PART THREE

ADVISING FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES

The PMU graduate will ideally study for five years before graduation. The non-credit preparation program consists of two semesters (may vary according to student’s proficiency in English and mathematics). A student who enters the university with an intermediate level English proficiency will study one semester at the intermediate level and the second semester at the advanced level.

Preparation Program Advising

Preparatory Program students do need advising especially by the end of the first semester where they have to select the Mathematics course for the second semester. According to the University’s system design, during the second semester of Mathematics and after they finish Introductory Algebra, students have a choice of two tracks (Pre-calculus I or Intermediate Algebra) depending on their chosen major of study at the University. Students seeking entrance to majors in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, and Computer Engineering take PREPM 0022: Pre-calculus I during the second semester of the Preparation Program; whereas students seeking entrance to majors in Interior Design and any of the college of Business majors are required to take PREPM 0012 Intermediate Algebra during the second semester of the preparation program (See Figure5).