Instructions for College of Chemistry Undergraduates (Includes Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, and Chemical Biology Majors)
Dear College of Chemistry Education Abroad Reciprocity Student,
We are pleased to welcome you to the College of Chemistry. Please read the following information carefully.
Important References:
Schedule of Classes
General Catalog
College of Chemistry
Selection of Courses:
When selecting courses, it is important that you determine whether or not you have sufficient background preparation. Look up each course in the general catalog (http://www.berkeley.edu/catalog) and read the course description and the course prerequisite. Also, as necessary look up the course descriptions of the prerequisite courses to help you determine whether or not you already covered the prerequisite subjects. If you need advice on whether or not a particular course is at the right level for you, contact the course instructor. Note: The schedule of classes includes names of the course instructors, and the "Faculty" button on the College of Chemistry web site (http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/faculty/) links to contact information for Chemical Engineering and Chemistry faculty.
Enrollment:
To enroll in courses, you must obtain an adviser code which will be available from the New Student Services/CalSO website on June 26.
You are required to enroll in at least 12 units each semester. Some of your proposed courses may be unavailable for the academic year or may already be full when you try to enroll. Before using the Tele-BEARS Course Enrollment system, please be prepared to select alternate courses to those you sent with your EAP application. While you may put your name on the wait lists for courses that are full, there is no guarantee that you will get in and you should enroll in additional courses as alternates.
Note: College of Chemistry policies differ from those in the College of Letters and Science. For example, College of Chemistry reciprocity students are not limited to only one graduate-level course.
Advisers:
Your primary contact concerning course enrollment is Sandy Rehling in 420 Latimer Hall who can be reached by e-mail at srehling@berkeley.edu or by telephone at (510) 642-2320. Education Abroad Reciprocity students in the College of Chemistry are also assigned to a faculty adviser for transfer students. Lists of faculty advisers and their contact information are available at http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/student_info/undergrad_info/people/.
Important Dates:
Dates for the beginning and ending of instruction, http://opa.berkeley.edu/AcademicCalendar/
Deadlines for adding and dropping courses, etc. are available on the lists of important dates linked from the bottom of the College of Chemistry Undergraduate web site at http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/student_info/undergrad_info/.
You are invited to the following events:
College of Chemistry New Undergraduate Student Orientation
Monday, August 24, 2009, from 10:10 a.m. to noon in 100 Lewis Hall
Introduction to the Chemistry Library
Monday, August 24, 2009 from noon to 1 p.m. (location to be announced)
We hope you have a wonderful experience while you are here and we look forward to meeting you.
Sincerely,
Sandy Rehling
College of Chemistry Staff Adviser for Education
Abroad Reciprocity Students
srehling@berkeley.edu
(510) 642-2320