Student Responsibilities in the Advising Relationship

As a student, it is your responsibility to:

• Update your address and phone number(s) in your MyCat
• Make an initial appointment with your Professional Advisor in the Advising Center at http://152.30.21.49. 
• Make a fifth-week grade appointment with your Professional Advisor in the Advising Center at http://152.30.21.49.
  
• Check your mailbox, campus email, and phone messages regularly
  
• Make appointments with your Professional Advisor if you are undecided or with your faculty advisor if you have declared your major for pre-registration (during the three-week advising periods each semester) and other advising (during your advisor’s office hours)
  
• Plan tentative course schedules in advance of each advising appointment and bring your degree audit with you during the pre-registration period
  
• Be on time for advising appointments and contact advisor if you are unable to keep your appointments
• Check course descriptions for prerequisites before choosing  a course
• Initiate questions about your degree program(s)
  
• Discuss your long-range goals with your advisor
  
• Refer to the University Catalog for information on majors, academic policies, deadlines and degree requirements
  
• Explore majors that are of interest to you
  
• Use your online transcript and degree audit to track academic progress
  
• Remember that courses dropped or failed should be taken into account when making up your tentative schedule
  
• Make final decisions about choices concerning academic matters
  
• Follow through on referrals made by your advisor including Academic Success Centers, Health and Mental Health Centers, Career Center
  
• Ask questions when you do not know