First Year Advising

Ashley Pittman advises
Dual Enrollment & Early Admission students:
(239) 590-7753 apittman@fgcu.edu

Hello Dual Enrollment and Early Admission Students.

Welcome to FGCU. We’re glad to have you with us!

As you begin the next phase of your academic career, I’m sure you and your families will have many questions both about the opportunities early admission and dual enrollment offers as well as about the university itself. It is my goal to answer those questions and in so doing, to also demonstrate why FGCU is a great place to begin and complete your undergraduate degree.

As you probably know, FGCU is the youngest university in the Florida State system, but while our undergraduate enrollment increases every year, we are still small enough to offer you most of the advantages of the larger state schools, along with most of the advantages of a small private school. Some of these advantages include small class sizes and personal attention from faculty and staff. At FGCU you’re more than just a number.

The information you will find on this site will answer many of your questions, but please feel free to contact me any time regarding your coursework or registration.

In order to ease your transition to university level coursework and expectations, all dual enrollment students and all full time early admission students are required to attend an orientation. We will schedule this date when you make your appointment to meet with me for class scheduling.

Once again, we are so glad to have you with us, and if there’s anything we can do to assist you at anytime, just contact me at the email address or phone number above.

Ashley Pittman, MA.
Academic Counselor

Early Admission / Dual Enrollment Authorization Form

Review Early Admission & Dual Enrollment Frequently Asked Questions here

Review admissions information for Early Admission & Dual Enrollment students here

Review admissions Early Admissions & Dual Enrollment application procedures here

Review Dual Enrollment First Year Advising Student Contract here

1) Check for orientation fees *
2) Transcripts of Advanced Placement (AP) and/or other accelerated credit
3) Immunization Documentation

4) High School Instructional Materials Form

Tuition and Fees
Students enrolled in the Early Admission or Dual Enrollment program shall be exempt from payment of all application, registration, matriculation, laboratory, and transcript fees. Students enrolled in early admission or dual enrolled HS program are responsible for a $10 student ID.

Orientation information and fees:
Attending orientation is required. Arrangements for orientation will be made at the time of the advising appointment.

* Early admission and dual enrollment students are required to pay an orientation fee of $35.00. Parents choosing to attend the 2 day orientation will be required to pay a family orientation fee of $30.00 on the morning of the orientation date.

Orientation fees cover materials, staffing, and snacks.
Early admission and dual enrollment students may be assessed a fee of $10 should math placement testing be requisite.

Costs of student books and instructional materials required for dual enrollment courses will be the responsibility of the School District. Items such as calculators, consumable materials, bluebooks, notebooks, and folders are not included in materials provided by the School District.

The School District shall be responsible for the preparation of all paper work in regards to reimbursement. This form is to be submitted to the bookstore after they have registered to allow collection of course materials. Students enrolled in courses held on the college campus or classes held at the high school for which books are not available at the high school shall:

Gordon Rule Writing Requirement
A Gordon Rule writing course is defined as any semester-length course in the general study areas of English, social science, and the humanities which is writing intensive. FGCU designates writing intensive courses with the acronym GRW in the schedule. Gordon Rule courses are determined by looking for (GRW) designations behind listed classes at: http://enrollment.fgcu.edu/advising/Images/GenEdSheet.pdf

FGCU Course Guidelines
It is recommended that students select courses from the FGCU General Education Program, which is available at: http://www.fgcu.edu/CAS/GenEd.html

ENGLISH
    It is highly recommended that students complete ENC 1101 & ENC 1102 prior to taking additional Gordon Rule writing intensive courses.

MATHEMATICS
    Students who wish to take math courses at FGCU may be asked to take a math placement test (math placement guidelines). Placement will be determined by the math placement test score. All math pre-requisites must be satisfactorily completed at the college level.

    STA 2023 Statistical Methods
    MAC 1105 College Algebra *
    MAC 1147 Precalculus
    MAC 2157 Analytical Geometry with Trigonometry
    MAC Calculus I
    MAC 2233 Elementary Calculus *
    MGF 1106 Finite Mathematics **
    MGF 1107 General Mathematics **
    * Recommended for business majors
    ** Recommended for liberal arts majors

NATURAL SCIENCES
FGCU science courses are distinguished between those designed for science majors and those designed for non-science majors. FGCU courses designed for non-science majors are:

    ANT 2511 Physical Anthropology
    AST 2002C Intro to Space Science
    AST 2004C Stellar Astronomy
    AST 2005C Intro to Astrobiology
    AST 2100C Solar Systems Astronomy
    AST 2201C Stellar Astronomy
    BSC 1005 Biological Sciences
    BSC 1005L Biological Sciences Lab
    BSC 1020C Human Systems
    BSC 1051C Environment Biology - SW Florida
    BSC 2026 Biology of Human Sexuality
    BSC 2300 Biological Systems
    CHM 1084C Environmental Chemistry
    EVR 1001C Intro to Environmental Science
    EVR 2264 Environmental Health
    GLY 1000C Physical and Historical Geology
    GLY 2030 Environmental Geology
    OCE 1001C Marine Systems
    PCB 2336C Human Genetics
    PHY 2020 Conceptual Physics

Natural sciences for science and non-science

*For students who will take biology and chemistry sequences, it is recommended that they enroll first in CHM 1045C.

SOCIAL SCIENCES
Students wishing to enroll in economics courses must have successfully completed or have equivalent credit for MAC 1105 College Algebra. If students opt to enroll in economics courses they must complete ECO 2023 Microeconomics before ECO 2013 Macroeconomics. Prerequisites for all courses can be found by searching with the online course descriptions: https://gulfline.fgcu.edu/pls/fgpo/szkschd.p_showform

Continuing Beyond High School
Students enrolled in the Dual Enrollment program wishing to continue at FGCU must submit a regular degree application, application fee and a final high school transcript. The application will be evaluated in the same manner as a lower level transfer student.