Academic integrity at UNC
Honor system, Honor code, and Students rights and responsibilities
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Registration reference
Taking advantage of early registration periods will help ensure that you can take the classes you need and prefer. At the beginning of a semester, it may be easier to drop a course than to find an available one. Please be considerate of other students and drop a class as soon as you are certain that you won’t take it.
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Guidelines for core course exemption [application]
The following guidelines were developed for students seeking exemptions from School of Public Health core courses (BIOS, ENVR, EPID, HBHE, HPAA). The five core areas constitute the intellectual framework through which public health professionals in all specializations approach problem-solving. The five core courses are the means by which the school assures our accrediting organization (Council on Education in Public Health) that all professional degree students have a sufficient understanding of the areas of knowledge basic to public health. The School requires all students to pass each of the five core courses or be officially exempt on the basis of prior experience with the specific core course content.
In order to receive an exemption from any of the core courses, the student must demonstrate an understanding of the competencies addressed in the course. This understanding is typically demonstrated through completion of a comparable course within the 5 years prior to enrollment in the current degree program and in which the student received at least a “B”. In some cases, work experience that covers course content will also be considered as the basis for the exemption. The previous course(s) and/or experience must be certified by the relevant core course instructor as being at least as rigorous as the SPH core course. Click here for the core course exemption application. Click above for core course syllabi, and click here for related competencies.
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Drop/Add procedures
It is important you abide by deadlines for dropping and adding course (see the academic calendar).
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Calendars, schedules and other key dates
Academic calendars
Class starts, late registration deadline, University Day, Fall Break, Thanksgiving, exam days, Commencement.
Billing dates
Deadlines for bills and payments, reimbursement schedules.
Exam schedules
Based on class time and day
Registration information
Calendars of class registration deadlines
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