
·        General Education courses 41
·        B.B.A. core courses 44-45
·        Major courses
·        Electives
Total credits
Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) Credit Hours
·        General Education courses 41
·        Core program – art courses 24
·        Art emphasis courses 54
·        Electives 1
Total credits
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.)
Credit Hours
·        General Education courses
·        Nursing courses
·        Other supportive courses
·        Electives
Total credits
Bachelor of Individualized Study (B.I.S.)
Credit Hours
·        General Education courses 41
·        Major concentration courses 30
·        Electives
Total credits
Bachelor of Social Work (B.S.W.)
Credit Hours
·        General Education courses 41
·        Core program – social work courses 42
·        Social work electives
·        Electives
Total credits 9

10. AP/Grade/Classification
AP scores provide you with course equivalent credits depending on your score.
These credits can contribute to your overall credit hours and do help to advance you to sophomore status and beyond.
Be aware that the grading systems used here vary by professor and course.
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11. Major Information
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12. Major information Mission and goals of the major
Progression/Admission standards if applicable
University Advising website: James Madison University - Major Snapshots
Career Guide to JMU Majors
IS 202 Career & Life Planning course

13. CS Mission Statement
“To help persons discover whether they have ability and interest in computing, and to empower those who do to extend the application of computers to the problems of society.”

14. Your Program: First Year
First Semester
Second Semester
CS 110
CS239 – Java
CS Java
CS227 – Discrete Math
Cluster 1
Calculus I
Cluster 1 or gen ed
Gen-ed
Gen-ed (opt)
CS 139 and 239 taught with lecture/lab components – per section max.

15. Progression Standards
CS 139 C or better to advance to CS 239
CS 239 C or better to advance to CS 240, CS 350
You may repeat either of these classes if you don’t achieve the C on the first attempt

16. Second Through Fourth Years
First Semester
Second Semester
Sophomore
CS 240 – Data Structures
CS350 – Computer Org.
CS 228 – Discrete II
CS345 – Software Eng.
Calculus II
Statistics
Technical Writing
Junior
CS430 – Programming Languages
CS460 – Networking
CS450 – Operating Systems
CS474 – Database
Senior
CS Elective
The remaining years are flexible depending on what you want to accomplish in your 4-years here.

17. A word about Math Placement
0 - 22
Math 155 -
Calculus
Discrete
Statistics
Math231->Math232->
CS/Math227 ->CS/Math228
Math 220 OR
Math236
Math235->Math236
Math 318
Math placement shows your preparation for the required
math classes in the program. Any score will enable you to
reach the upper level math courses if you wish to pursue
a math minor.

18. Enrolling

19. Reading the Schedule Course number and name Credit hours When Where
GCOM FUND HUMAN COMM: GROUP PRES
Status
Reason
Units
Grading
Grade
Deadlines
Repeat Code
Enrolled 3
Graded
Class Nbr
Section
Component
Days & Times
Location
Instructor
Start/End Date
13315 41
Lecture
TuTh 6:30PM - 7:45PM
Harrison Hall 2102
Sarah Smitherman
8/27/ /14/2007
When
Where
Dates

20. Fill in the classe in the meeting time slots.
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
DAILY PLANNER
3:35
4:40
8:00
9:05
10:10
11:15
12:20
1:25
2:30
9:30
11:00
12:30
2:00
3:30
5:00
The “Clock” Sheet
Fill in the classe in the meeting time slots.
Indicate the building.
CS 139
ISAT/CS
CS 139
ISAT/CS
CS 139
ISAT/CS
CS 139
ISAT/CS
Math 155
Roop
Math 155
Roop
Math 155
Roop
GGEOG 200
HHS
GGEOG 200
HHS
CS 110
HHS
GPHIL 120
Miller
GPHIL 120
Miller 20

21. Helpful Classes to Consider
IS 202 – Career & Life Planning
A 1-credit block course (8 weeks long) for freshmen
Designed to help students choose or change a major and/or career path
Topics include career resources, self-awareness, decision-making, & life planning
IS 202 will be offered in the 2nd and 3rd blocks 
EXED 401 – Strategic Learning
3 credit semester course offered in fall and spring
Discover more about how you learn and also receive explicit instruction in various learning strategies
Need permission of instructor to enroll – Rory Lazowski (lazowsra)
Meets T/Th 9:30 – 10:45 in Roop Hall G026
Talk this option over with your advisor if interested
(Enroll in five classes & advisor will for permission to take)

22. Individual Meetings I will assign individual appointment times
As I meet with my 2:45 student, my 3:10 student should wait right outside the office and each successive appointment should come about 15 minutes early.

23. Individual Meetings While you are waiting:
Look up general education classes of interest in catalog
Fill in your daily planner (clock sheet) with current schedule of pre-registered classes
Go to the Help Room in nTelos Room 259 in ISAT/CS Building to work with the OPAs in completing your registration worksheet
If you do not arrive in time for your appointment, I will not be able to meet with you, and you will not be able to complete your schedule today
Start reading the Preface articles to get a jump start on your assignment.

