WELCOME WEEK Fall 2013 New Student Orientation Schedule

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1 ELCOE EEK Fall 2013 New Student Orientation Schedule Friday, August 30 andatory Pre-Orientation riting Placement Test Undergraduate Students 10:00 12:00 pm riting Placement Test: orning Session, Hillside Campus Signage will direct you from the South Entrance Lobby -or- 1:30 3:30 pm riting Placement Test: Afternoon Session, Hillside Campus Signage will direct you from the South Entrance Lobby A make-up test will be offered on Tuesday, Sept. 3rd at 1:30 pm for those who are unable to attend. Please note, if you take the make up writing test instead of the mandatory pre-orientation test, you may not receive a complete course schedule on Thursday of Orientation eek. ho is required to take the riting Placement Test? Undergraduate students who have not previously completed a college level English Composition class from a regionally-accredited U.S. college or university where the primary language of instruction is in English with a B or better or AP test of 4 or 5 in English Composition or English Literature are required to take a riting Placement Test for purposes of placing you in the correct level of our required riting class. Those who have already fulfilled the class requirement as described above will receive transfer credit for the class and are therefore exempted from the writing placement test. Students are responsible for providing an official college transcript or official AP score report in order to receive transfer credit. Classes taken at non-u.s. colleges in which the language of instruction is English will be evaluated on an individual basis. Any exception to the testing policy will be made on a case-by-case basis by the Chair of Humanities and Design Sciences or her/his designee. Exchange students are exempt from all testing requirements. To reserve a time slot for the riting Placement Test on Pre-Orientation Testing Day, please go to: Please contact the Center for Student Experience at or CSE@artcenter.edu if you have any questions.

2 Tuesday, September 3 Orientation eek Undergraduate and Students (All students) 8:00-9:00 am New Student Orientation Check-in South Entrance, Hillside Campus 9:00-9:30 am elcome to Art Center! Kit Baron, Vice President, Admissions Jeffrey Hoffman, Dean of Students Dr. Lorne Buchman, President 9:30 9:45 am Overview of Orientation eek 9:45 10:30 am Undergraduate Students - Survey Administration 9:45 12:00 pm Students - eet your Peer entors and tour campus Café Patio / Lawn Area 10:30 12:00 pm Undergraduate Students - eet your Peer entors and tour the campus Classroom locations listed on folders 12:00-1:30 pm with Peer entors (buffet provided) Student Dining Undergraduate Students 1:30-3:00 pm Optional Digital aiver Tests Computer Labs Downstairs -or- Digital Design 1: For students in Entertainment Design, Fine Art, Illustration, Product Design, 3:30-5:00 pm & Transportation Design Imaging I: For students in Photography + Imaging (there is no make up test for Imaging during the term) 1:30 3:30 pm riting Placement ake Up Test Los Angeles Times edia Center This session is for students who were unable to take the mandatory pre-orientation test. Please note that if you take the writing test today (make-up day), you may not receive a complete course schedule on Thursday of Orientation eek. Students 2:00 5:30 pm Orientation to department and course selection Film (Hillside Campus) Dining Art (South Campus, 950 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena 91105) Lobby Environmental Design (Hillside Campus) 225 Industrial Design (Hillside Campus) 135 edia Design (South Campus, 950 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena 91105) ind Tunnel Transportation Design (Hillside Campus) 211

3 ednesday, September 4 International Undergraduate and Students Only 8:30 12:30 pm hat to Expect, Immigration 101 & Life at Art Center as an International Student Dining Jeonghan Ryu, Assistant Director for International Student Advising and Programming ilyn Villareal, Coordinator for Intercultural and Diversity Programming Domestic Undergraduate and Students Receiving State & Federal Aid 10:15 11:45 am andatory eeting. Financial Literacy: Funding your Education Kuniko Reynolds, Assistant Director, Financial Aid Undergraduate & Students (all students) 11:45 12:45 pm Break (lunch on your own) Student Dining Undergraduate and Students (all students) 12:45 4:35 pm ednesday Afternoon Sessions odel Shop 12:45 12:55 pm Learning Together: Art Center Handbook and Policies 12:55 1:15 pm Library Resources for In & Out of the Classroom 1:15 1:45 pm Creativity Coaching 1:45 2:00 pm Designmatters 2:00 2:15 pm Break: Coffee, Tea, and Cookies provided by our Alumni Legacy Circle 2:15 2:45 pm Your riting Center 2:45 2:55 pm Campus Sustainability & Public Transportation 2:55 3:10 pm Taking Care of Yourself: Health Insurance, Student Support Services, & ellness 3:10 3:45 pm Campus Security, Safety & Parking 3:45 4:15 pm The Future is Now: Career & Professional Development -&- Alumni 4:15 4:25 pm Alumni Legacy Circle 4:25 4:35 pm Lobby Reminder: Bring your new student information form & vehicle registration tomorrow

