Academic Plan
Academic Plan for Austin Stadel
Essential Components:
A) Are you registered in your desired degree plan or are you shadowing a plan that you do not yet meet the requirements for? Yes, I am registered in my desired degree plan.
B) I will be attending school full-time this coming year and will not be working during my studies.
C) I have had a challenging academic career at Queen’s due to mental health problems and family matters. I have been focusing on my health and have a new very supportive family doctor. I have also had troubles before due to attempting to take too many courses when I was not in a healthy state to do so. Moving forward I am going to focus on taking less courses and maintaining my mental health by better utilizing my support network and seeking help from my doctor early on if I have any further issues.
My current plan is to complete my summer course ECON 111 and continue working full time so that I can cover my tuition for the fall and winter semester. This will allow me to focus fully on my studies, and I believe this will set me up for the best chance of success. After my ECON course I will need a further 27 units to graduate with 18 being in English courses. My Plan is to take 3 courses in the fall, ENGL 237, and 281, and ECON 112. This will allow me an easier course load upon returning to full-time studies. In the winter I will take ENGL 259, 273, along with two other art sci courses. This will leave me with 6 units remaining which I plan to fill with ENGL 215 over the summer. I had planned to take ENGL 215 this summer, but as it is a full year 6 unit course, fitting it in while working full time has been challenging so I decided to drop it to focus on the less intensive 3 unit ECON 111.
Utilizing the GPA calculator on the Art Sci website I determined that if I can maintain a GPA of 2.02 on my remaining courses, I will be more than above the 1.6 GPA requirement for graduation. I believe this is more than achievable and I will be aiming to have a GPA higher than this to ensure I will be eligible to graduate. 4 of the courses I have planned to take I will be redoing, which will also greatly increase my GPA. I did not see any further courses that I could redo but I will double check again before registering to ensure that I retake any courses I can to further increase my GPA.
Moving forward into this coming Academic year I am determined to graduate and certain that I will be able to be successful in my studies. I successfully completed my first course in many years, and I also identified that ENGL 215 would be too much for me this semester and rather than deluding myself I decided to drop it to put more time into my other courses. I have been working with my new family doctor regarding my mental health struggles and have been doing very well. I recently came off my medication which was a huge step for me as I have been taking it for the past 5-6 years. I am more aware of my support network and am more comfortable reaching out early to my doctor if I am struggling so that I don’t repeat my previous mistakes. I have been feeling better in the past few months than I have in the previous many years. I am determined and excited for my upcoming classes and to complete my degree at Queen’s.
Essential Components:
A) Are you registered in your desired degree plan or are you shadowing a plan that you do not yet meet the requirements for? Yes, I am registered in my desired degree plan.
B) I will be attending school full-time this coming year and will not be working during my studies.
C) I have had a challenging academic career at Queen’s due to mental health problems and family matters. I have been focusing on my health and have a new very supportive family doctor. I have also had troubles before due to attempting to take too many courses when I was not in a healthy state to do so. Moving forward I am going to focus on taking less courses and maintaining my mental health by better utilizing my support network and seeking help from my doctor early on if I have any further issues.
My current plan is to complete my summer course ECON 111 and continue working full time so that I can cover my tuition for the fall and winter semester. This will allow me to focus fully on my studies, and I believe this will set me up for the best chance of success. After my ECON course I will need a further 27 units to graduate with 18 being in English courses. My Plan is to take 3 courses in the fall, ENGL 237, and 281, and ECON 112. This will allow me an easier course load upon returning to full-time studies. In the winter I will take ENGL 259, 273, along with two other art sci courses. This will leave me with 6 units remaining which I plan to fill with ENGL 215 over the summer. I had planned to take ENGL 215 this summer, but as it is a full year 6 unit course, fitting it in while working full time has been challenging so I decided to drop it to focus on the less intensive 3 unit ECON 111.
Utilizing the GPA calculator on the Art Sci website I determined that if I can maintain a GPA of 2.02 on my remaining courses, I will be more than above the 1.6 GPA requirement for graduation. I believe this is more than achievable and I will be aiming to have a GPA higher than this to ensure I will be eligible to graduate. 4 of the courses I have planned to take I will be redoing, which will also greatly increase my GPA. I did not see any further courses that I could redo but I will double check again before registering to ensure that I retake any courses I can to further increase my GPA.
Moving forward into this coming Academic year I am determined to graduate and certain that I will be able to be successful in my studies. I successfully completed my first course in many years, and I also identified that ENGL 215 would be too much for me this semester and rather than deluding myself I decided to drop it to put more time into my other courses. I have been working with my new family doctor regarding my mental health struggles and have been doing very well. I recently came off my medication which was a huge step for me as I have been taking it for the past 5-6 years. I am more aware of my support network and am more comfortable reaching out early to my doctor if I am struggling so that I don’t repeat my previous mistakes. I have been feeling better in the past few months than I have in the previous many years. I am determined and excited for my upcoming classes and to complete my degree at Queen’s.