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If a student is unsure about how their major will turn into a career, this office can help them narrow down a path.
Bonus +100: if you can name AND describe 2 other services that this office provides.
Career Center
Career fair, Resume help, Clothing closet, etc.
This school is housed within the College of Computing and Informatics, but is a collaboration between BCOB, CHHS, CHESS, and LCOE
What is the School of Data Science (SDS)?
A student holding an Associates degree may be exempt from these courses.
What are general education courses?
IN A PERFECT WORLD, Prior to coming to orientation, a student should have already completed these 3 steps..
What is paying for & reserving their NSO session, completing new student modules, and completing virtual advising and registration?
This event happens during the first week of classes and allows new and returning students to get involved with different activities and organizations.
What is Gold Rush?
The "Google" of campus
What is Niner Central?
This college is CURRENTLY the largest college at Charlotte.
Bonus +100: Name the top four majors in this college (no particular order)
College of Humanities and Earth and Social Sciences (CHESS)
No particular order: Psychology, Political Science, Criminal Justice, and Communication Studies
This math placement test is used among different colleges in order to determine a student's placement in math courses.
Bonus +100: Which college requires ALL incoming students to take this math placement test?
What is the ALEKS placement test?
Lee College of Engineering (LCOE)
A student can expect to pay this much for a standard annual parking pass.
What is $480?
This office allows each student to access a scorecard for each organization under its supervision.
What is the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life?
This protocol requires that a student wanting to get help for a friend in a substance use crisis will not be reprimanded if they reach out for help, provide their real name and stay with the person until help arrives
What is the help seeking protocol?
In this college, all incoming students are considered pre-majors
What is the Belk College of Business?
This is the amount of credit hours a student can withdraw from during their time at Charlotte.
What is 16 credit hours?
All first year students are automatically enrolled in this dining plan.
What is the daily plan/$300 DB?
A first year student can be involved in this program where they take two courses within their first year with a cohort of students within a similar area of interest. Students are assigned peer mentors and can get involved in extracurricular opportunities throughout their first year.
What is a learning community?
Scenario: A student claims they never learned how to study and they are scared about being overwhelmed by classes and their coursework. What resources and advice could you tell this student about?
University Center for Academic Excellence (PAL sessions, tutoring, workshops about how to study etc.), going to office hours, study groups, etc.
These are the 9 colleges at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
What is Cato College of Education (COED), College of Health and Human Services (CHHS), Lee College of Engineering (LCOE), College of Humanities and Earth and Social Sciences (CHESS), Klein College of Science (KCOS), College of Computing and Informatics (CCI), Belk College of Business (BCOB), College of Arts and Architecture (COAA), & University College (UCOL)
A student wishing to transfer credit from a different institution must have received this grade or higher.
What is a C?
Scenario: A student states they already have health insurance by an outside provider. How do you advise them so they do not have to pay for Student Blue?
Tell the student they must submit documentation of their insurance in order to waive the insurance fee. They can do so through the Student Blue portal when it opens in early July.
This is a platform where a student can apply for opportunities in jobs, internships, and representing different offices through serving as an ambassador.
What is Hire-A-Niner?
Scenario: A student who is referred to the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX can typically choose not to engage and choose how they would like the office to investigate the issue. In what THREE instances would a student not have that choice?
1. The accused is an employee
2. The accused is already known to the office for other misconduct
3. A weapon was used in the incident
This college oversees the operation of the Botanical Gardens.
Klein College of Science
The minimum GPA required to be eligible for financial aid.
What is a 2.0?
Describe the fixed tuition program.
The Fixed Tuition program provides eligible, in-state undergraduate students with the same tuition rate for a specific period of continuous enrollment. The fixed tuition program only includes tuition and not fees. Fees may be increased annually.
A student wants to move in a little early and get to know about Charlotte with other students while learning about the campus and other support services. This program would be great for them.
What is the Forty-Niner Intensive Transition (FIT) Program?