2008 2009 General BulletinHTML Version
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Table of Contents
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- Undergraduate Bulletin by Chapter
- University Calendar
- Academic Calendar
- University Notices
- University Notices Chapter
- Required First Day Attendance Policy
- Equal Employment Opportunity and Non-Discrimination Statement
- Persons with Disabilities
- HIV/AIDS Policy
- Sexual Harassment Policy
- Mission Statement
- A Summons to Responsible Freedom
- Policy for the Use of Photographs and Videos in University Publications
- Integrity in Research and Creative Activity
- Notification to All Applicants for Admission and Students
- fsu.edu E-mail Accounts for All Students
- Statement for Students on the Unlawful Possession, Use, or Distribution of Illicit Drugs and Alcohol
- The University
- Research Facilities and Special Programs
- International Education
- Academic Degree and Certificate Programs
- Admissions
- Admissions Chapter
- General Information
- Admission from Secondary School
- Admission Requirements
- Center for Academic Retention and Enhancement (CARE)
- Freshman Scholarships
- Early Admission
- Freshman Admission Deposit
- Admission by Transfer
- Teacher Education Programs
- Limited Access Programs
- International Student Admission
- Admission to Graduate Study
- Admission to Panama City Campus
- Readmission
- Readmission After Multiple Withdrawals
- Special (Non-Degree Seeking) Student Regulations
- Tallahassee Community College/The Florida State University Cooperative Program
- Interinstitutional Transient Students
- Financial Information,Tuition, Fees, Aid, Scholarships, and Employment
- Financial Information,Tuition, Fees, Aid, Scholarships, and Employment Chapter
- General Information
- Residency Requirements for Tuition Purposes
- Tuition and Instructional Fees
- Assessment of Fees
- Actual Course Fee Charge Per Credit Hour
- Special Fees, Fines, and Penalties
- Library Fees
- Housing Costs
- Annual Estimate of Cost
- Payment of Fees
- Method of Payment
- State Employee Registration
- Florida Prepaid College Program
- Fee Liability
- Tuition Waivers
- Application Fee
- Refund of Fees
- Withdrawal and Return of Financial Aid
- Student Cancellation of Schedule
- Financial Aid
- Deferments, Loans, and Check Cancellation
- Scholarships
- The Federal Work Study Program (FWSP)
- Housing
- Orientation
- Office of the University Registrar
- Office of the University Registrar Chapter
- Registration
- Registration Guide
- How to Find a Course in this Bulletin
- Registration Responsibility
- Registration Permits
- Course/Credit Modification
- Required Preparatory Courses
- Stops to Registration
- Registrar Cancellation of Schedule
- Drop/Add or Changes of Schedule
- Students Called to Active Military Duty
- Directed Individual Study Courses
- Undergraduate Students: Permission to Register for Graduate Courses
- Dual Enrollment of Leon County High School Students-School Board of Leon County/The Florida State University Cooperative Program
- FAMU-FSU Interinstitutional Registration
- Tallahassee Community College/Florida State University Cooperative Program
- Interinstitutional Transient Students
- Auditor Seating Privileges
- Registration of Special (Non-Degree Seeking) Students
- Transcripts
- Enrollment Certification
- Access to Records
- Academic Advising/Academic Support Services
- Academic Advising/Academic Support Services Chapter
- Purpose
- University Policy on Advising
- Advising Organization
- Assignment of Advisers
- Academic Interest Mapping ("Mapping" or AIMS)
- Declaring or Changing Majors
- Advising Services
- Orientation Advising
- Exploratory Majors
- Advising First
- Freshman Interest Groups (FIGs)
- Office of Undergraduate Studies
- Undergraduate Degree Requirements
- Undergraduate Degree Requirements Chapter
- Degrees Offered
- Baccalaureate Degree Requirements: An Overview
- General Requirements
- State Mandated Academic Learning Compacts (SMALCs)
- Division of Undergraduate Studies
- The Liberal Studies Program
- Liberal Studies Requirements
- Area I. Mathematics
- Area II. English Composition
- Area III. History/Social Science
- Area IV. Humanities/Fine Arts
- Area V. Natural Science
- How Transfer Credit Applies to the Liberal Studies Program
- The Multicultural Requirement
