Hi guys,
Phase I registration starts Monday, April 1, and goes until April 26 at 4pm. Below is an email of things to know about registration.
It's long, but full of information to help you get through it.
Questions I receive that are covered below will receive a cut and paste
job back to you.
Before I get to registration information below, here is some class information.
*
First off, we still don't know who will be teaching some of the
sections of courses. If it says STAFF, it means I don't know yet.
* There are no other courses being offered for summer besides the ones on the schedule.
* BMED 4813
(CODE class aka Grady) is being offered for fall, but not summer.
There are 40 spots in the class. The first 30 are first come first
serve. The last ten I will take off the waitlist and give to students
graduating in December 2013.
* BMED 4803 GLE, Global Health Engineering, and BMED 4803 A,
Bio-Inspired Design, are both being offered and count as
depth/technical elective classes. We only have 8 spots for Bio-Inspired
Design, it is a permit only class for graduating seniors who have a
need for an MSE type elective.
Check the schedule for the correct times on BMED 4602 and 4603.
Registration notes
(1) If you need to speak with Kim or myself regarding your schedules, make an appointment at http://www.advising.gatech.edu/appointments/. Freshmen and Sophomores, make appointments only with Kim. Come prepared. Work up your potential schedule before you come. Registration is not the time to plan out the rest of your time here, although I encourage you to do that as well. Registration is the time we focus on the upcoming semester only.
(2) We can only give overloads and permits for BME courses.
We have no information on how other departments do their business.
Example: I don't know why an INTA class is major restricted, or if they
will be adding more seats to LCC. (Btw, LCC is now called LMC,
Literature, Media and Communcation). Use this chart to find out who to
contact in other departments for information, overloads, and permits: http://www.registrar.gatech.edu/registration/oprequest.php
(3) Waitlist: Specifically, there will be no overloads allowed for BMED 1300, 2300 or BMED 3110.
For all other classes, the waitlist will kick in. Spots on the
waitlist will be filled
based on the number of credit hours students have accrued. This is
because we need the students with the highest number of credits
to move on towards graduation. Here are the instructions for using the
waitlist: http://www.registrar.gatech.edu/registration/waitlisting.php.
To see your spot on the waitlist for a class, view the "Student Detail Schedule" on OSCAR. Note: your waitlist status may change over the period of registration, which I know is frustrating.
Example, you are number 2 on the waitlist for BMED 3300 and have 100
credit hours total towards graduation. Another student waitlists the
class and has 105 hours. When I update the waitlist, that student will
leapfrog you into second place. It's an imperfect system, just know
that a waitlist spot is not permanent. Consider the alternative, most
other departments just do things first come first serve, but I take the
time to order the lists because I believe that students with the most
hours need to get out of here, thus opening up future spots in classes
for others. So I take the time out to rank the lists to be as fair as I
can.
(4)
I will resend the longer email regarding research, but bottom
line is
this. You arrange research for credit, you fill out the attached form,
have it signed by your research advisor, attach a description of the
work you will doing in the lab, turn it into me, and I will give you a
permit to register the research. If you are doing research for pay or
PURA, just email me the name of the professor's lab, and I will give you
a permit to register the research. Research for pay is 2698 (Fr/Soph)
or 4698 (Jr/Sr). If you are doing research with a non-BME professor,
you register through that department, not the BME department. If you
want to have the research count as depth/technical elective credit, you
must have it approved by Dr. Le Doux.
(5) Time tickets will come out on Friday (today).
(6) Here is a list of humanity courses you can take: http://www.catalog.gatech.edu/students/ugrad/core/corec.php
Here is a list of social science courses you can take: http://www.catalog.gatech.edu/students/ugrad/core/coree.php
Here is the list of Minors that you can pursue: http://www.catalog.gatech.edu/academics/minors.php
Here is the list of required US Perspectives courses to choose from: http://www.catalog.gatech.edu/students/ugrad/core/up.php
Here is the list of Global Perspective courses to choose from: http://www.catalog.gatech.edu/students/ugrad/core/gp.php. See #12 below.
The list of BME approved Certificates is attached
(7)
Advisors can't help with financial questions. For anything financial,
including HOPE, contact the Office of Financial Aid, http://www.finaid.gatech.edu/, or the Office of the Bursar, http://www.bursar.gatech.edu/.
(8) Here is a link to common error messages: http://www.registrar.gatech.edu/registration/error.php
(9)
For Phase I, the maximum number of hours students can register for is
18 hours. This will be raised to 21 hours in Phase II.
(10)
BME students can take up to nine hours of courses pass/fail, but only
humanity/social science courses, or breadth elective courses. All others must be taken for grade.
However, note that not all humanity/social science courses are offered
pass/fall. You also have the option of changing eligible courses from
pass/fail to letter grade and vice versa by the first drop date later in
the semester. You would need to submit a Grade Mode Change form: http://www.catalog.gatech.edu/rules/10a.php
(11) Students graduating under the 2012-203 Catalog year must fulfill the Global Perspective requirement: http://www.catalog.gatech.edu/students/ugrad/core/gp.php. This means any student who started at Tech in Summer or Fall, 2012. If you started earlier, you don't need the GP, no matter what DegreeWorks says!
(12) The most up to date Prerequisite Chart is at http://acad.bme.gatech.edu/downloads/prereq_chart.pdf.
Let me know if you have questions. Happy registering!
Friday, March 29, 2013
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Monday, March 11, 2013
Tutoring Available at OMED: Educational Services
OMED offers Academic Support resources to ALL Georgia Tech students. This year, we have enhanced our services to include:
* Quiet Study areas throughout the Chapin building, from 8:00 am to 10:00 pm Monday through Thursday and other times per request.
* Buzz Card access to the building until 10pm Sunday through Thursday. Be sure to bring your ID with you when coming for tutoring.
* Students can use the front door to enter the building during tutoring hours.
* Tutoring available in both Spanish and English for the major courses (Calculus, Physics, CS, etc.).
* TutorTrac, an easy log-in system for the convenience of our students.
* Concierge-style HelpDesk available for any after-hours questions or help requests.
* NEW WEB TOOL: Students can now request tutoring for a particular course on the OMED website at: http://omed.gatech.edu/redux/2012/08/22/tutoring-assistance-form/.Students are encouraged to make requests as early in the term as possible!
* The Tutoring Schedule can be found at: http://omed.gatech.edu/redux/tutoring/tutorschedule/.
If you have any questions, please email jreddick@omed.gatech.edu. OMED Team Coach Events
*Please note: These events are open to all, but targeted to underrepresented student populations - African-American, Hispanic, Native American and Multi-racial.*
Transfer Team Coach Workshop: "Georgia Tech's academic rigor and how you can be successful"
Date: Tuesday, March 5th
Date: Tuesday, March 5th
Time: 11 am
Location: Student Center, Room 320
Freshman Team Coach Workshop: Connecting with your Major
Date: Tuesday, March 12th
Time: 6 pm Location: Student Success Center, Presidents Suite A&B 6pm
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