Student Handbook - Zayed University

STUDY IN THE BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM
University College:
The Colloquy on Integrated Learning
The goal of the University College’s Colloquy on Integrated Learning
program is to build students’ understanding of their relation to the
world and to equip them to be successful at the University, in their
professions and in their personal lives through an integrated, skill-rich,
interdisciplinary core curriculum. Within this interdisciplinary framework
supportive of the Zayed University Learning Outcomes, the Colloquy
builds students’ abilities to think critically about the relationship between
local contexts and global forces through a comparative engagement
with the world, its histories and its problems. At the same time, students
are prepared to work in their major field of study and in their professions
through systematic development of their abilities in critical thinking and
quantitative reasoning, computer applications, information literacy, and
the English and Arabic languages.
University College has a Department of Advising and Academic
Development from where you will be assigned an advisor. Your advisor
will work with you as you make important decisions related to your
choices of major courses and future careers as well as assist you in
making successful transitions from school to university, from the ABP to
Colloquy and from Colloquy to the colleges.
Entering The Major
When you enroll at Zayed University, you will be asked your preference
for major. Your selection is not binding. You do not formally apply for
admission to a major until the end of your third or fourth full semester
of credit study, but expressing your intent at the very beginning ensures
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