• Which worksheet do I use?

• How do I fill out the worksheet?

• Do I need to bring the worksheet with me to faculty advising to receive my Tele-BEARS Adviser Code?

• I received credit for an AP exam but also completed an equivalent course.  Which do I list on my worksheet?

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Which worksheet do I use?

• If there is only one option, that is the worksheet all students in this major use. 

• If there is more than one option for a major, use the worksheet for the curriculum year you are following. For most students this will be the year you were admitted.

• Engineering Undeclared students print out the degree worksheet for one of the majors they might be interested in. If you are interested in every major, that's ok; just pick one to print out and bring to your appointment/CalSO.

• Transfer students following an earlier curriculum use the worksheet that corresponds to that catalog year. For example, if you were admitted in Fall 2008 but are following the Fall 2006 curriculum, use the Fall 2006 worksheet.

• Students approved to follow a newer curriculum use the worksheet that corresponds to that catalog year. For example, Civil Engineering students admitted in Fall 2007 who have been approved to follow the new curriculum use the 2008 worksheet.  BioE students admitted in Fall 2006 who have been approved to follow the new curriculum use the 2007-2009 worksheet.

• If you have questions about which worksheet you should use, contact your Engineering Student Services Adviser in 230 Bechtel Hall.

How do I fill out the worksheet?

• for requirements you have fulfilled, record the semester it was completed, units earned and the grade received.  If you used an exam (AP, IB or A Level) record the name of the test, your score and units earned. 

• In instances where you had a choice (electives), list the actual course you completed. 

• DO include courses you have in progress this semester. 

• DO NOT include courses you plan to take in the future on the worksheet you bring to your faculty adviser. Only record courses completed or in-progress.  Faculty need to see what you have completed to make recommendations on what you should take next semester. 

• Make use of these worksheets in any way they help you. If you want to map out your academic plans on a worksheet (indicating when you intend to enroll in all your requirements) by all means do so. But for the purposes of faculty advising, bring a worksheet that only lists completed or in-progress work.
  

Do I have to bring this worksheet with me to faculty advising to receive my Tele-BEARS Adviser Code?

YES! Faculty advisers expect every student to arrive with this worksheet completed.

I received credit for an AP exam but also completed an equivalent course.

(i.e. I received 5.3 units for AP Chem, but I also took Chemistry 1A at Cal and got an “A”.)

Which do I list on my worksheet?

If you received credit for an AP exam but also completed an equivalent course, you should list the course, grade received and units earned on your worksheet.

However, this is considered duplication of credit, so you can’t count the units earned for both the exam and course toward graduation.  Read the section below on duplication of credit.

120 Unit Requirement-- Duplication of Credit

If you received credit for an AP exam but also completed an equivalent course, this is considered duplication of credit, and you can’t count the units earned for both toward graduation. 

The unit total that appears at the end of your transcript DOES include the units you earned for both the AP exam and the course, so you must subtract out any duplication of credit when you are calculating the Unit Requirement section of the worksheet. See example below. 

• Your transcript says you have earned 52.3 units but this includes both 5.3 units for AP Chemistry and 4 units for taking Chemistry 1A at Cal.  Subtract 5.3 from 52.3 to determine your true unit total and this is the number to record on your worksheet.