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Academic Advising
Academic advising is a process through which advisors assist students in developing life plans and career goals and in clarifying
institutional requirements, policies, procedures, resources and educational options.
Student Responsibility
a. Find out the name of your advisor (from the academic
or the Counseling Center).
c. Introduce yourself to your advisor.
2. Before your appointment with your advisor:
(available online at www.wsc.edu/records-registration)
courses and your future plans.
3. During your appointment, visit with your advisor
concerning:
the time-frame for program, course or degree completion.
you have noted from your catalog with your advisor.
4. Prior to registration:
c. Review the online class schedule and prepare a
preliminary semester schedule.
5. Review with your advisor:
on your preliminary schedule.
program. Check your degree audit in Wildcat Online.
c. Receive registration instructions and authorization
from your advisor.
d. Effective Fall 2012 and for all future undergraduate
enrollments, including summer registration, students must
have an advisor remove the "advisor hold" before they are
allowed to register for classes.
6. Periodically stop by and inform your advisor about how
you are getting along.
Advisor Responsibility
him/her.
3. Clarify and/or provide referral for questions concerning
institutional requirements, policies, procedures,
resources, and educational options.
degree or program completion and application to general
selection and/or enrollment.
7. Discuss with your advisee options such as pass/fail, drop/
8. Compare and contrast curricular requirements and career
goals.
career options and opportunities and refer the student to
appropriate for more career planning assistance.
10. Effective Fall 2012 and for all future undergraduate
enrollments, including summer registrations, students must
have an advisor remove the "advisor hold".
11. Refer students to their Degree Audit screen in Wildcats
Online before and after each registration period.
Advisor Assignment and Change Procedure
Each student is assigned an advisor when he/she becomes a student at Wayne State College. The advisor assignment is made
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