ACADEMIC PLANNING WORKSHEET Name:______________________________________________G-number:______________________________________ To enhance your academic advising experience during orientation, please take the time to review the Mason advising information in this handbook as well as online. Additionally, please complete this planning form to facilitate the exchange of information with your academic advisor. STEP 1: Please tell us what what major you are enrolled in or, if undecided, what major(s) you may be thinking about. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ STEP 2: Review academic transcript and let us know if there is any missing coursework (last semester classes, AP/IB, or other exams or courses): TYPE OF CREDIT
AP/IB/CLEP OR COURSE
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SCHOOL NAME
MASON EQUIVALENT
AP/IB/CLEP/Transfer AP/IB/CLEP/Transfer AP/IB/CLEP/Transfer AP/IB/CLEP/Transfer AP/IB/CLEP/Transfer MASON CORE is the university’s General Education requirement. It is equivalent to roughly one-third of your credits and is distributed among fundamental courses in writing, math, communication and information technology, as well as those in the humanities, physical and biological sciences, social sciences, the arts, and more. The topic areas remain constant across majors, but students have the flexibility to select courses of interest from an approved list to complete each requirement. Additionally, these requirements may be met via transfer, AP, or IB credits. Many majors will have lower-level requirements specific to the degree that may also meet a Mason Core area requirement. For more specific information about Mason Core, please search “Mason Core” and/or review Mason Core pages in your Orientation handbook. MAJOR REQUIREMENTS: All majors have a set of required courses that are specific to that program. These courses will range from lower-level courses appropriate for freshmen and sophomores to upper-level courses that are geared toward juniors and seniors. Some courses will have prerequisites, which are a specific course or courses that must be taken
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first. Additionally, some major requirements may also meet a Mason Core requirement. COLLEGE OR SCHOOL REQUIREMENT: Certain colleges have a set of requirements that are unique to their majors. For instance, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences requires all their students completing a Bachelor of Arts degree to meet intermediate proficiency in a foreign language. These students are also asked to complete an additional social science course beyond the one needed to fulfill Mason Core, a philosophy or religious course, and non-Western culture course. Please check with your advisor to make sure that you meet the requirements specific to your college. ELECTIVES: These are credits that don’t meet a specific requirement such as a Mason Core, major, or college requirement. They are credits that go toward those necessary to complete the minimum number of credits needed to graduate, typically 120, and may be lower- or upper-level credits. This could be individual courses or those courses going toward a minor. It is all dependent upon your degree. Check with your advisor.