2008–2009 - Florida Institute of Technology

nonDegree programS
General Engineering, College of Engineering
General Science, College of Science
General Studies, College of Psychology and Liberal Arts
Languages and Linguistics, Department of Humanities
and Communication
Military Science, College of Psychology and Liberal Arts
General Engineering ________________________
College of Engineering
E.H. Kalajian, Ph.D., P.E., Associate Dean
A student who wishes to postpone the selection of a major may
enroll for up to one year as a general engineering student, following
the curriculum described below. This curriculum is designed
to allow students more time to become familiar with all College
of Engineering academic programs. Students are urged to
select degree programs as early in the year as possible; those who
take the courses listed below and no others for the entire freshman
year may have up to 9 credit hours of course work to make
up later.
FALL CREDITS
ASC 1000 University Experience ..........................................................1
CHM 1101 General Chemistry 1 ............................................................4
COM 1101 Composition and Rhetoric ...................................................3
EGN 1000 Introduction to Engineering .................................................3
MTH 1001 Calculus 1 ............................................................................4
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SPRING
COM 1102 Writing about Literature ......................................................3
CSE 1502 Introduction to Software Development with C++ ...............3
or
CSE 1503 Introduction to Software Development
with FORTRAN ............................................................3
MTH 1002 Calculus 2 ............................................................................4
PHY 1001 Physics 1 ..............................................................................4
PHY 2091 Physics Lab 1 .......................................................................1
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Students in this program are advised by the college’s associate
dean of academic administration until a degree program is
selected. Once 30 credit hours (not including remedial courses)
have been successfully completed, the student is expected to
select a degree program. Acceptance into the desired degree
program is automatic unless the student has been academically
dismissed.
General Science ___________________________
Department of Chemistry
M.W. Babich, Ph.D., Head
A student who wishes to postpone the selection of a major may
enroll for up to one year as a general science student, following
the curriculum described below. This curriculum is designed
to allow students more time to become familiar with programs
in the life sciences and physical sciences offered by the College
of Science. Students may need to make up some credit hours
later on—eight or fewer in most cases, if they follow the general
science curriculum and make the appropriate choice between
biology and physics. Students are urged to transfer to degree
programs as early as possible.
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FALL CREDITS
ASC 1000 University Experience ..........................................................1
BIO 1010 Biological Discovery 1 ..........................................................4
CHM 1101 General Chemistry 1 ............................................................4
COM 1101 Composition and Rhetoric ...................................................3
MTH 1001 Calculus 1 ............................................................................4
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SPRING
BIO 1020 Biological Discovery 2 .........................................................4
or
PHY 1001 Physics 1 .......................................................................4
CHM 1102 General Chemistry 2 ............................................................4
COM 1102 Writing about Literature .....................................................3
MTH 1002 Calculus 2 ...........................................................................4
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Students in this program are advised by the chemistry department
head until a degree program is selected. Once 30 credit
hours (not including remedial courses) have been successfully
completed, continued registration is contingent on selection of a
degree program. Acceptance into the desired degree program is
automatic unless the student has been academically dismissed.
General Studies ___________________________
Department of Humanities and Communication
Robert A. Taylor, Ph.D., Head
The general studies program provides a common freshman-year
curriculum for students planning to major in communication,
humanities, psychology or business, but are uncertain about
which major to choose. Courses representative of these majors
are taken during the freshman year, allowing students to obtain
a general understanding of each area of study. All courses listed
below are applicable toward degrees in all of these majors.
Students are encouraged to choose a degree program before registering
for the third semester of full-time course work, and must
do so within the first 45 credit hours. These criteria are adjusted
for transfer students. General studies’ students are advised by
faculty in each of the programs noted above, and are assigned a
new adviser in the appropriate academic unit when they choose a
degree program. No degree is awarded in general studies.
Admission
Criteria for admission are based on those established for the
majors listed above. Details are provided in the sections of this
catalog that describe these majors. Transfer students with more
than 45 credit hours are normally required to choose a degree
program rather than general studies before admission.
Admission to the general studies curriculum allows selection
of any of the participating degree programs at any time before
completion of 45 credit hours, unless the student has been
academically dismissed. No additional admission procedures are
required to declare a degree program, except for processing a
Change of Major form (available from the Office of the Registrar
and online from www.fit.edu).
FALL CREDITS
ASC 1000 University Experience ..........................................................1
BUS 1301 Basic Economics ..................................................................3
COM 1101 Composition and Rhetoric ...................................................3
EDS 1031 Survey of Science 1 ..............................................................3
PSY 1400 Freshman Seminar ...............................................................1
PSY 1411 Introduction to Psychology ...................................................3
Restricted Elective (MTH) ..................................................3
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