Location

Campus Center Lower Level, 9th Floor, Room 917 - University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Event Website

http://www.umass.edu/studentsuccessconference/index.php

Start Date

11-10-2013 10:15 AM

End Date

11-10-2013 11:30 AM

Description

Community college students transferring to four-year institutions to major in science or mathematics negotiate many transitions. Here we describe a one-credit course and customized orientation to help these students successfully navigate intense upper-level STEM courses and pursue professional experiences that could launch a career in STEM.

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Oct 11th, 10:15 AM Oct 11th, 11:30 AM

Concurrent Sessions - Finding the Footholds: An Orientation and One - credit Course for Community College Transfers in STEM at a Selective Liberal Arts College

Campus Center Lower Level, 9th Floor, Room 917 - University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Community college students transferring to four-year institutions to major in science or mathematics negotiate many transitions. Here we describe a one-credit course and customized orientation to help these students successfully navigate intense upper-level STEM courses and pursue professional experiences that could launch a career in STEM.

https://scholarworks.umass.edu/studentsuccess/2013/Schedule/20