By Jay’Mi Vazquez
Managing Editor
photo | Jay’Mi Vazquez
Office of Academic Advising in Room 102 in Buley Libary.
As midterm exams approach, so is course registration for the spring semester.
On Nov. 4, course registration will begin. Students will be able to look at the registration checklist linked under the one stop registration tab on the university website.
However, there have been changes made for course registration regarding first-year students in INQ 101.
Registration for first-year students will be open on Nov. 19.
“First-semester students will be assigned to a professional adviser for their first year and will meet with that adviser for their registration appointment,” Faculty Director of Academic Advising Meredith Sinclair said. “They also have already received an email inviting them to schedule their advising meeting via Navigate.”
At the start of next semester, there will also be more changes implemented. First-year students will now be assigned a faculty adviser in their major.
They will have their professional adviser as an additional member of their advising team until the start of next fall semester.
“INQ instructors will still meet one-on-one with students to discuss other matters not related to course registration,” Sinclair said.
Students will now have an assigned CASAS success coach and a peer mentor as part of their first-year success team.
There is also a new degree plan tool located in students’ degree evaluation.
“First-year students will already have a degree plan template loaded that they can tweak to make their personal map. Continuing and transfer students can build a degree plan with the help of their adviser,” Sinclair said.
She said this is an exciting development because it allows students to take control over their academic map. Students now can make adjustments such as adding terms, adding minors or second majors, adding accelerated pathways, adding internships or study abroad and more easily accessible.
“For all students, once a plan is complete and locked in by their academic adviser, the courses in their next semester will automatically import to the schedule planner, making registration even easier,” Sinclair said.
Students are recommended to begin contacting their assigned academic advisers to request an appointment within the next few days. Advisers’ names and contact information are available on the top of students’ degree evaluations.
