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Q. What is the minimum number of credit hours
required for graduation?
A. 120 credit hours. Of these 50 must be upper division credit
hours ex. from third or fourth year courses.
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Q. How many forgivenesses are allowed under
the FIU Forgiveness Policy?
A. Three. After receiving a better grade for your second attempt
at the course, you may ask for a forgiveness for the previous course.
The previous grade will still be printed on the transcript but the
attempted and earned credit hours for the course will be deleted.
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Q. Will the GPA still include the first grade
along with the grade I received in my second attempt?
A. No. Only the second grade will count in your GPA from FIU. However,
if you are applying to a Medical School, all the grades from FIU will
be counted in their GPA evaluation.
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Q. What happens if I take a course, receive
a bad grade, take the course over again but do not ask for forgiveness?
A. Under construction
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Q. Suppose I earn a C- in a biology elective.
Will this course count?
A. No. You must pass all biology elective courses with a C or better.
Moreover, if you do not ask for forgiveness, the credit hours for
this course will be deleted because it will result in a double count
if you were to retake this course.
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Q. After I receive my degree in biology at
FIU, can I then return and finish my minor degree in another major?
A. No. The major and minor degrees must be taken concurrently at
FIU.
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Q. After receiving a degree in biology,
can I return and apply for a second major?
A. Yes. You must complete a total of 150 credit hours which will
include all the requirements of the second major.
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Q. Can I combine majors and minors
in the Department of Biological Sciences?
A. No. Majors and minors in the Department of Biological Sciences
may not be combined. You may major or minor in Biology or Marine
Biology, but not both. Either of these majors may not be combined
with a minor in Biology or Marine Biology.
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Q. I am a recent graduate from high school.
Will my AP credits in biology count at FIU?
A. Under construction
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Q. How many credit hours can be transferred
from another institution?
A. 60 credit hours are transferable. Credit hours from organic
chemistry and physics courses and any other courses beyond the 60
credit hours at the community colleges will not be transferable.
FIU will recognize the fact that you have taken these courses and
therefore you will not be required to retake them at FIU.
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Q. If I transfer from another university and
I have a C- in a biology elective course that was accepted there,
will I have to retake this courses at FIU?
A. These courses are usually rejected at FIU and the student will
be required to repeat the course.
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Q.
Can a lower division course from another four year college be accepted
as being equivalent to an upper division course in the biology department
at FIU?
A. No, lower division credit hours from another institution cannot be accepted as upper division credit hours at FIU. They will be transferred as lower division credit hours and will count toward the 120 credit hours requirement.
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Q. What courses at other institutions,
other than the lower division science and math courses, will be acceptable
at FIU?
A. No other courses will be accepted. General Biology I and II, General Chemistry I and II, Organic Chemistry I and II, Physics I and II, all with labs and Calculus I and II are acceptable from the community colleges. The State University System along with the Colleges and Community Colleges have a common course numbering system; only courses with the same number are acceptable. Further, Microbiology, Anatomy and Physiology and other lower division science courses from the colleges and community colleges are not acceptable in the biology department at FIU.
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Q. If I received course credits and credit hours
for my AP biology from another institution, will I also get the
same considerations from FIU.
A. Under construction
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Q. I am an International student. What must
I do to get my courses evaluated?
A. You must submit your foreign transcript to the Admissions Office and they will attempt to evaluate your courses.
You must have a description and the syllabus of the courses which
you wish to be evaluated. If you have concerns regarding their evaluation
of the science courses, you may have these course re- evaluated
by a faculty member of the biology department.
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