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Please note that the information within this site will NOT substitute for face-to-face academic advisement. Be sure to meet with your departmental advisor each semester to ensure you remain on track for graduation.

Lower Division Advising Forms

 

For curriculum sheets and academic maps for the following programs, see each department page on this site:

Department of Human Development & Family Science

Department of Health, Nutrition, and Food Sciences

 

College Forms

Forms listed below may be submitted via DocuSign Powerform to OASIS for review. Please direct any questions to annescollege-studentservices@fsu.edu.

 

UNDERGRADUATE POLICIES

Academic Dean Approval

For lower-division students: While you are a lower division student (generally your first two years), your Academic Dean is the Office of Undergraduate Studies. During this period, you must have approval from the Office of Undergraduate Studies (located in the University Center A3400, 850-644-2451) for any situation that requires the approval of your Academic Dean. Email undergradstudies@fsu.edu.

For upper-division students in Anne’s College: If you are an upper division student who must obtain Academic Dean’s signature/approval, please email annescollege-studentservices@fsu.edu. Examples include permission to take an overload (more than 18 hours), permission to withdraw from the semester, etc.

Course “Over-“ or “Under-“ Load (for upper-division students)

If you wish to schedule more than 18 semester hours (an overload) during a fall or spring term or more than 15 hours during a summer term, you must obtain an overload permit and dean’s permission. Please email your academic dean’s office at annescollege-studentservices@fsu.edu prior to registration.

Please Note:  Overload approvals are NOT guaranteed.  The office will review past performance and intended schedule before making a decision. You may not register for more than 21 semester hours under any circumstances. You do not need permission for an underload (less than 12 hours). However, it is your responsibility to check that sufficient hours have been scheduled for financial aid, scholarships, and insurance purposes.

Deadlines

It is your responsibility to check each semester’s Academic Calendar for deadlines. FSU and the College of Health and Human Sciences do enforce deadlines. Missed deadlines can have a serious effect on your academic career.

Admission to Major: “Certification”

Outside of specialized admissions, students can typically expect to be formally admitted to their major after completion of their second year/Map Term 4. In order to be admitted to the upper division and certified into their academic college, students must complete a minimum of 52 credit hours. Students must also complete any major prerequisite coursework and meet any additional program requirements such as GPA. Many programs with specialized admissions, such as Dietetics and Athletic Training, require separate departmental applications. Please see your academic advisor for further details or questions.

Dropping a Course (during the first 7 weeks of the semester)

You may drop a course during the first seven weeks of the semester without any special permission (deadlines for the shorter summer terms are adjusted accordingly) except for the following situations: You may not drop mandated college-preparatory courses, freshman English or math, and courses involved in allegations of academic dishonesty.

To drop a course during the first seven weeks of the semester, you must drop the course online using the course drop tool:

  1. Go to my.fsu.edu > Student Central > My Classes > Enrollment: Drop Classes. Select the correct semester.
  2. When your schedule appears on the screen, you must click the blue “Click here to Drop a class for a closed enrollment term” link or the system will generate an error message.
  3. Follow the prompts to complete the process. Students dropping below 12 hours will be prompted to generate a form and email it to their academic dean’s office.

Note: You are financially liable for all courses that appear on your schedule at the end of the regular drop/add period. The dropped course is considered an attempt for purposes of the repeated course surcharge and will also be included as hours in the excess credit counter. If dropped in the first seven weeks, the course will not appear on your transcript. If you are a Bright Futures recipient, you will be required to pay back Bright Futures for any course dropped after the drop/add period. For more information about Bright Futures, click here. For more information about excess credit hours, click here.

Dropping a Course – Late (week 8 through 12 of the semester)

You must have permission of your Academic Dean’s Office for a late course drop after the 7th week. You are eligible for two late course drops during your first 60 semester hours and one late course drop after you have earned 60 semester hours. Note: If you do not use your two late course drops in your first 60 semester hours, they do NOT carry over.

To request a late course drop, students must generate a drop form online.

  1. Go to my.fsu.edu > Student Central > My Classes > Enrollment: Drop Classes. Select the correct semester.
  2. When your schedule appears on the screen, you must click the “Click here to Drop a class for a closed enrollment term” link or the system will generate an error message.
  3. Follow the prompts to generate the drop form.
  4. Upper division students: Email the original, unaltered form to annescollege-studentservices@fsu.edu. Lower division students: email your generated drop form to undergradstudies@fsu.edu. The address is listed on the form.