- Oral Communication Competency
- Computer Skills Competency
- Statewide Graduation Requirements
- Florida College Level Academic Skill Test
- CLAST Waiver Criteria
- Progression to Upper Division
- Transfer Among Colleges for Upper-Division Students
- The Associate in Arts
- Teacher Education
- The Baccalaureate Degree
- Graduation Checks
- Application for Graduation
- The Bachelor of Arts Degree
- American Sign Language as a Foreign Language
- Student Services
- Student Services Chapter
- Division of Student Affairs
- Career Center
- Child Care
- Community and Public Service
- Assessment Services
- StudentsFirst
- Seminole Dining
- Health Care
- Counseling Services
- Housing
- International Center
- Center for Academic Retention and Enhancement (CARE)
- Parking and Bus Services
- Bicycle Parking
- Postal Services
- Public Safety
- Radio and Television
- Recreation and Sports
- Dean of Students Department
- The Office of Greek Life
- Student Government
- Oglesby Union, Student Life Building, and Flying High Circus
- Office of Veterans' Affairs
- Academic Regulations and Procedures
- Academic Regulations and Procedures Chapter
- Academic Honor Policy
- Academic Honor Pledge
- University Ombudsperson
- Notification of Students' Rights Under FERPA
- Release of Student Information
- Class Attendance
- Classification of Students
- Special (Non-Degree Seeking) Student Regulations
- Course Loads
- Course Examinations
- Grading System
- Grading Practices
- Grade Appeals System
- Academic Retention
- Readmission
- Withdrawal from the University
- Readmission After Multiple Withdrawals
- Medical Withdrawal
- Guidelines for Field Placement Fitness
- FACTS Information
- Second Majors and Academic Regulations
- Correspondence Study
- Experimental Undergraduate Programs
- Transfer Credit
- Credit for Nontraditional Courses, Including Short Courses
- Programs for Acceleration
- Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE)
- Advanced Placement (AP)
- International Baccalaureate Programs (IB)
- College-Level Examination Program (CLEP)
- General Credit Limitations
- AICE Table
- AP Table
- IB Table
- CLEP Table
- University Honors Office and Honor Societies
- Colleges
- College of Arts and Sciences
- College of Business
- College of Communication
- College of Criminology and Criminal Justice
- College of Education
- FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
- College of Human Sciences
- College of Information
- College of Law
- College of Medicine
- College of Motion Picture, Television, and Recording Arts
- College of Music
- College of Nursing
- College of Social Sciences
- College of Social Work
- College of Visual Arts, Theatre and Dance
- Florida Statewide Course Numbering System
- Course Prefixes, Definitions, and Locations
- Academic Departments and Programs
- Accounting
- Actuarial Science
- Aerospace Studies
- African-American Studies
- Aging and Public Policy, The Pepper Institute on
- American and Florida Studies
- Anthropology
- Art
- Art Education
- Art History
- Asian Studies
- Biological Science
- Biomedical Sciences
- British Studies
- Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Classics
- Communication
- Communication Disorders
- Computational Science
- Computer Science
- Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Dance
- Economic Policy and Government
- Economics
- Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
- Educational Psychology and Learning Systems
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- English
- Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
- Family and Child Sciences
- Finance
- Geography
- Geological Sciences
- Health-Related Programs
- History
- History and Philosophy of Science
- Hospitality
- Humanities
- Iberian Studies
- Industrial Engineering
- Information Technology
- Interior Design
- International Affairs
- Italian Studies
- Latin American and Caribbean Studies
- Law
- Law and Society
- Linguistics Minors
- Management
- Management Information Systems
- Marketing
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Medicine
- Meteorology
- Middle Eastern Studies
- Military Science
- Ministerial Studies
- Modern Languages and Linguistics
- Motion Picture, Television, and Recording Arts
- Multinational Business Operations
- Music
- Nursing
- Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences
