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Who will be my Advisor
The College of Arts and Sciences considers academic advising to be an essential part of a student’s road to a baccalaureate degree and emphasis is placed on that process.
Academic advising in the College of Arts and Sciences is located in each of the
departments and programs. Students who declare a major are assigned an advisor in the department/program of their major. Students who are undecided about a major are advised in the
Center for Advising and Career
Services, 222 Knight Hall, 766-2398.
The advising relationship is a Partnership— you take an active role in establishing and maintaining contact with your advisor as you assume ever-increasing responsibility for knowing the academic requirements and university procedures.
Ultimately you are responsible for knowing your degree requirements.
Expectations of the Advisor
Students join our university community at different stages of personal development, experience, and academic preparation. While you are here, you will add to your knowledge, develop the tools and skills to find answers, ask more questions, and develop a greater understanding of your values and goals. Your teachers and advisors will be your guides in this growth. They will encourage you to master the skills essential for independent problem solving and decision making. Get to know your academic advisor early in your first year.
Your advisor will:
Introduce you to the expectations and opportunities of the academic community and its values and rewards.
Discuss your objectives and help identify your individual strengths and talents as well as skills that need more development to succeed.
Help you create an academic program that facilitates exploration of your interests and realization of your goals.
Encourage you to actively participate in the learning process and link you to other resources on campus to help in your personal discovery and development.
Provide feedback to reinforce your successes and explore options to resolve academic difficulties.
Teach you how to use information and other resources to make decisions and take responsibility for those decisions.
How to be an A+ Advisee
Build a successful, working partnership with your advisor:
Visit with your advisor regularly, not just at registration time.
Let
your advisor get to know you—your career interests, job experiences, campus activities—and your doubts and plans.
Your advisor will present you with options. You must make the decisions.
Keep your advising appointments.
Get the most from an advising session:
Come with written questions so you don’t forget to ask about University Studies, the A&S Core, academic standards, policies, procedures, campus resources for referrals, student organizations, research, internships,
study abroad and other learning opportunities.
Prepare a tentative class schedule before meeting with your advisor for registration. This allows for more time to discuss substantial issues about courses and plans.
Check and print your CAPP Degree Evaluation from your WyoWeb to assist you in
planning your next semester's schedule.
Avoid the "No one ever told me!" syndrome:
Become familiar with the first 60 pages of the UW Bulletin book or online—almost all that you need to know about academic requirements and regulations is within these pages. The rest of the Bulletin includes department/ program information about majors, course descriptions and course prerequisites.
Read the first sections of the class schedule each semester. This is the best source for new rules and regulations about tuition and fees, deadlines, course repeat
policies--everything to keep you in the know.
Know the academic calendar. Don't miss deadlines. Know when to
register, when to drop/add courses, final dates for withdrawing from courses,
and advising dates. These are printed in each semester's Class Schedule and
online in the Registrar's Web site.
Keep personal copies of your
CAPP degree evaluation located on your WyoWeb, other curriculum sheets and any important information in a special file. Bring the file with you to each advising session.
Read your mid-term grade report. If you receive a D or an F, contact your instructor and/or advisor immediately to
discuss your options.
Check the Welcome to LeaRN website
for tutoring and other academic assistance.
Visit the Center for Advising and
Career Services if you are not sure of the degree program you want to
pursue, if you are looking for an internship, or want to start planning a job
search.
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