Hello and welcome to Purchase College.
I'm from the college's Advising Center, and I'm going to guide you through the process
of selecting appropriate courses for your first semester.
I'll show you how to access and understand your Degree Progress Report (or DPR), I'll
demonstrate how to use the Course Search, and I'll show you how to add and drop courses.
You will be tested on your knowledge of this information, so be sure to take notes!
Before we look at your Degree Progress Report, let's make sure that you take the necessary
steps to make your student record accurate and up to date.
Advanced Placement scores and credit that you earned through college courses that you
took in high school do not transfer to Purchase from your high school transcript.
If you took an AP exam, then you must send your official scores from College Board to
Purchase.
Our college code is 2878.
If you took a college course while you were in high school, then you need to send official
transcripts with final grades from the awarding college to our Registrar's Office at Purchase.
The specific address will be included for you later in the Educational Worksheet.
Now let's go to the DPR!
Begin from the Advising Center's New Student Registration webpage, scroll all the way down
to the bottom of the page and select Current Students, then go to MyHeliotrope, login with
your Purchase College email and password, then select the Student tab, followed by the
Registration tab.
Here is where you can view your Degree Progress Report at any time, view the Course Search,
add or drop classes, and view your final schedule.
Once you login with your Purchase credentials, your individual DPR will automatically show
up.
For the purposes of this demonstration, I'm going to switch tabs to access a test student
account.
The DPR is a master checklist that you can view at any time, which includes every requirement
that you need to satisfy in order to complete your bachelor's degree.
You can see your name, your student ID number, your degree program, and your major.
Your advisor's name will also show up here before the start of the semester.
For your first semester, your academic advisor will be the professor of your First-Year Seminar
course.
That means that you will be in regular, weekly contact with your advisor.
When a degree requirement has not been satisfied, the checkbox will appear empty, when it is
in progress, it will appear blue with a little wave in it, and when it has been completed,
it will appear green with a check mark.
Please note that any changes that you make to your course schedule will take 24 hours
before they are reflected here in your DPR.
Now let's look at the various degree requirements:
Everyone needs to complete a minimum of 120 total credits.
Every course that you take during your first semester will work toward this requirement.
45 of those 120 credits must be upper-level credits.
Those are courses that are in the 3000 and 4000 level.
Most of these will be satisfied during your junior and senior year.
Freshman will not be able to enroll in upper-level courses in their first term.
Next, all students must satisfy each of the 7 core curriculum requirements with a minimum
of 30 credits across all seven areas, and at least 3 credits in each individual area.
The Basic Communication core will be satisfied by taking College Writing.
This course must be completed within the student's first year, but most students will take it
in their first semester because it provides the necessary critical thinking and writing
skills for all other academic coursework.
If you earned a 4 or 5 on the AP Language and Composition or Literature and Composition
exam, then that will be equivalent to College Writing and satisfy the Basic Communication
core area.
The Mathematics core can be satisfied through a number of different courses, ranging from
traditional math courses such as Math for Contemporary Life and Calculus to courses
in philosophy or computer programming.
There are a few math courses like Precalculus and Calculus that require the successful completion
of the online math fluency exam before students can register for them.
Students can access the math fluency exam from the Advising Center's New Student Registration
webpage on the right hand side bar.
The Natural Sciences core can be satisfied by taking certain courses in biology, chemistry,
environmental science, and psychology, among others.
The Social Sciences core can be satisfied by taking certain courses in communications,
media studies, economics, political science, psychology, and sociology.
The Arts core can be satisfied by taking certain courses in the performing and visual arts,
like Chorus and Hand Drumming, or Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, and Photography.
Keep in mind that students may not enroll in arts courses that are restricted to conservatory
students.
Also, the arts courses that are open to all students are very popular, and they tend to
fill up quickly.
It is more common for students take these in future semesters.
The Humanities core can be satisfied by taking certain courses in art history, cinema studies,
dance history, history, literature, philosophy, and theater and performance.
Most students will satisfy this requirement in their first semester because they speak
to the heart of what makes us human, and what makes a liberal arts education.
We have reserved a handful of courses in the Humanities just for incoming freshmen.
The Languages and Cultures core can be satisfied by taking a foreign language course or certain
non-Western courses from a wide range of disciplines, including anthropology, history, and political
science.
Specific courses include Introduction to Chinese Arts and Culture, Introduction to Latin American
Studies, and West African Politics and Literature.
If you wish to enroll in a foreign language, you must take the language placement proficiency
exam and register for the course level that corresponds with your placement score.
Like the math fluency exam, you can access the language placement exam from a link on
the Advising Center's New Student Registration webpage.
All incoming freshman pursuing a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree are
required to enroll in one of the many sections of First-Year Seminar in their first semester.
The only exception is that biology majors will enroll in Biology Freshman Seminar instead
of First-Year Seminar.
First-Year Seminar helps students transition to college and connect with each other as
they become members of our intellectual and cultural community.
Students will also learn about our many campus support services.
Each section will have a designated Peer Advisor – an upperclassman who meets with students
and coordinates co-curricular activities.
And again, the professor of the course will serve as the official academic advisor for
the students in the class.
Another additional degree requirement is the Health and Wellness area, which can be satisfied
by courses in aerobics, weight training, yoga, and dance, among others.
Student athletes who have been accepted to a team should register themselves for the
appropriate varsity sport during each semester that they are in season.