Course drops after the 12th week of the semester are very rare. For more information and to discuss your specific situation, including petitioning to drop for extenuating circumstances, please contact your academic dean’s office directly.

Please note: Retroactive course drop petitions are considered only within one calendar year of course enrollment.

For upper division students, all course drops approved after the 7th week of the semester will count as one of the allowed late course drops except in the following circumstances:

  1. Involuntary call to active military duty.
  2. A course drop approved for medical or mental health reasons through the formal university process (request the appropriate forms by emailing annescollege-studentservices@fsu.edu or completing the college petition here).
  3. A course drop approved due to a death in your immediate family (parent, stepparent, spouse, child, sibling, grandparent).
  4. A course drop approved by Anne’s College OASIS for documented extenuating circumstances. For more information, see the Course Drops and Withdrawals page.

Withdrawing from the Semester (withdrawing from FSU)

Students requesting a withdrawal after the 7th week of term must contact OASIS prior to initiating the process through the Office of Withdrawal Services (University Center A4329, 850-644-1741). Students may meet with their appropriate College representative or complete the Late Drop/Withdrawal Petition online. Lower-division students (pre-/NFA- majors) must contact their academic dean’s office in the Office of Undergraduate Studies.

Re-entry after a withdrawal is not automatic; please contact OASIS. Retroactive withdrawals are considered only within one calendar year of course enrollment. For more information, see the Course Drops and Withdrawals page.

Academic Progress Checks

Students should initiate a College academic progress check by scheduling an appointment during the semester in which the student will complete 90 semester credit hours (this includes the hours earned PLUS your current enrollment). The College academic progress check will indicate whether college and university requirements are completed (and, if not, what courses must yet be taken). It will also indicate what (if any) courses must be taken to complete requirements for the major or minor. NOTE: You are required to make an appointment with your advisor to complete your progress check. See the advising page for scheduling information. The College progress check will appear as a registration hold on your account.

Application for Graduation

You should apply for graduation online at my.fsu.edu during the first three weeks of the semester you expect to graduate. In Student Central, click the Academics tile > Graduation > Apply for Graduation. For specific dates and more information about graduation, you can visit the University Registrar’s website. After applying, your academic dean’s office will check your requirements and contact you via email with any questions. Degrees are conferred after confirmation of requirements and posted grades at the end of term.

Prerequisites / Corequisites

You are responsible for completing the prerequisites or corequisites required for courses in which you enroll. Some departments will drop you from a course if you do not have the required prerequisite. However, failure to have completed appropriate prerequisites is not justification to request a course drop outside the normal procedures for course drops as prerequisite information is published in the class search, course syllabus, and FSU Academic Bulletin.

Required Attendance at the First Class Meeting

FSU has a mandatory first-day attendance policy for all classes. Non-attendance at the first class meeting will result in the class being dropped from your schedule. If you cannot attend the first class meeting of a course, you must contact your course instructor prior to the first day of classes to retain your seat in the class. It is still your responsibility to verify that your course schedule is correct and that your fees are adjusted prior to the end of the drop/add period, which is the first 4 days of classes. Failure to do so will result in grade and fee liability. If you are a Bright Futures recipient, you will be required to pay back Bright Futures for any class remaining on your schedule after the 4th day of classes at midnight.  Any class remaining on your schedule after the 4th day of classes, whether subsequently dropped or not, will be included in your excess credit counter. Click here for information on excess credit hours.

Duplication of Credit

Duplicate credit will not be awarded for courses that are equivalent to courses previously passed, whether taken at another institution or FSU. (For example, CGS 1100 and CGS 2100 are considered the same course.) If you have questions about course duplication, please see an advisor.

Incomplete Grades

An Incomplete (“I”) grade may be assigned by an instructor if you are passing a course, and you miss a portion of the course work (for example, an exam, a course project, or assignment, etc.) due to an excused absence that cannot be made up until after the semester is over. An “I” grade must be removed in a timely manner by completing that portion of the course work you missed. You must complete the work by the instructor’s deadline, but no later than the end of the next semester in which you are enrolled. Request of an Incomplete requires submission of the Incomplete Grade Agreement to both the academic department housing the course and to your academic dean’s office.

