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FACULTY ADVISING INFORMATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Professional Program Admissions
Cultural Diversity
Requirement
Environmental
Literacy Requirement
U.S. and Georgia
Constitution Requirement
What Students Should Already Know
What They Learn at
Orientation
Students on
Probation/Dismissal
Students on National
Student Exchange
THE ADVISEMENT PROCESS
Professional
Program Admissions
Faculty advisors only
see students who are admitted to the Professional Program. Students
are accepted based on certain criteria.
Also
see:
·
WSFR Undergraduate
Page: Admissions
Assignment
of Advisors
At Professional Student
Orientation, students learn their faculty advisors. Dr. Newman will arrange with each faculty
member who will advise whom.
Faculty
Advising Materials
Before the midpoint of
the semester, Faculty Advising Materials will be
sent to each faculty advisor by the Pre-Professional Academic Advisor. These materials include several helpful
items.
Course
Sequences
Course sequences are
prearranged plans to complete each program in a specified period of time. We guarantee that a student will be able to
finish in the stated time period if they follow the course sequence. If they choose to deviate from the sequence,
then they may have severe difficulty in rescheduling their classes. Course Sequences are now located online.
Curricula
The curricula are lists
of the courses required for each major and area of emphasis. The listed electives are preapproved for
inclusion in a student’s program of study.
Other electives may be substituted at the major advisor’s discretion;
usually only 3000-level or above science classes are approved. Curricula are now located online.
Programs of
Study
Student programs of
study are charts that show which courses out of a student’s chosen curriculum
have been completed. Often these will
contain notes about the student from the Pre-Professional Academic Advisor to
the Faculty Advisor. When a student is
advised, the faculty advisor should sign a copy of the program of study, give
it to the student, and send them to see the Pre-Professional Advisor for
registration clearance. Blank Program
of Study forms are now located online.
DARS
Reports
DARS Reports are similar
to the student program of study, but they are generated by the University. Judged as difficult to read and understand, they
are not often used, but the University requires that we give a copy to each
student every term. You may find
several useful features on the DARS reports such as GPA and SAT scores.
Advising
Appointments
Students will begin
making appointments, generally, between the second week of the semester and the
midpoint. Students
will need to have a way to get in touch with you to make these
appointments. Students are assigned
registration appointments automatically each semester based on the number of
hours they have earned. These times
usually begin around the midpoint of the semester.
Clearing
Advisements
Students must be advised
before they can register. To ensure
that students register, a staff member must enter that they have been advised
into the Student Information System/OASIS.
Currently, this staff member is the Pre-Professional Academic
Advisor. Proof of advisement is
possession of a copy of the student’s program of study, signed by the faculty
advisor.
GENERAL ADVISING INFORMATION
Graduation
Requirements
Cultural
Diversity Requirement
All students who matriculate in Fall 2002 and
thereafter must comply with the University of Georgia Cultural Diversity
Requirement. The requirement may be
satisfied by taking a course from a pre-approved UGA list (see the Bulletin
link below), taking a course from a pre-approved WSFR list (currently includes
Ethnobotany, BTNY 4300), or by taking a Study Abroad course.
Also
see:
·
Cultural Diversity Requirement (UGA Bulletin)
Environmental
Literacy Requirement
All students who started
in Fall 1993 or later must fulfill this requirement. Usually Forest Resources students fulfill it through basic
biology.
Also see:
· Environmental
Literacy Requirement (UGA Bulletin)
· Courses
Approved to Satisfy the Environmental Literacy Requirement (UGA Bulletin)
· Quarter System
Environmental Literacy Requirement (UGA Bulletin)
U.S.
& Georgia Constitution Requirement
Everyone
receiving a degree from the University must complete these requirements. Approved courses for exemption are as
follows:
U.S. Constitution Requirement
HIST 2111H and 2112H
HIST 2111H and 2112
U.S. and Georgia Constitution Requirements
POLS 1101 (only if taken in Georgia)
POLS 1105H (only if taken in Georgia)
Georgia Constitution Requirement
POLS 4650 (only if taken in Georgia)
Examinations
are also given once each semester; dates are announced in the Schedule of
Classes. Students who fail the
examination twice must satisfy the requirement with course work.
