2. Jennifer Joslin
Director, Office of Academic Advising

3. Cora Bennett
Director, Student Orientation Programs
orientation.uoregon.edu

4. Day 1
Preparing for advising & registration
•Advising workshops
•Placements (Math, Math 111
Readiness, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, German, and French)
Preparing for fall term
•Student/Faculty presentations and Q/A Panel
•Expectations for Student Conduct
•One-on-One advice from current students

5. Day 2
Special Meetings for Students
Placements
•Drop-in exams
•Math 111 Readiness Quiz
•Chinese & Japanese pt. II
Advising
Registration
Photo ID

6. Day 2 (continued)
Educational Sessions
•Fraternities and Sororities
•Financial Aid and Scholarships
•Student Health Center Open House
•Billing
•Computing
•Student Involvement
•Housing
•Study Abroad
•And more…

7. David Espinoza
Counseling and Testing Center
testing.uoregon.edu

8. Day 1 Placement 1:00-2:30 p.m.
Standard and Advanced Math Placement - 123 Pacific
Hall
Spanish, French, German - EMU Computer Lab
Chinese and Japanese - University Testing Center
D
MATH 111 Readiness Exam – 177 Lawrence Hall
• If a student needs to take the French, German or Spanish placement test and
one of the Math placement tests, the student should take the Math test first.
Once finished with the Math test the student can go to the EMU Computer Lab to
take a language placement test.
• If a student needs to take one of the Math placement tests and either the
Chinese or Japanese placement test, the student should take the language
test on Day 1 take the Math test on Day 2.

9. Day 2 Placement 8:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m.
Math, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese – Drop
in EMU Computer Lab
Day 2 Placement Math 111 Readiness Exam Options:
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. – 180 PLC
D
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. – EMU Computer Lab
1:30 – 4:30 p.m. – University Testing Center
Day 2 Placement Results:
8:00 - 10:30 a.m. – EMU Lobby (main floor)
10:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. – EMU Ballroom Lobby (upstairs)

10. Kari Geske
Assistant Registrar, Office of the Registrar
registrar.uoregon.edu

11. 2012 IntroDUCKtion & WOW Registration Schedule
Session Dates Registration Registration Student Notes
Begins Ends Type
1 June 22 June 22 July 2 FR Hawaii only
2 July 6 July 6 July 7 Transfer 2 days to reg
3 July 8-9 July 9 July 11 FR
4 July 12-13 July 13 July 15 FR CHC
5 July 15-16 July 16 July 18 FR CHC
6 July 19-20 July 20 July 22 FR CHC

12. 2012 IntroDUCKtion and WOW Registration Schedule
Session Dates Registration Registration Student Type Notes
Begins Ends
7 July 22-23 July 23 July 25 FR CHC
8 July 25 July 25 July 26 Transfer 2 days to
reg
9 July 26-27 July 27 July 29 FR
10 July 29-30 July 30 Aug 1 FR
11 August 2-3 Aug 3 Aug 5 FR
Week of Welcome (W.O.W.)
12 Sept 14-22 Sept 17 Open International W.O.W.
13 Sept 18-23 Sept 20 Open Domestic W.O.W.

13. Fall Registration Schedule
• Fall registration and waitlists begin
May 21
• At 3pm, registration closes to continuing students (UG & GR); students’ positions on
waitlists are saved and waitlists are suppressed. Waitlists are not available to students
July 3 attending IntroDUCKtion.
• At 8am, registration re-opens to all after IntroDUCKtion
Aug 6 • Waitlists are re-activated and continuing students first in line are notified of any open seats
• At 10am, registration closes to undergraduates not attending WOW; students’ positions on
waitlists are saved and waitlists are suppressed. Watilists are not available to students
Sept 17 attending Week of Welcome.
• At 8am, registration re-opens to UG after WOW
Sept 21 • Waitlists are re-activated and students first in line are notified of any open seats

14. IntroDUCKtion
Advising Summary

15. Helpful
Links

16. What you can do to expedite the registration
room experience
 Don’t spend time looking up CRNs – Advise by the
course – WR 121, MATH 111, etc. Let’s teach our new
students how to be self-sufficient using our course
schedule!
 Watch out for the red checkmarks in the schedule
indicating departmental or instructor approval
 Registration days (see handout):
 Freshmen have day 2 of the program + 2 more days
 Transfers have the day of the program + 1 more day
 After this, registration re-opens on August 6th for all
 and…please don’t spend time looking up CRNs

17. Course Schedule Tips
 Courses that have some or all seats reserved for FIGs
(Freshman Interest Groups) are designated in the class
schedule with note ‘U’
 Full courses:
 waitlists are unavailable to students (continuing and new)
from July 3 to August 6
 New students should add themselves to the waitlist for
courses they want on August 6
 View course description and pre-requisites by clicking on
the lecture CRN

18. Notes on the Class Schedule

19. View course description and pre-requisites

20. Final Notes
 Tuition and fees for 2012-2013
 AP (Advanced Placement) scores
 Duckweb advising access forms

21. Terrie Minner-Engle
Assistant Director, Office of Academic Advising
advising.uoregon.edu

23. Marjorie Taylor
Director of College Scholars Program
csch.uoregon.edu

24. College Scholars
Marjorie Taylor
Professor of Psychology
Director of College Scholars Program
The College Scholars Program is designed to
provide the types of experiences and opportunities
that will help high-achieving incoming students
develop their academic skills and learn about the
wide array of scholarly activities at the UO.