24. Disabilities or other needed help services
Students with disabilities who will be requesting accommodations:
Please make sure you contact the Office of Disability Services and register for their services.
( ; Wilson 107)
When you meet with me in your individual session, you can discuss your special needs.
Let me know if you plan to walk-on for a sport or have other activities with specific time commitments.

26. What happens next? Be sure to check your JMU EMAIL on a regular basis
Use the Catalog, the University Advising website, the online Career Guide to JMU majors, and department websites to research your major or various majors
Beginning July 26 at 9:00am (EDT), you will be able to log onto
e-campus to SWAP class sections (times and days), NOT COURSES. Make sure you pay attention to the Can I Get There on Time chart?
Changing classes can be done after your August 26th advising session and will require your advisor’s approval
Second major declarations or minor declarations can occur after classes start in the fall—you will need to complete a form and obtain departmental signatures

27. Holds and To Do List
You will see a hold on your record after your registration session today.
This hold will prevent you from making changes to your schedule (except swapping sections starting July 26) without your advisor’s approval.
You may still view and print your schedules, view your test scores, and do any other activity in e-campus.
Note: Please take care of any other holds or To Do List items you have, such as for your health record or making sure that your final high school transcript is sent to JMU, by the time you get back to campus.

28. Your first assignment @JMU
Read the text assigned, The DNA Age.
Access it here:
Be ready to discuss with a JMU Faculty
This is your first chance to make a great impression.
Practice discussing it with your class on the Preface blog ( Win an iPad!
Attend events that are related to the reading – specifically First Year Convocation. It won’t make sense if you haven’t prepared. Don’t miss out!
First Year Professors may use the text in class, so, you might see it again!

29. General Education Questions?

30. Note about limited availability
Cluster 2 – Visual and Performing Arts
Cluster 2 – Literature – few if any seats
Cluster 3 – Group 2 –Physical Science
If you want a particular course in a group, only put down that class. If you have several choices, please put down all that pertain.

31. Tasks now
Fill in clock sheet for M/T only. If you are ROTC do fill in your MSCI or AIRS courses. If you have a one day a week class, also be sure to put that down.
Fill in the Gen Ed worksheet with all courses you would be interested in taking. Write GWRTC at the top if you need writing.

32. Cluster One: Skills for the 21st Century (9 Credit Hours)
Cluster One: Skills for the 21st Century (9 Credit Hours and Information Literacy Requirement)
Information Literacy Requirement (two tests):
_____ Technology Competency Test (Tech Level I) ….. deadline: 11/19/10
_____ Information Seeking Skills Test (ISST) …..deadline: 4/22/11
Cluster One: (3 courses). All students complete cluster one their first year. All Cluster One choices are designed for students in any major. Students may use AP credit, IB Higher Level credit, or transfer credit for GWRTC 103, Critical Reading and Writing, which meet the writing requirement for Cluster One.
Complete one course from each of the three areas below (courses may be taken in any order):
_____ Critical Thinking (C1CT**) Choose one of the following:
__GBUS Business Decision Making in a Modern Society
__GHIST 150 Critical Issues in Recent Global History
__GISAT 160 Problem Solving Approaches in Science & Technology
__GMAD 150 Mediated Communication: Issues and Skills
__GPHIL 120 Critical Thinking
__GPHIL 150 Ethical Reasoning
_____ Human Communication (C1HC**) Choose one of the following
__GCOM 121 Human Communication: Principles and Practices
__ GCOM 122 Human Communication: Individual Presentations
__ GCOM 123 Human Communication: Group Presentations
_____ Writing (C1W**)
__ GWRTC 103 Critical Reading and Writing
**denotes GenEd Search Code in e-campus

33. Cluster Two: Arts and Humanities (9 Credit Hours)
_____ Human Questions and Contexts (C2HQC**)
Choose one of the following:
__ GAMST Introduction to American Studies
__ GANTH Buried Treasure and Lost Tribes
__ GHIST World History to 1500
__ GHIST World History Since 1500
__ GHUM God, Meaning, and Morality
__ GHUM Foundations of Western Culture (options include: Greek, Renaissance)
__ GHUM Modern Perspectives (options include: Enlightenment, Romanticism, Human Rights)
__ GHUM Cross-Cultural Perspectives
(options include: East Asian, West African, Latin American, Islamic)
__ GPHIL Introduction to Philosophy
__ GREL Religions of the World
_____ Visual and Performing Arts (C2VPA**)
__ GART Art in General Culture
__ GARTH Survey of World Art I: Prehistoric to Renaissance
__ GARTH Survey of World Art II: Renaissance to Modern
__ GMUS Music in General Culture
__ GMUS Music in America
__ GMUS Introduction to Global Music
__ GTHEA Introduction to Theatre
_____ Literature (C2L**)
__ GENG Survey of English Literature: From Beowulf to the 18th Century
__ GENG Survey of English Literature: 18th Century to Modern
__ GENG Studies in World Literature
__ GENG Survey of American Literature: From the Beginning to the Civil War
__ GENG Survey of American Literature: From the Civil War to the Modern Period
__ GENG Survey of African-American Literature
__ GHUM Great Works (Topics vary by course section)
Many courses offered through Study Abroad programs fulfill General Education requirements. Students planning to go abroad should consult or Associate Dean, Dr. Margaret Mulrooney for current information.

