Show Academic Advisers Ready Heady for Semester Change By Angelique Pollard Contributing Writer Academic Advisers are ready to help students merge from quarters to semesters The change begins Aug 24 1998 The conversion will not increase tuition Instead of paying four times a year students will pay tuition three times Fall and Spring semesters and Summer term The Utah State Board of Regents and Utah State Legislature determines the cost student will pay for tuition not the system they are on If you receive financial aid pay close attention to the deadlines They are subject to change Speak to a financial aid adviser for any questions With the conversion students will receive credit for the classes already taken Those classes willbe will willbe willbe be weighted the same toward the degree requirements requirements' on the semester semester semester semes semes- ter system If students are in the process of taking any sequence courses like advisers recommend they be fin fin- fished before Fall 1998 because the sequence courses will be combined into the two semesters The AS and AA degrees will require 63 60 semester credits The AAS degrees will require 69 63 semester credits The transition to semesters wont won't length the road to graduation Advisers said it should still take students about two years to get a degree This can be done by taking 16 15 credit hours of more each semester On the semester schedule if students stu- stu students students stu stu- dents are time full-time they will take five to six classes rather than the three or four classes taken on the quarter system Most of the semester classes will willbe willbe willbe be taught in two blocks Monday Wednesday and Friday block classes class class- es will be 50 minutes Tuesday and Thursday block classes will be 75 minutes 17 If students haven't already consulted con con- suited with an academic adviser make plans to do so They can be contacted at Also check the academic advisers at semesters |