Students: Academic Planning: Stay on Track: Entering Student Partnership for Academic Excellence

University College welcomes you to IUPUI. We are entering into a partnership for your academic success. We ask you to commit to this partnership.

IUPUI provides resources to help you reach your goals. Your responsibility is to work at your highest academic level and to strive for academic excellence in your studies.

Our role in this partnership is to help you:

• acquire the information you need to take advantage of the educational opportunities available to you;
• define your goals and plan appropriate academic programs and strategies; and
• meet the requirements for entry into a degree granting school.

• Academic Advising and Career Counseling
• Adaptive Educational Services
• Career and Employment Services
• Counseling and Psychological Services
• Community Service Opportunities
• Honors Program
• Learning Communities
• Math Assistance Center
• Mentoring
• Multicultural Center
• Speakers Lab
• Student Activities
• Student Resource Center
• Technology Support
• University Writing Center
• Other opportunities for assistance

Your role in this partnership is to:

• Get to know your professors. Visit your professors and ask questions.
• Tips for getting to know your professors:
• Get involved in the classroom discussion.
• Ask simple questions before or after class.
• Professors have office hours. Visit your professor during office hours for more complex questions. Office hours and the location should be listed on the syllabus.
• Email your professors, but don’t expect an immediate response. It may take a couple days for the professor to respond.
• o Expectations of College Professors (provide link via David Sabol)
• Stay in contact with your academic advisor.
• Tips for staying in contact with your Academic Advisor
• Note your advisor’s contact information on the syllabus from your learning community.
• Your assigned advisor’s contact information is available in your Student Center in OneStart.
• Make and keep your first advising appointment.
• Email your academic advisor on a regular basis with questions.
• Meet with your academic advisor each semester for planning and guidance.
• University College website
• Preparing for an Advising Appointment
• Academic Planning
• Freshman dismissal policy
• University College students who attempt at least 12 IUPUI credit hours (including withdraws “W”) and earn less than a 1.0 (D average) during their first semester will be dismissed
• Freshman withdraw policy
• University College students will be allowed one withdraw (W) per semester until they have attempted 26 credit hours at IUPUI
• How to find your assigned advisor in OneStart
• Log in to Onestart
• Enter your Student Center
• On your main Student Center page, you will note that your Assigned Advisor information is posted. From this information, you can get in contact easily with your assigned advisor!
• Attend all your classes.
• Tips for attending all of your classes
• If you have to miss a class it is your responsibility to make up for the missed class time/work.
• Make school your #1 priority! Demonstrate this by committing to attend all classes every day.
• Time management Resources
• Creating a To-Do List
• Creating a Semester Schedule
• Creating a Weekly Schedule
• Creating Priorities
• Mindsweep
• Goal setting
• Freshman withdraw policy
• Beginning students who attempted 12 or more credit hours (including Ws) must obtain at least a 1.0 GPA at the end of their first semester or they will be dismissed.
• Freshman withdraw policy
• University College students will be allowed one withdraw (W) per semester until they have attempted 26 credit hours at IUPUI.
• Complete all your assignments on time.
• Tips for completing all assignments on time:
• Read your syllabus. A syllabus is a document that will outline all course requirements. Think of the syllabus as a contract between you and your professor.
• Plan ahead.
• Use your Navigator or planner to help you keep track of all assignments, projects, and exams and quizzes.
• Ask questions.
• Time Management Resources
• Creating a To-Do List
• Creating a Semester Schedule
• Creating a Weekly Schedule
• Creating Priorities
• Mindsweep
• Memory Techniques
• Mnemonic Devices
• How to Study
• Creating an Ideal Study Area
• How to Form a Study Group
• Studying for Sciences
• Goal Setting for Studying
• How to Flunk a Class
• Note Taking Skills:
• Overcoming Listening Barriers
• Cornell Method
• Outlining Method
• Mind Map Method
• eading Skills
• SQ4R Reading Method
• Test Taking Techniques
• Essay Exam Strategies
• Test-Taking Strategies and Tips
• Midterms and Finals
• Multiple Choice Exam Strategies
• POSSE—Study Plan for Objective Exams
• Getting your money’s worth
• Campus Resource Handout
• Scholarship Handout
• Academic Calendar
• Allow sufficient time for out of class learning. We recommend two-to-three hours of outside study per week for each credit hour of class.
• Time Management Resources
• Creating a To-Do List
• Creating a Semester Schedule
• Creating a Weekly Schedule
• Creating Priorities
• Mindsweep
• Memory Techniques
• Mnemonic Devices
• How to Study
• Creating an Ideal Study Area
• How to Form a Study Group
• Studying for Sciences
• Goal Setting for Studying
• How to Flunk a Class
• Note Taking Skills:
• Overcoming Listening Barriers
• Cornell Method
• Outlining Method
• Mind Map Method
• Reading Skills
• SQ4R Reading Method
• Test Taking Techniques
• Essay Exam Strategies
• Test-Taking Strategies and Tips
• Midterms and Finals
• Multiple Choice Exam Strategies
• POSSE—Study Plan for Objective Exams
• Getting your money’s worth
• Campus Resource Handout
• Scholarship Handout
• Financial Aid – Satisfactory Academic Progress
• Utilize the resources outlined above.
• A tip for using the Math Assistance Center - Go to the MAC early in the semester and go often.
• Respect the dignity and intrinsic value of all persons.
• Principles of Undergraduate Learning
• Campus & Community Life: Culture and Diversity
• Multicultural Center
• Be a contributing and active member to the progress and greater good of the community.
• The Center for Service and Learning
• Campus and Community Life: Volunteer & Service Opportunities
• Principles of Undergraduate Learning
• IUPUI Event’s Calendar
• IUPUI Tobacco Free Initiative
• Maintain the honor and integrity of the university community by following the Code of Students’ Rights, Responsibilities, and Conduct.
• Office of Student Rights, Responsibilities, and Conduct
• Dealing with Student Academic Misconduct
• Strive for academic excellence and discovery for yourself, others, and the university.
• How to calculate your GPA
• GPA Calculator
• University College Dean’s List
• RISE initiative
• Goal setting
• Career Counseling
• Personal Development Plan
• Enjoy the intellectual challenges and opportunities that your decision to attend IUPUI will bring to you.
• Did you know that IUPUI has over 300 student organizations?
• IUPUI Event’s Calendar
• RISE initiative
• Study Abroad
• National Student Exchange
• Getting your money’s worth
• Campus Resource Handout
• Scholarship Handout
• Working on Campus
• Financial Aid – Satisfactory Academic Progress

This Partnership for Academic Excellence is a cooperative approach between University College and you for your academic success and is a sincere good faith expression to help you achieve your academic goals.

Scott E. Evenbeck, PhD
Dean of University College
Representing the faculty, staff, and students of University College