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CLAST Advising - TL Hold

You have received the following e-mail:

Dear student, Our records indicate you have not satisfied all portions of the College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) and have earned 36 or more hours of upper level credit. This has resulted in a TL CLAST hold on your registration. As you may know, Florida Law (F.S. 229.053) and the University require all students to satisfy all portions of the CLAST examination BEFORE earning 36 upper level hours (3000 and 4000 level courses). If you have not met the CLAST requirement by: 1) passing the CLAST, 2) earning a 2.5 GPA in specific courses, or 3) through high enough SAT or ACT scores, your enrollment will be restricted to freshman and sophomore (1000 and 2000) level classes. In other words, you are only allowed to earn 36 hours of upper level hours without passing or satisfying all portions of the CLAST examination. If you are currently enrolled in a course that will satisfy CLAST exemption criteria, your hold will be removed after grades have been posted and you have successfully completed the course by earning the necessary grade. Additionally, you may want to repeat the CLAST examination.

So, if you are told by Oasis that your enrollment is limited to freshman and sophomore classes, this is why. Once you have earned 36 hours of upper level credit, you must pass or exempt ALL portions of the CLAST. If you do not, you will be limited to taking only 1000 and 2000 level classes at the University. For further information, you must contact your college CLAST coordinator. Please visit http://www.ugs.usf.edu/student/clast/index.htm to contact your coordinator and determine how to satisfy the CLAST graduation requirement.

For further information, you must contact your college CLAST advisor. She or he will tell you how to satisfy the CLAST graduation requirement.

First, determine which college houses your major:

College of Arts and Sciences

Kim Williams, CLAST Advisor

Please contact her by e-mail at williams@cas.usf.edu

College of Business Administration

Jackie Nelson, CLAST Advisor

CLAST advising will be done by all advisors in the College of Business Academic Advising Office. Students may inquire about their CLAST status the same way they access our services for other matters.

Visit the COBA undergraduate advising site at: http://www.coba.usf.edu/services/ugrad/index.html

Or come to BSN 2102 or call 813/974-4290 to make an appointment

College of Education

Brent Lamons, CLAST Advisor

Pre-Education students should attend an advising session if they need clarification as to which CLAST sections they still need to satisfy. Please sign up for a session through the College of Education website at http://www.coedu.usf.edu/main/sas/Pre-EdAdvisingSessions.htm

If you know which portions of CLAST you will need to take, please go to Testing Services in SVC 2060 to sign up for the CLAST section(s) you are missing. The TC hold will be removed by Testing Services once you register.

College of Engineering

Kate Johnson, CLAST Advisor

TC advising will be done by all advisors in the Engineering Student Services Office.  Students may inquire about their CLAST status the same way they access our services for other matters:

In person: By appointment or by visiting when walk in service is available. Walk in service is available during normal business hours unless a major event (Orientation, EXPO, etc) is taking place.

E-mail:  by using the Cyber Advising feature via the website http://www2.eng.usf.edu/ugadvising/

Over the Phone:  Students may call for advice (974-2684) if it is not possible for them to contact us in person or via e-mail.

College of Nursing

You must make an appointment with Mary Poe mpoe@health.usf.edu to discuss your CLAST status.

College of Visual and Performing Arts

Carol Kerrigan, CLAST Advisor

Please visit the following web site to make an appointment: http://advising.arts.usf.edu/clast_removal_form.htm

Undeclared Students

You are advised in the Center for Academic Advising in SVC 2011. You may make an appointment on line at http://www.ugs.usf.edu/trac/appts.htm

or by telephone at 974-2645.

Students at other USF System Campuses

Lakeland Campus

Arts & Sciences
Dr. Jackie Reece (A-J) - jacreece@lakeland.usf.edu
Joyce Hunsuckle (K-Z) - joyce@lakeland.usf.edu

BSAS
Dr. Jackie Reece (for Betty Sue Teets) - jacreece@lakeland.usf.edu

Business
Denise Dale - arobinson@lakeland.usf.edu

Education
Dale Gosnell - dgosnell@lakeland.usf.edu

Engineering & IT
Lisa Wetmore - lwetmore@lakeland.usf.edu

St. Petersburg Campus

College of Arts and Sciences USFSP
Joan Eldridge, CLAST Advisor
You may inquire via e-mail: jgeorge@stpt.usf.edu

College of Business USFSP
Bob Thompson, CLAST Advisor
You may inquire via e-mail: rbthomps@stpt.usf.edu

College of Education USFSP
Beatrice Smith, CLAST Advisor
You may inquire via e-mail: bsmith@stpt.usf.edu

Undecided Majors USFSP
Sheila Goethe, CLAST Advisor
You may inquire via e-mail: goethe@stpt.usf.edu

USF Sarasota-Manatee Campus

Mary Beth Wallace, Director

CLAST advising will be done by all Academic Advisors in the Office of Student Services, C-107:
In person: By appointment http://www.sarasota.usf.edu/AcademicAdvising/documents/AAAppointments.htm
E-mail: Click on your academic advisor e-mail http://www.sarasota.usf.edu/StudentServices/
Phone: Students may call 941-359-4330 if it is not possible for them to contact us in person or via e-mail.


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