Also see:
·
U.S. and Georgia
Constitution Requirements (UGA Bulletin)
·
Constitution of the United States
(Library of Congress)
·
Georgia
Constitution (Carl Vinson Institute of Government)
History
Requirement
A passing grade on an
examination on the History of the U.S. and Georgia is required for all persons
receiving a baccalaureate degree from UGA unless exempted by one of the
following courses: HIST 2111, HIST
2112, HIST 2111H, HIST 2112H, HIST 3080H, HIST 4100.
Examinations
are given to freshmen during orientation and twice each semester by the
Counseling and Testing Center.
Reexamination is permitted.
Examination dates are announced in the Schedule of Classes.
Also see:
·
U.S. and Georgia
History Requirement (UGA Bulletin)
·
U.S. History Exam Study Guide
Regents’
Tests
All undergraduate
students must take the Regents’ Tests unless they hold a baccalaureate or
higher degree from another institution.
1.
Students
will be required to take the test in the semester after they have earned 30
hours of college-level credit. Transfer
students with 30 or more hours must take the test no later than their second
semester of enrollment.
2.
All
students who have not passed the test during the semester in which they will
have earned 45 hours will be required to take non-degree credit courses in
remedial reading and/or remedial writing in each subsequent term of attendance
until they have passed the test.
Also see:
·
Regents’ Testing
Requirement (UGA Bulletin)
·
Approved Regents’ Test
Essay Topics (English Department’s Writing Center)
·
Regents’ Testing
Program, Registrar’s Office FAQ (Registrar’s Office)
Basic
Physical Education
All students entering
Fall 1991 and thereafter, who are candidates for their first baccalaureate
degree, must pass one hour of basic physical education (PEDB 1010-1990). For rules governing earlier matriculates,
veterans, Army and Air Force ROTC participants, and disabled students, please
see the following links.
Also see:
· Basic Physical Education
Requirement (Department of Physical Education & Sport Studies)
· List of
Classes that Fulfill Basic P.E. Requirement (UGA Bulletin)
English
1101 and 1102
All undergraduate
students must take ENGL 1101 and 1102.
They must earn a C or better in ENGL 1101 and a 2.0 or better average in
both ENGL 1101 and 1102.
Also see:
· English
Requirements (UGA Bulletin)
· First-Year
Composition at UGA Handbook (English Department)
Resident
Requirement
Candidates for first
baccalaureate degrees who matriculate at UGA fall 2003 and thereafter must earn
at least 45 of the last 60 semester credit hours in residence. In addition, 15
of the semester credit hours required for a student’s major must be earned in
residence. (Some majors may require more than the minimum of 15 semester credit
hours.)
Students whose first matriculation at UGA
is prior to fall 2003 and who are candidates for first baccalaureate degrees
after fall 1995 must earn 40 of the last 60 semester credit hours in residence.
In addition, such students must earn 12 of the semester credit hours required
for the major in residence.
Courses which are remedial in nature and
are numbered less than 1000 shall not be counted in satisfaction of this
requirement.
Study Abroad: Students may receive resident credit for University-sponsored
studies abroad programs for which course registration and fee payment are
effected through the University.
Other University-approved academic
programs: Students participating
in a University-approved academic program, including the National Student
Exchange (NSE), UGA international exchange programs, and approved study abroad
programs, are exempt from the part of the residence requirement which requires
that 45 (or 40) of the last 60 semester credit hours must be completed in
residence. In such cases, students need to complete 45 (or 40) semester hours
at the University of Georgia in order to satisfy the residence requirement.
Credit earned through programs sponsored
by other institutions, organizations, or approved student exchange programs
will be recorded as transfer credit.
