Advising Bulletin - Spring 2013 for Fall 2013 registration.

There are several changes coming up that you need to be aware of when signing up for classes:  (NOTE: THIS PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION)

1.  For those of you who are planning to take anatomy (BIOL 212), the course now has a prerequisite: BIOL 131.  In future years, anatomy (BIOL 212) will be in the fall and physiology (BIOL 203) will be in the spring.  Also, cadaver anatomy (BIOL/SPTM 401) will be moved to the spring. Anatomy (BIOL 212) is a prerequisite for both physiology and cadaver anatomy. Both anatomy and physiology will be offered next fall.

2.  Medical botany will be offered for the first time in spring 2013.  This fulfills requirements for the HSCI major but NOT for Biology majors.  Since lower plants will NOT be offered in spring 2014, if you plan to graduate with a biology degree in spring 2014 and have not had either lower or flowering plants, you MUST take flowering plants in the fall of 2013.  Medical Botany will be taught every spring for HSCI majors.

3.  Dr. Spilatro will be on sabbatical in the spring of 2014.  Dr. Brown will be covering microbiology so there should not be any great impact there. However, Biology 331 (Molecular Biology Lab) will NOT be taught in spring 2014.  In addition, some class sections might be tighter than normal since we will be stretched to cover Spilatro's classes.  We might be bringing in an adjunct to cover some intro courses.

4.  Dr. McShaffrey will be on sabbatical in the fall of 2013.  If you need ecology before spring 2015, take it in the spring of 2014.  It will not be offered in the fall of 2014.  Aquatic Biology will not be offered until spring 2016.

5.  Dr. Fitch will hopefully be on sabbatical in the spring of 2015.  As a result, several courses may not be taught that year.  ENVS 315 will be taught early in Fall 2014; LEAD 308 will be offered for the last time until fall, 2015 in fall, 2013, and ENVS 311 will only be offered in spring 2014 for the next 2 years.

6.  Microbiology (202) now has a pre-requisite of 131.  This will not be a problem for most Bio and HSCI majors, but others may want to pay attention to this and schedule 131 accordingly.

7.  Due to a slip-up in putting together the college catalog, a change to the biology minor that was approved several years ago has not made it into the catalog or the current degree audits.  Biology 133 is no longer required for the minor and we do not anticipate offering it in the near future. If you are a biology minor and have the requirement for 133 on your degree audit, virtually any biology course EXCEPT 301 (imaging) can be substituted.

8. Remember, if you are planning on a semester abroad, you do not want to take it the spring of the junior year.  All Biology and HSCI majors must be in Biology 380 the spring of their junior year.  The senior year is problematic for study abroad as well.

9.  Starting in fall of 2013, Cell Biology (309) will no longer have the W designation.  Zoology and Developmental Biology will retain the W designation.

10.  Dr. Brown and Dr. McShaffrey are currently working on oplans for the Costa Rica trip in spring, 2014.  Among the options we are looking at are offering the course with an on-campus component so your tuition would be part of your 18 hours in the spring (lowering the cost of the trip), amking the course worth 4 credit hours, making it worth both B and M credit (instead of C and M), linking it with a Spanish culture (M) course taught in Costa Rica, and offering a lab for Scientific Imaging that would be taught in Costa Rica.  All of these would have the effect of maximizing credit while lowering overall cost.  None of this has been approved so we can't advertise anything yet.

Our planned course offerings for the next two years are shown below; these may change!