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First-Year Reference Pages FIRST-YEAR REFERENCE PAGES We are thrilled that you made the decision Reference Pages are designed for first- to join our community and cannot wait year students, and will help answer your to welcome you in the fall. While this is questions about campus resources, often a very exciting time for you and programs, and services. your family, we recognize you have many We do not expect you to remember questions about what Emory will be like. everything; rather you should use this as a We also know that transition takes time, guide throughout your first year so we designed the Orientation Experience and beyond. to guide you through the summer and fall. We hope these Reference Pages will serve as a helpful resource to you. GET STARTED EMORY UNIVERSITY MISSION EMORY UNIVERSITY MOTTO Emory University’s mission is to create, Cor prudentis possidebit scientiam preserve, teach, and apply knowledge in The wise heart seeks knowledge the service of humanity. PREVIOUS NEXT UPDATED ON APRIL 30, 2021 CAN’T FIND WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR? To search by keyword use your application’s search function. This can typically be activated by the keyboard shortcut CTRL+F (Windows) or CMD+F (Mac) CONTENTS or by going to File > Search in the Application Window. 1. QUICK LINKS PAGE 3 2. EMORY LINGO PAGE 4 3. EMORY FORWARD PAGE 5 4. LEARNING PAGE 6 5. LIVING PAGE 33 6. THRIVING PAGE 46 Liberal Arts Education PAGE 7 Orientation Week: August 21 - Emory Traditions PAGE 47 24, 2021 PAGE 34 Academic Requirements Campus Life Getting Involved PAGE 48 Overview of Emory College of PAGE 35 PAGE 9 Arts and Sciences Academic Residence Life and Housing Belonging and Community PAGE 49 Requirements Operations PAGE 36 Spiritual and Religious Life PAGE 50 Office for Undergraduate Emory Dining PAGE 37 Education PAGE 16 Veterans’ Resources | Office of Policies and Expectations PAGE 38 PAGE 51 Academic Advising PAGE 17 Sustainability Initiatives Creating a Community of Care PAGE 39 Course Registration 101 PAGE 20 Go Eagles! PAGE 52 Emory Votes Initiative | Academic Support and PAGE 31 Freedom of Speech + Open PAGE 41 Exploring Atlanta PAGE 53 Opportunities Expression Follow Us | There’s an App for PAGE 54 Emory Libraries PAGE 32 Well-Being at Emory PAGE 42 That! Accessibility Services PAGE 45 PAGE 2 PREVIOUS NEXT UPDATED ON APRIL 30, 2021 Helpful links to access various QUICK LINKS Emory systems. OPUS COURSE ATLAS EMORY EMAIL OPUS (Online Pathways for Full list of Course offerings, Log in to your Emory Email using University Students) is the organized by semester your NetID and Password student information system at Emory. You’ll use OPUS to register for classes CANVAS COLLEGE CATALOG OUE RESOURCES COLLEGE CONNECT HUB Emory’s learning platform and Website housing Emory College The Office for Undergraduate You’ll gain access to the College where you will complete Emory policies and procedures, Education (OUE) online site listing Connect Hub before signing up Essentials throughout the including information about resources at Emory alphabetically for a Pre-Registration Advising Summer Academic Requirements from A-Z Appointment EMORY COLLEGE PATIENT PORTAL MYHOUSING EMORY IT Emory College of Arts and Student Health Services portal Housing portal where you Assistance is available for Sciences official website where you will submit your will complete the Housing a variety of Emory systems mandatory Health Records, application and find your including Canvas, OPUS, and including your Immunization Housing Move-In Time more Report PAGE 3 PREVIOUS NEXT UPDATED ON APRIL 30, 2021 EMORY LINGO Get to know some commonly used Emory acronyms and lingo. ACADEMIC TRACK CREDITS (CREDIT HOURS) EPD ORGSYNC SGA Courses/experiences preparing Units assigned to courses to Emory Police Department The primary database for The Student Government students toward a particular reflect both instructional time Student Organizations Association ECCP career or field (aka pre- and work completed outside the OUE SHOPPING CART professional) classroom Emory College Chemistry Prep Office for Undergraduate OPUS tool for registration; go to FYE B-SCHOOL CD Education OPUS, sign in, and then search Abbreviation for the Goizueta Complex Director First Year at Emory (Residence at the top for the shopping cart PHA Business School Life) DAS Pre-Health Advising SPC GERS CAMPUS LIFE Department of Accessibility The Student Programming PREREQUISITE The Student Affairs division of Services General Education Requirements Council, Emory’s undergraduate A course that is required before the University ISW student programming board DCT enrolling in a related course CANVAS Dobbs Common Table, the International Student Welcome SWOOP RA The Canvas site is a tool for primary dining facility on Swoop is the mascot of Emory OIT online learning campus Resident Advisor; a Junior University. Swoop helps The Office of Information or Senior who lives in your represent the Emory Eagles, a COLLEGE CATALOG DOOLEY Technology residence hall and assists long standing tradition Provides policies and Emory’s unofficial