25. College Scholars
Freshman Colloquia: Students meet faculty and learn
about recent research and career paths
General Education courses: Small interactive courses
taught by top faculty
Mentoring: Advising events, Research assistantships,
internships, scholarships

26. Reacting-to-the-Past courses

27. College Scholars
Focus on the first two years; on ramp to
departmental honors programs
Flexibility means that most students will be able to
integrate the program with their course of study

28. Amy Hughes-Giard
Assistant Director, First-Year Programs
fyp.uoregon.edu

29. Why should students choose a FIG?
Large Lecture
Cohort of 25 students Academic & Social Transition
2 courses in general-education 1 faculty-led seminar
and/or major
Undergraduate FA
A complete fall term schedule = FIG + 2 courses

30. What are Freshman Seminars?
Exclusively for Freshmen
Dedicated faculty teaching topics of interest
Offered each quarter
Popular Fall 2012 Seminars
Buddhism Through Art
Che Guevara: From Marxist Guerilla to Pop Icon
From Gothic Script to Graphic Novel
Rewriting the Classics
Uncovering the Past of the Real “Wild West”

31. Daniel Rosenberg
Associate Dean, Clark Honors College
honors.uoregon.edu

32. Robert D. Clark Honors College
Planning Your First-Term Schedule
STEP 1
HC 199 – CHIP
Honors Science / Nano-Newton FIG?
STEP 2
CHC History and/or Literature
STEP 3
Second Language?
STEP 4
Mathematics or science?

33. Planning Your First-Term Schedule, cont’d
STEP 5
Course in your major,
or possible major
STEP 6
Elective?
STEP 7 List specific questions for your advisor.

34. Carla Bowers
University Teaching and Learning Center
tlc.uoregon.edu

37. Carla Bowers
Coordinator, PathwayOregon
pathwayoregon.uoregon.edu

38. Getting onto the Path…
Admissions Financial Aid
PathwayOregon
All students are…
• lower-income and Federal Pell Grant eligible
• Oregonians, who graduated from Oregon high schools
• first-time freshmen (400+ entering F12, more than 1500 total)
Approximately…
• 40% self-identify as first-generation college students
• 30% self-identify as students of color

39. Staying on the Path…
• The Promise of financial support
• The Program offering academic and personal support
• The Partnership for student success
Advising Considerations
Freshman year students are required to…
• take 12 credits per term (15-16 encouraged)
• complete one WR course
• begin a four-year graduation plan
• complete one general education group
• meet with an advisor once a term
Freshman year, students are encouraged to…
• begin math/foreign language coursework

40. Jeff Magoto
Director, Yamada Language Center
babel.uoregon.edu

41. Second Languages
@ UO
French Chinese Greek
Italian Japanese Latin
Portuguese Korean
Spanish
German Russian Biblical Hebrew
Danish Modern Standard
Finnish Swahili Arabic
Norwegian
Swedish

42. 2012 World Languages Academy
Persian/Farsi (1st) Hindi/Urdu(1st)
Modern Hebrew (2nd) (Yakama) Sahaptin (2nd)

43. 2012 Self Study Language Program
Modern Hebrew Lushootseed Thai
Turkish Chinook Wawa Vietnamese
Wolof Romanian

44. Claudia Holguín Mendoza
Coordinator, Spanish Heritage Language Program
spanish.uoregon.edu

45. Kevin Hatfield
Assistant Director for Academic Initiatives, Residence Life
Global Scholars Hall

46. Academic Residential
Programs in the GSH
 Language Immersive Programs
 Chinese Flagship Program
 Deutsch erleben!: German Immersion
 Japanese Global Scholars
 Vivir en español: Spanish Immersion
 Vivre en français: French Immersion
 Clark Honors College
 College Scholars

47. Language Programs in the
Global Scholars Hall
 Instructor approval courses open to
students living in the GSH;
 co-facilitated by the faculty, GTF and
undergraduate Language Assistants
 Chinese 199: Sp St Global Scholars 17655
 French 199: Sp St Global Scholars 17563
 German 199: Sp St Global Scholars 17565
 Japanese 199: Sp St Global Scholars 17656
 Spanish 199: Sp St Global Scholars 17564

48. Kim Rambo-Reinitz & Carla Bowers
All-Campus Advising Association
duckadvising.wordpress.com

49. Questions?