{"id":18897,"date":"2024-06-10T15:30:04","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T15:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/biology-new\/?page_id=18897"},"modified":"2025-11-14T07:18:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T11:18:39","slug":"academic-evaluation-tips","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/biology\/academic-evaluation-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Evaluation – Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Achieving your academic goals not only depends on your success on individual courses but also on effective planning to guarantee the correct curricular sequence in accordance to the prerequisites of each course. This will allow you to set milestones for your career and keep a tab on your progress. To facilitate this process we include important information that you should consult every semester before you do your course selection for the semester that follows. This will vary depending upon the year that you are in.<\/p>\n\n

First Year Students<\/h4>\n\n

These are the steps that you should follow:<\/p>\n\n

Educate yourself about\u00a0 both areas of\u00a0our curriculum:<\/a>\u00a0Integrative Biology<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Cellular-Molecular Biology<\/strong>. If you have been admitted to Biology, you must declare your preferred area of emphasize no later than your third semester. Changes are easier during the first 1.5 years of your studies, before you start taking the courses required by each area.<\/p>\n\n

Click on the\u00a0suggested course sequence\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0button (also on the right side menu of this page) for a suggested order in which to take the courses based on their prerequisites and your placement in the Advanced Placement tests (AP), consult the\u00a0Biology courses\u00a0<\/a>for a list of all the courses that we offer in Biology with corresponding prerequisites and co-requisites, and consult the\u00a0Current Course Offerings<\/a>\u00a0(also on the right side menu of this page) a list of those courses that will be offered specifically in the upcoming semester.<\/p>\n\n

Take control of your curricular planning by following the steps described above and filling-in the\u00a0\u00a0Course checklist form<\/a>\u00a0and adding up all the credits that you have passed. This will allow you to understand your status regarding the required course work, i.e., credits, that you need to complete to graduate in a timely fashion.<\/p>\n\n

Sign-up for the academic evaluation by consulting the postings right outside the Department of Biology in our main NCN building.<\/p>\n\n

If you have doubts, consult the\u00a0FAQ<\/a>\u00a0section.<\/p>\n\n

Second, Third, and Fourth Year Students<\/h4>\n\n

Follow the same steps suggested for first year students (above), but make sure that when you set up your appointment for academic evaluation at the Department of Biology, you follow the instructions that are specific for your year of classification.<\/p>\n\n

Other Students (Con-validation, Substitutions)<\/h4>\n\n

Los\/las estudiantes de unidades del sistema UPR e\u00a0 instituciones privadas locales, instituciones universitarias en EU y\/o internacionales que quieren que quieran que sus cursos sean convalidados o sustituidos deben seguir los siguientes pasos<\/p>\n\n

Solicitar una cita con la Decana (o) Auxiliar de Asuntos Estudiantiles de la facultad a donde fueron admitidos.<\/p>\n\n

Los estudiantes admitidos en la Facultad de Ciencias Naturales tienen que entregar la informaci\u00f3n de los cursos que quieren que sean convalidados o sustituidos en el Decanato de Asuntos Estudiantiles. Esta unidad enviar\u00e1 los expedientes a las unidades correspondientes de la Facultad (Biolog\u00eda, Matem\u00e1tica, F\u00edsica, Qu\u00edmica, etc.).<\/p>\n\n

Una vez en las unidades correspondientes, el\/la director\/directora o ayudante acad\u00e9mico revisar\u00e1 los expedientes. Si existe un precedente de evaluaci\u00f3n del curso el estudiante no tiene que presentar un prontuario. Si no hay precedente del curso o el curso ha cambiado se le notificar\u00e1 al estudiante para que provee el prontuario. Este prontuario ser\u00e1 evaluado por un profesor\/profesora de la unidad correspondiente. En todos los casos tambi\u00e9n se evaluar\u00e1 la\u00a0calificaci\u00f3n que haya obtenido el estudiante en el curso evaluado (calificaci\u00f3n m\u00ednima C).<\/p>\n\n

Asesor\u00edas Acad\u00e9micas individuales<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Asesor\u00edas Acad\u00e9micas grupales\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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