How to Frustrate Your Professor
These are incessently annoying when ringing OR vibrating. It is best to turn them off or silent during class.
This person is your BFF on campus and is your go-to person for solving problems.
Who is your academic advisor?
This format is sometimes referred to as "the sage on the stage" or the "sit and get" format.
What is lecture?
This will be put on your account once a semester until you speak with your advisor.
What is an advisor hold?
Schedules/Calendars, Daily Planning, To Do Lists, Weekly Calendar, and Monthly Calendars
What are Organizational & Time Management Tools?
Instead of using your laptop in class to take notes, you use it to do this instead.
What is using Facebook, surfing the web, ordering pizza, watching YouTube videos, etc. ? (this also makes other students around you very angry!)
This is a computerized system that every students has. It allows you to register for classes, adjust your schedule, view course information, pay your tuition bill online, view personal and academic information such as grades, degree audit, transcripts, and financial aid.
What is Vandal Web?
Courses, test scores, and/or grade level that must be completed before taking a specific course.
What are prerequisites?
True or False: You should only meet with your adviser before registration.
What is False? You should build a relationship with your adviser and get their opinions often.
You Should study ____hours for every hour you will spend in class
What is 2-3?
A great way to distract your fellow classmates and annoy your professor.
What is holding a private conversation during class?
Online course software that some professors use to deliver supplemental course materials and/or quizzes or tests. It is also used when you take an online class.
What is BB Learn?
A copy of your official record of grades and courses from time of entrance to the end of the latest semester
What is a transcript?
The last chance for a student to drop a class in their first semester.
What is the Withdrawal date?
Set small goals for yourself. Once small goals are achieved, think about setting larger goals is a way to....
What is overcoming procrastination?
Ask for extra credit or ways to improve your grade.
What is what not to do after final grades are posted?
A specific accounting of your degree requirements - including courses completed, courses in-progress, and courses yet to take for your degree program.
What is Degree Audit?
This "give-and-take" format relies heavily on student participation.
What is discussion?
True or False: Once a student declares a major, he or she must complete that major.
What is False? You can totally change your major anytime.
A time when the professor is available to meet outside of class for extra assistance?
What are office hours?
The dog ate my homework, the computer deleted it, it must have gotten lost in my email, I stayed up too late last night drinking and didn't get to it, my roommate was being too loud, etc.
What is repeatedly making excuses for missing assingments/papers? (ie. the best way to show you're teacher that you're unreliable).
This is a document that lists a course's objectives and requirements, along with the subjects of lectures, reading assignments, due dates and exam schedules. Each instructor distributes this at the beginning of the semester.
What is a Syllabus?
All students must complete these prior to graduation in addition to their major requirements.
What are general education (Gen. Ed.) requirements?
Where is the CLASS student services team (aka your academic advisor) located?
What is the Administration Building advising suite (rooms 113-119)?
List the SQ4R steps
What is Survey, Question, Read, Record, Recite, and Review?