Mom2ck..Reading old pre-med post

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<p>Just read an older post about premed and honors.
You mentioned picking up honors credits by taking a 1 or 2 credit Common Book Experience or mini-mester UHP class.
Sorry, I don’t speak the language yet, but what is mini-mester? and is Common Experience listed as a UH class? I know I’ve seen that one before somewhere.</p>

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<p>Common Book Experience is an Honors UHP class. I think they’re for frosh only.</p>

<p>The mini-mester classes are offered around end of Sept or so. They run for a few weeks and are for one credit typically. You won’t find them online right now. They really aren’t called mini-mesters…they have some other name, like Fall II or something like that.</p>

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<p>Common Book Experience is UH 120. Here’s a link from 2010 that gives a flavor of the course:</p>

<p><a href=“http://honors.cbhp.ua.edu/uploads/forms/Common%20Book%20Experience%20FALL%202010%20&%20RN.pdf[/url]”>http://honors.cbhp.ua.edu/uploads/forms/Common%20Book%20Experience%20FALL%202010%20&%20RN.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>There are sections listed for Fall 2012. Don’t know if there are any openings.</p>

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<p>Thank you had not read the book choices before. I will look into that.
New question…
Son is currently registered for taking Chen101 and Phy101 this fall.
the Chem meets 3 times in morning, and then once on Monday evening?
Plus Lab
PHY meets T/R afternoon then also Wed evening (no lab?)
The advisor refered to one of these evening slots, like oh that’s test time, you won’t be in that… I think he said that about Chem but said he wasn’t sure about Physics evening.
I’m confused. what are these evening slots used for?</p>

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<p>Do the Common Book Experience classes count toward the 6 credit UH seminar requirement or just toward the 18 hour honors requirement?</p>

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<p>Good reminder on the 1 credit honors mid semester classes. Are they offered both spring & fall?</p>

<p>If all goes well, S will have 1 honors credit left to complete after fall semester and I wondered where he was going to find that?
Are there other options as well? AA/OA leaders. Other trips/week long things?</p>

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<p>They count for the UH seminar requirement. See below:.</p>

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<p>Source: <a href=“http://honors.cbhp.ua.edu/uploads/forms/Current%20Students/Snapshot%20of%20Policies%20and%20Procedures.pdf[/url]”>http://honors.cbhp.ua.edu/uploads/forms/Current%20Students/Snapshot%20of%20Policies%20and%20Procedures.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I’m confused. what are these evening slots used for?</p>

<p>Depends on the prof…some use them to give proctored tests, some use them for grad students to do tutoring, some might use them for lecture. </p>

<p>My kids rarely had to attend these evening slots.</p>

<p>Any class that has UH XXX will count towards the 6 required UHP credits.</p>

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<p>Except, apparently, UH 400 courses and Pass/Fail UH courses, which DO NOT count toward the 6 hour UH requirement. (see above)</p>

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<p>^ How does one tell if a class is Pass/Fail? Do we assume it’s not unless it’s marked as such?</p>

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<p>The info on myBama for each course will note the type of grading. Alabama/Outdoor Action and Common Book Experience courses will say “Standard Letter Grade.”</p>