- Oceanography
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Public Administration and Policy
- Religion
- Risk Management/Insurance and Real Estate and Program in Business Law
- Russian and East European Studies
- Secondary Science and/or Mathematics Teaching
- Social Science
- Social Work
- Sociology
- Sports Management, Recreation Management, and Physical Education
- Statistics
- School of Teacher Education
- Textiles and Consumer Sciences
- Theatre
- Urban and Regional Planning
- Women's Studies
- University Administration
- University Faculty, Professional and Administrative Personnel
- University Administrative Offices
- Statement of Publication
- Academic Departments by College
- College of Arts and Sciences
- College of Arts and Sciences Chapter
- Actuarial Science
- Aerospace Studies
- American and Florida Studies
- Anthropology
- Biological Science
- British Studies
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Classics
- Computational Science
- Computer Science
- English
- Geological Sciences
- History
- History and Philosophy of Science
- Humanities
- Iberian Studies
- Italian Studies
- Latin American and Caribbean Studies
- Linguistics Minors
- Mathematics
- Meteorology
- Middle Eastern Studies
- Military Science
- Ministerial Studies
- Modern Languages and Linguistics
- Oceanography
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Psychology
- Religion
- Secondary Science and/or Mathematics Teaching
- Statistics
- Women's Studies
- College of Business
- College of Communication
- College of Criminology and Criminal Justice
- College of Education
- FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
- College of Human Sciences
- College of Information
- College of Law
- College of Medicine
- College of Motion Picture, Television, and Recording Arts
- College of Music
- College of Nursing
- College of Social Sciences
- College of Social Sciences Chapter
- African-American Studies
- Aging and Public Policy, The Pepper Institute on
- Asian Studies
- Economic Policy and Government
- Economics
- Geography
- International Affairs
- Political Science
- Public Administration and Policy
- Russian and East European Studies
- Social Science
- Sociology
- Urban and Regional Planning
- College of Social Work
- College of Visual Arts, Theatre and Dance
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Academic Departments Alphabetically
- A - B
- C - D
- E - G
- H - K
- L - M
- Latin American and Caribbean Studies
- Law
- Law and Society
- Linguistics Minors
- Management
- Management Information Systems
- Marketing
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Medicine
- Meteorology
- Middle Eastern Studies
- Military Science
- Ministerial Studies
- Modern Languages and Linguistics
- Motion Picture, Television, and Recording Arts
- Multinational Business Operations
- Music
- N - R
- S - Z
- Keywords by Category
- Rules and Regulations, Policies and Procedures
- admissions
- Alcohol and Drug Statement
- attendance policy
- calendar
- dismissal see Academic Retention
- Drop/Add or Changes of Schedule
- Early Admission
- fsu.edu E-mail Accounts
- graduation
- health insurance
- HIV/AIDS Policy
- Mission Statement
- Persons with Disabilities
- privacy
- probation see Academic Retention
- Readmission
- Registration
- Residency Requirements for Tuition Purposes
- Second Majors and Academic Regulations
- Special (Non-Degree Seeking) Student Admission
- Special (Non-Degree Seeking) Students Registration
- Special (Non-Degree Seeking) Student Regulations
- Admission by Transfer
- Transient Students
- Withdrawal from the University
- Academics
- ACT see Programs for Acceleration
- Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE)
- AICE Table
- Advanced Placement (AP)
- AP Table
- advising
- Blackboard see Other Instructional Units
- Center for Academic Retention and Enhancement (CARE) see Admissions
- Center for Academic Retention and Enhancement (CARE) see Student Services
- certification
- Classification of Students
- Florida College Level Academic Skill Test
- College-Level Examination Program (CLEP)
- CLEP Table
- Colleges
- Correspondence Study
- Course Loads
- Course Lookup
- Departments
- dismissal see Academic Retention
- Drop/Add or Changes of Schedule
- exams
- Gordon Rule see General Requirements
- Grading System
