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Helpful Information for Undergraduate Students

EHS INFORMATION IN EKU LIBRARIES

TRANSFER COURSE EQUIVALENCIES from other institutions 

PLEASE REFER TO THE BELOW LINK

https://ky.transfer.org:8444/cas/index.jsp

IMPORTANT TO KNOW: If a course is taken at EKU and it is failed that course will need to be repeated and passed at EKU to fill the requirement. Credit can not be given for passing a course elsewhere if it was failed at EKU first.

The EKU grade will ALWAYS override the other course grade.

EXCEPTIONS

If a requirement has been met with another course and credit has not been given for it please speak to your advisor so an exception form can be submitted for the proper credit.

Example of standard exceptions:
BSL110 is accepted for BIO171
BSL111 is accepted for BIO301
CLT209/211 is accepted for BIO273

Please be aware that when a course is rearticulated in the Banner System the exception may bump out and need to be reentered.

If this happens please notify your advisor who will notify the Dean's office.

OVERLOADS  

To take over 18 hrs. in the Fall or Spring or over 12 hrs. in the summer you will need to request an approval from your advisor and have your adivsor e-mail julie.brewer@eku.edu with the following information.

Format for overload:
Student Name, ID#, Number of hours approved, Semester

Example: Please allow the following overload:
Julie Brewer, 123-45-6789, 21 hrs. for Fall 2006


* A maximum of 21 hrs. can be taken with approval for the Fall and Spring

* A maximum of 15 hrs. can be taken with approval in the Summer.

 

UNIVERSITY WRITING REQUIREMENT (UWR)

Please complete the UWR as soon as you reach 60 semester hours or shortly there after.

The Dean's office makes it very clear at the time a UWR hold is removed that if it is not taken and passed by the time all other requirements are met for graduation – IT WILL STOP YOU FROM GRADUATING!


THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS, THIS IS A UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENT

ORIENTATION COURSE

Students do not have to take an orientation course if they have completed over 30 hrs. Advisors can complete an exception form and waive this course.

THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT REPEAT FORM

If a student enrolls in a course for a third or subsequent time without approval, the student will be administratively withdrawn from the course. Please make sure you get approval from your advisor and a Third or subsequent repeat course form is filled out and has proper signatures and sent to the Dean's office - Room 205A.

GENERAL EDUCATION CERTIFIED

The differences between Associate of Science and Associate of Applied Science Degrees.

Associate of Science from a Kentucky Community College IS General Education Certified because of the amount of General Education hours required for that degree.

Associate of Science from Eastern IS NOT General Education Certified because they their Associate programs require fewer General Education hours and do not meet the amount of hours needed to be General Education Certified.

Associate of Applied Science from the Community College IS NOT General Education Certified. (The reason for this is all Applied Science degrees do not require as many General Education hours so therefore they can not be General Education Certified.)

CORE CERTIFIED - means only that the one area or block of general education is certified.

RESTRICTED ELECTIVES - They NO longer exist so if you see any on a CARES report just e-mail Julie Brewer in the Dean's Office with the information (name, ID) and it will be corrected.

GRADUATION APPLICATION PROCESS:

Application for Undergraduate Graduation can be found in the
Dean’s office – in front of Rowlett 205A
or
on line at the following link:
http://www.health.eku.edu/graduation.php

December Graduation – Apply before the preceding April
May or August Graduation – Apply before the preceding October

 

Eastern Kentucky Univeristy
Environmental Health Science
Dizney 220
521 Lancaster Avenue
Richmond, KY 40475-3102

Or call: (859) 622-3078

Departmental FAX Number: (859) 622-1939