First Year Experience
 
May/Summer/Fall Priority Registration April 14-18

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Online Advisement Info

USCA-Specific Information

Advising Timeline
This document briefly covers the times First Year Advisors will be most active.

General Education Requirements
This chart reviews the General Education Requirements (it is not major-specific).

Humanities Course Definitions
This is a list of Humanities courses and course descriptions.

Priority Registration Info
This document reviews Priority Registration information and instructions on how students can access and utilize VIP.

Tips From the Expert
Marshall has shared some advising tips for First Year Advisors in this document.

 First Year Advising

 USCA Student Services

General Advising Information

NACADA Core Values of Academic Advising
The National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) is an organization of professional advisors, faculty, administrators, students and others from a variety of settings who do academic advising or otherwise work to promote quality academic advising on college and university campuses. As members of this organization or of the profession of academic advising, or as others who advise or provide related programs and services to students, we must recognize our responsibility not only to students and the institutions in which our advising is done, but to society, to colleagues, and to ourselves.

Basic Advising Theories
This article, from the on-line journal The Mentor, contrasts the main two theories of academic advising - developmental advising and prescriptive advising.

Advisor Responsibilities This document reviews educational planning and the Advisor's responsibilities in the advising process.

Basic Student Development Theories
An article from the University of Calgary that gives a basic overview of student development theory.

FERPA
This article highlights the basics of Family Education Rights and Privacy Act.  

New Advisor Challenges

General Student Information

First Year Students

Advising Undecided Students

Advising Student Athletes

How to Identify and Refer Troubled Students

30 Reminders for Effective Advising

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