University College is a multi-faceted unit that connects key university programs to set students on a path to academic success. The program spans from recruiting high school students to ensuring freshmen and sophomores are meeting their academic goals.
The University College provides the General Education Core Curriculum for all entering freshmen and transfer students. Our goals are to: (1) prepare first-year students with general knowledge in the areas of English and writing, creative arts, social sciences, natural and physical sciences, and mathematics, (2) provide diversification of educational programs to accommodate students with varying levels of potential for achievement, and (3) offer effective programs and services for students in the areas of advisement, counseling, academic assessment and support, tutoring, testing, and overall student success.
The fundamental goal of the University College is to provide students who matriculate at the university with services, activities, and programs which will maximize their chances of success upon entry into a program of study in a selected academic department. To accomplish this goal, the University College:
- Serves as the initial point of entry for all undergraduate students, both freshmen and transfer, enrolling in the institution for the first time;
- Maintains general education and developmental education programs commensurate to the expressed and determined needs of students;
- Provides students with a detailed orientation to collegiate life at the university and its enrollment requirements;
- Evaluates each student’s academic and personal development status upon entry;
- Provides each student with the appropriate program(s), services, and activities within and outside the University College that will meet identified personal and academic needs;
- Monitors the academic and social integration progress of each student on a regular and constant basis;
- Makes adjustments in the student’s degree completion program based on observations of academic progression; and
- Recommends students to their selected major department and school upon completion of the general core.
All undergraduate students entering the university for the first time and transfer students, who have not met the requirements for transfer to a major department and school, comprise the student population of the University College.
