BUILDING CONSTRUCTION


ability to verify the minimum registration neces-
sary for these privileges and benefits.
 EXTENSION WORK: Students may take a
maximum of 6 credits by extension work or cor-
respondence courses among the 65 semester
credits of upper division work required for the
baccalaureate degree.
 STUDENT WORK: The school reserves the
right to retain all student work for the purpose
of record, exhibition or instruction.
 PROBATION AND SUSPENSION: Students
who do not make satisfactory academic
progress may be excluded from further registra-
tion.
 GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS: To
receive the Bachelor of Science in Building Con-
struction a student must satisfactorily complete
all of the following:
 63 semester hours of lower division
 requirements.
 The approved program in Building Con-
 struction.
 Elective requirements.
 Attain at least a 2.0 overall average.
 Attain at least a 2.0 average on all courses
 which count toward his or her upper divi-
 sion degree requirements.
 After admission to upper division, students
 must attain at least a 2.0 grade point average
 on all courses which count toward upper
 division degree requirements.
 A minimum 'of 128 semester hours is
required for graduation. The waiving of any
required course does not reduce the hours
required for graduation.
 GRADUATE SCHOOL: Students planning to
enter the Graduate School should maintain a 3.0
(B) average in upper division work.

NORMAL ACADEMIC PROGRESS
 The student will have maintained normal
academic progress when the student earns a
minimum grade point of 2.0 (C) average for all
courses attempted in the upper division. In
addition, the student is required to take courses
in sequence as specified by the school director
or adviser. The student may be excluded from a
program of study in the School of Building Con-
struction if the student fails or refuses to main-
tain normal academic progress.

DEAN'S HONOR LIST, AND GRADUATION
WITH HONORS, HIGH HONORS OR
HIGHEST HONORS
 A student who has carried a minimum of 12
hours per semester with a grade point average
of at least 3.7 will be placed on the Dean's List
for that semester.
 To graduate with Honors, a student must
make at least a 3.3 average on all course work
accepted as upper division credit and all course
work (except as noted below) attempted while
registered in the upper division. To graduate
with High or Highest Honors, a student must
make at least a 3.6 or 3.75 average, respectively,
on all work accepted as upper division credit
and all course work (except as noted below)
attempted while registered in the upper divi-
sion. In addition, for high and highest honors,


the student must complete a project or other
creative work. -
 In calculating requirements for graduating
with honors, high honors, or highest honors, the
following policies are followed: the student
must have completed at the University of Flori-
da at least 48 semester hours of upper division
credit toward a degree in Building Construc-
tion, transfer credits and S-U grade credits are
excluded; credits for lower division courses
taken while registered in upper division will also
be excluded.
 Eligibility for graduation with honors: Stu-
dents who become juniors (a classification of
"3") in Fall 1991 or later are eligible for the hon-
ors designations established in the 1991-92 and
following catalogs. Students who achieved
junior status prior to Fall 1991 follow the honors
designations in the 1990-91 catalog.

Curriculum

LOWER DIVISION PROGRAM
General Education Requirement
 Credits
 Composition (ENC 1101-Expos. & Arg.
 Writing; ENC 1102-Writing About
 Literature .................................... .............. 6
 Literature and the Arts..................................... 6
 Historical and Philosophical Studies (a) .......6
 International Studies and Diversity (a) .........6
 Social and Behavioral Sciences (b) .................6
 Physical and Biological Sciences (c) ...............9
 Mathematical Sciences (d) ............................6.
NOTE: The Gordon Rule requires 12 hours of
communication and 6 hours of computation
skills, with grades of "C" or higher, which must
be met in the above courses.

PREPROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS
 Credits
 BCN 1210 Construction Materials .............3.
 GLY 2026C Geology for Engineers or
 GLY 2010C Physical Geology (e)................3
 BCN 1252 Construction Drawing I ................3
 ECO 2013 Principles of Macroeconomics (e)..3
 BUL 4310 Legal Environment of
 Business........... ......................................... 3
 ACG 2021 Intro. to Financial Accounting.....3
 ENC 2213 Technical Writing and
 Business Communication............................3
 ** MAC 3233 Survey of Calculus I (e) ................3
 PHY 2004 Applied Physics I and
 PHY 2004L (e).........................................4.
 PHY 2005 Applied Physics II and
 PHY 2005L (e)................................................4
 BCN 2405 Construction Mechanics...............4
 CAP 3802 Intro. to Computer Program-
 ming and Software Packages (e).................3
NOTES:
(a) BCN 4012 (History of Construction), taken in
 the upper-division junior year, satisfies 3
 credits of the 6 credits required for Interna-
 tional Studies and Diversity and also 3 cred-
 its of the 6 credits required for Historical and
 Philosophical Studies.
(b) ECO 2013 satisfies 3 credits of the 6 credits
 required for Social and Behavioral Sciences.


(c) PHY 2004 and PHY 2005 satisfy 6 credits of
 the credits required for Physical and Biologi-
 cal Sciences.
(d) CAP 3802 and MAC 3233 satisfy the Mathe-
 matical Sciences requirement.
(e) Specific courses that may be used to satisfy
 General Education requirements.
(f) PHY 3053 (4 credits) may be substituted for
 PHY 2004 (3 credits). PHY 3054 (4 credits)
 may be substituted for PHY 2005 (3 credits).
 Minimum C grades are required in ENC
 1101, ENC 1102, BCN 1210, ENC 2213, BCN
 2405, PHY 2004, and PHY 2005.
** Students who do not have background for
 calculus should take MAC 1142 before MAC
 3233.

SUGGESTED COURSE SEQUENCE
 FRESHMAN YEAR
 Semester 1 Credits
 ENC 1101 Expository ard Argumentative
 W writing ...........................................................3
 MAC 3233 Survey of Calculus I......................3
 Biological Sciences ...............................3.......
 BCN 1210 Construction Materials..................3
 Historical and Philosophical Studies.............3
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 Semester 2
 ENC 1102 Writing About Literature..............3
 PHY 2004 Applied Physics I.........................3
 PHY 2004L Laboratory for PHY 2004............1
 BCN 1252 Construction Drawing I ................3
 Literature and the Arts....................................3
 International Studies and Diversity............... 3
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 The remaining 3 credits of this requirement
 will be met by BCN 4012 (History of
 Construction) taken in the upper-division
 junior year.

 SOPHOMORE YEAR
Semester 1 Credits
ENC 2213 Technical Writing and Business
 Com munication ................................................ 3
PHY 2005 Applied Physics 2 ..............................3
PHY 2005L Laboratory for PHY 2005 ................1
ECO 2013 Principles of Macroeconomics............3
ACG 2021 Intro. to Financial Accounting ...........3
Social and Behavioral Studies ............................3
 16
Semester 2
GLY 2026C Geology for Engineers......................3
BCN 2405 Construction Mechanics......................4
BUL 4310 Legal Environment of
 Business......................................... ............... 3
CAP 3802 Introduction to Computer
 Programming and Software Packages..............3
Literature and the Arts........................................... 3
 16
Lower Division Subtotal 63

UPPER DIVISION REQUIREMENTS
 JUNIOR YEAR
Semester 1 Credits
BCN 3223 Construction Techniques I -
 Soils and Foundations...................................... 4
BCN 3255 Construction Drawing II ..................2