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Academic Planning/Making Your D-Plan
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Choose Your Major
- Initial decision is not binding
- Complete prerequisites early
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Points to keep in mind
- What is the GPA for honors in your major?
- What do you want to do for a culminating experience?
- Senior seminars? Departmental thesis?
- Senior fellowships?
Synchronize Your D-Plan With Your Major
- Consider non-major courses
- Distributives
- Interests (possibly NRO)
- Minor courses: accumulation of "interest courses"
- Devise what terms would be required to take these courses
Off-Campus Programs
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Which terms programs are offered
- Make sure no conflicts with major prerequisites
- Consider Fall term to avoid housing crunch
- Can major courses/distributives be fulfilled: include this in your plan.
Requirements
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Terms: 12 total
- First Year: 3 terms (F, W, S)
- Second and Third Years: Sophomore Summer (X) + 5 other
- Fourth Year: 3 terms (F, W, S)
- Credits: 35 total, including pre-matriculation/transfer, exchange
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Course load
- Typical course load = 3 courses per term
- Maximum of three 2-course terms
- Maximum of three 4-course terms; more means additional tuition cost
Helpful Hints
- Use all available resources: ORC, Prospectus, Elective Circular, departmental publications
- Spend time with the ORC; write courses of interest down and when they are offered
- Look for courses that fulfill multiple needs (e.g. major and distributives)
- Keep in touch with department about changes in requirements, offerings
- Map out your classes and distributives on a curriculum planning worksheet or make an Excel working spreadsheet
- Meet with advisers, professors, deans, and DOSC's for insight
- Keep major card updated with department and registrar
- Monitor Degree Audit
- Do not wait until the registration deadline approaches to choose courses
- PLAN AHEAD
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