USF 1997-98 Undergradutate Catalog - Pages 34 - 35
USF seeks to provide all students with sufficient guidance and advice to select programs and courses best suited to their personal abilities, educational interests, and career objectives. For students who have been admitted to the University, an academic advising office is maintained in each of the six colleges offering baccalaureate degrees as well as in the Center for Academic Advising. This latter office serves also as an initial point of contact for non-admitted, prospective, and/or non-degree seeking students who need information about the University's academic structure. Students are cautioned that admission to the University does not imply admission to all the programs and courses offered by the individual colleges; this is especially true with respect to colleges with limited access programs. Colleges such as Business, Education, Engineering, and Nursing have been designated as limited access colleges and require completion of certain prerequisites before a student may declare a major in one of them. It is important that students check the college section of the catalog for advising and admission requirements. Students planning to enter a limited access program should be aware that their admission by the college may be denied or delayed and should be prepared with alternative plans of action.
Lower-level transfer students (entering the University with fewer than 60 semester hours) and upper-level transfer students (entering with 60 or more semester hours) who do not meet the requirements of a limited access major are assigned initially to the Center for Academic Advising for advising. In the case of non-limited access colleges, students may declare a major by completing a form in the appropriate college advising office, usually during one of the orientations required by the University. Students who do not wish to declare a major or who cannot meet the necessary prerequisites of a limited access major are advised by the Center for Academic Advising. Upper-level transfer students (entering the University with 60 semester hours or more) who meet the admission requirements of a major are assigned to the college of that major for advising. A student must declare a major no later than the end of the junior year (90 semester hours).
It is necessary that all students determine their appropriate college and attend the appropriate University-mandated Orientation Program. The purpose of this initial contact is to assign an academic advisor and to provide the advising unit with routine information which assists it in collecting and maintaining the necessary records to assure the student's proper progress toward education goals. Transfer students should bring an unofficial or student copy of their transcript(s) at the time of orientation.
All students are encouraged to establish an advising relationship with a college or the Center for Academic Advising and periodically visit their advisors to keep abreast of any policy, procedural, or curriculum changes which may affect them. In fact, some colleges require advisor approval of student programs each semester.
While the University provides advising services to assist students with academic planning, the responsibility for seeing that all graduation requirements are met rests with the student.
USF 1997-98 Undergradutate Catalog - Page 34
Continuing degree-seeking students register by appointment for their next semester's courses during the preceding term, either in person or by telephone. Appointment times and instructions for all registration periods are published in the Schedule of Classes for the appropriate semester.
Prior to initial registration, all newly admitted undergraduate students and readmitted former undergraduate students returning are required to participate in an orientation/academic advising program on the USF campus where they will take all or the majority of courses. Newly admitted students and readmitted Former Students Returning receive Orientation/Academic Advising/Registration instructions from the USF Office of Orientation.
Registered students may make schedule adjustments in the regular registration period during the preceding term or in the drop/add period during the first week of classes. (Deadline information is available in the Academic Calendar.)
Degree-seeking students who do not register prior to the first day of classes may late-register the first week of classes. A $100.00 late registration fee is charged during this week. (See the section on fees for additional information and the appropriate term's Schedule of Classes for dates.) To avoid cancellation of registration, fees are due and payable for all registered courses of record on the fifth day of classes (end of drop/add period). (See Academic Calendar for dates.)
NOTE: Prior to registration for classes which meet on campus, all students who will be less than 40 years of age at the beginning of the term must submit acceptable proof of immunity to rubella to the Student Health Service. Students born after December 31, 1956 must also submit proof of immunity of measles. (See Immunization Policy.)
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Effective Date: Semester I, 1997
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