February 13, 2019

Declaring a Major deadline Friday, March 1

With the March 1st deadline rapidly approaching for second semester sophomores to declare their majors, you may start hearing from your Advisees who need help finalizing their decisions. Here are a few tools you can use to help advise them:

• Major Declaration Process by Department/Program
• Academic Advising information on Dean of Studies' website
• Declaring a Major process on the Registrar's website

Key Deadlines for Advisers

Tuesday, Feb. 26
Last day to drop a course. Some students may not remember that this cannot be done online and requires them to pick up the form from the Registrar's Office, meet with you and get your signature, and then return the form to the Registrar's office. Students may not drop below 12 credits.

This deadline is also a good time for your advisees to review their current class schedule in Student Planning and clean up any schedule inconsistencies. These are some things for students to look for:

• Any classes for which they are not fully registered (classes that are not green in Student Planning), and 
• Any classes they thought they dropped but that are still showing up as registered.  

Friday, March 1
Deadline for second semester sophomores to declare their majors. See above for a few tools you can use to assist your advisees.

Thursday, March 28, 4:30 p.m.
Last day to withdraw from a class with a W.  Adviser signature required.  Students may not drop below 12 credits.

Thursday, March 28, 11:30 p.m.
Last day to elect the Pass/D/Fail option. Unlike dropping or withdrawing from a class, P/D/F election is done online and does not require adviser approval, but we encourage students to consult you or their Dean if they are considering P/D/F.

Monday, April 1
Student Planning opens for students to begin planning their fall class schedules.
      
Monday, April 1 
Begin meeting with your Advisees and grant them “Permission to Register” in WebAdvisor. Need a refresher on how the “Permission to Register” process works? Visit:  "How to view your Advisees’ course selections and grant permission for their initial registration."

Monday, April 15 - Friday, April 19
Registration open for Fall Semester 2019