- graduate school, admission to
- graduation
- honors
- faculty
- faculty listing
- International Baccalaureate Programs (IB)
- IB Table
- liberal studies requirements
- libraries
- majors see The Baccalaureate Degree
- online classes see Other Instructional Units
- orientation
- probation see Academic Retention
- research
- academic retention
- ROTC see Other Instructional Units
- SAT see Programs for Acceleration
- second major
- state employee registration
- study abroad
- transcripts, admission requirements
- transcripts
- Money Matters
- Campus Life
- Career Center
- Community and Public Service
- Counseling Services
- Disability Services see Persons with Disabilities
- Disability Services see Office of Orientation
- Disability Services see Dean of Students Department
- dormitories see Residence Halls
- Greek Life
- health care
- housing
- intramurals see Recreation and Sports
- meal plans see Seminole Dining
- Seminole Reservation see Recreation and Sports
- Student Life Center
- Student Government
- transportation see Parking and Bus Services
- Union
- yearbook (Renegade)
- Rules and Regulations, Policies and Procedures
- Departments by Course Prefix Alphabetically
- ACG - AST
- ACG Accounting: General
- ADE Adult Education
- ADV Advertising
- AFA African-American Studies
- AFH African History
- AFR Aerospace Studies
- AMH American History
- AML American Literature
- AMS American Studies
- ANG Anthropology: Graduate
- ANT Anthropology
- APK Applied Kinesiology
- ARA Arabic Language
- ARE Art Education
- ARH Art History
- ART Art
- ASH Asian History
- ASL American Sign Language
- ASN Asian Studies
- AST Astronomy
- BCC - CHS
- BCC Basic Clinical Clerkship
- BCH Biochemistry (Biophysics)
- BME Biomedical Engineering
- BMS Basic Medical Sciences
- BOT Botany
- BSC Biological Sciences
- BUL Business Law
- CAP Computer Application Development
- CBH Comparative Psychology and Animal Behavior
- CCE Civil Construction Engineering
- CCJ Criminology and Criminal Justice
- CDA Computer Design/Architecture
- CEG Civil Geotechnical Engineering
- CEN Computer Software Engineering
- CES Civil Engineering Structures
- CGN Civil Engineering
- CGS Computer General Studies
- CHD Child Development
- CHI Chinese
- CHM Chemistry
- CHS Chemistry: Specialized
- CHT - CZE
- CHT Chinese Literature in Translation
- CIS Computer Science and Information Systems
- CJC Corrections
- CJE Law Enforcement
- CJJ Juvenile Justice
- CJL Law and Process
- CLA Classical and Ancient Studies
- CLP Clinical Psychology
- CLT Classical Literature in Translation
- CNT Computer Networks
- COA Home Economics: Consumer Affairs
- COM Communication
- COP Computer Programming
- COT Computing Theory
- CPO Comparative Politics
- CPS Comparative Policy Studies
- CRW Creative Writing
- CTE Home Economics: Clothing, Textiles and Merchandising
- CWR Civil Water Resources
- CZE Czech Language
- DAA - EDM
- DAA Dance, Emphasis on Activities
- DAE Dance Education
- DAN Dance
- DEM Demography
- DEP Developmental Psychology
- DIE Dietetics
- DIG Digital Media
- EAB Experimental Analysis of Behavior
- EAP English as a Second Language for Academic Purposes
- EAS Aerospace Engineering
- EBD Education: Emotional/Behavioral Disorders
- ECH Engineering: Chemical
- ECO Economics
- ECP Economic Problems and Policy
- ECS Economic Systems and Development
- EDA Education: Administration
- EDE Education: Elementary
- EDF Education: Foundations and Policy Studies
- EDG Education: General
- EDH Education: Higher
- EDM Education: Middle School
- EDP - ENV
- EDP Educational Psychology
- EDS Education Supervision
- EEC Education: Early Childhood
- EEE Engineering: Electrical and Electronic
- EEL Engineering: Electrical
- EES Environmental Engineering Science
- EEX Education: Exceptional Child-Core Competencies
- EGI Education: Gifted
- EGM Engineering Science
- EGN Engineering: General
- EIN Industrial Engineering
- ELD Education: Specific Learning Disabilities
- EMA Materials Engineering
- EME Education: Technology and Media
- EML Engineering: Mechanical
- EMR Education: Mental Retardation
- ENC English Composition
- ENG English: General
- ENL English Literature
- ENV Engineering: Environmental
- ESC - GEB
- ESC Earth Science
- ESI Industrial/Systems Engineering
- EUH European History
- EUS European Studies
- EVI Education: Visually Impaired-Blind
