TRANSFER STUDENT ORIENTATION 2015 Office of Academic Advising
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TRANSFER STUDENT ORIENTATION 2015 Office of Academic
Advising
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Introduce and incorporate new students into their residential
colleges and to provide academic advising..every program in O- Week
should be organized with these goals in mind. 50% Academic Advising
Mission Statement of O-Week
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The mission of advising at Rice University is to promote an
unparalleled environment for undergraduates to explore
opportunities, identify goals, and implement plans to reach those
goals. Mission Statement of Academic Advising
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General Graduation Requirements Be registered at Rice full-time
for at least four full fall/spring semesters Complete at least 60
semester hours at Rice University Complete the requirements of at
least one major degree program Complete at least 120 hours (some
degree programs require more)
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Distribution Requirements Allows for breadth of knowledge, in
addition to the depth received through major coursework. Each
student is required to complete at least 12 semester hours of
designated distribution courses in each of Groups I, II, and III.
Group I: Humanities Group II: Social Sciences Group III: Natural
Sciences and Engineering
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Distribution Requirement Must include courses in at least 2
departments in that group Not all courses in a certain subject or
department will be distribution. Master lists available at
registrar.rice.edu.registrar.rice.edu Courses must be designated as
distribution at the time of course registration for that specific
semester. Transfer credits can count toward distribution, but only
if the Rice equivalent course is designated as distribution credit
in the term and year in which the Registrars office awards the
transfer credit. Group II: PSYC 101- 3 hours PSYC 202- 3 hours PSYC
203- 3 hours ANTH 201- 3 hours Some possible combinations: 9 in
PSYC ; 3 in ANTH 11 in SOCI; 1 in PSYC 6 in ECON; 6 in LING
RequirementExample
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Upper Level Requirements Upper-Level courses are those with a
course number of 300 or higher Complete at least 48 hours of all
degree work in upper-level courses Complete more than half of the
upper-level courses in degree work at Rice (at least 25 hours)
Complete more than half of the upper-level courses in their major
work at Rice Certain departments may require a larger percentage
History requires at least 18 hours at the 300 level or higher. x 18
= 9 At least 10 (> than 9) of these upper-level major hours must
be taken at Rice. RequirementExample
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Writing and Communication Requirement Satisfy the Composition
Requirement ALL new students must do ALL of the following: Take the
composition exam Students who fail the exam will have to complete
FWIS 100, Fundamentals of Academic Communication, before taking
their required FWIS course for graduation Successfully complete a
FWIS (First Year Writing Intensive Seminar), a 1-semester course
carrying 3 hours degree credit These courses will be capped at 15
students & carry distribution credit. FWIS Courses: CANNOT be
taken Pass/Fail & CANNOT be dropped after the second week.
Petitions for FWIS transfer credit must be submitted by the end of
O-Week. Details at pwc.rice.edu.pwc.rice.edu
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LPAP Requirement Satisfy the LPAP Requirement Students must
complete one 1-credit LPAP Course Students with disabilities may
make special arrangements to satisfy this requirement Athletes must
take an LPAP
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Adding and Dropping Courses Courses can be added during the
first two weeks of classes by using Esther. First-Year Students
(including new transfer students): In your first semester at Rice,
courses can be dropped until the last day of classes. In the Spring
semester of your first year at Rice, courses can be dropped though
the tenth week of classes. Mid-semester grades are reported in the
seventh week, allowing you time to consider dropping a class. For
continuing students, courses can be dropped through the seventh
week.
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Pass/Fail Rules You can designate a class as pass/fail up until
the end of the tenth week of classes. You may convert a pass/fail
to a letter grade up until the end of the second week of the
following semester. You cannot take more than one pass/fail course
in a semester. You are permitted to take one pass/fail course for
each full- year of residence, up to a maximum of 4. You may not
take more than a total of 14 semester hours as pass/fail. You
cannot take a course pass/fail that is required for your major (or
minor). General InformationRestrictions
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Transfer Credit Rice University Transfer Credit Policy Full
policy is stated in the General AnnouncementsGeneral Announcements
Courses taken at another college or university that are appropriate
to the Rice curriculum may be approved for transfer credit. Course
must be taken at a regionally-accredited institution Student must
have earned a grade of at least a C-
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Forms of Transfer Credit Evaluation by the Office of the
Registrar in conjunction with the faculty, transfer credit is
awarded either as TRAN or Rice Equivalent credit TRAN TRAN 100 or
300 hours count toward general hours required for graduation TRAN
300 hours count toward the upper-level hours required for
graduation Rice Equivalent Credit Satisfies the same university,
major or distribution requirements as if the course was taken at
Rice Usually requires approval of departmental Transfer Credit
Advisor
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Obtaining Rice Equivalent Credit Reasons to obtain Rice
Equivalent Credit Major Distribution LPAP FWIS Must petition before
the end of O-Week Procedure Complete Undergraduate Request for
Transfer Credit form Obtain signature of departmental Transfer
Credit Advisor Return completed form to Registrar
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AP and IB credit Rice awards transfer credits for AP and IB
examinations for students who have met the following criteria: AP
Student received a score of 4 or 5 Scores must be sent directly to
Rice from the College Board IB Student completed and was awarded IB
Diploma Student obtained a score of 6 or 7 on higher level exams
Student must have official IB score report to be sent to Rice Lists
of credit awarded at registrar.rice.edu.registrar.rice.edu
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BluntChristopher R. Jones Assistant Director of Academic
AdvisingTransfer Credit Specialist
[email protected]@rice.edu
713-348-2937713-348-8045 2015 Transfer Student Orientation Monday,
August 17 1:00 p.m. Farnsworth Pavilion in Ley Student Center