Also see:
· Resident
Requirement (UGA Bulletin)
Minimum
Grade Point Average
A minimum cumulative
grade point average (UGA-only) of 2.00 is required. Students cannot graduate with an I grade if that I could possibly
change the student’s GPA to less than 2.00 when an official grade is assigned.
Also see:
· Minimum Grade Point
Average Required (UGA Bulletin)
What
Students Should Already Know
Student
Responsibility
Students are told
repeatedly that they are responsible for their degree program and that they
should keep apprised of current graduation requirements for a particular degree
program.
Also see:
· Student
Responsibility (UGA Bulletin)
· Academic
Advising (UGA Bulletin)
What
They Learn at Orientation
At Orientation students
learn about the Pre-Professional Program and the
Professional Program, how to apply, admissions requirements, graduation
requirements, the difference between overall and cumulative GPAs, when they may
be placed on probation or dismissal, how to withdraw from a class and its
effects, student responsibility, advising and registration appointments, and
various other topics.
Also see:
· UGA
Orientation (Office of Undergraduate Admissions)
What
They Learn in the Core
Students applying to the
Professional Program are
required to take ENGL 1101 & 1102, mathematics through Calculus, Elementary
Statistics, two semesters of Chemistry, two semesters of Biology, two courses
in Humanities and Fine Arts, four courses in Social Sciences, public speaking,
and an Area F Elective that is dependent on their major. The Area F Elective can be anything with
degree credit for Forestry and Wildlife majors, but it must be Organic
Chemistry (CHEM 2211-2211L) for Fisheries majors and Introductory Physics (PHYS
1111-1111L) for Forest Environmental Resources majors. Check out the following links for more
information on the Core Curriculum for all UGA
students and Forest
Resources students.
Also see:
· UGA Core
Curriculum Requirements (UGA Bulletin)
· BSFR Core
Curriculum Requirements (UGA Bulletin; follow major links to major-specific
requirements)
Special
Types of Students
Students
with AOEs/Minors
Students with an area of
emphasis do not take additional courses. Instead, the electives for their major are specified, and
therefore their choices of courses to take become more limited. Sometimes it is beneficial for a student to
drop an AOE in order to graduate in an acceptable time frame.
A minor
must contain 15 to 18 semester hours of course work, with at least 9 hours of
upper division course work, in a field of study other than the student’s
major. Courses taken to satisfy Core
Areas A through E may not be counted as course work in the minor. Students should also consult with an advisor
in the minor field for information on completing the minor requirements.
Also see:
·
Minor
Fields of Study (UGA Bulletin; includes general info and list of minors
offered at UGA)
Students
on Probation/Dismissal
Students are placed on
academic probation at the end of any term in which their UGA cumulative average
is below 2.00. Students may remove
themselves from probation by earning a 2.00 cumulative average.
Students
who started after Summer 1980 will be dismissed after two successive terms of
probation if their UGA cumulative average is below that required for a
designated number of total hours attempted as follows:
Overall Hours Attempted
Required Minimum
Cumulative Average
00.0 to 20.9
1.60
21.0 to 39.9
1.70
40.0 to 59.9
1.80
60.0 to 79.9
1.90
80.0 and above
2.00
If
students do not meet these retention standards at the end of their most recent
term of attendance, they may be continued on probation provided they were
enrolled for a minimum of 9 semester hours (6 during summer) and earned a term
average of 2.30 or higher. These hours
must be in 1000-level or above courses that are graded A-F exclusively. Courses in which grades of W, V, I, S, U,
NR, or ER are received do not count towards these hours.
Upon
first academic dismissal, a student may not re-enroll in the University until a
full fall or spring semester has elapsed.
Each student upon first dismissal will be informed of procedures and
standards that will be applied for readmittance by the School of Forest
Resources.
After a
second academic dismissal, students will be suspended from the University for a
minimum of one calendar year. At the
end of the suspension, permission to return to the University can be granted
only by appealing to the University Educational Affairs Committee.
