Major Advising

Departments determine and announce all instructions for advising their majors. Please plan to have well-publicized the instructions for advising majors at least one week before the start of the offcial advising period (see the calendar for specific dates). Program Directors may use the DUP Advising System to e-mail all majors.

Program Directors may use ISIS Online to view the VISTAA forms or transcripts of majors.

Departments may also determine policies concerning enrollment. If a student neither calls the instructor in advance nor appears at the first class meeting, the enrollment may be canceled, for example. Common to all such policies is wide publicity in Department newsletters and course descriptions, starting right away.

All Faculty advising undergraduate majors should post their expanded office hours for the weeks of advising. Please make arrangements with those advisors who for whatever reason are unable to meet their advisees as expected. Faculty are encouraged to use the appointment scheduling tool in the online advising system.

Students may not select their courses until they receive their access information via e-mail. This should be sent to the student either by the advisor after a meeting or to all majors by the DUP. If students lose this information, the advisor may resend it. Garrett Hall will not intrude in Department procedures by distributing access numbers.