GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR PLANNING YOUR COURSE SELECTIONS
Please use this page as a guide to assist you as you select and register for your first semester courses. Before being assigned a Rosenstiel primary academic advisor you should be working with your transitional advisor. The contact information for your transitional advisor can be found through your admissions portal. A few days before Orientation, you will be assigned a Rosenstiel primary academic advisor. During orientation, you will have an appointment with a Rosenstiel primary academic advisor. Your appointment time for advising will be given to you at Orientation.
NOTE: During the summer months Rosenstiel faculty advisors are diligently working on their research, collecting, and publishing data from their field work. Should you have any questions after reading this page you may reach out to your transitional advisor or marsci@miami.edu, and we will be more than happy to assist you. Marsci is the office email which is monitored by the Rosenstiel administrative advising team during our pre-orientation period.
For the purpose of our online pre-selection process, we are concentrating only on the required core courses needed to graduate. After Orientation, you will meet with your primary academic advisor to discuss how this first semester fits into your overall curriculum requirements. A typical full-time academic schedule for a new Rosenstiel first-year student will include 4-5 courses with 1 to 2 labs (15-17 credits).
Course descriptions can be found through Canelink. CaneLink is the University of Miami's online portal for students and faculty. You will use your existing CaneID and password to log on. Please use the guide provided on Admission's New Student Registration webpage to search for courses.
*Transfer Students* – Please make sure to visit our Transfer Students webpage for instructions on planning your course selections.
AP/IB/CLEP Exams, Dual Enrollment, Transfer Courses, Summer Scholars
- To have AP and IB (HL) scores evaluatedfor UM credit, you must request that your scores be sent directly to the UM Office of Admission from the College Board or from your regional IB office --- a notation on the high school transcript is not sufficient. To have CLEP scores evaluated for UM credit you must submit an Official Test Result Report to the UM Office of Admission. The University of Miami’s School code is 5815.
- Dual Enrollment/Transfer credits: If you took a course for college credit, you must submit official transcripts to the UM Office of Admission from the issuing College or University. A listing on the high school transcript is not sufficient to award college credit. A minimum grade of "C" is required for consideration of credit in all dual enrollment and transfer courses. Please note: All grades earned in these courses are part of your permanent record. If you plan on using a transferred science or math course as an equivalent to a course required for your major, please complete the MATES form. For assistance please contact your transitional advisor.
- If you are taking any Dual Enrollment/College-Level Course, you MUSTsave your syllabus for the course to start the Equivalency process.
- If you see “100T” on CaneLink next to one of your transfer courses, you will need to go through the Equivalency Process in order to receive credit.
- Miami Academic Transfer Evaluation System (MATES):
- You must complete the course evaluation through the MATES form
- You will need to have a copy of the syllabus for each course given a 100T.
- The math and biology departmentswill also need an official link to the course description from the institution’s webpage.
- Once you have the form, syllabus, and potentially a course description, you can then submit your documents through the Miami Academic Transfer Evaluation System
- You may check the AP/IB (HL) credit information to determine the exam scores necessary for the awarding of University of Miami credit for specific courses.
Summer Scholars: Students who have taken part in the Summer Scholars MSC107 and MSC115 track will be waived out of MSC112 and should not enroll in MSC112. We would ask that you identify yourself during the enrollment process to ensure this information is recorded within your student file.
Official test scores and/or transcripts for credits earned from any college/university should be sent to:
University of Miami
Office of Admission
P.O. Box 249117
Coral Gables, FL 33124-9117
Cognates
The University General Education requirements will be completed using cognates. A cognate is a group of at least three courses for at least nine credits, related in a topical, thematic, interdisciplinary, sequential, or other fashion, so that completion of a cognate provides coherent depth of knowledge.
You will need to complete one cognate in each of the three Areas of Knowledge: Arts and Humanities, People and Society (Social Sciences), and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). All undergraduate students in the Rosenstiel School will be required to complete the Arts and Humanities and People and Society cognates but will fulfill their STEM cognate requirement through their major requirements. Students in Marine Affairs will fulfill their People and Society cognate requirement through their minor. To find out more information about cognates click here.
Individualized Cognates – UM students can fulfill the Areas of Knowledge general education requirement by creating an individualized cognate. Only courses (UM as well as transfer courses) with an Area of Knowledge course attribute in CaneLink can be used in an individualized cognate. To read more about the specifics for individualized cognates and current approved courses, click here. Please make sure that you look at any AP, Dual Enrollment, or Transfer Course equivalents that you receive as they can potentially create and complete your cognate requirements.
Required Courses for Majors
The following sections outline the recommended courses for first-year students enrolling in each major. Students beginning with transfer credit should contact the main office at marsci@miami.edu. The English and Mathematics requirements for all majors are described at the bottom of this page.
