Welcome to the Academic

Advising & Registration Session!

While you wait for the

session to begin, please

complete the purple

“Advisee Information Sheet”

Thomas Harriot College of Arts & Sciences

African & African-American Studies

Economics

English

History

Political Science

Psychology

Security Studies

Rhonda (LeAnn) Pacheco

DirectorJohn Trifilo

Academic Advisor

Peggy Newsome

Academic Advisor

Sherri Kozup

Administrative Assistant

THCAS Academic Advising & Resource Center Staff

2008 Bate Building

252.737.4454

www.ecu.edu/cas/aarc

Courtney Rosemond

Academic Advisor

Alex Dennis

Academic AdvisorMaggie Sheridan

Academic Advisor

Morgan Boyd

Student Assistant

www.ecu.edu/cas/aarc

Advisee Information Sheet• What is your Intended Major?

• List BA or BS (if known)

• Double major—put a 1 beside of primary major

• AP credit • ECU will not receive AP scores until mid-July.

• List test and score (if known)—Advisor will follow up with you at the end of July

• College Credit (Dual Enrollment or Early College)• Have official transcript sent from community college/university (NOT high school if dual

enrolled)

• Pre-Professional Program (www.ecu.edu/PPAC) • Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Physician’s Assistant, Occupational Therapy, Physical

Therapy, Law, etc.

• List your intention and advisor will follow up with you at the end of July

Academic Advising Responsibilities

Student• Know who your advisor is and how to contact

him/her & communicate with your advisor as

needed

• Check ECU e-mail on a regular basis

• Be clear in your e-mail, providing all needed

information (including Banner ID)

• Be professional! Address professors as Dr. or

Professor and all other professionals as Mr.

Mrs. or Ms.

• Be familiar with the undergraduate catalog,

major requirements, ECU website, etc.

• Come prepared to advising sessions

• Make appointments and keep them

• Take responsibility of your academic progress

Academic Advisor• Discuss major requirements and assist

in course selection

• Provide accurate and timely

information

• Discuss academic goals and ways to

meet them

• Make referrals when necessary

• Be knowledgeable of campus

policies/procedures

www.ecu.edu/PIER

PIER Pirate Introduction to ECU registration

• How many hours to be considered a. . . Sophomore?

• Sophomore = 30

• Junior = 60

• Senior = 90

• As a freshman, you should only take what level courses?

• 0000/1000/2000 level

• Full time is how many hours?

• 12-18 How much/little you take, is up to you

• The typical course load per semester is how many hours?

• 15-16 hours

• You have a chance to work on your schedule today BUT you will have all

summer to finalize it (just make sure to be FULL TIME for now)!

Schedule Basics

English FC: EN6 hours (ENGL 1100 to be taken during 1st year and ENGL 2201 to be taken during 2nd year)

Natural Sciences FC:SC8 hours (and at least 1 of them must contain a LAB)

Math FC:MA3 hours

Health 1000 FC:HL 2 hours

KINE 1000 or 1001 FC:KN 1 or 2 hours

Humanities FC:HU and Fine Arts FC:FA 10 hours total (at least 1 Humanity and 1 Fine Art)

Examples of HUMANITIESEnglish literature, Classical literature, Foreign literature, Religion, Philosophy, some Women’s Studies and Ethnic Studies

Examples of FINE ARTSArt, Theater, Music, Dance, Creative Writing, Public Speaking

Social Sciences FC:SO12 hours (with at least 1 course from 3 different disciplines)

Examples of SOCIAL SCIENCESAnthropology, Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, some Women’s Studies &some Ethnic

Studies

Total: 42 hours (Your MAJOR can NOT count towards your FC requirement)

Foundations Curriculum

Math Placement Economics recommends MATH 1066 for your first semester.

African & African American Studies, English, History, Political Science,

Psychology & Security Studies do NOT need to take MATH 1065. Your major will

accept MATH 1050 (Explorations of Math).