34. Cluster Three: The Natural World (10 Credit Hours) Track I and Track II
Complete one course in each of three groups below and the lab requirement.
Courses and groups may be taken in any order, except:
Courses denoted by an asterisk (*), which require a Group 1 (mathematics) and/or
Group 2 (science) prerequisite or corequisite
• (See Undergraduate Catalog course descriptions for specific requirements)
Group 1 (C3T1G1**)
Choose one of the following:
__ GISAT Analytic Methods I: Topics in Applied Calculus for ISAT
__ GISAT Analytic Methods III: Topics in Statistics for ISAT
__ MATH The Nature of Mathematics
__ MATH Introductory Calculus I
__ MATH Elementary Statistics
__ MATH Calculus with Functions I
__ MATH Calculus I
Group 2
__ CHEM Concepts of Chemistry (restricted to specific majors/programs)
__ CHEM General Chemistry I (CHEM 131L required lab corequisite) (restricted to specific
majors/programs) [Sec. 101—dept. consent required]
__ GISAT Environmental Issues in Science and Technology (includes lab)
__ GSCI 101* Physics, Chemistry and the Human Experience
__ GSCI The Physical Nature of Light and Sound (includes lab)
__ PHYS College Physics I (PHYS 140L required lab corequisite)
__ PHYS 215* Energy and the Environment
__ PHYS 240* University Physics I (PHYS 140L required lab corequisite) [Sec.4-PHYS & Sec.5-ENGR]

35. Cluster Three: The Natural World (10 Credit Hours) Track I, continued
Group 3 (C3T1G3**)
Choose one of the following:
__ ASTR The Solar System
__ ASTR Stars, Galaxies and Cosmology (offered spring semester only)
__ BIO Organisms (includes lab) (during fall, open to BIO & BIOTECH majors only)
__ BIO 270* Human Physiology (includes lab) (restricted to specific majors)
__ GANTH Biological Anthropology
__ GBIO Contemporary Biology
__ GEOL Physical Geology (includes lab)
__ GEOL Evolutionary Systems (includes lab)
__ GEOL 210* Applied Physical Geology (stronger math & science background)
__ GEOL Introduction to Oceanography
__ GGEOL Environment: Earth
__ GGEOL Earth Systems and Climate Change
__ GISAT Issues in Science and Technology: Living Systems
__ GPSYC The Science of Vision and Audition (offered spring semester only)
_____________________________________________________________________________
_ Lab Requirement: Choose one of the following: ___Group 2 course that includes a lab or
___Group 3 course that includes a lab or ___GSCI 104* Scientific Perspectives

36. Cluster Three: The Natural World (10 Credit Hours) Track II
Track II: (C3T2**) (This track serves IdLS majors.)
Complete all of the following:
__ MATH Fundamentals of Mathematics I (MATH 107 must be taken prior to GSCI
163.)
Courses do not have to be taken in sequence but corequisite pairs have to be taken together:
__ GSCI Science Processes (GSCI 162 is the corequisite & is a block course)
__ GSCI The Science of the Planets (GSCI 161 is a corequisite & is a block course)
__ GSCI The Matter of Matter (GSCI 164 is a corequisite & a block course)
__ GSCI Physical Science: Learning Through Teaching (GSCI 163 is a corequisite &
a block course)
__ GSCI The Way Life Works (GSCI 166 is a corequisite but not a GenEd course)

37. Cluster Four: Social and Cultural Processes (7 Credit Hours)
Students must take one course from both the American Experience and the Global Experience sections of Cluster Four. *Students who enroll in both GPOSC 225 and GPOSC 200 may only count one of these courses for General Education credit.
_____ The American Experience (C4AE**) (4 credit hours)
Choose one of the following:
__ GHIST 225 U.S. History
__ GJUST 225 Justice and American Society
__ GPOSC 225* U.S. Government
_____ The Global Experience (C4GE**) (3 credit hours)
__ GAFST Introduction to Africana Studies
__ GANTH Cultural Anthropology
__ GECON Macroeconomics
__ GGEOG Geography: the Global Dimension
__ GPOSC 200* Global Politics
__ GSOCI Social Issues in a Global Context

38. Cluster Five: Individuals in the Human Community (6 Credit Hours)
Complete one course in each of the two areas below (courses may be taken in any order)
____ Wellness Domain: (C5W**) Choose one of the following:
__ GHTH 100 Personal Wellness
__ GKIN Lifetime Fitness and Wellness
(options include swim conditioning, cardio/strength, yoga, boot camp, others)
_____ Socio-cultural Domain: (C5SD**) Choose one of the following:
__ GPSYC 101 General Psychology
__ GPSYC 160 Life Span Human Development
__ GSOCI 140 Microsociology: The Individual in Society

39. ECAMPUS TUTORIAL ecampus tutorial
The following tutorial explains how you will register for classes when we meet individually:
ecampus tutorial