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Updated AP Credit info, removed mention of free tuition
You can only take electives beginning in your second semester of TAMS. Depending on your GPA, you’ll be able to take one your second semester. (3.2+ for 1 electives and a research class)
You can only take electives beginning in your second semester of TAMS. Depending on your GPA, you’ll be able to take one your second semester. (3.2+ for 1 electives and a research class)
Take electives!! You don’t have to pay for classes at TAMS, and some of them give you experience/credits, so why would you not. (Of course, if you believe you can’t handle the workload/you just don’t want to there is absolutely no shame in that - take electives because they are fun but not because you feel you are required to - plenty of kids don’t take any, especially second semester junior year when the work is the most.) Below is just some descriptions on a couple options that are popular within the TAMS community. A full list of courses available can be found here : http://catalog.unt.edu/content.php?catoid=9&navoid=484
Take electives!! They are fun ways to explore your interests, and some of them give you experience/credits, so why would you not. (Of course, if you believe you can’t handle the workload/you just don’t want to there is absolutely no shame in that - take electives because they are fun but not because you feel you are required to - plenty of kids don’t take any, especially second semester junior year when the work is the most.) Below is just some descriptions on a couple options that are popular within the TAMS community. A full list of courses available can be found here : http://catalog.unt.edu/content.php?catoid=9&navoid=484
'''<u>Research elective:</u>''' The Research Elective is an independently scheduled credit that requires no class time, but per class hour usually accounts to about 3 hours in lab a week. Check with your professor for more department-specific details, as well as how to add it to your schedule! It is usually listed as a “Special Problems” course, and the academic counselors should have a special course code to help you register.
'''<u>Research elective:</u>''' The Research Elective is an independently scheduled credit that requires no class time, but per class hour usually accounts to about 3 hours in lab a week. Check with your professor for more department-specific details, as well as how to add it to your schedule! It is usually listed as a “Special Problems” course, and the academic counselors should have a special course code to help you register.
===AP Credit Transfer===
===AP Credit Transfer===
For core classes, TAMS will NOT allow you to place out of or skip a class even if you have the corresponding AP credit. For example, if you took AP Biology and got a 5, congratulations, but you will still be required to take Biology if Biology is your selected track. For AP Calculus, your credits DO NOT determine placement in the appropriate math class. Your math placement exams are the SOLE determining factor in placing you in a TAMS math class. This means you could be placed in Pre-calc even though you’ve taken AP Calculus.
Starting this year, TAMS will accept AP credit for several core classes. If you got an AP score of 5 on the Biology exam, you can skip Biology 1 and 2 ([[Courses#BIOL 1710|BIOL 1710]], [[Courses#BIOL 1720|1720]]) and take Anatomy and Physiology 1 and 2 ([[Courses#BIOL 2301|BIOL 2301]], [[Courses#BIOL 2302|2302]]). Similar rule apply to Physics C: Mech and E&M however you must receive a score of 5 on both exams to skip Physics ([[Courses#PHYS 1710|PHYS 1710]], [[Courses#PHYS 2220|2220]]). You are required to take two advanced Physics courses in place of PHYS 1710 and 2220. Most students take Modern Physics ([[Courses#PHYS 3010|PHYS 3010]]) as one of their courses. If you received a 5 on the Calculus AB or BC exam, you will place higher than Pre-calc ([[Courses#MATH 1650|MATH 1650]]) regardless of how you do on your placement exam. Outside of core courses, you can use an AP score of 5, based on [https://www.unt.edu/academics/undergrad/credit-examination UNT's AP credit transfer chart], for any course which is not required in your pathway/track. As an example, if you are in a track which does not require Computer Science and you received a 5 on the AP CS A exam, you can skip Computer Science I ([[Courses#CSCE 1030|CSCE 1030]]) to take Computer Science II ([[Courses#CSCE 1040|CSCE 1040]]) as an elective. Talk to your academic counselor if you wish to utilize your AP scores.
<s>For core classes, TAMS will NOT allow you to place out of or skip a class even if you have the corresponding AP credit. For example, if you took AP Biology and got a 5, congratulations, but you will still be required to take Biology if Biology is your selected track. For AP Calculus, your credits DO NOT determine placement in the appropriate math class. Your math placement exams are the SOLE determining factor in placing you in a TAMS math class. This means you could be placed in Pre-calc even though you’ve taken AP Calculus.</s>
===Registration===
===Registration===