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Immaculata’s academic advisors and academic coaches will assist you as you navigate your university experience and work toward your goals.
If you are a full-time, traditional undergraduate, you can get additional assistance with 选择专业, adding a minor to your degree, improving your study 技能, or finding a tutor or academic coach.
Academic advisors are here to assist you at all points along your collegiate journey by providing general academic advice, 指导和辅导, regardless of your class year or major. If you are in the process of exploring options for a major, transitioning between majors, or choosing a minor to enhance your degree, advisors will assist you in finding the program that matches your personality, 技能, 和天赋. Academic advisors work one-on-one with you as you explore options. Advisors will also help you decide on an academic course plan that will enable you to enroll in classes that interest you while satisfying liberal arts core requirements, which helps keep you on track to graduation.
Academic coaches will meet with you individually or in a group to help you understand and practice individualized learning tactics. You can receive guidance in several areas, including:
- Setting and achieving goals
- 培养学习习惯
- 笔记策略
- 组织技能
- 应试策略
- 时间管理
Academic coaching is a free service that allows you to meet with a coach on a weekly, bi-weekly or monthly basis to ensure you stay on track with your studies.
Starfish™ is an online early alert system that helps you engage with your professors, advisor and other support staff. Our faculty and staff will reach out to you when you deserve special recognition and/or when you may need some additional assistance. You can make appointments with your instructors and advisor and receive feedback regarding your academic performance.
Are you one of the first in your family to attend college? Then congratulations on a great achievement! We know college is challenging—and we know those challenges can sometimes be more difficult for first-generation students—so we’ve launched First@IU, a unique program dedicated to helping students succeed as they progress on their academic journeys.
First@IU helps you connect with other first-generation students, build a strong and collaborative network and meet mentors made up of faculty and staff from various backgrounds who were first-generation students themselves. You’ll find people who can relate to what you’re feeling and experiencing, explain the support services available to you, and cheer you on as you work toward your degree. 更重要的是, you’ll learn about resources to help you pay for college, build 技能 for academic success, feel more encouraged and empowered, and plan for your career!
Learn more by contacting academicadvising@matblack.net.
The First Year Experience (FYE) program helps to acclimate you to the rigors and challenges of college work and life. The classroom portion of FYE tackles topics such as stress management, 大学政策, 职业发展. Each FYE course instructor is assisted by a student mentor who can help guide you through your first semester at Immaculata.
In addition to classroom discussions, you will participate in large group activities that will enhance your understanding of Immaculata’s mission and values.
The Strategies for Academic Success (SAS 100) course assists incoming students who can benefit from additional academic 技能 development. The course introduces you to college learning and emphasizes the development of strong study 技能 that will prepare you for academic success. Some of the course topics include note-taking 技能, 学习风格, 测试准备/把, 批判性思维, 阅读及更多. You will leave this course with effective learning methods that can be applied to all of your college courses. All new students are invited to enroll; some students will be required to participate as a condition of their acceptance to Immaculata大学.