In order to take MATH 1065 or 1066 (College Algebra)

• Minimum MATH SAT score of 540 or higher

• Minimum MATH ACT score of 20 or higher

• Accuplacer Placement test score of 70 or above (Score of 0-69 means student

must take remedial math)

• MATH 0001 is for out of state students

• MATH 0045 is for NC residents

To Check Placement Scores

Log in to Pirate Port

Select “Banner Self Service”

Select the “Student” Tab

Click “DegreeWorks”

Scores are listed in the top block

BA degrees which require foreign language

African & African American Studies

English

History

Psychology

Foreign Language Placement

Your choice of BA/BS Option

Economics

Political Science

Security Studies

*BS degrees typically do not

require foreign language

ECU Offers the following languages:

French German Greek Japanese Latin Russian

*Spanish (placement test is required for Spanish)

To take online placement test in Spanish, French, or German visit www.ecu.edu/foreign

To Check Placement Scores

Log in to Pirate Port

Select “Banner Self Service”

Select the “Student” Tab

Click “DegreeWorks”

Scores are listed in the top block

www.ecu.edu/foreign

• African & African American Studies - AAAS 1000 (recommended MATH 1050 and start foreign language and other FC courses)

• English - ENGL 1100 (recommended MATH 1050 and start foreign

language and other FC courses)

• Economics - ECON 2113; MATH 1066 (recommended that

you start foreign language if you are pursuing the BA and other FC courses)

• History – HIST 1030, 1031, 1050 or 1051 (recommended

MATH 1050 and start foreign language and other FC courses)

Major Priority Courses

• Political Science – POLS 1010 & 2020 (recommended

MATH 1050 and start foreign language if you are pursuing the BA and other FC courses)

• Psychology –PSYC 1000 (recommended MATH 1050 and start

foreign language and other FC courses)

• Security Studies – SECS 1000 & JUST 1000 (recommended MATH 1050 and start foreign language if you are pursuing the BA and

other FC courses)

Major Priority Courses

For the Thomas Harriot College of Arts & Sciences, in order to graduate you must

earn a 2.00 cumulative GPA and you must earn a 2.00 in your MAJOR courses.

• STARFISH Early Alert and connection tool used by ECU to support student

academic success

• Pirate Academic Success Center Provides free tutoring on a variety of

1000/2000 level subjects. Located in 2300 Old Cafeteria Complex

• Course Withdrawals First-Year students receive a limited amount (16 hours) of

course withdrawals that must be used within a certain time frame (During first 60% of

semester.) Last day to withdraw from a course in the fall is Oct 31, 2016

• Holds (admissions, cashier’s, judicial, student rights & responsibility, parking, library,

etc.) will prevent you from registering each semester. Check holds in Banner Self Service

• Grade Replacements First-Year students receive a limited number (4) of grade

replacements while at the university. Talk with your advisor immediately about your

options if you make a C- or lower in a course while at ECU.

Good Academic Standing 2.00 GPA

Important Dates to Remember

• August Schedules dropped for non-payment

• August 22 Classes begin

• August 26 before 5 PM Last day for registration and schedule changes

• September 2 Schedules dropped for non payment

• October 31 before 5 PM Last day to withdraw from a course(s)

• October 31-November 4 Spring 2017 Registration

FERPA & Communication

STUDENTS

• Communicate with advisors, professors, and parents regarding your academics.

• Check your ECU e-mail account daily (2-3 times a week throughout summer)

• You are responsible for your own academic success.

PARENTS

• Communication should be between parent and student (not through professor, advisor)

• Buckley/FERPA form on Pirate Port (student can log on to

give you access to communicate with various parts of university—financial, academic, judicial etc. This is valid for one year.)

The objective of COAD 1000 is to assist new students in being

successful in their first year of college and beyond. Topics

covered in this course include understanding the transition

from high school to college, student development and

motivation, goal-setting, learning styles, memory development,

listening skills, note-taking skills, study skills, test-taking skills,

communication, critical-thinking skills, ECU academic rules

and regulations, and career development issues.

If you would like to take this course, please let us know when we visit the computer lab in a few

minutes.

COAD 1000: First Year Seminar

Final Steps & Registration• Turn in the “Advisee Information” sheets so we can assign you an

advisor.

• If your schedule says “Looks Great!” then you are free to

leave.

• If you need to make changes to your schedule OR you didn’t

receive a printed copy of your schedule, then you will need to

follow our student worker to the computer lab in BATE 2009.

• Your registration pin is: 082216 (changes every semester)

• Parents go straight to Joyner Library, where your student will meet

you once they are done in the computer lab.

• Don’t forget to pick up your OneCard at Joyner when you are

finished in the computer lab!