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Grades
Miscellaneous
100
The number of humanities/social science classes that a student must take in order to meet ENGR graduation requirements
What is SIX?
100
The cost of tutoring services at the Academic Resource Center.
What is FREE?
100
This campus office is located on the second floor of the Union and can help students with career-related questions and issues.
What is the Office of Career Development?
100
The highest grade a student can earn and still repeat a course for a whole new grade (i.e. grade replacement).
What is C-?
100
The primary reason that a first-term freshman might take CHEM 0110 instead of CHEM 0960.
What is THE STUDENT IS PRE-MED?
200
The number of humanities/social science electives can be satisfied via AP or IB credit?
What is NO MORE THAN TWO?
200
The number of private-tutoring appointments to which students are entitled at the Academic Resource Center
What is ONE HOUR PER SUBJECT PER WEEK?
200
The help-resource located in M-2 Thaw Hall, which may be particularly helpful for ENGR 0011 and ENGR 0012 assignments.
What is THE WRITING CENTER?
200
Grade earned for AP/IB or transfer credits.
What is a T? Transfer credits do not affect your GPA.
200
These floors serve as the four Engineering floors (SPACE) in Litchfield Tower A.
What are 8-11?
300
This study abroad program occurs for two weeks during the summer after your freshman year. It is open to both engineering and business majors and counts as three credits.
What is Plus-3?
300
These two of the three tutoring centers are subject-specific and offer free walk-in tutoring for students who need help or have questions.
What are the MATH ASSISTANCE CENTER (MAC), the PHYSICS RESOURCE ROOM, and the CHEM FISHBOWL?
300
This help resource is located in 102 Chevron Hall.
What is THE CHEMISTRY FISHBOWL?
300
The minimum grade a student must earn in order to move forward in the Calculus course sequence.
What is C?
300
The buildings in which a student can find a pool on campus.
What are TREES HALL and BELLEFIELD HALL?
400
The length of the add/drop period at the beginning of each semester.
What is TWO WEEKS?
400
These members of the university community are the number-one resource for students experiencing difficulty in a course. Hint: They are not other students.
What is THE FACULTY?
400
These two libraries will be very useful when researching for papers in ENGR 0011 and 0012.
What are HILLMAN AND BENEDUM (BEVIER ENGINEERING) LIBRARIES?
400
The minimum grade a student must earn in order to move forward in the Physics, Engineering, or Chemistry course sequences.
What is D-? (BUT THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY BAD IDEA!)
400
In order to take an Honors PHYS or Honors ENGR class in the first term, a student must satisfy this MATH requirement.
What is CONCURRENTLY TAKING MATH 0230 OR HIGHER?
500
If a student is doing poorly in a class and remains in that class past the add/drop deadline, he/she has one more opportunity to bail on the course. This deadline for doing so occurs 60% of the way into the semester.
What is THE MONITORED WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE?
500
This person is the resource that a student should consult if he/she is thinking about leaving the Swanson School of Engineering for another major.
What is THE ACADEMIC ADVISOR?
500
This initiative by the University allows students to track their outside-the-classroom experiences, culminating in an extra-curricular transcript, and an opportunity to be recognized for completing extracurricular requirements at graduation.
What is THE OUT-OF-CLASSROOM CURRICULUM (OCC)?
500
Two people who are legally allowed to see a student's grades.
What are THE STUDENT and ACADEMIC OFFICIALS AT THE UNIVERSITY?
500
These are the 8 engineering departments at Pitt.
What are BIOENGINEERING, CHEMICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERING, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING, COMPUTER ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS SCIENCE, ENGINEERING PHYSICS?
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