Engineering with honors college

SEA_tide
Mon, 03 Feb 2014 20:32:29 +0000

Ones primary advisor is in the department/college of their primary major, though students with majors in multiple colleges often have to meet with an advisor in each college every semester. It’s relatively common for top students to have multiple advisors who can sign off on schedules, course substitutions, etc. I had three advisors and would often contact other faculty/advisors as well.

Regardless of where your son attends, I cannot stress enough the benefits of finding an advisor whom one gets along with and who understands ones educational needs and desires.

In terms of transfer credits, will the other schools grant him higher course placement or will they have him repeat the courses? While there can be value in repeating a course, a student who did well in the original course is often better off just relearning concepts they have trouble with or which are taught differently at the current school and are used in future courses.

A great way to find how specific courses transfer to UA is https://ssb.ua.edu/pls/PROD/rtstreq.P_Searchtype. Note that not all courses at the other college/university may be listed and one would thus have to contact the UA department or the UA registrar’s office to see how the course would transfer.

UA has a rule allowing graduating seniors to take classes at a community college or possibly a 4-year college/university during the summer between their high school graduation and their first semester at UA while still being considered an incoming freshman for admissions and scholarships.

When scheduling courses, a lot of students prefer to balance out their schedule with courses in multiple subjects. If your son would prefer such a schedule, he can fulfill a lot of core curriculum and elective requirements that way. In terms of choosing summer courses at another college/university, first make sure that the course transfers to UA. Students typically take courses which are very similar at most schools, Calculus I and English Composition I being common examples, or courses where one is not considering much advanced study in the subject. That said, provided a student knows that courses are often taught differently based on the college/university and oftentimes the individual course instructor, they can take most any course and will do well taking further courses on the subject at UA.