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FCB Office of Academic Services is the office where you can get academic advisement,
register for classes, drop/add classes, and do other registration transactions. If you
are a freshman or sophomore business student, you should make an advisement appointment
in this office each semester prior to preregistration for the following semester. You
may also make appointments for advisement any other time you need assistance. Generally,
this is the office where you can ask questions regarding schedules, registration,
requirements, and other academic matters.
This is also the office where you apply for the professional program, authorization
to take restricted upper-division (300 and 400) business courses, (during the semester
in which you are completing the lower-division business core requirements) and for
Graduation (during the semester before graduation).
A preregistration period occurs each semester (after the midpoint of the semester)
during which you have the opportunity to preregister for the following semester.
Advising for business students is available during this period. You do not have to pay
your tuition and fees until about a month before classes begin. You cannot register if
you have a measles hold and/or financial hold on your record (e.g., parking tickets).
You can add and/or drop classes after the semester begins, but there are specific
deadlines and sometimes an extra fee for doing so. These deadlines and fees are listed
in the Class Schedule for each semester.
If you earn a grade of D or F in a course, you can repeat the course at NAU and the
higher grade will replace the D or F for the first 18 hours of repeated courses. After
18 hours the grades are averaged. If you repeat a course at another institution, the
new grade will not replace the D or F earned at NAU. If a course is needed to enter the
Business Professional Program, the grade being transferred into NAU will be averaged with
your NAU grade for this purpose.
A new undergraduate catalog is issued online every year. The catalog contains degree
requirements for your program and University policies and procedures. The ultimate
responsibility for your degree program rests with you, although the Office of Academic
Services and your major advisor are available to provide assistance. If you have a question
about your catalog date, see an advisor in the Office of Academic Services.
A Class Schedule is issued every semester and contains listings of classes that will
be available during the designated semester. It also contains a listing of liberal studies
courses, registration dates and times, explanation of fees, final examination times, etc.
Class Schedules are available in the Office of Academic Services. The online class schedule
is the most current course of information and should be used whenever possible.
Generally during the first two years of your business program you must complete all
of the lower-division business core requirements, and your English and math (MAT 114 and MAT 119).
During these two years you should also complete some of the Liberal Studies courses.
(Refer to “Suggested Program of Study for Your First Two Years” available in the Office
of Academic Services).
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Business students must complete courses in Critical Thinking, International Studies, Written
Communications, and Ethics. Some of the courses that satisfy these requirements are Liberal Studies
courses and may be counted as such. A list of courses that satisfy these requirements is available
from the Office of Academic Services. CIS 120/lab may be counted as Liberal Studies (in the Science/
Applied Science block) for all business students except those who major in CIS. ECO 284 and ECO 285
may be counted as Liberal Studies courses (in the Social and Political Worlds block) for all business
students except those who major in Economics.
Business students are permitted to take only 100 and 200 level business courses until they meet
the requirements to enter the professional program and receive authorization to take upper
division business courses.
You should apply for the professional program and authorization to take upper division restricted
courses during the semester in which you are completing the lower-division business core, English,
and math courses (MAT 114 and MAT 119). At that time you will specify your major (Accounting, Computer
Information Systems, Economics, Finance, Management, or Marketing). Some sources for help in deciding
your major include the following: MGT 101, your professors, upper-division students you meet in business
organizations, FCB mentors, Career Services, and the Pathways program workshops.
The University’s on-line information system is called LOUIE. Among other things, you can use this
system to check for open classes and to check your schedule.
The FCB has many student organizations. Most have few membership requirements and provide excellent
opportunities to meet students with similar interests. During the second week of classes each semester,
many organizations have tables in the main floor halls to provide information and solicit members. Also,
notices of meetings are posted on the bulletin boards in the building and on the hallway TV monitors.
The FCB offers many scholarships. Application for these scholarships should be made at the end of the
Fall semester; the scholarships are then awarded in the Spring semester for the following academic year.
Applications are available online, generally by the end
of November, and are usually due back by mid-January.
Many national and international exchange programs are available. NAU has agreements with universities
in the U.S., Europe, and Australia, in which you pay NAU tuition to study at another institution
(information is available in the Office of Academic Services). Also, many cooperative education
opportunities are available so you can gain “real world” work experience in your discipline before
graduation (information available from the Career and Intern Coordinator, CBA). Students usually take
advantage of these opportunities in their junior year.
- Keep the Registrar’s Office and this office informed of any change in your status, (i.e., name, address, phone) so you will receive mailings from the university and the
FCB.
- Take an active part in your own advisement; know your deadlines, university policies, requirements, etc.
- Know what courses you should be taking each semester to ensure that you can graduate in four years. You must have 120 credit hours to graduate; therefore, to graduate in four years, you must successfully complete an average of 15 credit hours each semester.
- If you have to drop a course, do so before the drop deadline. The
FCB does not approve petitions to drop after the drop deadline in most cases.
To access your FCB share drive from off campus, please read the instructions
available here