§    Advising Links

***NEW Drop/Add Policies - Fall 2009 ***

Academic calendar

**New  Academic Planning Grid, 2009-10  New **

Academic policies and procedures

• Class Attendance and Absence by Athletes
• Codes for Failed Courses
• Credit from Abitur
• Credit from AP Program
• Credit from GCE/UCLES/AICE
• Credit from International Baccalaureate
• Credit from ECTS
• Diplomas
• Exams:  Fall  |  Winter  |  Spring
• Exchange Applications (undergraduate)
• Foundation and Distribution Requirements (FDR) for those entering 2007 and later
• General Education (GE) for those entering before 2007
• Grade-Point Calculations
• Grade Collection and Distribution
• Internship credit
• Off-Campus Study (including Summer School)
• Petitions to the Faculty Executive Committee (FEC)
• Petitions to the Committee on Courses and Degrees (C&D)
• Placement Test, AP, and IB Results Memo:    Word     pdf
• Registration Changes (Drop/Add policies) (undergraduate)
• Repeating a Course
• Transcripts

Advising Advice e-mails from the provost's office

Advising First-Year students during Orientation

Advising Resources:

• National Academic Advising Association (NACADA)
• Academic Advising online journal, Mentor (from Penn State)
• Faculty Academy session (4/4/05): "Advising: Best Practices": A bit outdated, but good information on best practices for specific advising of first-years, sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
• Study Guides and Strategies
• Study Skills and Self-Help Strategies
• The Successful First-Year Student (W&L Student Affairs)

Advising Task Force Report (see especially page 31-36 for advice from colleagues)

Articles for First-Year Advisers (PDF)

Career preparation: Engineering, Health Professions, Law, Ministry, Social Work, Teaching

Catalog and changes approved since it was published

Checking for conflicting course times (scheduling grid)

Summer PreRegistration for New Students

WebRegistration
      • Course limits and counts
      • Edit course limits, messages, preliminary rosters, waitlists (faculty password required)
      • Practice student WebReg with these pretend students:
                        Test1  -  Test2  -  Test3