mascot with the residential program OL regulations; your official by leading floor meetings, THE COLLEGE ECS 101 Orientation Leader contract with Emory College of programs, and providing Emory College of Arts & Sciences A course that will support your Arts and Sciences OPUS additional support transition to Emory and college WOODPEC Online Pathway to University COURSE ATLAS life throughout the Fall Semester SA Woodruff Physical Education Students, the online student Descriptive listing of courses Sophomore Advisor; a Center ESC information system to register during a particular semester Sophomore who lives in your for classes and pay bills, among Emory Student Center first-year residence hall and other functions EMORYCARD assists RAs with programs Your official ID at Emory PAGE 4 PREVIOUS NEXT UPDATED ON APRIL 30, 2021 IN THIS TOGETHER EMORY FORWARD Take a moment to review Emory’s safety protocols below so you can do your part to make Emory a healthy community for yourself, your peers, Emory announced our plan to welcome all students to campus for the 2021-2022 academic and everyone you come into contact with on campus. year in March. Below are the resources related to this announcement and Emory’s plans for maintaining public safety in the fall. PHYSICALLY DISTANT, SOCIALLY CONNECTED Because conditions around the pandemic evolve quickly, we may change plans between . Many classrooms and 6 FT activities will be in- now and when you arrive on campus. This document will be updated regularly to reflect person, but capacity may any changes or new decisions that may impact your planning or experience. still be reduced. HAND-WASHING Clean your hands often, either with soap and EMORY FORWARD DASHBOARD water for 20 seconds or hand sanitizer. The dashboard lists COVID-19 positive FACE COVERINGS cases at Emory University since June 1, An important (and required) component of your on- 2020 and is updated daily at noon with campus experience. the previous day’s situation data from all sources. PAGE 5 PREVIOUS NEXT UPDATED ON APRIL 30, 2021 REFERENCE PAGES CONTENTS Liberal Arts Education PAGE 7 Academic Framework PAGE 9 First-Year Requirements PAGE 10 LEARNING General Education Requirements (GERs) PAGE 11 Declaring a Major PAGE 12 Different Degree Paths PAGE 13 AT EMORY Graduation Requirements PAGE 15 Office for Undergraduate Education PAGE 16 We’re excited to welcome you to our intellectual Academic Advising PAGE 17 community. You will soon be joining a group of Your Academic Network PAGE 18 renowned scholars and accomplished alumni. Track Advising PAGE 19 Course Registration 101 PAGE 20 The following pages review important Emory academic Timeline and Dates PAGE 21 policies, procedures, and processes. Expect to review the following content throughout the summer as you Language Placement Exams PAGE 22 complete Emory Essentials and prepare for course Enrolling in Chemistry Courses PAGE 23 registration in August. AP/IB Credits, International Exams, and Previous College Credit Information PAGE 24 Using Atlas | Using OPUS PAGE 26 Building Your Schedule PAGE 27 Understanding the Waitlist PAGE 28 Academic Support and Opportunities PAGE 31 Emory Libraries PAGE 32 PAGE 6 PREVIOUS NEXT UPDATED ON APRIL 30, 2021 WELCOME TO EMORY DISCOVERY. LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION CREATIVITY. IMPACT. You have chosen a place that emphasizes the Three integrated, foundational liberal arts. Come ready—and eager—to play principles — discovery, At Emory College, we are driven across the intellectual field. To explore. To learn creativity, and impact — guide “by our passions for inquiry and the research and teaching broadly. Use your first two years to see which discovery, and I invite you to join mission of Emory College, and areas of study excite you, and draw on your us and experience what makes this form the foundation for our strengths so that you can choose a major wisely. academic community so special.” achievements thus far — and in the future. Being a student in Emory College of Arts and DEAN MICHAEL A. ELLIOTT Sciences means that you will take classes across Read more about our guiding the disciplines: humanities, social sciences and principles and explore all that natural sciences. In practice, you could take a Emory College has to offer online. humanities course the same semester as a lab evidence from multiple perspectives and the science, or combine social sciences while exploring ability to effectively reason and communicate. interdisciplinary studies. Our students are encouraged – and expected – to ask bold questions and expand the boundaries of With more than 50 departments and programs, knowledge. In the next page we will dive into some 86 majors, and 63 minors, our students explore of the departments included within the Liberal Arts. widely and dive deeply in rigorous courses of study that emphasize critical thinking, the nature of PAGE 7 PREVIOUS NEXT UPDATED ON APRIL 30, 2021 Visit the Emory College Academics website for more LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION details on each of our departments and programs.
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