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Advisement Home Overview Walk-in Hours Appointments Health Professions Plan Your Schedule Science Major Requirements Class Schedule Closed Classes Graduation Staff COS Home		Planning Your Schedule An academic advisor is a resource person whose job is to help you understand your requirements. Whether you will see an advisor for early advisement or open registration, or you will self advise, you need to read, study, understand, and follow your requirements. The Undergraduate Catalog is your guide to university policy and graduation requirements. As a new student to the university, you should request a catalog from the Undergraduate Admissions Office. If you are a continuing student and need a copy, one may be purchased at the Student Center Bookstore. The current Undergraduate Catalog can be found on the world wide web on the Registrar's web site linked here: http://registrar.siu.edu/eval/catalog.htm It is not necessary to have a new catalog each year. You have seven (7) years to complete the requirements as outlined in the catalog published for the year you began college, whether that was at SIUC or some other college or university. The Undergraduate Catalog contains suggested curricular guides for each major. They show one way courses maybe organized in order to complete all requirements in four years. This is not necessarily the best plan for you. Your individual background preparation and abilities, as well as the other commitments in your life, must be considered when planning your schedule. The College of Science Advisement Office provides requirement guides for all the majors offered in the college. They are designed to help you understand the order in which courses should be taken due to prerequisites. It is very important to plan schedules with prerequisites in mind. Taking a class before you are ready may very well result in struggle and failure. Plan for success each semester and do not be in a rush to take classes before you are ready. Science Major requirement guides are available here.

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