Students: Stop by the Conversion Cookout from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Wednesday, May 9. Student Government will be providing free food, and UC advisors will be on hand to answer questions related to semester conversion.
CURRENT CONVERSION EFFORTS FOCUS ON STUDENT IAPS
UC will convert to semesters on Aug. 27, 2012. About half of UC undergraduate students who will make the transition from quarters to semesters on Aug. 27, 2012, have already received their Individual Advising Plans from their academic advisors. More than 10,000 of the approximately 20,000 undergraduate IAPs to be prepared have already been sent to students’ UC e-mail accounts.
UC will convert to semesters on Aug. 27, 2012. About half of UC undergraduate students who will make the transition from quarters to semesters on Aug. 27, 2012, have already received their Individual Advising Plans from their academic advisors. More than 10,000 of the approximately 20,000 undergraduate IAPs to be prepared have already been sent to students’ UC e-mail accounts.
His or her IAP will take each transitioning student through the conversion process. It will outline the courses needed and show how quarter credits apply to a semester program. It documents an expected degree-completion term.
Only students who entered and have taken classes at UC prior to Aug. 27, 2012, but who will graduate after August 2012 will need an IAP. In general, the transitioning students who are closest to graduation after August 2012 are completing the IAP and advising processes first, as determined by the UC college from which a student is earning his or her degree.
Each college notifies students via his or her UC e-mail account when a student's IAP is ready for review and approval. Remember, students who will graduate before Aug. 27, 2012, will not need an IAP.
And students who enter UC as of Aug. 27, 2012, will not need an IAP, as their entire academic career will take place under the semester system.
The most important thing students can do in order to achieve a seamless transition is to pay attention to and respond to communications from his or her academic advisor. For instance, if an advisor needs information to complete an IAP, the student would be contacted via his or her UC e-mail. And, as stated above, when a student’s IAP has been prepared by an advisor and is ready for review by the student, that student will receive an e-mail from his or her advisor.
WHAT STUDENTS CAN DO RIGHT NOW
There is a five-step IAP process for students, and any current UC student can take the first step in the process right now.
There is a five-step IAP process for students, and any current UC student can take the first step in the process right now.
The five steps are:
