First Year & Transfer Student Orientation

Welcome to the Environmental & Sustainability Studies (EVSS) program! Please read the following orientation materials carefully.

• Orientation Packet: This packet provides information of student rights under FERPA, satisfactory GPA (GPA retention table), Mason email and email etiquette, available academic and student support services, and the academic calendar.
• Overview of the EVSS program
• This degree requires intermediate foreign language or ASL proficiency. If you took a foreign language in high school or already speak one, here are ways to get credit for it:
  
  • Foreign Language or ASL Requirement
  • Foreign Language Placement Test and Waiver Test Information (Please take a placement test or waiver test after orientation)
  • American Sign Language (ASL) Placement Test and Waiver Test Information (Please take a placement test or waiver test after orientation)

Welcome to the HDFS program. Please read the following orientation materials carefully.

• Orientation Packet: This packet provides information of student rights under FERPA, satisfactory GPA (GPA retention table), Mason email and email etiquette, available academic and student support services, and the academic calendar.
• Overview of the HDFS program
• HDFS requires intermediate foreign language or ASL proficiency. If you took a foreign language in high school or already speak one, here are ways to get credit for it:
  • Foreign Language or ASL Requirement
  • Foreign Language Placement Test and Waiver Test Information (Please take a placement test or waiver test after orientation)
  • ASL Placement Test and Waiver Test Information (Please take a placement test or waiver test after orientation)
• If you are interested in applying for the accelerated master’s program in Elementary Education or Early Childhood Education: meet with a HDFS advisor.

Orientation Packet

No additional materials are needed for orientation in the BIS degree.

The BIS program offers pre-orientation advising.

To schedule a 45 minute pre-orientation advising appointment please write to bis@gmu.edu We will schedule you for the first available appointment within the time frame you share.

All concentrations: download the orientation packet.

Integrative Studies Advising Team