22 Enrollment Services and Information First Year Experience Program Location: Student Services Center, Room 140 Telephone: 801-626-6752 Email: fye@weber.edu Internet Address: weber.edu/fye The First Year Experience (FYE) Program is designed to help incoming students make a successful transition into the university community. The program assists students in making progress toward fulfilling the following educational and personal goals: • Acquiring a sense of competence as a student and becoming successful in college. • Mastering academic skills, such as note taking, textbook reading, test taking, writing, and time management. • Demonstrating knowledge and use of campus resources. • Demonstrating effective interpersonal skills with a variety of p eople. • Developing a sense of belonging to the WSU community through the connections with other students, teachers, mentors and WSU employees. • Enhancing his or her mental, physical, spiritual and social health. Program Components To aid students in achieving these goals, the FYE Program includes the following components: • UNIV1105 Foundations of College Success (3). This course assists incoming students in making a successful transition to college. Topics include the purpose of higher education, goal setting, time management, study and test taking skills, critical thinking, stress management, academic advisement, career and major exploration, using campus resources, and understanding student respo nsibilities. • Clustered-Course Learning Communities Students may elect to participate in the FYE Program by joining a learning community where a group of students registers for the same two or three courses which will help satisfy general education and elective graduation requirements. UNIV 1105 is one of these cluster courses. Students may also take additional classes, outside the cluster, to reach full- time status. • UNIV 3170 First Year Experience Mentor Leadership Seminar (2) In this seminar course, FYE Peer Mentors are taught to effectively help Foundations of College Success (UNIV 1105) students in making a successful transition to college. FYE Mentor requirements are available atwww.weber.edu/fye. Course enrollment limited to FYE Peer Mentors. May be repeated once for 2 more credits and additionally for zero credits. Program Requirements Any WSU student with 30 hours or fewer is welcome to participate in the program by taking the UNIV 1105 class by itself or in a cluster. Program of Study (Major/Minor) Declaration Contact: Department Office for Major and Minor All degree-seeking students must select a program of study. When students declare their program of study, they indicate their degree, major, (and minor if applicable), and catalog year. To declare or change a program of study, students should contact the department office of their chosen major and minor. To declare an associate's degree in general studies, students should contact the Student Success Center. Registration Associate Registrar: Fran Hopkin Registration Advisor: Sharon Dansie Location: Student Services Center, Room 101 Telephone: 801-626-7780 or 801-626-6100 Internet Address: weber.edu/registrar (click on "registration") Email Address: registration@weber.edu The University offers classes during fall, spring, and summer semesters. Students must register each semester to attend classes. Class schedule information for specific semesters is available on the WSU home page (weber.edu). The web-based class schedule provides information about the dates and times classes are offered for the selected semester. See the Academic Calendar of this catalog for registration dates and beginning and ending dates for each semester. Registration Process - New Students To register for classes, new students should: 1. Complete the admissions process — new students who have applied for admission (available on-line at weber.edu/admissions), but have not received an acceptance notice by mail, should contact the Admissions Office at 801-626-6050. 2. Obtain a re gistration appo intme nt by accessing the Internet* see the Academic Calendar in this catalog to determine when registration begins each semester; the system will be available to provide appointments one week prior to that date. 3. Plan a course schedule — some alternate classes should be selected in case first selections are closed. 4. At the correct appointment time access the Internet.* 5. Pay tuition and fees — log in to the eWeber student portal* to pay tuition and fees online. Electronic statements and up-to-date balances are available in the student account at any time. * To log in, goto weber.edu and enter your Wildcat Username and password. Weber State University 2014-2015 Catalog