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Student Resources
To determine your catalog year, look on the student header of your DegreeWorks.
Catalog years prior to Fall 2025
Make sure to select your correct concentration. That can also be found on your DegreeWorks header.
Fall 2025
If your catalog year on DegreeWorks shows 25-26, Follow the appropriate roadmap below.
- 2025-2026
- BS- Integrated Health Sciences Pathways
BSIHS Students who want to register for more than the maximum allowed hours for a semester must complete and submit an academic over hour petition request and get the department and college approval before the form is forwarded to the registrar’s office.
Max Allowed Hours by term
- Complete the Over Hour Petition Form
- For courses, make sure to include course number and Over Hour Petition Form section number.
- Include a justification and plan of action: In a few sentences, describe why you are requesting an over hour petition and how you will handle the extra course work.
- Download the most recent copy of your DegreeWorks and submit with your form.
- Email your completed over hour petition form and DegreeWorks (full pdf, no screenshots) to BSIHS@utrgv.edu. We’ll take it from there.
- Learning Center (provides in-person and online tutoring, academic coaching, and workshops)
- Writing Center (assist with writing assignments, personal statements, letter of intent, etc.)
- Academic Advising
- Counseling Center
- Student Accessibility Services
- Career Center
- Military and Veterans Success Center
- Financial Aid
- Registrar Office
- Office for Pre-Professional Development (We strongly recommend connecting with them your first year if you are pursuing medical school, dental school, occupational therapy, Ophthalmology/optometry, pharmacy, physician assistant studies, physical therapy, podiatry, and/or veterinary sciences)
- Building My Professional Identity e-book by the College of Health Professions Student Success Team
- Learning Center Academic Resources and Workshops (recordings available)
- Writing Center Resources
- Internships
- Career Preparation
- Integrated Health Science Student Association (IHSSA) on-campus student organization
- Infosessions (Nursing, COMD, MLS, PA, OT, and more)
- Volunteer opportunities
- Professional Development Workshops
- Guest Speakers in collaboration with Integrated Health Science Student Association (IHSSA)
- Weekly Newsletter with resources
- Individualized mentoring: Academic and career planning with the department program specialist
Please note that some health profession academic programs at UTRGV and most other institutions require prerequisite coursework and other specific requirements for admission. We strongly encourage students to familiarize themselves with these program requirements early in their undergraduate years to ensure they are well-prepared and competitive candidates.
Undergraduate programs
Graduate/medical education programs