This website has been designed to assist you in your transition to Hood. It will have links to all the forms that need to be completed, copies of Orientation publications and other important information for you!
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Orientation Resource Notebook
Check your mail for Hood's Orientation Resource Notebook, sent to all new Hood students. It will contain everything you need to become familiar with Hood and the forms you need to submit to secure your place in the Class of 2016.
Academic Advising and Course Registration Preparation
During Summer Orientation, you will meet with a faculty adviser—a Hood professor—to build your fall schedule of classes. Come prepared to talk about activities you enjoy, subjects that interest you or careers that sound right for you.
This discussion will help you and your adviser narrow down your major area of interest and select your fall semester courses which include courses that fulfill the core requirements. Students typically take four to five courses their first semester.
At least two days before you attend Summer Orientation, complete the following tasks.
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Select at least four Core Courses that you are interested in taking your first semester. Select courses that look interesting to you from a number of different categories. You will need to complete a minimum of 42 hours of core credits to graduate. Hood’s Core curriculum provides a solid grounding in the liberal arts. Choose more courses than you expect to take in your first semester so you have options when you meet with your adviser to create your fall schedule.
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Select several suggested courses in your major area of interest. These courses are grouped by academic areas of interest. If you have not narrowed down a specific academic area of interest, explore majors on the website and select several more core course options that are of interest to you. If you are not ready to decide on one major area of interest, that’s ok! All new students at Hood enroll as undeclared majors. Choose several options so you have some flexibility when you meet with your adviser to create your fall schedule.
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Review and select your top two choices from the First -Year Seminar courses. First-Year Seminars are reading- and writing-intensive courses that will help you refine your skills in critical thinking, information literacy, class discussion, oral presentation and group work. While not required, the First-Year Seminar courses can replace some core course requirements.
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Complete the Academic Advising Survey. The information you provide on the survey and the courses you selected in 1, 2 and 3 above (which you will also include on the survey), will guide your
conversations during your advising appointment. You and your adviser will use this information as a baseline from which to build your fall schedule.
Newsletters
Watch for a series of Orientation Newsletters that will arrive once a month beginning in May. These newsletters will contain important information about your transition to Hood.
Placement Testing
To ensure that you are placed in appropriate course levels or sections, first-year students are required to take placement tests in English composition, mathematics and a foreign language, or meet exemption requirements for each test. Placement tests may be taken beginning April 1, 2012, and must be completed by June 1, 2012.
Summer Orientation
Overview
Summer Orientation is designed as your initial transition to Hood! The program will teach you all about the Hood community and give you the opportunity to meet other new and returning students. This is also a time for your family members to learn more about Hood College and the services available for them.
It is a chance for you to:
- Visit the campus
- Meet with a Hood faculty member who will serve as your academic adviser and guide for the day
- Register for fall classes
- Meet other members of the Class of 2016 and current Hood students
Dates, Times, Registrations
- Monday, June 11
- Friday, June 15
- Friday, June 22
Summer Orientation begins with check-in from 9 to 9:30 a.m. in the Whitaker Campus Commons, and will wrap up by 4 p.m.
To register for Summer Orientation click here
Fall Orientation
Fall Orientation builds on the skills and information you received during Summer Orientation.
During Fall Orientation, the entire Class of 2016 will be on campus for the five-day mandatory program, held Thursday, Aug. 16 - Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. Residential students will move into their residence halls Thursday, Aug. 16.
Fall Orientation is designed to give you the skills and information that will make you a successful Hood student. You will:
- Meet faculty members in your academic area of interest
- Learn about support services at Hood
- Get acquainted with the surrounding Frederick community
- Spend time interacting with other members of the Class of 2016 and upperclassmen
We are also planning several social events and entertainment for your enjoyment, including an interactive gameshow and a coffeehouse that will feature talented Hood students. Be sure to mark your calendars now for this important program!
What Can We Do for You?
If you have questions, please don't hesitate to e-mail us at orientation@hood.edu, or call us at (301) 696-3575.