Registration

Students in the School of Public health must be enrolled each term until their degrees are awarded unless approved for a leave of absence.

Failure to remain consecutively enrolled will result in dismissal from the program requiring a readmission application.  If readmitted, student will be subject to the catalog in force at the time of readmission.

Students must register for all work to be taken for graduate credit.  To be classified as "fulltime," a graduate student must register for at least 9 semester hours of work each semester. 

The term class schedules are available on-line only and can be viewed by logging into the UAB BlazerNet Portal at blazernet.uab.edu.

The following course prefixes are assigned to courses offered by the School of Public Health:

·  BST - Biostatistics Courses

·  ENH - Environmental Health Sciences Courses

·  EPI - Epidemiology Courses 

·  HB - Health Behavior Courses

·  HCO - Health Care Organization and Policy Courses

·  MCH - Maternal and Child Health Courses

·  PUH - Undergraduate Public Health Course and the MD/MPH Practicum

How to Register

Effective Fall 2007, all registration must be conducted on-line through BlazerNet.  BlazerNet is the University’s official portal which provides centralized access to the information and services that students, faculty and staff need on a daily basis.  BlazerNet will provide you with up-to-date information about UAB news and events to access to class registration, financial aid, grading and much more.

To register, go to www.blazernet.uab.edu.  For details on how to use Banner Registration, please refer to the BlazerNet Registration Quick Guide located in the Student Resources tab in BlazerNet.  If you experience technical problems, please contact the AskIT UAB Support Services at AskIT@uab.edu.  If you experience registration holds, please contact your department advisor.

Adding or Changing Courses           

Adding or changing courses after an initial registration has been processed is possible each semester. Deadline dates and procedures can be found on BlazerNet.

Withdrawal from Courses

Graduate students are expected to complete courses for which they have registered, unless unusual circumstances require withdrawal.  The deadline dates and procedures for withdrawal are specified on BlazerNet.