The following message is official and has been approved by the appropriate authorities to be posted to this list. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear MCB Students,
Welcome back to Berkeley. Here are some announcements about various upcoming deadlines. CALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCAL 1. Research form deadline - Friday, February 17 2. Early drop deadline - Friday, January 27 3. 5th week add/drop deadline - Friday, February 17 4. Honors forms deadline - Friday, February 17 5. Spring 2006 Peer Advisor Applications - 1/19, 3 pm deadline CALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCAL 1. MCB Research form deadline - final deadline February 17 The deadline to turn in the completed MCB 199 Independent Research Application form will be Friday, February 17, although we recommend that you turn it in earlier. RESEARCH IN MCB: Generally students receive 1 unit of credit for every 3 hours of work per week in the lab, up to a maximum of 4 units per semester. You may not receive MCB 199 credit and simultaneously be paid for research done in the same lab. MCB 199 must be sponsored by an MCB faculty member, though the research may be in any appropriate lab. Admission to MCB 199 requires a minimum overall GPA of 2.0, junior or senior standing (at least 60 units) and is restricted to P/NP grades. CALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCAL 2. Early drop deadline - Friday, January 27 L & S POLICY: Midnight - Friday, January 27 is the final day to drop the following 13 courses on Telebears. Arabic 1A, Architecture 100A, Architecture 100B, Biology 1B, Persion 1A, Physics 7A, Physics 7B, Physics 8A, Physics 8B, Sociology 3, Sociology 3AC, Spanish 1 and Spanish 2. Make sure to double check your schedule on BearFacts during the second week to be sure that you haven't been added automatically to a class from the waiting list. Your class schedule is your responsibility. Even if a professors tells you that they'll drop you, double check before the deadline. See this web site for further details: http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Scheduling/edd.html CALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCAL 3. 5th week add/drop/unit change deadline - Friday, February 17 L & S POLICY: Midnight, February 17 will be the final day for L & S undergraduates to add a course, drop a course, change the number of units in a course, or change the grading option from P/NP to a letter grade. You can do all of this on Telebears. (No more paper petitions needed.) Again, check your class schedules regularly on BearFacts to be sure that you weren't put into a class from a waiting list without your knowledge. CALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCAL 4. MCB Honors forms deadline - final deadline February 17 The deadline to turn in the completed MCB Honors Research Application H196A/H196B form will be Friday, February 17, although we recommend that you get it to us earlier because after turning it in, you'll still need to go to TeleBears to add the course - before midnight. MCB HONORS: The MCB honors program offers exceptional senior students recognition for outstanding academic achievement and the opportunity to conduct original research under the guidance of an MCB faculty member. H196 Requirements: To participate in the MCB departmental honors program, students must have completed MCB 100 or 102 and one upper-division major requirement. Students must also have an overall UCB GPA of at least 3.0 and a 3.3 GPA in either the overall major requirements or the completed upper-division MCB courses. H196A is offered on a P/NP basis and the total number of credits is limited to 4 units. H196B is for a letter grade and is also limited to 4 units. The H196 course requires completion of a thesis. To graduate with honors, students must meet all requirements, including having an overall UCB GPA of 3.3 and a major GPA of 3.5, and submit appropriate documentation as listed on the Honors Program information sheet. CALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCAL 5. Spring 2006 Peer Advisor Applications - 1/19, 3 pm deadline Here's what you can do to apply: 1) Download an application from our website http://mcb.berkeley.edu/undergrad 2) Fill it out completely 3) Turn it in to me, Lauri, in 2083 VLSB, 9-12 and 1:30-4 If you are a returning peer advisor, please fill out a new application, thanks! Deadline: Thursday, January 19th at 3pm. We will need to fill about five spaces. The commitment is one hour per week, attending one orientation meeting and serving as a judge for the Spring 2006 Student Commencement Speaker audition in May. CALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCALCAL See you soon, Anne -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- The above message does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of MCBcDNA, mcbUSA, the MCB Department, or UC Berkeley. TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS LIST, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe mcb-infoline" in the message body. Please send questions or comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For a list of upcoming events and information about the student clubs: MCBcDNA http://mcb.berkeley.edu/groups/mcbcdna/ mcbUSA http://mcb.berkeley.edu/groups/mcbusa/
