You are required to take the Math & English placement assessments if you
have not earned college-level credit for either course.
If you do not complete the placement assessment at least two weeks prior
to your orientation date, you may not be able to register for the appropriate
course during orientation.
Please note that if you do not complete the math placement assessment
and are placed in remedial math, it may affect your registration for
science courses and timely completion of any science-dependent major
will be delayed/impacted.
For exceptions, deadlines, and instructions, please visit uab.edu/placement.
You must complete all orientation modules in Canvas no later than noon
central time the day before your orientation begins in order to register for
classes
Visit the Canvas website to access Canvas. Contact Orientation with any questions or issues.
Students who are admitted to UAB without a specific major interested are
listed as "undeclared." However, do not worry! We will work with you to
make sure that you take classes that count for a wide variety of majors, and
we will assist you in exploring majors that may be a good fit.
Sometimes, students may be pursuing admission to specific programs (such
as nursing, biomedical sciences, healthcare management, or engineering),
but they haven't quite met the program's academic requirements. When
this happens, the student will be listed as undeclared with an interest in a
certain program.
Although they are still technically "undeclared," we work with students to
help them meet the eligibility requirements for their program of interest
until they are eligible to declare their major.
First-Year Experience courses offer students the opportunity to learn about
UAB and the resources we have to offer, which aids in a smooth transition to
college.
UASC 101 is specifically designed for undeclared students and aims to help
them explore major and career interests that may be a good fit.
Furthermore, First-Year Experience is a graduation requirement for all UAB
undergraduate students. First-time freshmen and transfer students with
fewer than 24 credit hours of college coursework are required to take a firstyear experience course before graduating.
Your academic advisor will reach out to you approximately one week prior to
orientation.
If you have questions before then, please reach out to the Orientation office
(This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or the Admissions office (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
Once you have received an email from your advisor or spoken to them at
orientation, you should plan to meet with your advisor once a semester to
discuss courses for the upcoming term, as well as your academic progress
and goals.
Your advisor will also reach out periodically with updates, announcements,
and reminders.
Per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the information
of students attending a post-secondary institution is private and cannot be
released without the student's expressed permission.
However, we understand the desire of parents to be involved in their child's
academic success and have channels in place for students to release
information to parents if they so desire.
UAB is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and family-friendly environment in which all faculty and staff can excel and achieve work/life balance irrespective of race, national origin, age, genetic or family medical history, gender, faith, gender identity and expression as well as sexual orientation. UAB also encourages applications from individuals with disabilities and veterans.
