Academic Communities

Your Student’s Academic Place at UNMUNM is a BIG place – made up of

Colleges and Schools (Fine Arts, Engineering, Arts & Sciences, Univ.College….. ) made up of

Departments that offerCourses … to your student

Your student’s academic home, either: Declared Major or ProgramExploratory, Pre-Health: University CollegeYour student can:

Change Majors; change CollegesTake courses in other Colleges (sometimes)Design his or her own Major (within limits)

Appropriate Placement for Success; Progress to Degree

Core Math, English required for ALL students

ACT scores determine initial placement

COMPASS re-test to challenge placement throughout summer

Quantitative Reasoning, Critical Text Analysis support courses for students who test below cut off scores.

Foundational Skills for Success at UNM

Content Knowledge: Discipline-specific, facts:

Obtaining evidence and data Google

Integration: Combining content to Solve Problems,

Think Critically about evidence and data Link ideas, concepts

Collaboration: Strategies for effective teamworkIntercultural communication

Impact: Community Engagement; Responsibility

Why these Learning Outcomes?Your student’s future:

• More than 1/3 of the entire US labor force changes jobs ANNUALLY.

• Today's students will have 10 - 14 jobs by age 38.• Every year, more than 30 million Americans are

working in jobs that did not exist in the previous year.

Academic Options: All students, All majors • First Year Transition Seminars

• Interdisciplinary “Big Question” classes

• Paired Learning Communities: Core Course plus second core or topics course

• Innovation Academy courses

• Honors College Seminars

• Pre-health Mentorship

• Themed Residence Halls

• Community Engaged Scholarship & Service Learning

Academic Values for SuccessDiversity & Intercultural Knowledge Problem SolvingCritical Thinking Community Engagement Integrative Learning Creative ThinkingTeamwork & Collaboration

For more information…. Kate Krause: kkrause@unm.edu

First Year Programs: firstyear.unm.edu

Honors: honors.unm.edu General Information: unm.edu

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