1999-2000 Undergraduate Catalog
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705

Student Programs and Services

Summer Orientation: The preregistration placement testing, advising, and course selection program occurs during the summer immediately preceding students' matriculation on campus. This experience is designed to assess academic readiness for courses integral to the IUP curriculum, including English, mathematics, and foreign languages. Students admitted to the Indiana campus, Honors College, or the Learning Center program participate in an overnight, two-day experience which includes testing, academic advising, and orientation to university curricular requirements and cocurricular opportunities. Students who are admitted as branch campus freshmen participate in a one-day program. Concurrent parent orientation programs are offered.

Fall Orientation: Fall Orientation occurs as students move onto campus immediately prior to the beginning of fall classes. Programs and activities are designed to assure a smooth transition from the home environment to IUP's campus community.

IUP views this two-part orientation as unique and extremely important to freshman retention and satisfaction with the university. The freshman year is critical in regard to academic success. During this time, students must simultaneously develop academic competence in the college curriculum and adjust to the personal decision-making process college life affords. Each of the programs is designed to assist in this important college adjustment process. Freshmen are expected to participate fully in this two-part program.