- EVT Education: Vocational/Technical
- EXP Experimental Psychology
- FAD Family Development
- FIL Film
- FIN Finance
- FLE Foreign Language Education
- FOL Foreign and Biblical Languages
- FOS Food Science
- FOW Foreign and Biblical Languages, Comparative Literature (Writings)
- FRE French Language
- FRT French in Translation and/or Translation Skills
- FRW French Literature (Writings)
- FSS Food Service System
- GEA Geography: Regional Areas
- GEB General Business
- GEO - HUN
- GEO Geography: Systematic
- GER German
- GET German Literature in Translation
- GEW German Literature (Writings)
- GFD Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
- GIS Geographic Information Systems
- GLY Geology
- GMS Graduate Medical Sciences
- GRA Graphic Arts
- GRE Classical Greek (Language Study)
- GRW Classical Greek Literature (Writings)
- HBR Modern Hebrew Language
- HEE Home Economics Education
- HFT Hospitality Management
- HHD Housing and Home Design
- HIS General History and Historiography
- HME Home Economics: Home Management and Equipment
- HOE Home Economics: General
- HSC Health Sciences
- HUM Humanities
- HUN Human Nutrition
- IDS - LAT
- IDS Interdisciplinary Studies
- IHS Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
- IND Interior Design
- INP Industrial and Applied Psychology
- INR International Relations
- ISC Interdisciplinary Sciences
- ISM Information Systems Management
- ISS Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
- ITA Italian Language
- ITT Italian Literature in Translation
- ITW Italian Literature (Writings)
- JPN Japanese
- JPT Japanese Literature in Translation
- KOR Korean Language and Literature
- LAE Language Arts and English Education
- LAH Latin American History
- LAS Latin American Studies
- LAT Latin (Language Study)
- LAW - MTG
- LAW Law
- LEI Leisure
- LIN Linguistics
- LIS Library and Information Studies
- LIT Literature
- LNW Latin Literature (Writings)
- MAA Mathematics: Analysis
- MAC Mathematics: Calculus and Precalculus
- MAD Mathematics: Discrete
- MAE Mathematics Education
- MAN Management
- MAP Mathematics: Applied
- MAR Marketing
- MAS Mathematics: Algebraic Structures
- MAT Mathematics
- MCB Microbiology
- MEL Medical Science Electives
- MET Meteorology
- MGF Mathematics: General and Finite
- MHF Mathematics: History and Foundations
- MHS Mental Health Services
- MMC Mass Media Communication
- MOB Molecular Biophysics
- MSL Military Science and Leadership
- MTG Mathematics: Topology and Geometry
- MUC - MVW
- MUC Music: Composition
- MUE Music Education
- MUG Music: Conducting
- MUH Music: History/Musicology
- MUL Music Literature
- MUM Music: Commercial/Management/Administration
- MUN Music Ensembles
- MUO Music: Opera/Music Theatre
- MUR Music: Church
- MUS Music
- MUT Music: Theory
- MUY Music: Therapy
- MVB Applied Music: Brasses
- MVH Historical Instruments
- MVJ Applied Music: Jazz
- MVK Applied Music: Keyboard
- MVO Applied Music: Other Instruments
- MVP Applied Music: Percussion
- MVS Applied Music: Strings
- MVV Applied Music: Voice
- MVW Applied Music: Woodwinds
- NGR - PHC
- NGR Nursing: Graduate
- NUR Nursing: Generic Undergraduate
- OCB Biological Oceanography
- OCC Chemical Oceanography
- OCE General Oceanography
- OCG Geological Oceanography
- OCP Physical Oceanography
- ORI Oral Interpretation
- PAD Public Administration
- PAX Peace Studies
- PCB Process Biology
- PCO Psychology for Counseling
- PEL Physical Education Activities (General): Land-Object Centered
- PEM Physical Education Activities (General): Land-Performance Centered
- PEN Physical Education Activities (General): Water, Snow, Ice
- PEO Physical Education Activities (Professional): Land-Object Centered
- PEP Physical Education Activities (Professional): Land-Performance Centered
- PET Physical Education Theory
- PGY Photography
- PHC Public Health Concentration
- PHH - QMB
- PHH Philosophy, History of
- PHI Philosophy
- PHM Philosophy of Man and Society
- PHP Philosophers and Schools
- PHY Physics
- PHZ Physics: Continued
- POR Portuguese Language
- POS Political Science
- POT Political Theory
- POW Portuguese Literature (Writings)
- PPE Personality
- PRT Portuguese in Translation
- PSB Psychobiology
- PSC Physical Sciences
- PSY Psychology
- PUP Public Policy
- PUR Public Relations
- QMB Quantitative Methods in Business
- RCS - SPC
- ACG - AST