Summer Hours Requirement

Students transferring to FSU with fewer than 60 hours are required by state law to complete a minimum of 9 hours of summer enrollment at a State of Florida Public University. Students with 80 or more hours who have not completed the requirement will be prompted to complete a Summer Hours Requirement Waiver through the To-Do List Feature within Student Central.

Taking Courses at Another Institution (Transient Work)

If you are a degree-seeking upper division student in Anne’s College, you must not take any course at another institution without receiving permission from 1) your academic advisor and 2) your academic dean’s office. To do so, you must complete a paper transient form if you will request to take courses outside of the State of Florida or at a private institution. To take courses in the State of Florida, you may go to FloridaShines.org and submit an online form.

Courses should be taken at other 4-year, accredited institutions. If you have taken approved courses at another college/university, when the grades are posted, you will need to send an official copy of the transcripts to the Registrar’s office.

Upper-Division students: please See FSU Residency Requirement.

FSU Residency Requirement

Your final 30 semester hours must be completed in residence via Florida State University. Petitions for waivers of this requirement must document exceptional circumstances and must be submitted to the Anne’s College Office of Academic Services and Intern Support (OASIS) at annescollege-studentservices@fsu.edu prior to enrolling in any courses at another institution.

Minors

All students in the Human Development and Family Science BS program are required to complete a minor or area of concentration. Please see your HDFS advisor for assistance with choosing a minor. You may choose any minor with a minimum of 12 credit hours from FSU’s approved list. Certificates may be approved in consultation with an advisor. You may consult the Undergraduate Bulletin for details for minor requirements for each department. No overlap will be permitted between minor courses and major, general education, or language requirements.

Undergraduate Final Examination Policy

  1. The scheduling of a final examination at any time other than the regularly scheduled final examination period is prohibited by Faculty Senate policy. The final exam schedule is found in the Registration Guide.
  2. Unless an exam is given during the final examination period, no test, exam, or quiz may be given during the last week of classes.
  3. Make-up exams are permitted for an undergraduate student when justified by illness, conflicting exams, three or more exams in a twenty-four hour period, or for certain emergencies.
  4. Classes meeting every day at the same hour and classes meeting for more than one time period will hold examinations according to the time and day of the first scheduled class meeting of the week. For example, a class meeting at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday and at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday will hold its examination at the exam time scheduled for Tuesday 8:00 a.m. classes.

Exceptions to the Examination Policy for an Individual Undergraduate Student:

Approval by the academic dean of the college in which the course is taught is required for any change in examination time for an individual undergraduate student. The student must first receive written permission from the instructor, if the instructor is willing to give a make-up examination at a specified time within the exam week. The student must then petition the dean of the unit in which the course is taught, giving the reason for the requested exception, and including the instructor's written permission. The dean will then notify the instructor and the student in writing if approval is granted. Make-up examinations are permitted for an undergraduate student when justified by illness, conflicting examinations, three or more examinations in a 24-hour period, or for certain emergencies. Arrangements must be made prior to the scheduled exam (except in cases in which prior notification is impossible).

In case of conflicting examinations, group examinations take precedence over examinations scheduled by class meeting time, and higher-enrollment classes take precedence over lower enrollment classes. In the case of conflicts that cannot otherwise be resolved, the course meeting earlier (by day or time) takes precedence over a course meeting later. It is the student’s responsibility to identify such conflicts as early as possible and to notify all instructors in advance to resolve those conflicts.

Undergraduate Digital Learning Exams

If the instructor of an online course requires a final exam, the instructor shall have the prerogative to set the window during which a final exam is administered, provided that the window is within the University’s official final exam period. In order to ensure that students’ exam windows do not overlap substantially this semester, please schedule your course’s exam window as closely as possible to your scheduled time for an in-class exam (See: The University Registrar’s website).

A final exam window must be disclosed in the course syllabus. It is the student’s responsibility to identify if an exam conflict exists and to make arrangements with the instructor immediately to take the exam at an alternate time during the University’s official final exam period. If a student has such conflicts, the final exams of the student’s non-online classes shall have priority and tshe time of the online exam will be the first exam subject to adjustment. If such agreement cannot be achieved between the student and the instructor, then the academic deans of the units housing the various courses will consult to achieve agreement.

To request to reschedule a final examination housed in Anne’s College, submit the Request to Reschedule a Final Exam with your documentation to annescollege-studentservices@fsu.edu.