Students only need one credit in order to satisfy the Health and Wellness requirement,
but no more than 4 credits in this area will count toward your degree.
This is an important point for student athletes who may enroll in numerous physical education
courses.
Next, all students must complete at least 60 credits outside their board of study, or
major, in other words.
For example, we are looking at the student record for a Literature major.
For example, we are looking at the student record for a Literature major.
Therefore, any course that does not have the LIT prefix will automatically populate in
this area.
Lastly, once students have declared a major, they will have a list of major-specific courses
to satisfy, including a year-long Senior Project.
A list of required first-semester courses based on your major can be found on the Advising
Center's New Student Registration webpage.
I do not recommend that students declare a minor in their first semester.
Instead, they should explore all of the various course offerings that are available to them.
This wide array of course requirements is at the foundation of a liberal arts education,
where students learn to think intellectually and creatively in an interdisciplinary way
that fosters individual student development, helps them grow into culturally aware global
citizens, while also providing them with the knowledge and abilities to be successful in
today's career world.
Because learning is integrative and accumulates over time, we expect students to take a well-rounded
schedule in their first semester that includes a variety of major requirements, core requirements,
and outside board of study requirements.
Now let's go to the Course Search.
Return to the Current Students webpage.
Then go back to myHeliotrope, or simply access the link from the Student Resources heading.
Now select the upcoming term.
For your first term, we have gathered all of the appropriate first-semester courses
in one place.
To view them, simply select Freshman Studies from the subject area box.
Incoming freshman may only choose courses from this list.
Every one of these columns tells us something about the course:
The CRN is the Course Registration Number.
That is the only number that you need to register for the class with.
The Course number tells us which board of study the course comes from, and whether it
is lower level or upper level.
Lower-level courses are in the 1000 and 2000 range, while upper-level courses are in the
3000 and 4000 range.
The Course Title is the name of the course, and you can click on it to view the course
description, which will pop up in a new window.
Cr. tells us the number of credits that the course is.
Next, the Days and Time columns tell us when the course meets.
For us, R = Thursday.
So a course that meets MR from 12:30-2:00pm will meet on both Monday and Thursday at that
time.
T is Tuesday, W is Wednesday and F is Friday.
Many courses meet twice each week on either Monday/Thursday or Tuesday/Friday.
Sched tells us the type of course that it is.
Primary Instructor tells us who the professor is.
Additional Info tells us if the course satisfies a particular core area.
For example, Fundamentals of Acting satisfies the Arts core.
Core requirements are in bold – you can disregard the other information.
Max Seats tells us what the course capacity is.
And Seats Avail tells us how many remaining seats are left.
Some courses have a red asterisk next to the number of available seats.
This indicates that there is some restriction on the course.
It may be restricted to you as an incoming freshman, or it may be restricted to students
in a particular major.
In order to view any restrictions or prerequisites, you have to click on the course title.
For example, Fundamentals of Acting is restricted to declared Theatre and Performance majors
only.
In some cases, you may find courses that have already closed.
If you are eligible to take this course, then you may add yourself to the Wait List.
You can see how many students are on the Wait List when you click on the course title.
The wait listed course cannot have a time conflict with any other courses that you are
registered for.
It is also important to know that getting to the top of the Wait List does not automatically
register you for the course.
If you get to the top of the Wait List, you will be sent an email at your Purchase email
address.
Then you will have 24 hours to add yourself to the course.
If you miss your window of opportunity, the available seat will go to the next student
on the Wait List and there is nothing that the Advising Center can do to get you back
into the course.
So be sure to start checking your Purchase email account often, and be sure to use this
email address exclusively whenever you communicate with faculty and staff from the college.
Now you will want to spend some time reviewing the course descriptions and mocking up a schedule
that considers the day, time, credit load, and type of degree requirement that it satisfies.
Write down all of the CRNs so you can enter them when we go to add courses.
Students must take 12 credits in order to be considered "full time" for financial
aid and housing purposes, but they actually need to take an average of 15 credits each
term in order to stay on track to graduate in 4 years, or 8 semesters.
Freshman may take a maximum of 18 credits in their first term.
Keep in mind that full-time tuition is a flat rate, so it doesn't cost anything more to
take 18 credits then it does to take 12.
While we suggest that you choose the course load that seems appropriate for you, research
research has shown that students who take at least 15 credits are more likely to graduate on
time and perform better academically.
Ok, let's go to Add or Drop Classes.
Return to the Student tab in myHeliotrope, then go to the Registration tab, and click
on Add or Drop Classes.
Once again, I'm going to change tabs in order to access this from a test account.
Select the upcoming term.
Then enter your Alternate PIN.
You will receive at your Alternate PIN at your Purchase email address within 2 hours of completing this Educational
Worksheet.
This PIN is unique to you and corresponds only with this upcoming semester.
In the future, you will receive your PIN from your faculty advisor when you meet to discuss
your spring course schedule.
Finally, enter each of the CRNs.
You can enter them all at once, and then select Submit Changes.
If you receive any error messages, it is because the course is either closed or restricted
to students in another major.
You can go back and review the Course Search if necessary, and you can view your final
schedule.
This student has an ideal schedule for an incoming freshman majoring in Literature.
You can also continue to make changes to your schedule throughout the summer and through
the first week of classes, called the Add/Drop period.
I hope you learned a lot from this video.
Now go on to complete the rest of the Educational Worksheet.
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