TRANSFER AND NEW STUDENT GROUP ADVISING

SPRING 2015

WHERE DO YOU FIND THE FORMS? Complete ELED Graduation Requirements Form according to

unofficial transcript on URSA

www.unco.edu/eled

--> Forms & Resources ELED Graduation Requirements Form

Update your four-year planIf you don’t have a four-year plan – please

make an appointment with an ELED advisorCheck URSA account for ‘Holds’ and

registration date‘Holds’ prohibit registration

TRANSFER CREDITSThese are listed by institution on your

unofficial transcriptAP/IB credits Contact the Registrar’s Office {351-

2231}

if credits are not listed

• A grade of ‘C’ or higher will transfer

• Transfer grades do not calculate into UNC GPA

UPDATE YOUR ELED CHECKLIST

Check the courses you have already completed according to your unofficial transcript

Check the courses you are currently enrolled in

REGISTRATION FOR COURSES WITH GPA PREREQUISITES

• Transfer students: GPA begins after 1st semester

• 2.75 cumulative GPA prerequisite: • EDF 370 EDSE 430

• EDEL 350 TESL 370

• PSY 347 ART 444

• 3.0 cumulative GPA is required for placement:

• Literacy Practicum – EDEL 445 & 446

• Student Teaching – EDEL 454 * Contact Vicky.stromberger@unco.edu if unable to register for classes due to GPA

requirement

Explain you are a new transfer student and would like a GPA override for registration of one (or more) of these classes

GRADE REPLACEMENTBEST WAY TO RAISE YOUR GPA

Complete form prior to semester’s drop deadline Form is available on Registrar’s website

Information www.unco.edu/registrar

Contact Financial Aid regarding guidelines

Grade Replacement does affect COF Stipend

WHERE ARE YOUR CLASSES LOCATED?

Carefully check the location of your classes

Classes at UNC list a building with a room numberDO NOT register for any class with:

LOWR, LOV or COSP location DIST = Extended Studies

{additional tuition cost}

IMPORTANT INFORMATION CRN #

You are encouraged to check out the CRN# for classes

Valuable information can be found by clicking on the CRN# for any class:

Location, days, times class meets on campus

Prerequisites

Method of instruction

Required fees, field experience hours, etc…

Notes specific to the course

Link to view the catalog entry for the course

COURSE INFORMATION

• Please click on the CRN number for specific course prerequisites and information

• Especially: FILM 120, GEOG 390

• ART Concentration – contact connie.stewart@unco.edu regarding classes

*PTEP program requires a ‘B’ or better in

ENG 122 OR ENG 123

SCIENCE COURSE INFORMATION

BIO 265 and SCI 265 and ESCI 265You must register for the Lecture (3-4

cr.)

~AND ~You must register for the Lab (0 cr.)

** Submit both CRN numbers at the same

time

ESL INFORMATION

TESL 101 {0 cr. } - required application to ESL Program Packet is available on Blackboard or Hispanic Studies Office –

Candelaria 0295

Take TESL 101 with MAS 100 or MAS 275 1 full year of college level foreign language required (Spanish

recommended) Take the Online Spanish Assessment http://www.unco.edu/hispstds/span_placement_exam.html

Additional Questions?

Contact elizabeth.franklin@unco.edu

READING MINOR

It is easy to add a reading minor with the following courses:

EDRD 314 (required for ISET major)

EDRD 319

EDRD 340 (2.75 cumulative GPA – or contact the professor)

EDRD 410 (option - language arts concentration; 2.75 cumulative GPA – or contact the professor)

EDRD 411 (prerequisite – grade of ‘B’ or higher in EDRD 410)

One of the following: COMM 223

COMM 350

If applicable please check with Financial Aid regarding funding for the addition of a minor

WHERE YOU CAN FIND PTEP INFORMATION

www.unco.edu/teach

Very important!

Required forms are available hereEDFE 110, 120, 130 Checkpoint forms

Check often--frequently updated!

EDFE 110PREREQUISITE FOR PTEP COURSES

Register after completion of 15 cr.

• 0 credit course with one mandatory meeting

• Print Checklist from www.unco.edu/teach website

• Complete requirements by due date

on website

EDEL 350 – EMERGENT LITERACY

Prerequisite for the Literacy Practicum (EDEL 445 & 446)

2.75 cumulative GPA required

Available Fall and Spring semesters only!

LITERACY PRACTICUM Literacy Practicum – typically the first semester of senior year

Weekly schedule:

Two days (MW or TR) on campus taking methods courses: EDEL 450 – social studies and math methods

EDEL 421 – mathematics practicum

SCED 475 – science methods

EDEL 445 – intermediate literacy methods

EDEL 446 – Literacy Practicum - two full days (opposite days-methods classes) in an elementary school with an elementary teacher (mentor)

INTERIM REGISTRATION

Registration for Interim 2014 begins

October 6thNo PIN required

If applicable please check with Financial Aid regarding funding

HOW TO GET YOUR PIN

Attend Group Advising

Peel off name label (alphabetical by last name)

Go to EDEL website www.unco.edu/edel News and Events EDEL Group Advising Survey

Use PASSCODE from name label

Take EDEL Group Advising survey

Submit

Write down PIN

Register on designated date (check on URSA)

DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE EDEL LIBRARY?

Please visit the EDEL Resource Library!McKee 227 (EDEL Office)

Useful, current texts on: Literacy, classroom management,

strategies, cognitive function, etc…PRAXIS II Review book

Easy check-outCome see what is available!

EDEL ADVISORS

Jaime Donahue◦351-1602◦jaime.donahue@unco.edu

Tom Jones351-4287Thomas.jones@unco.edu

If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.

Chinese Proverb

FINAL NOTES• You can make an individual

appointment after attending Group Advising if you have more questions or need to discuss issues privately

• No PIN numbers are given in individual appointments