<p>^^^</p>
<p>What does she need rec letters for?</p>
<p>BTW…Mike…ChemE got rid of the summer req’t. :)</p>
<p>i emailed about the summer req. never heard back. but glad to hear they got rid of it … YAY!!!</p>
<p>rec letters for rush (or recruitment as they call it now)</p>
<p>Alabama Action/Outdoor Action and Sorority recruitment girls all move in on the same day. Last year it was Sunday AM. and if you lived in a few dorms (Tutwiller) you get a scheduled time. (Not sure if other older dorms are available).</p>
<p>As I remember a few girls got to move in on Saturday last year if they were in Tutwiller as there are only a few elevators and they tried to control the flow of traffic.</p>
<p>If you are in a Honors dorm you can pretty much move in as you please on Sunday. </p>
<p>The kids will have meetings for there programs on Sunday night (Action Programs or Recruitment) and have a dorm or section meeting as well.</p>
<p>So on the Sunday move in day over 1400 students from the Class of 2014 will be moving in!</p>
<p>*
So on the Sunday move in day over 1400 students from the Class of 2014 will be moving in! *</p>
<p>Just to clarify to others….that’s a week and and half before school opens. That Sunday is on Aug 8th…and school starts on Aug 18th. Wow.</p>
<p>Counting the days!</p>
<p>OK - now that it’s drawing near I’m finally starting to pay attention to the details.</p>
<p>Got our confirmation packets for May 27-28 Bama Bound 
From the looks of it, we (parents) have a visit with our student’s advisors to discuss their options for classes etc. on Day 1.
The students meet with advisors and do their scheduling on Day 2.</p>
<p>So - do I assume that we are meeting with the advisors individually and having actual input to help “set them up” for their Day 2 scheduling or is it more like a group thing? I understand that our kids will have to do this themselves at some point, but I sure do like the idea of helping pave the way for their specific advising to go smoothly this first time. Quite frankly with finals, AP tests, prom etc. DS has not gotten into the details of his classes yet, though will do so before Bama Bound.
Am I reading this correctly?</p>
<p>My son did meet with a general adviser last June and scheduled his classes (actually he wrote out in advance what he wanted and it was fine). I never met with the adviser.</p>
<p>But … after he made his schedule and even after the Honors College personnel saw it, he had a meeting with his major’s adviser. He had been corresponding with him for a few weeks. His major’s adviser liked 80 percent of his schedule, but felt he needed a math class. My son told him that nothing was available (remember, this is late June, he could not attend the Honors Bama Bound because of AP exams and participation in a national tournament). The adviser picked up the phone, and 10 minutes later, he was enrolled in a math class.</p>
<p>I should mention that about six weeks later, my son changed his schedule for one class, and it was fine.</p>
<p>What your son needs to do is have an idea of what he might want to take – list five to eight classes with course numbers on a sheet of paper before he goes to Alabama. Write down his AP exams and scores (just so his adviser knows he does not have to take fill-in-the-blank class because he had the qualifying AP score, and if the adviser does not have them in front of him). Alabama gives the kids the benefit of the doubt on this year’s AP scores – it will assume you did well enough to gain credit and place you in a high level class. If not, changes can be made later. For example, my son did not have his AP comparative government and U.S. government scores when he went to Bama Bound, but the adviser allowed him to place into a higher level poli sci class. If he is doing Alabama/Outdoors Action, make sure you have that among the list of classes he wants to take.</p>
<p>Remember, if your son has better than a 640 on the SAT Math I and has completed calculus with a C- or better, he does not have to take the placement test. Last year, that test was given the first day of Bama Bound. The foreign language placement was given the second morning (8 a.m.).</p>
<p>The parents and students actually meet with advisors on Day 1 and the students register on Day 2 (advisors are also present then). The first day’s advising session is listed as “College and School Visit 1” on the students’ schedules. In my experience (Business School), advising consists of a presentation explaining degree requirements followed by advisors going down the rows and talking with students about what courses they want to take. Even though students might register for certain courses, in no way do they have to take those exact courses and/or course sections they register for during Bama Bound. Note also that they can always call or e-mail their advisor at a later date with any additional questions. Out of the 16 credits I registered for at Bama Bound, I only ended up taking 4 credits of things I had selected that day and changed everything else during the summer.</p>
