Switch2Semesters
While Columbus State and other colleges’ stand as the minority group of schools for academic schedules. The Board of Regents is now requiring all colleges and universities in the state of Ohio, starting Fall 2012, to switch from quarters to semesters. How will this switch affect you? To answer your question, every first Monday of the month, the Switch to Semesters Committee meets and discusses any concerns or potential issues that may affect students. One piece of advice that the committee gives is: if a student can finish before the switch takes place, finish! The reasoning behind this is that the switch could prolong a student’s graduation. But don’t worry, I have a few tips that you could find useful.
First, try to finish early. If you are a year or less away from obtaining your degree, and you graduate on time, you will not be affected by the switch. That being said, make sure not to take any quarters off thinking that the switch will not have any impact on you because it could.
Second, take care of any multiple course sequence classes now! For example, math, foreign language, or science series courses should be completed before the conversion, it will make things easier down the road. Since those are typically the harder courses for most students, you will only need to spend 11 weeks in a series versus 16.
Third, keep in touch with your advisor. Columbus State’s Switch to Semesters Pledge to Students says: if a student does not complete their degree or program before the time of the conversion then they are considered as a transition student. Also, if you attend regular advisory sessions, jointly create their Degree Audit/Transitional Plan of Study, and shadow the academic requirements regularly to completion and you will receive the succeeding pledge from Columbus State:
-No Loss of academic progress
-No delay to degree completion
-No increased costs
This is key; it would not be good to lose credit for a class that you have already taken.
Finally, a tip that I find useful in my everyday life: be proactive in your academic success. Running a degree audit to monitor your academic progress is ideal. It lets you know where you stand academically, what classes you need, and what classes you have taken.
If you have any further questions or concerns, please refer to the switch2semeters webpage:
http://cscc.edu/Semesters/
December 10, 2010 at 1:07 pm |
Will some of the classes be merged due to the extended time? How much more per semister will the cost go up? Will there still be summer courses offered?