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Is there an honors program at
Oswego?
Can I study abroad?
Are there internship opportunities?
What is the faculty like?
Do you have a good library?
What is General Education all
about?
What is the foreign language
requirement?
Can I transfer credits to Oswego?
I don’t know what I want to major in. Can I be
“undeclared?”
What scholarships are available?
What will I need to do in order to
graduate?
Can I have more than one undergraduate
major?
Is tutoring available?
Do TAs teach the classes?
Where will I go for advising?
What is an online course?
How big will my classes be?
Do I need to bring my own computer to
Oswego?
Is there an Honors Program at
Oswego?
At Oswego, we have a very strong Honors
Program. Students take classes designed to stimulate their intellectual
growth and develop their analytical abilities. Honors Program students are
advised by the honors director and by faculty members in the student's major
field of study. Students enjoy a close relationship with Honors faculty and
with each other in a network of academic and personal support. There are also
honors tracks within individual majors -- biology, chemistry, economics,
psychology and others. Please consult each department's Web page to learn
more.
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Can I study abroad?
The SUNY Oswego Office of International Education and Programs sends 350 to 400
students a year to other countries under the Study Abroad program. Of these, approximately
one-third are Oswego students, one-third are from other SUNY schools, and the
remaining third are from other universities across the country. Oswego
currently administers 35 programs in all parts of the world, including new and
rare experiences in places like Cuba and Benin.
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Are there internship
opportunities?
Over 1,000 students participate annually in various internship opportunities
ranging from Fortune 500 corporations to non-profit service organizations.
Internships can be structured for academic credit or can be paid or volunteer.
Any student at any point during their education can set up an internship with
virtually any participating organization in any field. For more information,
visit Experienced-Based Education.
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What is the faculty
like?
Of our more than 400 faculty members, more than 300 are full-time, and 83
percent hold doctoral degrees or terminal degrees in their fields. They include
Fulbright scholars, noted researchers, and gifted artists and writers. All
faculty have regular scheduled office hours for students.
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Do you have a good
library?
Penfield
Library, located in the heart of campus, is a high-tech information center
supporting the curriculum, teaching and research of SUNY Oswego. The library
houses a collection of over 475,000 bound volumes, including partial U.S. and
New York State government documents depositories, and provides access to nearly
26,000 print and/or electronic journals, magazines and newspapers. Through
Interlibrary Loan, Penfield can provide additional materials from libraries all
over the world. A large and helpful staff provides service 95 hours per week.
The first and second floors are wireless-enabled for Internet use, as is the Lake
Effect Café, a casual, relaxing social space serving sandwiches, salads,
pastries and a range of Starbucks products. Additional facilities include a
fully wired 24-hour study room, study carrels and computer labs for
word-processing and classroom applications.
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What is General Education all
about?
All students complete general education coursework as part of their degree
program. Our General Education Program is designed
to accomplish four things:
- Help students develop key basic skills for academic success in college and
for life beyond college.
- Expose students to a wide array of knowledge areas so they will understand
how specialists in different fields make sense of the world.
- Develop students' knowledge and understanding of American history and
cultural diversity and of Western civilization and non-Western cultures as
well.
- Engage students in the exploration of complex issues, using insights and
perspectives from different disciplines.
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What is the foreign language
requirement?
At Oswego, every student must complete the equivalent of the second semester of
a college-level foreign language course to meet one of the general education
requirements. This may be satisfied through work in high school -- high
school study of another language through Regents Level 4, or high school study
of two other languages through Level 2 in each. For more information, consult
the General Education requirements
page.
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Can I transfer credits to
Oswego?
Yes, you can. Credits (not grades) can transfer to Oswego from any accredited
college or university. You may transfer a maximum of 62 hours from a community
college or 92 hours from a four-year college or university. For more
information, see our Transfer
FAQ.
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I don’t know what I want to major
in. Can I be undeclared? A large number of our entering
freshmen each year start as undeclared students. Students who do not indicate a
major are advised by selected members of the faculty or professional staff
through the Student Advisement
Center. Undeclared students attending Orientation before
they begin at Oswego meet with specially trained advisors to plan their first
semester of coursework. Undeclared students also are assigned a specially
trained First-Year Faculty Advisor and Student Peer Advisor to help in the
transition to college. Working with these advisors, undeclared students take
courses that both satisfy general education requirements and allow them to
explore different academic majors. Students must declare a major by the end of
their sophomore year.
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What scholarships are
available?
There are more than 125 scholarships and awards available to students at SUNY
Oswego, encompassing every discipline and major field of study available on
this campus. These include scholarships for new and transfer students as well
as awards given to juniors and seniors. For a complete listing of these awards,
please see the Scholarships and
Awards site.
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What will I need to do in order
to graduate?
There are several general requirements, applicable to all students. Most
degrees require a minimum of 122 credit hours (a few require 123 to 127 credit
hours), of which at least 42 must be in junior or senior level courses. You
must earn a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 (C average) as well
as at least a 2.0 in courses in your major field of study. You must complete
the requirements for General Education. For more information, consult the
complete graduation
requirements.
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Can I have more than one
undergraduate major?
You are required to have at least one major in order to fulfill the graduation
requirements. You may choose to add a second major or a minor. You may not have
more than two majors and one minor. For more information, please consult the
complete listing of majors and minors.
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Is tutoring
available?
The Tutoring Center is the broad-based support component of the Office of
Learning Services. The center provides individual and small-group tutoring
for nearly all lower-division classes and for many upper-division courses.
There is no cost to attain these tutoring services, which are provided mostly
by undergraduate students, a few graduate students, as well as by available
professionals. Typically, tutoring is provided on a request basis.
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Do TAs teach the
classes?
While some laboratories or discussion groups may be supervised by graduate
assistants or specially trained undergraduate teaching assistants, your classes
will be taught by our faculty.
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Where will I go for
advising?
There are several resources available to you. During summer or winter
orientations you will be advised by one of a select group of faculty
trained to handle the needs of incoming students. During your freshman year,
you will be advised by a team composed of a First-Year Faculty Advisor and a
First-Year Peer Advisor who are part of our nationally recognized First-Year Advisement
Program. At the end of your freshman year, you will transition to a faculty
advisor in your major program or, if undeclared, to a specially trained faculty
or staff member under the direction of the Student Advisement
Office. In addition, the Student Advisement Office is available to all
students with academic questions and each academic department has an advisement
coordinator available to their majors and prospective majors.
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What is an online
course?
Oswego offers a number of courses that are entirely Web-based and require no
face-to-face class meetings. These online courses are part of the SUNY Learning Network, a program that
coordinates all of the Web-based courses offered among
64 SUNY four-year and/or community colleges. You can learn more about
our online courses through the Division of Continuing Education's Distance
Learning program.
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How big will my classes
be?
Around 85 percent of all classes offered at Oswego in 2006 enrolled fewer than
40 students. More than 40 percent of the 974 lecture classes offered at
Oswego in fall 2006 enrolled fewer than 20 students. We believe that small
classes offer students the opportunity for invaluable interaction with faculty.
Every freshman during his or her first semester is enrolled in at least one
class with no more than 19 other students.
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Do I need to bring my own
computer to Oswego?
A great question! Oswego has a number of general access computer labs
across the campus, run by Campus Technology Services and
supervised by student operators. The School of Business is beginning a program
that requires majors to purchase laptop computers. Many other students choose
to bring their own computers to campus for the convenience of 24-hour access from their residence
halls.
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