<p>While the parents will probably be in the room during advising, they will not probably talk to the advisors and just sit back and talk about how their kids have grown up.</p>
<p>^ thanks -</p>
<p>while I have you here SeaTide - what is the best complete UA calendar you know of? - looking for semester start dates, holiday breaks etc… I found something at the registrar’s page but it was broken down by semester. Is there one yearly listing of major events?</p>
<p>I don’t think there is a yearly listing of events, unless you go to the customized calendars and you can create on that way. Everything seem to be by semesters.</p>
<p>do I assume that we are meeting with the advisors individually and having actual input to help “set them up” for their Day 2 scheduling or is it more like a group thing? I understand that our kids will have to do this themselves at some point, but I sure do like the idea of helping pave the way for their specific advising to go smoothly this first time.</p>
<p>There wouldn’t be enough time for each parent to meet with an advisor individually. The school is pretty adamant that students set up their schedules, so it’s really best for parents who want to help to do so during the days leading up to Bama Bound by helping create a schedule with some alternative choices in case a desired class gets filled during your child’s registration time.</p>
<p>Frankly, there’s little need to meet with advisors to create a schedule unless there’s an unusual situation. Most majors already have a detailed listing of recommended sequencing of classes by semester either online or in the catalog (or both). Also, Bama has that online program - Degree Works - that also figures the sequence for you. [Finish</a> in Four - The University of Alabama](<a href=“Page Not Found | The University of Alabama”>The University of Alabama Fall 2021–Summer 2022 Academic Catalog | University of Alabama)
Advisors will soon become obsolete - replaced by technology - only needed for very unusual circumstances. </p>
<p>If the requirements for a suggested course has already been satisfied by an AP/IB course, then the student can repeat the course, move on to the higher level, take a course for a minor, or take a fun class.</p>
<p>for instance…</p>
<p>For someone who starts this fall in Electrical Engineering</p>
<p>FRESHMAN YEAR
First Semester Hours</p>
<p>CH 101 General Chemistry I (N) 4
DR 100 Engineering Sketching 1
EN 101 English Composition I (FC) 3
GES 131 Foundations Engineering I 2
History (HI) or social and behavioral sciences (SB) elective1,3 3
MATH 125 Calculus I (MA) 4
___
17</p>
<p>Second Semester<br>
ECE 125 Fundamentals of Electrical and Computer Engineering 2
EN 102 English Composition II (FC) 3
Humanities (HU), literature (L), or fine arts (FA) elective1,3 3
MATH 126 Calculus II (MA) 4
PH 105 General Physics with Calculus I (N) 4
___
16</p>
<p>There are some recently announced changed for above…Instead of the GES 131 and DR 100, the below classes will be offered.</p>
<p>The College of Engineering has revised its freshman engineering program. These changes are effective Fall 2010. The revised program contains five common hours that are taken by all first-year students in the College of Engineering. These five hours are:
- ENGR 111 : Engineering the Future
- A discipline-specific 121 course : Introduction to the discipline
- ENGR 131 : Engineering Concepts and Design I
- ENGR 141 : Engineering Concepts and Design II
- ENGR 151 : Fundamental Engineering Graphics</p>
<p>In addition, students in Mechanical Engineering will complete ENGR 161 (Small-Scale Engineering Graphics) and students in Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering will complete ENGR 171 (Large-Scale Engineering Graphics) as part of their degree requirements.</p>
<p>The discipline-specific introductory course is designed to provide an in-depth understanding of a specific field within engineering. All departments provide a 1-hour introductory course. Some departments have a second 1-hour course that provides additional information regarding that specific discipline.</p>
<p>ok i was just looking at degree works.</p>
<p>my DD is unspecified engineering right now. so it lists all the gen ed requirements.</p>
<p>i am assuming that the gen ed requirements for all engr types are the same … </p>