Also see:
·
Academic Probation
(UGA Bulletin)
·
Academic Dismissal
(UGA Bulletin)
·
Answers to Questions
Regarding Probation and Dismissal (Arts & Sciences; contact information
specific to A&S)
·
Advising the Student
on Scholastic Probation/Continued Probation (Arts & Sciences)
Students
on National Student Exchange
Students must preapprove
credits that they will take at the NSE school before they leave the
University. NSE has specific
requirements, and the WSFR requires that students have professors sign off on
the transferability of planned courses and where they will be used in the
student’s program of study.
Also see:
· The
National Student Exchange Program at UGA (UGA Student Activities)
· National
Student Exchange (UGA Bulletin)
· Resident
Requirement (UGA Bulletin)
· National Student
Exchange: The Official Sites (National Student Exchange)
Honors
Students
Honors students are
expected to take three to four Honors courses per year. An “H” follows honors course numbers. Honors students can often take the graduate
portion of a split-level course in lieu of an Honors course. Please refer to the current “Honors at Georgia
Handbook” for more information.
Also see:
· Honors Program (UGA
Honors Program)
· Honors Program
(UGA Bulletin)
Quarter
Students
Students who
matriculated prior to Fall 1998 will have courses with quarter credit
hours. Many issues can arise with
quarter-semester conversion. If the
student is still completing the Pre-Professional Program, then they should be given the choice to complete
the semester requirements or the quarter requirements. However, they will have to complete the
semester requirements for the Professional Program, since they have not yet
entered. Sometimes special
considerations and exceptions will have to be made.
Also see:
· Frequent Problems for
Quarter Students (Arts & Sciences; contains some A&S-specific
information)
Transfer
Students
Transfer students can often
be tricky to advise, because their courses transfer in as various electives
rather than equivalent courses. If you
have any questions, please see the Pre-Professional Academic Advisor. Transfer credits from ABAC are accepted
according to a special policy:
·
ABAC
Policy
The UGA Admissions Office will accept the following ABAC courses for transfer credit
at the University of Georgia under the FORS prefix:
FRSC 1170 Dendrology
FRSC 1190 Natural
Resources Conservation
FRSC 1192 Forest
Wildlife Management
FRSC 2245 Aerial
Photography and Mapping
FRSC 2260 Conservation
Law Enforcement
FRSC 2261 Forest
Game Management
FRSC 2262 Aquatic
Resource Management
FRSC 2263 Advanced
Wildlife Technology
These courses may only be applied to the requirements of
the Professional Program if a grade of B or better has been earned in the course.
The following ABAC courses substitute for the matched WSFR
Professional courses, if a student has earned a B or better in the course:
FRSC 1170 à FORS
3010-3010L
FRSC 1192 à FORS
3300
FRSC 2263 à FORS
5310-5310L
Silviculture taken at ABAC will not receive course credit
at UGA. However, students may exempt
the WSFR Silviculture requirement through the University’s “course challenging”
procedure. Students who are successful
in the course challenge will receive credit and an A-F grade for Silviculture
as if taken at UGA.
Also see:
·
Transfer Information
(Office of Undergraduate Admissions)
·
Transfer
Equivalency Search (Office of Undergraduate Admissions)
·
ABAC (Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College home
page)
·
ABAC Ag & Forest Resources
Division (ABAC)
Questions
and Referrals
Questions
About Financial Aid
In general, questions
regarding financial aid are the realm of the Office of Student Financial Aid (Holmes-Hunter
Academic Building). Refer students to
this office unless the question is regarding a scholarship or other assistance
awarded through the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. In this case, please direct the student to
Robin Bingham.
Also see:
· Financial
Aid (WSFR)
· Office of Student
Financial Aid (UGA OFSA)
· Bursar’s Office (UGA
Controller’s Office)
Referring
Students
You may wish to familiarize yourself with