Motion:
Effective spring 2002, academic orientation shall be required of all new undergraduate
degree-seeking students entering Georgia State. Academic orientation may be accomplished in
ways
such as:
attending an academic advisement session at Incept (preferred
method)
joining a Freshmen Learning Community
meeting with an academic advisor
attending a group advisement session scheduled by the
Student Advisement Center, or
by a college Office of Academic Assistance.
Rationale:
Large numbers of first-time students get into academic trouble because they register for courses
with no advice. Often, they take unreasonable loads, bad combinations of courses, courses that
do not count for core credit or make other poor choices.