See the enrollment checklist. Contact Undergraduate Admissions for more information. (How to contact us)
If the academic department in which you are interested has a home page, look there. You can start with our Undergraduate Programs and Majors lists—they link to academic departmental home pages, where you can find information about programs and often an e-mail link or phone number for a contact person. If you don't see a link to what you're looking for in either of the program listings, use the guide below to get started in the right direction, or contact Undergraduate Admissions via e-mail at admissions@ua.edu or by phone at (205) 348-5666 or 1-800-933-BAMA.
If you're interested in...
If the UA department in which you are interested doesn't
list an address, use this general one:
The University of Alabama
Department of (name of discipline or major)
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Our campus directory information number is (205) 348-6010.
At The University of Alabama, you'll have plenty of time and resources to find out. You can begin coursework at the University in the premajor studies program in the College of Arts and Sciences, where you'll receive individualized academic advising and opportunities to take a variety of courses while fulfilling University graduation requirements. You can also visit the Career Center, where career counselors can help you pinpoint your interests and choose a major based on those interests.
Yes. In fact, freshman students are required to attend Bama Bound, UA's new-student orientation, which includes registration for the first semester's classes, placement testing, and seminars on UA policies, procedures, and services. See the Orientation website for more information.
All kinds. From aptitude/personality tests to resumé services and on-campus interviews, UA's Career Center works with students to help them find the careers they want. We encourage our students to start planning from the very first semester, so contact the Career Center early.
The University of Alabama is committed to making its programs and services accessible to all qualified students—and we accomplish that through a wide variety of support programs and services. Check out the Center for Teaching and Learning and Office of Disability Services, two of our campus centers for disability-related accommodations and support.
Contact the Center for Teaching and Learning—visit their website, or call (205) 348-5175. Through CTL, UA students receive individualized counseling and instruction and have access to tutors, special review sessions and videotaped lectures for some classes, workshops on study skills and time management, and more.
Our student-to-faculty ratio is 20:1. Some of your classes might have large lecture sections with smaller discussion or lab sections that provide more individualized attention. Many more classes, including freshman composition, will be small and will include lots of student-faculty interaction. For example, we offer more than 1000 class sections or subsections with 19 or fewer students. Here's how classes at UA break down:
| Class or Section Size | Number of Classes |
|---|---|
| 2-9 students | 405 |
| 10-19 | 703 |
| 20-29 | 650 |
| 30-39 | 301 |
| 40-49 | 156 |
| 50-99 | 227 |
| 100+ | 165 |
| Total | 2,607 |
Our students come from all parts of the United States and around the world, so it's hard to define a typical UA student. See Demographics for a profile of our current student body.
Most of our academic programs are based on four-year curricula (these are provided in the undergraduate catalog), but ask an academic advisor for the most up-to-date information). That is, in most UA degree programs, you can complete all of your major and University requirements in four years (eight semesters), and the courses that fill your major and University-wide requirements will be available during that four-year period. That doesn't take into account all special circumstances, such as double majors and minors, and if you change majors, you might have to catch up by taking an overload, going to school during the summer, or taking an extra semester or year. To ensure you're always on the track that's best—and most efficient—for you, talk to your academic advisor, and begin planning internships, Cooperative Education, and academic majors and minors early.
The University's computer facilities are outstanding, with state-of-the-art computer labs in residence halls, academic buildings, and other convenient campus locations. Special training is available in these labs, and some courses, such as freshman composition, have online components that include instruction in using campus labs. For more information about UA computer labs and policies and mainframe e-mail accounts, visit the Network and Computing Services. For information about the hardware and software offered at specific computer labs, visit the page for the college or school of your interest.
You name it, it's here. There are more than 200 student organizations active on the University of Alabama campus—political, social, athletic, religious, academic, professional in nature—and almost as many opportunities for you to get involved in one or more. At the beginning of each fall and spring semester, for example, there's Get on Board Day, where most of those 200+ organizations set up tables on the Quad or in the Ferguson Center to sign up new members. You can also read about most of those organizations in our undergraduate catalog. See the Coordinating Council of Student Organizations Directory for a current listing of UA student organizations or call (205) 348-6114 for more information.