4 Thursday, September 5 Undergraduate and Students (All students) 9:30 9:55 am Technology at Art Center, Your Equipment Insurance & How to Reserve Equipment Online 9:55 10:15 am anaging your Class Schedule & Academic Progress 10:15 11:00 am The Art of Critique This presentation will address the importance of Art Center s culture of critique and spend time discussing ways to begin by interpreting a few familiar and perhaps some not so familiar objects and images. It will touch on the importance of doing research as a resource for inspiration to deepen the level of sophistication in all kinds of work, from products to advertising to logo design to fine art. Group A Group B Group C Group D 11:00 12:15 pm James Lemont Fogg Library 11:30 1:30 pm 11:00 5:15 pm 1:30 2:45 pm James Lemont Fogg Library Portfolio Activity with Peer entors Portfolio Activity with Peer entors 2:45 4:00 pm Portfolio Activity with Peer entors Portfolio Activity with Peer entors James Lemont Fogg Library 4:00 pm 5:15 pm James Lemont Fogg Library : Current students from Peer entoring, Clubs & Organizations, and Art Center Student Government will answer questions & provide helpful tips. Portfolio Activity with Peer entors: Connect, ask questions, and view portfolio work from current students in a variety of majors. For majors not listed here, utilize the time by going to any rooms that interest you from a trans-disciplinary approach. 202: Environmental Design & Product Design 204: Graphic Design 208/209: Illustration 203: Fine Art & Interaction Design & Advertising 207: Entertainment Design & Transportation Design : Join us at (beneath the bridge) to get your student ID photo taken, receive your course/schedule login information, and pick up your parking decal. : eet our friendly library staff and receive a tour of the James Lemont Fogg Library.

5 Friday, September 6 Parents, Spouses, Partners, and other Family embers of our New Students 8:00 9:00 am Family Orientation Check-In & Breakfast hosted by Center for the Student Experience South Entrance, Hillside Campus 9:00 12:00 pm Family Orientation Program Kendra Stanifer, Associate Director, Student Support Services, CSE Undergraduate Students 11:30 12:30 pm Lunch with your Department (buffet provided) Student Dining 12:30 2:30 pm Departmental Orientation: Advertising: 207, Entertainment Design: 227, Environmental Design: 225, Fine Art: 106, Film: 208, Graphic Design: Los Angeles Times Auditorium, Illustration:, Interaction Design: 205, Photography + Imaging: 204, Product Design: 203, Transportation Design: 202 Students Program specific activities organized by your graduate department Location & Times TBD Saturday, September 7 Classes begin. Please check your schedule to see if you have a Saturday Class.

6 Hillside Campus ap ain Building Level 2 Drying Spray 2 Composite Lab Rapid Prototype Alumni Relations Financial Aid 211A riting Center Student Parking Lot 224 CTEL Sim Lab Department Chairs 227A ail South Receiving Spray 1 Sanding Plaster /217 CNC Tools odel Shop 230 Student illiamson Admissions Accounting Administration Enrollment Services Library Technology Studio Copy Center Student Store Dining Cafeteria Student Dining Conference B Level 1 South Alcove Sound Client Services etal First Aid Joe Farrer Studio Film Boardroom Human Resources President s Center for the Student Experience Counseling & ellness Archives odel / First Aid Fine Art LA Times edia Center Grad ID I.T Editing s 117 Black and hite Photo Lab 115 Color PhotoLab Photo Stage Equpment Film Stage Photo Drive Ahmanson Auditorium Props 105 Fine Art Studios and Staff Parking Lot Telecom Computer Lab Photo Level 1 Level 2 A8 A7 A6 A5 A14 A13 A2 A3 A4 A9 A10 A11 N Sinclaire Pavillion Annex Building

7 South Campus ap ezzanine The Agency 5A Terrace 1 Second Floor Art Studios Conference Public Programs ain Entry Food Cart 200 edia Design Program Research Project Copier/Printer edia Services Digital edia Lab 205 Digital edia Lab 203 Digital edia Lab Ground Floor Art Studios edia Design edia Design 100 Design Based Learning Lab Parking Lot Department Chair 131 Fine Art Shop Outdoor Shop Fine Art Fine Art A Vending achine Security 103 Printmaking Lab 102 Archetype Press Facilities 101 Public Programs Lobby Parking Lot Basement B38 Conference Area B36 B30-A B30-B B40 Shower B34 B32 Shower