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Frequently Asked Questions - Undergraduate Advising Office
Below are the questions most commonly asked by students who visit the Department of Biology's Undergraduate Advising Office. The questions fall into six categories (shown below). Some items are subject to change so the Undergraduate Advising Office personnel (845-3116) should be consulted on occasion. Registration
Grades
Degree Requirements
Core Curriculum
Graduation
General
REGISTRATION
1. How do I change majors?
2. How do I get forced into a class?
3. What should I take next semester?
4. What catalog should I follow?
5. Can I take a course pass/fail (S/U)?
6. Can an undergraduate take a graduate
course?
7. What day do I register?
8. I don't know my classification?
9. I missed my registration day, what
can I do?
10. I forgot to pay my fees and my
schedule was dropped, what can I do?
11. Why would the registrar add penalties
to my fees?
12. I'm blocked, how do I clear the
block?
13. How do I co-enroll at another college?
14. How many times can I take the same
KINE 199?
Complete listing of REGISTRATION questions & answers | Undergraduate Advising | Top
GRADES
15. If I make a "D" in a course, do I
have to take it over?
16. I made a "D" in a course, if I take
it over is the "D" taken off my record?
17. Am I on probation?
18. What if I don't make my probation
requirements?
19. How do I appeal a grade?
20. Do grades count for transfer courses?
21. How do I withdraw from the university?
22. How do I drop a course?
23. Can I drop a particular course after
Q-drop is over?
24. How can I get an incomplete in a
course?
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DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
26. Do I have to take a language since I took two years of language in high school?
27. What can I take as biology (or botany or microbiology or zoology) electives?
28. What can I use as general electives?
29. How do I satisfy a minor?
30. How many hours can I transfer from another school?
31. What courses can I transfer from another school?
32. What is a BIOL 485?
33. How do I choose a 485 topic?
34. How many hours of 485 can I use?
35. How do I register for a 485?
Complete listing of DEGREE REQUIREMENTS questions & answers | Undergraduate Advising | Top
CORE CURRICULUM
37. What about the core curriculum?
38. What Humanities electives can I take?
39. What Social Science electives can I take?
40. What Speech and Writing Skills courses can I take?
Complete listing of CORE CURRICULUM questions & answers | Undergraduate Advising | Top
GRADUATION
42. When do I file a degree check and where?
43. How do I file for graduation?
44. What is the best major to get into medical or dental school?
45. How do I apply to dental/medical school?
46. Where do I get MCAT/DAT information and when should I take it?
47. What can I do with a biology degree?
48. How do I apply to graduate school?
49. Where can I get G.R.E. information?
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GENERAL
50. I don't want to
stay in biology, but don't know what degree program I should enter.
What should I do?
51. How do I find out who my advisor
is?
52. What student biological societies
are available?
53. What departmental scholarships
are available?
54. What courses can I test out
of?
55. Who signs the request for "testing
out" of a course?
56. What do I do if I have a disagreement
with a professor?
57. Is there a course I can substitute
for ENGL 301?
