University College

Karen Owen, Interim Dean

 

University College creates student pathways to successful academic and post-graduation careers. The College, its academic departments, and its student success programs speak the language of the world beyond campus and espouse the values of honest communication, risk-taking innovation, data-driven decision-making, and equity mindedness.

 

University College serves as the home for academic and student support units including Academic Transition Programs, the Advising Center, the Center for Academic Success, and the Department of Multicultural Achievement.

 

University College also includes academic programs and departments, including the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, the Department of Civic Engagement & Public Service (housing the degree programs in Criminology and Political Science) and the Department of General Education, which will house all core-level courses across the curriculum.

The mission of the Department of Civic Engagement and Public Service is to promote the ideals of civic engagement and public service for students, faculty and staff through the lens of political science and criminology. The department seeks to offer students research and educational opportunities through collaborative efforts with campus groups, as well as local, state, regional, national and international organizations and government agencies, and to cultivate connections between scholars, practitioners, and the general public.

The Department of General Education works to provide students with an outstanding academic foundation. GE faculty intend for students to graduate not only with essential reading, writing and quantitative skills, but also with the excitement of academic discovery in a variety of disciplines, a strong foundation in critical reasoning and a firm grounding in ethics. The educational mission of the general education department is also to provide a diverse student body with opportunities to achieve academically, creatively, and professionally in their chosen fields.

University College is home to several of the university’s high-impact practices aimed to help foster the success of first-year students, including:

 

University College also houses two academic support units: the Advising Center and the Center for Academic Success.

We specialize in providing students with the keys to be successful college students. We house two of the University’s tutoring facilities-the Center for Academic Success and the University Writing Center-as well as the Advising Center, where students go to receive advice throughout their academic advancement.

The Center for Academic Success seeks to be a resource for students who want to be successful learners. The Center offers Peer Tutoring, Supplemental Instruction, Academic Coaching, Success workshops, and a number of employment opportunities for students. 

 

 The STEM Tutoring Center

Boyd 302

https://www.westga.edu/academics/university-college/student-success/stem-center.php

The STEM Tutoring Center supports both science and math courses by offering free drop-in tutoring. The STEM tutoring center is staffed by undergraduate students who have made an “A” in science or math courses

 

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The University Writing Center (UWC) works to assist individuals within the UWG community in their pursuit to become better writers, thinkers, and scholars. The UWC offers assistance to writers from all disciplines at any level and is staffed by faculty and graduate writing consultants who provide guidance on a variety of writing-related concerns.

 

University Advising supports students in their path to graduation by delivering information regarding advising and registration, providing appropriate course recommendations to keep students on track, and teaching students to use the tools for self-advisement that the University of West Georgia offers.  To ensure students both maximize their use of UWG’s structures and resources and make timely progress through their degree requirements, all students are required to meet with their academic advisor each semester prior to registration.

 

UCC Advising Center - advising@westga.ed

Richards College of Business Advising - rcac@westga.edu

College of Education Advising - coeadv@westga.edu

 

The Department of Multicultural Achievement provides curricular and co-curricular programming and services that facilitate retention and progression, while also promoting leadership skills, professional development, and cultural competency to meet the needs of UWG’s diverse student populations. DMA’s current initiatives include the African American Male Initiative (AAMI), the Multicultural Achievement Program (MAP), Achieve Atlanta, and the Goizueta Scholarship.

Center for Interdisciplinary Studies

The Center for Interdisciplinary Studies (CIDS) endeavors to catalyze, promote, and support modes of inquiry and learning at UWG that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries. It serves this mission in two primary ways: First, by assisting and providing administrative oversight in efforts to infuse and strengthen interdisciplinarity in the curriculum, including the development of new XIDS courses and interdisciplinary degree programs, coordinating the assessment of XIDS courses in the core curriculum, and supporting existing interdisciplinary majors and minors, including Global Studies (BA), the Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies (BIS), and minors in Africana Studies, Asian Studies, Classical Studies, Film Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Latin American Studies, and Women’s Studies. Second, the CIDS manages and administers the Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies, including coordinating the advising and mentoring of BIS majors, managing individualized degree plans, coordinating with academic programs and departments to offer interdisciplinary pathways in Film, Forensic Science & Investigation, Natural Resources Management, Data Science, Religion, and Writing, offering the introductory (XIDS 2000), theory and methods (XIDS 3000), and capstone (XIDS 4000) courses required by the Interdisciplinary Studies major, and supporting IDS majors in undertaking and presenting their capstone projects.

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