Advising in the First Year

The Exploratory Advising team will work with students in a group setting to review relevant academic and campus information, as well as assist students with course registration. More information on Orientation can be found on the Orientation website.

In order to optimize your advising experience at Orientation, students should:

• Submit immunization paperwork to Student Health Services
• Send all official transcripts and test scores to Undergraduate Admissions, including any college coursework completed while in high school
• Learn about the math enrollment information
• Think about what major you are interested in and check out the four-year plan/curriculum map (Undergraduate Program List)
• Review the General Education Checklist to see what students commonly take in their first year
• Check Gulfline account for any holds and financial aid award information

Selecting the appropriate math course is based upon your ACT/SAT mathematics score and your intended major. The ACT/SAT math score determines a students default course placement into a specific math or statistics course: 

Course	Old SAT Math Score	Revised SAT Math Score	ACT Math Score
MAT 1033 (Intermediate Algebra) - Free Elective	480 or below	510 or below	20 or below
MAC 1105 (College Algebra) - General Education MGF 1106 (Finite Math) - General Education MGF 1107 (General Math) - General Education STA 2023 (Statistical Methods) - General Education	490 - 540	520 - 560	21 - 23
MAC 1147 (Precalculus) - General Education MAC 2233 (Elementary Calculus) - General Education	550 - 640	570 - 660	24 - 28
MAC 2311 (Calculus I) - General Education	650 or higher	670 or higher	29 or higher

Your academic advisor may recommend that you take the math placement test through the FGCU Testing Center as part of your initial enrollment process. More information will be sent to your FGCU Eagle Email account prior to Orientation.

Students that have completed college level mathematics coursework while in high school may be placed into a higher math course which will be reviewed with your advisor at Orientation.

Requirements for the first semester:

Initial Pre-Registration Meeting

Student will meet with their advisor during the first few weeks of the term to discuss how their semester has started and to reinforce the role of the academic counselor, address any issues of concern, and to look ahead to the pre-registration process for the next semester. This pre-registration meeting takes place once every semester. Students will be able to talk to their academic advisor about their academic progress, discuss possible course options for their second semester at the university, and review the online course registration process. 

Requirements for the second semester:

Secondary Pre-Registration Meeting

This pre-registration meeting typically takes place during a student's second term.  During this second pre-registration meeting academic advisors will focus on reinforcing academic milestones for degree progression (and the consequences for not meeting these requirements), sharing information about the resources and opportunities that the academic college has to offer, while looking ahead to the preregistration process for the next semester. Students will be required to meet with their academic advisor to talk about their academic progress, discuss possible course options for their third semester at the university, and to review the advising transition process.

Students will transition to College Advising once they have met the specific criteria based on their intended major. More information on the advising transition process is available here: Transition Process 

Getting to know the advising team

All incoming first-year students are required to complete FGCU's General Education Program as part of their degree requirements.  Students can use the General Education Checklist to easily view the courses that comprise the General Education Program and explore their options.

Click this document to view detailed registration instructions on how to register for courses through Schedule Planner and/or FGCU Course Search page. To watch how to register for classes click here. 

Academic Success:  Soaring in Your First Year:

Eagle View Orienation: Transfer - Undeclared Students

Eagle View Orientation: Transfer - Integrated Studies 

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