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Campus Advisors

Advising Responsibilities

Major advisors

Academic Counselors in Office of Advising Services


Major Advising

  • Major advising is handled through the major department (locations vary).
  • Major advisors review the student's DARS report and discuss advisor approved electives or any major substitutions.
  • All substitutions or changes in a student's major plan are made by the major advisor.
  • Major advisors then create a memo explaining all substitutions.
  • Official memos from the major department need to be sealed and sent to the Evaluations Office. (Joyal Administration, Room 115, 278.4076, M/S JA57)
  • Official memos will be scanned and held in the student's jacket and reviewed upon filing for graduation.
  • *Substitutions approved by the major advisor will NOT reflect in the student's DARS report.

General Education Advising

  • General Education advising takes place in the Office of Advising Services ( Joyal Administration Building, Room 224, 278.1787)
  • Any substitutions for general education requirements are done via petition to the Student Academic Petitions Committee (SAPC)
  • Academic petitions MUST be completed through an appointment with an academic counselor in the Office of Advising Services.
  • *General Education substitutions approved from the SAPC will NOT reflect in the student's DARS report.

 

NACADA. (2004). NACADA Statement of Core Values of Academic Advising. Retrieved -insert today's date- from NACADA Clearinghouse of Academic Advising Resources Web site: http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Clearinghouse/AdvisingIssues/Core-Values.htm