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Undeclared Student Services

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Norfolk State University enrolls between 300 to 400 undeclared undergraduate students each year.  FYE/ACCESS offers a variety of services to assist undeclared students and to help them with major career choices.  FYE/ACCESS is located in the James A. Bowser Building, Room 118.  For more information contact the ACCESS office at  (757) 823-8507.

The Office of First Year Experience and the Academy for Collegiate Excellence (FYE/ACCESS) functions as a "School Based Advisement Center" for undergraduate students who have not yet decided on a major.  ACCESS professional advisors provide academic advisement and all related services for students who have not selected a major.

Advantages of the Undeclared Option

The Undeclared option at Norfolk State University provides students the opportunity to establish educational and career goals, and explore various careers and majors.

  • You will meet with the Coordinator of Undeclared Student Services who will personally assist you with career exploration and the career decision making process.
  • You will be allowed time to explore different career options and discuss opportunities with department faculty in programs that interest you.
  • You will work with specially trained academic advisor to discuss career paths, and possible majors.
  • You can take advantage of career counseling and various career development resources.
  • Provides a career development course (GST 180 - Career Exploration)
  • You will be enrolled in GST 180 - Career Exploration, a three (3) hour course that is specifically designed  to help students explore careers and majors and to assist in deciding on a major.

Services Available for Undeclared Students

Academic and other support services include:

  • Academic Advising: personal one-on-one advising with the coordinator/advisor of undeclared students and professional academic advisors
  • Career Counseling: undeclared students at NSU can take advantage of career counseling and numerous career development resources, which  include:
    • GST 180 - career exploration
    • Computer assisted individual assessments
    • Career planning software: DISCOVER, Electronic Career Planner, Custom Resume Creator, Digital Career Portfolio, and Career Explorer
    • Supplemental Instruction
    • College Student Inventory (CSI) - designed to assess students dropout proneness
    • Occupational reference resources,  personality and career interest inventories
    • ACCESS Summer Bridge Program
    • ACCESS Female and Male Mentoring Programs

 

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Curriculum for Undeclared Students
 
There are general education course requirements for undeclared students.

Undeclared students will follow the general education core of courses until he/she decides on a major field of study (not to exceed 30 credit hours).

General Core Curriculum

 
 
 

Office of First Year Experience / ACCESS, NCH Building, Suite 100.

Phone:  (757) 823-8507 access@nsu.edu

 

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