Milestones
Conditions, courses, or activities that must be completed at specific points in a degree.
What are milestones?
The overall GPA that may be required to declare a major.
What is a cumulative GPA requirement?
Courses that must be completed before declaring a major.
What are prerequisites?
The FSU resource students can use to explore undergraduate majors.
What is the Academic Program Guide?
FSU's academic advising and monitoring system provides students with an eight-semester plan for every undergraduate major.
What is Mapping?
True or False: You can have milestone requirements that involve more than simply completing a course.
True
True or False: GPA requirements can change by term.
True
True or False: Prerequisites are checked after you graduate.
False
Name one resource available through the "A to Z List".
Academic Map, Program Description, Department Page, Learning Compact, or Career Information
The main goal of Mapping is to help students stay on track for this.
What is timely graduation?
Milestones help students avoid getting this way in their degree progress.
What is off track?
Most open-access majors require at least this GPA.
What is a 2.0 GPA?
Why check prerequisites early?
So you can complete required courses before declaring.
You go to this resource to find out whether the majors require a minor.
What is Program Description?
This shows a sample schedule for each semester of a major.
What is an Academic Map?
A student says, "I'll worry about my milestones when I'm close to graduation." What is the problem with this strategy?
Milestones are designed to be met at specified points in the degree program, so waiting can put a student off track and potentially delay progress toward graduation.
Why shouldn't students assume a 2.0 GPA applies to every major?
Because requirements vary by program and can change by term.
Name two common prerequisites.
English Composition, College Algebra, Statistics
A student wants to explore a major, understand its requirements, and plan for graduation. What FSU resource brings this information together?
What is the Academic Program Guide?
How many semesters does a typical FSU undergraduate map cover?