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Why did I receive the message "Degree Program not
available"?
CATS reports are currently available for UNDERGRADUATE students
and for students in the MBA and MACC graduate degree programs.
CATS reports are not available for any other Graduate students, for
Continuing Education Non-Degree students, or
for students who entered UVM before the fall of 2002. If you
entered UVM before the fall of 2002, talk to Student Services in your
Dean's Office about possibly updating your catalogue year.
What should I do if
my CATS report
lists the wrong major or
program?
Contact Student Services in your Dean's Office to
verify your
currently declared major or degree. If inaccurate information is on
file, you may need to submit a change of major/minor form in order to
update your CATS report.
I am thinking about switching to a different major. Can I get a CATS
report for another major without changing my enrollment information?
No, you need to submit a change of major/minor form to Student Services
in your Dean's Office in order to allow your CATS report to reflect a
different major or degree program..
When I run my report, I get two audits. Why?
Students enrolled in two separate degree programs will
receive two separate CATS reports, one for each program.
I took a course which was supposed to fulfill a
requirement
but my CATS report indicates that the requirement is unsatisfied. What
should I do?
If you are in the School
of Business Administration,
the College
of Agriculture
and Life Sciences
or the Rubenstein School of Environment & Natural Resources and
there are discrepancies in your audit, you should discuss them
first with your advisor. Only your advisor can approve and submit
exceptions for your degree audit, which will be processed through your
Dean's Office.
If you are in the College
of Arts
and
Sciences, you should discuss any discrepancies in your CATS
report with the CATS advisor in the A&S Dean's
Office, Mark
Hall.
If you are in
the College of
Education & Social Services, you should complete a Request Form
(located online at http://www.uvm.edu/~cess/stservices or at 528
Waterman) in order to petition that a course be used to satisfy a
requirement. Be sure to provide a strong academic rationale
for
your request.
What is an exception?
An exception reflects any change -- such as a requirement waiver or a
course substitution -- applied to your academic program with the
approval of your advisor. Exceptions allow the CATS audit to
reflect individualized adjustments to your specific degree requirements.
How do I find out who my advisor is?
You can find out who your advisor is by checking online through myuvm
on the Advising tab, by contacting your Dean's Office, or by contacting
the
Registrar's Office.
I took some courses at another school. Why don't they
appear
on my CATS report?
If transfer courses are not showing up on your CATS
report,
you should verify that the Office of Transfer Affairs has received your
offical transcript
from the original
institution. The email address for Transfer Affairs is transfer@uvm.edu
My transfer courses appear on my CATS report, but they are not applying
to
the appropriate requirement. What should I do?
If you are in the School
of Business Administration,
the College
of Agriculture
and Life Sciences, or the Rubenstein School, you should speak
with your advisor about applying
transfer course to UVM requirements. In most cases an exception will
need to be made.
If you are in the College of Arts & Sciences, you should
contact
Mark Hall in the Dean's Office to discuss using transfer courses to
satisfy degree requirements.
If you are in
the College of
Education & Social Services, you should complete a Request Form
(located online at http://www.uvm.edu/~cess/stservices or at 528
Waterman) in order to petition that a transfer course be used to
satisfy a requirement.
I
completed a course at UVM and received a grade for it, but my CATS
Report is showing zero credits for the course. Why did I lose
credit?
The CATS Report automatically removes credit when two courses with
duplicated content are taken. For example, according to the University
Catalogue, credit is not allowed for both BIOL 001 and BCOR
011.
The CATS Report will display zero credits for whichever of these two
courses you take last. Another common example of duplicated
content occurs with MATH 019 and MATH 021. Unless you also
take
MATH 022, you cannot have credit for both 019 and 021.
If you run your CATS Report immediately after you have registered for
courses, you will be able to recognize any courses with duplicate
content, identified by zero credits showing next to the IP, and can
change your course selections to avoid losing credit.
I had to take a
course twice in
order to improve my grade. How does CATS handle that?
The CATS Report removes credit for duplicated courses
(although both grades in duplicated courses are used to calculate your
GPA, credit is only allowed once) and identifies the course with zero
credits by displaying ">D" after the grade on the CATS
Report.
"RP" will appear next to the version of the course that maintains its
credit. CATS is designed to give credit to the course with
the
higher grade, but while your second attempt at a course is in progess
(or "IP") it will display with zero credits.
Courses that are allowed to be repeated--for instance special topics
courses with different titles--are identified with ">R" after
the
grade, and no credit is removed.
Why is the number of total credits hours on my CATS
Report
different from the number on my transcript?
In rare cases, the total number of credits may
sometimes be
different
because CATS only counts credits for courses that can be used in your
degree program, while your UVM transcript lists credits for all courses
taken at UVM, even those that do not apply to your degree.
Who are the contact people in each Dean's Office?
College of Arts & Sciences:
Mark
G. Hall,
438 College St., Room 304, 656-3344, Mark.Hall@uvm.edu
College of Agriculture
& Life Sciences:
Rose Laba, 106 Morrill
Hall, 656-0289,
Rose.Laba@uvm.edu
College of
Education & Social
Services:
CESS Student Services Office,
528 Waterman, 656-3468, cessstsv@uvm.edu
College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences:
Marnie Owen,
103 Votey, 656-8857, Marnie.Owen@uvm.edu
College of Nursing and Health Sciences:
CNHS Student Services Office,
002 Rowell, 656-3858, cnhsoss@uvm.edu
Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources:
Marcie Newland, 330 Aiken,
656-2911,
Marcie.Newland@uvm.edu
School of Business
Administration:
BSAD Student Services Office,
101 Kalkin Hall, 656-4015, studentservices@bsad.uvm.edu
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