Career/Major Exploration

Redesign content and format to improve transition experience for students and increase student success and retention

Incorporate the use of StudentLingo as a course supplement/academic resource.

Redesign the third stage of the orientation process: Coastal Discovery Workshop (CDW). Inspired by the Momentum Summit V presentation on Mindset activities in FYE from Nashville State Community College, the College of Coastal Georgia will completely redesign the CDW to incorporate elements of the “You’ve Got This!” OER created by NSCC.

Redesign was completed in April 2023 and You’ve Got This launched in May 2023. This course was briefly introduced at each Summer Orientation for new first year students.

Launch of the ENDEAVOR framework of student growth and development.

The Learning Communities (LCs) activity provides first-year learning communities where two or more courses are linked thematically with collaborative instruction. The primary approach of the Learning Communities is to organize and leverage student success activities and campus resources while supporting and aligning to the mission of University College and our strategic plan, The Standard. Courses within a first-year learning community will develop co-curricular activities and focus on core areas as well as areas of academic performance, retention, student mindset, and degree progression.

Goal: Foster stronger alignment with UWG’s Quality Enhancement Plan by increasing collaboration between career services and academic programs.

Goal: Increase retention in the second to third year through targeted campus engagement.

Integration of High Impact Practices and Career Readiness into the curricula and student experiences that create a “Signature” experience for all students.

Program designed to prepare associate-degree seeking students for transition to a bachelor’s program.

We know that approximately 60% of UGA students change their major at least once. We also know that if that change happens after their first 60-hours, it impacts their time to graduation. To address this issue, we have established six focus areas that cluster our 140+ majors into groups with significant overlap in core classes. The meta-majors reflect broad conceptions of post-UGA aspirations, are aligned to specific programs of study, and reflect the Holland Interest Inventory (which incoming students take as part of the Orientation Intake Survey).