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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. ​

  • 2021-2022 ​
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Fall 2025 ​

If your catalog year on DegreeWorks shows 25-26, Follow the appropriate roadmap below.​

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  • BS- Integrated Health Sciences Pathways​
    • Nursing Pathway​
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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

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  1. 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 fewsentences, describe why you are requesting an over hourpetition and how you will handle the extra course work.​
    • Download the most recent copy of your DegreeWorks andsubmit with your form.
  2. Email your completed over hour petition form and DegreeWorks (full pdf, no screenshots) to BSIHS@utrgv.edu. We’ll take it fromthere. 

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