Advising Strategies for First-Year Students in the College of Charleston Honors College

1. Welcome to the Honors College
Class of 2018

2. What does the Honors College do?
• Modeled on New England-style liberal arts
and sciences colleges
• Students take challenging classes across
the curriculum
• Most are headed to post-graduate work
• Students are deeply engaged in a broader
scholarly community

3. Advising versus Mentoring
• We will work to make sure you know what
classes are right for you
• More importantly, we want to help you
formulate your long-term goals
• We will then develop a comprehensive
plan for professional development

4. The Honors College First Year Experience
• HONS 100: Beyond George Street (1 cr)
• HONS 110: Academic Writing (4 cr)
• Additional Honors Course (3-4 cr)
– Examples:
• HONS 151/151L: Honors Biology I & Lab (4 cr)
• HONS 163: Honors Intro to Psychology (3 cr)
• HONS 175: Honors Approaches to Religion (3 cr)

5. Honors Requirements
• Composition: HONS 110
• Math: Calculus & 200-level
math course
• Western Civilization: HONS
121/121 & HONS 131/132
• 1 Interdisciplinary class & 2
honors electives
• Research Component:
Independent Study and
Bachelor’s Essay
Campus requirements met
• Composition: ENGL 110
• General Education Math (6
credits)
• History (6 credits) & general
education humanities (6 cr.)
• General education science,
humanities, social science
• Major or minor requirements

6. OurStaff
• Dr. Trisha Folds-Bennett, Dean
• Dr. Beth Meyer-Bernstein, Associate Dean
• Dr. Bryan Ganaway,
Faculty Fellow/Academic Advisor
• Dr. Anton Vander Zee,
Faculty Fellow/Director of NCA
• Jill Conway,
Associate Director of Student Activities
• Mary Moser, Office Manager
• Maria Richardson
Associate Director of External Relations
• Charlie Rosemond, AmeriCorps VISTA
• Chris Bailey, Graduate Assistant

7. Preparation for Advising
IB Course
IB
Score College of Charleston course
Credit
Hours
Biology HL 6, 7 BIOL 111/111L & BIOL 112/112L 8
Chemistry HL 6, 7 CHEM 111 & CHEM 112 8
Physics HL 6, 7 PHYS 101/101L & PHYS 102/102L 8
AP Course
AP
Score College of Charleston Course
Credit
Hours
Biology 4, 5 BIOL 111/111L & BIOL 112/112L 8
Calculus AB 3,4,5 MATH 120 4
Calculus BC 3,4,5 MATH 120 & MATH 220 8
Chemistry 4, 5
CHEM 111/111L & CHEM
112/112L 8
English Language 5 ENGL 101 & ENGL 102 = HONS 110 6
Statistics 3,4,5 MATH 250 3
Physics B 4, 5 PHYS 101/101L & PHYS 102/102L 8
Physics C (Mechanics) 3 PHYS 111/111L 4
Physics C (Electricity & Magnetism) 3 PHYS 112/112L 4
***Students cannot place out of HONS 110: Academic Writing with IB credit***

8. • Take 14-17 hours of classes, usually with only 4 academic
courses of 3-4 semester hours.
• You are required to take at least 1 Honors course beyond
Honors Academic Writing and BGS your first semester.
Students not taking HONS 110 must take 2 Honors classes
beyond BGS.
• Take no more than 2 Honors classes beyond Honors BGS.
• Start with: (1) Academic Writing (2) Math (3) Science and
(4) Foreign Language. Unless you have completed one via
AP/IB, or dual credit, you should register for 3-4 of these.
• Apply your special interests, AP or IB credit, and intended major
to this basic framework.
Strategies forFirst SemesterSuccess

9. Beyond George Street HONS 100
Academic Writing HONS 110
Math MATH 111 (pre-calc), 120 (calc),
250 (stats) or HONS 115 (hons calc)
HONS Science/Social Science/ HONS 151 (BIOL), 191 (CHEM), 155
Humanities (GEOL) 159 (ASTR), 163 (PSYC), 168
(SOCY), 173 (INTL), 175 (RELS), 180
(PHIL)
Foreign Language FREN, SPAN, GRMN, LATN, JPNS, etc.
Generic First SemesterSchedule

10. • Most merit-based financial aid at the CofC requires
students to complete 30 credit hours and maintain a 3.0
GPA each year
• For South Carolina students, this is also true of Palmetto
and Life Scholarships
• Students who (1) declare a major in math, the natural
sciences or computer science and who (2) complete 14
hours of math and science as a freshman can apply for a
Palmetto Enhancement
Remaining in good stading

11. • You will meet with an Honors advisor tomorrow to choose
a fall schedule
• Go to Education Center Room 214 (ECTR 214) at your
scheduled appointment time for advising
• During your advising you will register for your classes on
MyCharleston
• Please know your MyCharleston login/password
information and the answers to your security questions
Personalized Advising & Registration

12. • Review the advising information that you’ve received.
• If applicable to you, take the foreign language placement exam
and/or math placement exam online this afternoon if you have
not done so already
• Login to My Charleston with your Username not CWID #
• If you have trouble e-mail helpdesk@cofc.edu with your full
legal name, CWID number, and subject “Orientation PW”. The
helpdesk will reset your password within 24 hours.
• Know yourMy Charleston login/password information and the
answers to yoursecurity questions.
• Check your Cmail (@g.cofc.edu) email account regularly
Your“To Do” List

13. http://my.cofc.edu

14. ThankYou

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