<p>they have the gen ed spread out over the four years, pretty much, but when i went to school, it seemed more like gen ed for the first two years and then major stuff for the last 2. is this not how it is done any more?</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>All GenEd/Core req’ts are the same for engineering with the exception of Computer Science (I think…I’ll look it up. I think Comp Sci majors include a Fine Arts & Lit req’t and maybe some other differences.)</p>
<p>I know what you mean about gen ed spread out. I think that’s done in engineering so that a student has some easier courses spread out throughout the 8 semesters and also to be able to include 8 semesters of engineering sequencing.</p>
<p>AL34, I just use the semester calendar to see when important dates are ie holidays and breaks and just combine the calendars for two semesters when I am looking at semester breaks.</p>
<p>yeah, i thought that too - about leaving some “easier” classes for the later years. but some of those “easier” classes are not so easy for some of the engineering types.</p>
<p>my dad made As in all is engineering type classes but had a hard time with things like english and literature!</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>I think it’s also because of the sequencing. There are engineering classes that need to be taken during the first 4 semesters, so that would push Gen Ed/Core classes later.</p>
<p>Also note that engineers take fewer Gen Ed/Core classes than other majors.</p>
<p>curious as to what is done for a double major, will go and check, assuming that has to be done “by hand.” I’m sure I can find it somewhere, but off the top of your head (anyone), can requirements for one major be used to satisfy those for another (like core classes?)</p>
<p>DegreeWorks can handle multiple majors when the the registrar or whoever enters your majors. The “what if” function can too, but it might list the same class twice when calculating how many credits you need for that major/minor. Core classes and prerequisites can be shared among majors, as can courses that fulfill major requirements, but in my experience, some colleges (in my case, A&S) do restrict certain classes from counting towards two majors, but generally, yes, a course can count towards multiple majors.</p>
<p>I do like DegreeWorks, but as of now it doesn’t recognize all the little idiosyncrasies of every major, minor, and specialization, but it is getting close. With the exception of certain courses, note that the course sequencing listed in the catalog is suggested, but not necessarily required. It’s generally okay to take history one semester when the guide says science, for example.</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>True…</p>
<p>You still have to follow up on any odd things. For instance, CBH 101 & 102 can be used to count for the Foreign Language (FL) or Computer (C) Core Req’t/Gen Ed. </p>
<p>But, math majors are required to fulfill that Core Req’t AND fulfill the major’s CS requirement - and you can’t count the same courses for both req’t. . </p>
<p>So, my son took CBH 101 and 102 which have the (C) designation, but he also took Spanish 103 which counts for two Foreign Language (FL) classes.</p>
<p>Well, Degree Works put CBH 101 & 102 in the column to count for Core Req’t for C or FL, which leaves the Spanish 103 with nowhere to go, and leaves open his Math CS req’t.</p>
<p>Not a big deal, an advisor can override these things. We just noticed it, sent his advisor an email about a half hour ago, and it will likely get fixed this week. </p>
<p>So, yes, oddball things like CBH - which has 2 courses that count for the C requirement - need to be handled by an advisor.</p>
<p>In the past, being an engineering major in CBH meant that you didn’t have to take one of the freshman eng’g classes (GES 132). I don’t know if that will still be the case with the change in freshmen classes. The incoming freshmen CBH engineering students will need to ask that question. The new Eng 141 is the equivalent class to GES 132.</p>
<p>Outdoor Action question -D received a confirmation email for OA stating “You will move into your permanent room on Aug. 8, and the program will begin that afternoon.” Can anyone clarify if by permanent room they mean d’s dorm room for the fall semester? I’m wondering how much of her stuff to send along on the 8th.</p>
<p>My son is only a junior but I am reading these threads with great interest. He wants to try out for marching band when he applies in the fall. How do these programs fit in with band camp? I know band camp is mandatory but these programs are right up my sons alley. I would hate for him to miss out. Anyone here in the same situation for this year?</p>